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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 28, 1940
Page
12
W J O OAKES expresses gratitude for being named in nomination for Reeve and Council and acknowledges cooperation last year. He pledges to faithfully carry on duties this year.
Sunday gathering at Messia W Gilbertson home bids farewell to Mr and Mrs Thos Wright who depart for New Westminster BC. Attendees include J Reid family London Ontario Calvert and son Guelph Wright Gilbertsons Nassagaweys and others. Community notes mention Ladies Aid meeting at Presbyterian Church and Bible Society lecture by Mr McLeary. Sympathy extended to Mrs Robert McAlpine and Mr Robert Borthwick. Den McPhail visits Kitchener training camp.
Public auction on December 11, 1946 at 1 pm on Lot 31 Concession 2 Nassagaweya near Eden Mills. Goods include horses cattle pigs implements harness poultry hay furniture and household items. Cash terms no reserve announced by Roy Hindley Auctioneer on phone 1516.
Former Actonians observed their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a surprise dinner party at 28 Maher Avenue Toronto for Mr and Mrs Harry Campbell married fifty years ago in Galt. Relatives from Acton St Catharines Mimico and Toronto attended with five children and ten grandchildren. The couple now reside at 181 Vine Street Toronto and were feted by family including Dianne Martin Joyce Creer and Donna Anderson. The gathering closed with songs Auld Lang Syne and Best Be the Tie That Binds.
Friends and neighbors gather at Hillsburg home on November 21 1940 to bid farewell to Mr Mac Sinclair and his sister Sarah as they prepare to move to Acton. A reading, speeches, and gifts including a chart with lamp and a cushion are presented, men and women signing a farewell note.
Geneva reports three million rats and mice destroyed on farms and villages along the former French Maginot Line, according to CPY German newspapers. The claim highlights wartime demobilization impacts on pest control in border regions.
Manchester researchers create a cotton canvas to replace flax based fabrics in response to flax shortages. The project aims to sustain canvas production for industrial uses amid supply constraints in Lancashire.
Miss Beatrice Rosina Hancock daughter of Mr and Mrs John Hancock Glen Williams becomes bride of Burt LaVerne Crewson son of Mr and Mrs Fred Crewson Acton Rev W O Thompson officiates Miss Hancock is attended by Miss Barbara Berry of Toronto and groomsman William Harrop of Hamilton The couple plans a reception at the Hancock home and a motor trip before settling in Hamilton
A quiet ceremony at Knox Manse Acton joined Lucy Elizabeth Rawlings and Douglas Cecil Maplesden in marriage. Rev H L Bennie officiated. The bride wore a dawn crepe dress with Sweetheart roses. bridesmaid Isabel Smith wore dusty rose. groomsman Charles Landsborough.
The marriage of Arnold Weaver and Dorothy Phillips occurred Saturday morning with Rev. Father McBride officiating. Attendants Jean McMillan and W Gower joined the couple as Hamilton guests and relatives attended a wedding breakfast at the bride’s home before the couple's departure to reside in Hamilton.
Miss Arline L Bauman becomes the bride of Kenneth Stephens Burling in Mount Olive Lutheran Church Milwaukee on a Saturday afternoon. The bride wore a blue faille frock with rhinestone clip and a feathered toque. corsage of gardenias. The groom's mother and attendants are named. best man John P Tofte and ushers James and John Blommer. They plan a wedding trip and will reside at 615 North 14th Street. Burling attended the University of Wisconsin Extension. the bride a Prospect Hall graduate.
Jessie King McNabb daughter of Mir and Bays of Toronto married Alfred James De Long eldest son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Long of Bowmanville. Ceremony held at Glendale Avenue home of the bride's parents with Rev. Phill Duncan from Erskine United Church officiating.
Nomination night in Acton featured council, school board, and public utilities candidates. Speakers praised last year’s administration, discussed fire, garbage, and library needs, and called for improved hydro service and local industrial growth. Councillor Oakes credited Chief Harrop and Mills as meeting attendees sang the National Anthem.
The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a two tone blue frock with matching accessories and a roses corsage. Her mother wore teal blue chiffon with pink roses, and the groom’s mother assisted at the reception in navy blue with pink rose corsage. After the reception the couple left for a short motor trip. Before the wedding, Miss Jessie McNabb received multiple gifts and showers from friends including Miss Marthe Wilson, Miss Margaret McKay, Miss Alice Arms, Mrs K Quistgaard, Mrs. William R. Sinclair, Mrs. Ernest Hayes, Mrs. Norman Easton, and Mrs. Douglas Baker.
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