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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 12, 1944
Page
6
A garbled list of residents and guests visiting relatives in Bracebridge Sudbury Sudbury area and surrounding Ontario towns. The notes mention Mr and Mrs Wy McDonald Toronto visits and weekend gatherings at various homes including Campbellville Acton and Woranda with numerous named individuals and families.
Ethel Irene Pridham wed Charles David Henderson at Mount Pleasant United Church on Saturday September 30. The bride wore a floor length dress and carried white satin. The groom is son of John J Henderson of Acton. A reception followed in Mitchell with guests greeted by Mrs. Pridham, the bride’s mother.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe an auction setup at a Clark site with multiple names and items listed. The garbled text names bidders and lots, mentions Tees or CATT events, and cites an auctioneer Melita Rendhend with unclear location and date.
A garbled, OCR damaged passage mentions villages, a funeral, a communion ceremony, and a planned gathering. Names and places are unclear, with scattered references to Toronto, Chad, and Lowell. The stream of lettered fragments suggests a local event summary or diary-like notes rather than a coherent report.
Fragments describe an auction at a farm near Mhind Wine three miles south of interwin with cattle horses poultry hogs hay grain and equipment. Items include two year old cattle calves riding 2 year old horses hens and roosters pigs harnesses straw blankets hay and feed and miscellaneous farm tools. Remaining legible details list quantities and descriptions of livestock and farm goods offering.
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