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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 13, 1949
Page
13
Multiple birth and family notices dated October 1949 from Guelph and Toronto hospitals. Items include Boan Flatt, Winters, Boot, Williams, Siansen Hanson, Gordon, Reele y, Davidson Black, Matthews Rean, and Leishman family thanks for support during illness.
Many residents attended Erin Fair the last fall faire day. Winners announced from Holy Cross Church Baxaar Georgetown last Wednesday night include Chest Milton Jonas R R 2 Breslau Table cloth Miss Joan Lavale pillow cases Mrs Sheila Boyle and other prizes sold in Acton and Georgetown. An editorial from the Midland Free Press Herald urges stronger church stewardship and weekly giving to missions.
The Financial Post reports Canadian Communist groups struggle to finance their activities and Moscow backed peace campaign. Funds allegedly raised through poker dice games Baer parties and lotteries to send delegates to the Continental Peace Congress in Mexico City.
A humorous Fort Erie Times-Review editorial guides would‑be writers on composing editorials. It mocks eager but hesitant would‑be authors, suggests practical drafting steps, and ends with a note about attempting to trade jobs rather than publish flawed work.
Canadians may find Bermuda and the British West Indies cheaper for winter holidays while Americans are urged to drive north for value. The Foreign Exchange Control Board notes a $150 travel allowance in U S funds and clarifies Canadian costs, with Bermuda Nassau Jamaica and other islands seen as winter options.
In Dunedin a bullock escaped from railway yards and terrorized the city. A 15 year old girl Phyliss McKenzie used her horse dog and whip to drive the beast back to the stockyard and saved the day despite risking her own schedule and safety. Traffic eased as she steered the creature to its pen.
The Financial Post reports a bumper sockeye salmon run on the Fraser River, about 300000 more fish than the 1845 cycle year, boosting wealth in British Columbia. The rise is linked to the salmon ladder at Hell's Gate, Fraser Canyon, built in 1945 to aid migration after prior blasting and rail changes.
Instructions from MEH. P. MCPHAIL and MING L. KENNEDY to sell by public auction at their Campbellville home on Saturday October 1919 at 2 o clock. Household furniture includes a Tintin Room Suite large settee two large chairs leather upholstered items several rugs clocks beds dressers sewing machine kitchenware and more. Terms cash with settlement day of sale. McMillan, Clerk Hindley Ellatt Auctioneers.
Classifieds list KOS sale items including 13 cords hard wood, stoves, farm animals, apples, firewood, plumbing supplies, farm equipment and vehicles. Entries note locations Acton Georgetown Milton and Wingham with phone contacts and delivery options. Items range from timber and stove to apples and tractors.
The Village of Acton municipal council will hold a Court of Revision in Acton Ontario on Monday October 17 1949 at 7 20 o clock. Residents with appeals against the 1950 assessment roll must file by October 14 1949.
Mackenzies note Armistice Day ceremony for Acton War Memorial with readings planned and funds raised by Acton Citizens. Spring landscaping remains to be completed as the committee calls for further donations while miners resume work and coal cars expected next week. Set your watch for Ballentine's television.
Nelson A Robinkon of Ontario promotes a Friday sale featuring 25 two year old steers two year ling steers 15 yearling melfere all TB tested plus several fresh cows and heifers open Holstein heifers and 70 good breeding cows. Auctioneer Frank Retch listed.
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