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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 28, 1946
Page
4
The fourth line ladies sponsored a luncheon and euchre event last Wednesday afternoon. Prizes went to Mre Kirkpatrick and Mre Jamieson. Mrs Orr visited the Nobles recently as local social notes record various visits and family trips.
Erin Wallace Longstreet will open his new meat market on Friday November 22. Wellington Masonic Lodge Erin entertained their ladies at their annual At Home on Friday night. Mr and Mrs Robert Jackson celebrated their 4th wedding anniversary on Friday November 15 with friends. A McKinnon and Sona of Hillsburg excelled at the Royal Winter Fair cattle show winning champion steer three firsts and a third in group of steers. A local citizen found himself stranded when a spare tire and wheel were removed from his car near Cooksville after a recent Royal Winter Fair trip.
The Ospringe community reports on Donna Johnson in Toronto Sick Children's Hospital with throat complications. Funeral details for Frank Renton note Rev John McKenzie of Erin and a Salvation Army officer assisting. Other items include visits by Mr. and Mrs. Dingman, Earl Weeks, and a 15-voice school choir placing third at a Guelph festival.
Congratulations to participants at the Guelph Kiwanis Musical Festival and to School Section No 9 Rockwood plus nearby schools for high credits. Nancy Glendinning celebrated her birthday November 25. A student from Kitchener led St Pauls service in Rev Fr William son absence. Notable visitors stayed at the Warner home. Harry Holman injured his back in Acton district and was taken to St Josephs Hospital Guelph for care.
Sunday guests included Miss Jean Hall Toronto Mr Robert McCutcheon Miss Doreen Martin Bridgeport Miss Doris Milsa Rockwood and Mr and Mrs Duncan Kingsbury Guelph Road Dr and MP Bartlett Brampton visited Mr and Mrs J P Benham. Several others—Peavoy family A Noles G Robertson Will Head Harold Sunter—made weekend trips to Acton and nearby towns. Congratulations to S B No 7 Er Ambona for rural school choir trophy at Dublin Street United Church. Nick Beason won solo certificate.
A large Nassagaweya gathering at Brookville Hall celebrated Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Davenport with music, speeches, and gifts. Delegates from No. 7 Farm Forum attended a Milton meeting on hospitalization and farm issues.
The S. 3. No. 2 Farm Forum met at the Whaleys with thirty attendees. Delegates from Milton discussed hospitalization and meeting improvements. A hydro line upgrade brought modern lighting to several farmers. A birth, christening, and local social visits are noted among residents.
Wm L Rennie resigns as town official to focus on his business. Wartime Prices and Trade Board authorizes a 5 cent haircut rise to 45 cents. Hunters Shaver party returns with 17 deer and one bear from the Wiberforce area. Town Foreman and Dr Armstrong visit Toronto to view a sid walk plow with blades, with a small down payment and balance carried over.
Sale every Saturday at 10 on the farm by Reformatory along Highway No 7. Cattle cows sheep chickens hay wheat and mixed chop with implements. Miller Scott proprietor WM Gibson.
Miss Sarah Elizabeth McAlpine youngest daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Andrew McAlpine died in Hamilton on Thursday November. Funeral from her brother Andrews home Nassagaweya on Monday November 25 conducted by Rev J C McNeill. Interment in Nasagaweya Presbyterian Church Cemetery. She leaves two brothers John A McAlpine and Andrew McAlpine and one sister Mary Leichman. Large crowd attended reception in Brookville in honor of Nassagaweya service personnel. Elwood Wilson visited Guelph relatives. Freeman Wilson welcomed a son at Guelph General Hospital. The Bloomsbury Farm Forum Group met at SS No 9 School with a good attendance and radio broadcast discussion followed by a brunch.
A young bear wandered into Sudbury Ontario and climbed an oak tree near town. It drew a crowd before rangers secured the animal with a rope around its neck and brought it down safely.
The Municipality of Acton invites written quotations for supplying and installing amplification equipment for the Acton Arena. The package includes an amplifier two speakers microphone and record player fully installed. C F Leatherland Clerk.
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