Oakville Fair prizes and war updates from Record Star
Oakville Mrs H Adair won 10 firsts and 4 seconds at Milton Fair for fancy work and knitting. Harry Farr received his commission as Pilot Officer in the RCAF. Privates Wm Pate of Oakville and Arthur Jones of Bronte reported prisoners of war after Dieppe raid. Oakville council raises town pay to 50 cents per hour plus 10 percent flying bonus for waterworks staff. refinery expansion noted with first oil shipment of 20 000 barrels arriving at the tong pier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Adair
Hine
Oakville
Milton Fair
Harry Farr
RCAF
Pte
Wm. Pate
Arthur Jones
Bronte
B.A
Pacaday
Tong Pier
Record-Star
Orton Wedding News and Local Visits Grow in Village
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs John Locker Whose marriage occurred recently. Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs Carman Atton and daughter Tweed Miss Pegky Thom son of Preston and Mr Morley Atton of Porgus. Mr and Mrs John Watson visit family in Brampton with Percy Kellam. Mrs J P Mooney and girls visited Elora home of Alex Young. Mr and Mrs J Hard and family visited Erin. John Reid noted in slightly improved condition. Howard Hall and Elva MacDonald honored in Wikinburg Hall with a shower and Hillsburg friends gifted a dinette set. Wedding bells continue in the village as Noah and Tob King cancel an auction due to wind damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Locker
Carman Atton
Tweed
Pegky Thomson
Preston
Morley Atton
Porgus
John Watson
Percy Kellam
Brampton
J. P., Mooney
Alex
Young
Elora
J. Hard
Erin
John Reid
Orton
Howard Hall
Elva MacDonald
Wikinburg Hall
Hillsburg
Noah
Tob King
Acton
Dorothy Simmons
Sunshine Mission Band of the United Church
Elsie Gordon
D. Simmons
Joan Blase
Patsy Piper
Wefner
Rockwood
United Purety
Gerald Clemens
A.J. Elliot
Frank Moore
Elmer Boles
Clemens
Navy
George Gordon
G. Gordon
Bruce Hosking
W. J. Edwards
Lac
A. G. Parsons
Bu ¥Tell
Ont
Mission Band
Lac Parsons
Eden Mills
Neil
Noramain Lambert
Parsons
Guelph
Hurteh
TRO Mission
James Cheyne
Lakeland
Fla
Gur
Flamilton Peal
Peal
Gor
HL Peal
James Lawrence
Alex. Scott
Fort Erie
Mars Collingridge
Gerrie Bros
Hamilton
J. HO Smith
Toronto
Frank Kelso
Cecil Harrison
Toronto Hospital
Woo. Pinknes
Local social notes celebrate recoveries and visits
Ospringe friends report James Struthers home and improving after hospital stay. Mrs Brydon and others visit relatives in Owen Sound and Acton. Miss Seamon and Anda Currie visit family, Guelph ties noted. The John Campbell funeral held at Presbyterian Church with extensive floral tribute and local pallbearers. interment in Fairview Cemetery Acton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Struthers
F. Brydon
Owen Sound
E. McCutcheon
Acton
Annie Kirkwood
Dorothy McKenzie
Blanche McKinnon
Servier
Churchill
Ales. Kingsbury
Eramosa
Robert Kingsbury
Isabelle Seamon
Guelph
Anda Currie
DG. Robertson
C. McDowall
Everton
McNabb
FE. Sunter
Hawkins
George Young
Guelph Hospital
Gorton Robertson
Lachine Quebec
John Campbell
Francis Brydon
Presbyterian
A. D. McLellan
Mesars
John Altken
Albert McCutcheon
Errett Curtie
Robert McCutcheon
Bentley Wilson
Duncan McTavish
Fairview Cemetery
Limehouse Women’s Institute October Meeting Highlights
At the October Wo men’s Institute meeting under Mrs Jamieson’s host role, a committee coordinated packing duties for overseas soldiers. Rostered members and guests discussed Halloween plans and raised over 20 dollars. Gifts were prepared for enlisted men in Canada, with reconnaissances of historical research and local Limehouse history shared. A birth announced for Mr. and Mrs. Earl Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women‘s Institute
Mra. Jameison's
Merdames- Miller
Ellerby, McVey and Benton
Nesi
Mra. Jamoyaon
Hallowe'en
Mra. Kirkpatrick
Mra R. McVoy
Kitchener
Canada
Morrow
H. Norton
FB. L. Miller
Nova
Miller
J. N. Newton
Newton
Earl Scott
Misses Smith
Silvercreek
Shirley Wright
S. Norrie
Busy Bees Auction Funds War Work and Local Visits
Local events include the Busy Bees auction sale at Brookville Hall realizing 20.80 for wartime work. Mrs. S Smith and others visited relatives in King, Davenport, and Cole households. Mrs. W Bennett traveled to see Aunt Ferrier, while Lt. James Evans returned from overseas to Canada and was greeted by family in Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Smith
Toronto
Lawrence King
E. J. Keep
St. Cath‘rines
King Hhome
Walter Freeman
Wetle Mary
Freeman
Bert Freeman
Stratford
C. E. Davenport
Elinor
Martin
Vernon Cole
Georgetown
Vida Service
Jean Blacklock
Campbellvile
Wilfrid Kennedy
Thos. Kennedy
Lile Kennedy
Brookville Hall
Dorothy Frank
John Mack
Stewart Eliott
Wm. Bennett
Henry Ferrier
Hurst
Bennett
James Evans
R.C.A.R
Canada
June Frank
William Frank
W. Evans
Rockwood Community News Highlights and Local Sagas
