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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 13, 1955
Page
2
Personal notes recount Thanksgiving week end visits and homecomings across towns including Pres ton Hamilton Huntsville Toronto Guelph Sault Ste Marie Milton Muskoka Rosseau Lake and Richvale. Families such as the Ballentines Krapeks Daryl Darby and Heller are noted plus reunions with relatives and hospital news.
Local visitors and district exhibitors competed at Erin fair with Ontario entrants bringing prize animals. The event, seen as Ontario’s preview of the Royal Winter Fair, drew 20 000 attendees on Thanksgiving Day and featured champions in Shorthorn and Hereford classes. Notable winners included S G Bennett Georgetown junior champion and grand champion Scotsdale Emma Rosebud, Bert Wheeler Orton champion steer and heifer, and Delmar Ford Milton junior farmers champion gilt.
A trousseau shower at the bride Anne Baker's home and a kitchen shower by the maid of honor and bridesmaid preceded the marriage to Jack Mainprize in Westmount Quebec. Neighbors hosted a surprise party to gift a brass knocker while Mr Mainprize's office staff gave a coffee table. Office colleagues presented crystal china and a toaster to the bride.
Ken Thorndyke will sell by public auction a herd of 272 purebred and grade Hereford cattle on his farm four miles south of Brampton on No 10 Highway. The sale, Saturday October 15 at 1:30 pm, features 27 cows with calves, several cows due to calve soon, a four year old Hereford bull with papers, and a 14 month old bull with papers. No reserve. Auctioneer Herb Rei Snelgrove, Victoria 4212.
Residents and relatives from New Hampshire Ontario and Quebec gathered for Thanksgiving weekend visits. Notable attendees include Mr and Mrs Charles Kilgour and son Simcoe Mr Henry Hosking Liberal M P South Wellington and Mrs Hosking on a two month Europe trip. Attendees at the Anne Baker and Jack Mainprize wedding in Westmount included the groom's parents and multiple out of town guests from Acton Greenwich Londonderry Wembley and Midland.
Birth notice from Guelph General Hospital for Sandy and Verna McEachern announcing the birth of a son, Roger Douglas. Other notices list names and funeral details for local residents including Dessureault, Chalker, Young, Chapman, and Martin with dates in October 1955 and related family connections.
Local calendar lists Knox Presbyterian 110th anniversary service on Oct 23 and numerous events. Includes turkey suppers at Acton United and other venues, euchre nights at Luxton Hall and Y M C A, a parish hall change of date, dress-up programs, and social lunches. Also notes Acton Tennis Club lunch, St. John’s Guild dance, and the Halton County Cream Producers Association meeting with guest speakers and lunch.
A local set of thanks from multiple families expresses gratitude for kindness during illness and after the death of Audrey Talbot and William A Young. Recipients named include Mrs. Alf Long, Irene and Fred MacArthur, Bernice and Le Roy MacArthur, Rev. Robert H. Armstrong, Dr. W G C Kenney, and Rumiley Funeral Parlors. Messages acknowledge cards flowers inquiries and supportive visits.
Public auction conducted by Hindley and Elliott for Mrs Lottie Tasker at the farm on Highway 25 three miles south of Milton begins 1 PM. Items include Holstein and Hereford cows, calves, 30 breeding sheep, assorted implements, hay and grain, furniture and household effects with cash on day of sale and no reserve as the farm is sold.
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