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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 03, 1940
Page
15
In this column notices of births marriages and deaths appear without charge In Memoriam notices and poetry sections also appear with added fees per policy Names dates and brief details are included as read from submission for public record use
Died notices for William George Elliott of Moffat Ontario and George Watson of Orton, both on September 28 1940. Includes memorial line for Mrs David McEnery who died October 2 1936. Remainder lists family note and status.
Acton YMCA prepares for the official season start with an opening event tomorrow night. Town notes praise local improvements at the Town Hall and painting wins appreciation. Canada Homes plans a new residential subdivision in Acton with council discussion Friday.
The Acton Volunteer Civil Guard has received official armbands for each member issued by the provincial Civilian Defence Committee. Special berets will be worn and the organization will continue, with drill every Thursday at 8 30 p m D S T.
October 1 2 and October 11 14 are listed for events in Streetaville and Woodbridge with Thanksgiving Day noted. Dates appear fragmented but indicate a local fair schedule for the season.
A woman at the ticket window asks about concert tickets and learns they cost three dollars. She tells her son that others are paying that amount and urges him to practice harder on his violin.
A worried parent asks about a missing or unaccounted boy and the whereabouts of the family car. The piece notes concern and searches, implying an anxious household awaiting news of both son and vehicle.
A brief look at the latest local happenings across a community through business, church notices, social gatherings, marriages, births, and deaths. The piece celebrates the everyday events that form the foundation of the town’s history and identity.
Eleda Wilson Hall died at home in Eramosa on September 22. Born May 20, 1896 in Nassagaweya, she was a singer in Eben Ezer Church and member of the Stone Church in Eramosa. She leaves Frank Hall, daughter Vera, son Ros, mother Mrs. David Wilson, four brothers, one sister, and other relatives. Funeral Wednesday included service at home and Ebenezer United Church with Rev. P. H. Lawson and Rev. H. H. Eippon officiating.
Eight million Canadians head to booths to receive registration certificates as steam shovels begin a project adjoining the Bureau of Statistics Building. A new facility for the National War Service to classify forms will be finished in a month under Deputy Minister T. C. Davis. About seven hundred young women will operate sixty punching machines and printers to process cards, followed by ten sorting machines. Training notices go by registered mail to about 30,000 single men aged 21.
In seven months Trans-Canada Air Lines carried 356.2662 pounds of mail per plane and averaged 50 letters per pound, totaling nearly 18 million letters from January to July. July set a record with 3,027,600 letters flown at 60,552 pounds. Average passenger distance in July was 597 miles, with 609 in June and 551 in May. Pilots also aided the war effort by moving aircraft from U.S. points to Canadian training centers.
A narrator recounts fleeing into a jungle when a horde of savages attacked. He stood stock still until they believed him to be one of their own, avoiding harm by appearing as part of the tribe.
Pte J McGeachie recounts a 1940 coastal raid near France with air battles and bombers. He notes dogfights, a Dornier shot down, salvage of a plane part, and a lively stay at a summer resort before returning to camp. He mentions RAF pursuit, shifting weather, and a sense of home as music plays outside the camp.
A political-religious statement by Cardinal Hinsley, Archbishop of Westminster, declaring neutrality in the struggle impossible and framing the fight as a battle between light and darkness. He emphasizes the conflict is about spiritual matters, not material gains or territorial aims.
The Department of National Defence approves a plan to raise a Netherlands Infantry Battalion in Canada at the Netherlands Government in London expense. This measure reflects ongoing defense coordination between the two governments and aims to bolster allied military capacity.
A wartime roundup discussing Canterbury and St Pauls cathedrals air raid protection and a printed prayer. It notes MPs in the Commons serving with the colors, Canadian brothers in law, widows and pensions, a German atlas offering frontier maps, and wartime home front measures including Dig for Victory. Also mentions price controls, cloth shortages, and ARP costs in Britain.
A.B. H. V. Dron of Stadacona Halifax writes home from the Naval Barracks about train leave cancellations, mail issues, and upcoming naval division movements. He mentions friends Verne Wheeler J. McGeachle and Earl Vincent, notes a donated photo of the band, and asks for The Free Press to be continued at a new address.
Local Post Office lobby tale from the Banner describes two businessmen finding unopened bright circulars discarded in a waste basket and noting not a single newspaper among the recovered items. They discuss the waste and consider what the failure to open mailings implies for advertising and readership.
The program clears decks for a national mobilization of 30,000 young Canadians monthly to learn modern soldiering. Registration cards will be classified by age group across eleven military districts with Prince Edward Island noted. Single men 21 to 45 face first-year callups, medical exams near registration, and free transport to examinations and training centres.
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