Rev. Ward screened films at Rockwood church drawing a full house. Community events included weddings, vacation scenes, and school musical coordination by Mr. Smith. Reports, canvassing plans, and officer changes filled the church committee meeting as residents attended anniversaries and Mission Band activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ward
Lake Erie
Smith
Rockwood
Everton Branch Bible
Pres- Gein
Irge Gordon
Sec.tions
George
Bencefit
Milton Engagement of Frances Isabel Mary Watts
Mr and Mrs W C Watts announce the engagement of their daughter Frances Isabel Mary to Robert Featherstone Ford son of Mr and Mrs Robert Ford of Milton. The marriage is planned for October. In another case Gordon Howands 16 of Oakville was sentenced to one year in jail suspended for three years and ordered to pay 50 toward prosecution costs after a county court conviction by Judge W N Munro last Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C. Watts
Frances Isabel Mary
Robert Featherstone+Ford
Robert Ford
Milton
Gorion Howands
Oakville
Onore
Canada
W. N. “Munro
Erin Township Council appoints new road superintendent
At a special Erin Township meeting Henry Wheeler was named road superintendent succeeding the late Joseph Benham who died last month. Wheeler has long served as reeve deputy reeve and councillor. The Lorne Scots stationed at Georgetown spent the weekend in the village with HQ at the Agricultural Arena. Funeral services were held for Mrs John Campbell at Capringoer Reentaperion Church with interment at Acton Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorne Scots
Georgetown
R. W. Campbell
John Campbell
Capringoer
Reentaperion Church
Acton Cemetery
Henry Wheeler
Erin
Joseph Benham
Wheeler
Advavite
Georgetown News Highlights Oil Damages and Loan Plans
Car thieves linked to Floyd Varey receive suspended sentences after agreeing to pay oil damages for a wreck on Highway 7. Georgetown Municipal building hosts a Third Victory Loan planning meeting with Halton County organizers W. L. Amys and Reid outlining details. William Whyte, longtime Georgetown resident and former Toronto police sergeant, dies at 92, after sixty years in Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Varey
Georgetown
William Whyte
Cavan
Ireland
Whyte
Canada
Toronto
Herald
Clearing Tas Administrators Sale of Bennet Estate
Administrators advertise a sale to wind up the Bennet estate at his Acton area residence on October 1st 1929. Items include a 6 cylinder De Soto car farm implements harness tools and household furniture with real estate offered at 20 percent deposit and balance in sixty days. Real estate includes a 50 acre Northwest quarter of Lot 32 Concession 7 Nas Shrawvevu and a Village lot in Acton. Auctioneers Roy Hundley and WM Beavers supervise with solicitor LEATHERLAND for the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Bennett
Acton
Lao Oeclocks
de Soto
Fistate
Nas
Shrawevu
Actor
Ransom and
Main Streets
Jess
Roy Hundley
WM. Beavers
Fred Gov. Te
C. Fr. Leatherland
Clearing Auction Sale at Tils Farm Near Guelph
An auction sale of farm stock and implements will be held at Tils farm on Victoria Road near Eramora Road just outside Guelph. The sale begins at blank o'clock on Wednesday October Mth with cash terms and no reserve. Rov Sindley is the auctioneer, phone 1516 Erin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tils Farm
Victoria Road
Eramora
Guelph
Wennerday
Rov Sindley
Erin
Darvell Auction Sale of Farm Stock and Implements
Darvell will hold a clearing auction sale of farm stock implements grain and household effects at his farm in Erin Township two concessions north of Bannockburn School on No 7 Highway Tuesday October 26 at 1 PM Terms cash Roy Windley auctioneer Erin phone 15 r 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erin Township
Bannockburn School
Estate and Farm Sales Calendar Noted for October
A sequence of estate and farm sales scheduled from October 10 to October 21 in Ontario areas including Creemon Cornera, Orton, Guelph, Puslinch, Ballinafad, Erin, and Victoria Road. Listings include real estate, furniture, and clearing farm sales with buyers urged to note exact dates and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John HW. Bennett
Crewnons Cornera
Real Eatate
Noanh
Orton
Wm. B. Howar
Victoria Road
Guelph
W. P. Ritchie
Hamilton’s Corners
Puslinch
J. R. Cree
Ballinafad
Mra. Clow
Erin
A. H. Darvell
Wedneines
Public Auction at Erin Township Farm Finds Livestock and Implements
The sale by public auction at Roy Hindley's Erin Township farm lists horses, cattle including shorthorns, young stock, pigs, and gear. Items include a frost and wood binder, mower, disc drill, land roller, hay loader, wagons, plows, harness, scales, and more. No reserve due to the proprietor's illness. Auctioneers Russeld Johnston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Har
J. R. Cref
Fifth Line
Erin Township
Acton
York
Roy Hindley
Russeld, Johnston
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