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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 21, 1943
Page
8
The family of the late Miss Ann Brims thank friends and neighbors for kindness shown during their recent bereavement. The message mentions a memorial date and notes appreciation from Mrs J Mre Bool and relatives.
The Acton district reports a busy period with Victory Loan efforts and community activities. Pte Rigby Cross marks his third overseas birthday, the Nag on the Y M C A building pledges wartime support, and the Busy Bees of Nassagaweya correct a donation error to $25. Apple Day results and bush-fire relief are noted, along with a school quiz event and ballot boxes for Blitz Bomb estimates.
Knox Church plans anniversary services this Sunday with guest preachers Rev J McIvor and Rev Frank Lawson. Visiting soloists Waldo Dorrington of Alton and Cecil Lyness of Guelph will assist the choir. A fowl supper and musical program are planned.
Wartime enforcement tightens as 187 people were found guilty last week, the highest total on record, with eight acquittals. A Quebec city meat dealer fined $300 for pork wholesale overpricing while 22 more were convicted under rationing rules and 47 dealers fined.
Mrs. Adam Stewart died peacefully on Tuesday October 12 at her daughter’s home in Willow Street. In her eighty fifth year she lived much of her life in Acton, with ties to Peet Township and Kitchener. Survived by one daughter Mrs. Chas Mason and two sons J. W. Boyd of Guelph and Harold F. Stewart. husband predeceased her. Funeral held with private service at home. interment Fairview Cemetery Acton.
The Barrie Examiner urges a return to church as September begins and schools reopen. It argues many avoid services for various reasons but stresses a duty to worship during war, noting no hardship or shortages and urging thanks through corporate worship.
Sub-Lieut K W Rymer recalled a Mediterranean patrol aboard the destroyer Tantalice when the lookout misread two porpoises as torpedoes. The crew rushed to action stations as the apparent threats veered and vanished, avoiding a false alert.
The Y divides senior boys into two groups with 12 to 14 year olds meeting Mondays at 7 and 15 plus meeting Wednesdays at 7. A Halloween dance is planned for October 29 with hot dogs and drinks and members urged to RSVP by October 22. A new social club for 24 and over opens Thursdays evenings with separate times for under and over 16.
A 1941 progress summary emphasizes Royal Navy achievements despite early 20th century shortages. It notes British gains in Africa and the North African campaign under Wavell, with heavy enemy losses and significant Mediterranean victories including Taranto and Cape Matapan. In Basutoland, a heavy rain causes a hillside house to require a drainage hole.
Notice under the Act that Francis Edward Stein of Acton Hatton Ontario applies to change his name to Francia bat want Sten and his wife Hody Hedvika Stein to Hody Hedvika Ston. Hearing set at Via Honour J Man in'tis Chambers Court-House Milton on November 18 1043 at 10 30 AM. Acton Ontario October 15 1043. Solicitor for the Applicant C F Leatherland Acton Ontario. 17-3.
Public auction on October 25 at Lot 1 Concession 4 Erin Township features farm stock and implements from the estate of the late F W Huggins. Items include horses cows young cattle grain fodder tools and a real estate offering two farm properties with detailed features and terms cash.
Insurance and Real Estate Now invites review of fire and other coverage while noting rate drops and value increases. The firm touts long experience and access to top companies. It lists residential properties for sale including two storey brick blocks, brick houses with garage and furnace, frame houses with baths, sun porch, and corner lots, plus investment potential and immediate possession options.
Ontario units add 5000 horsepower from a new DeCow Falls development near St Catharines. Premier Drew dedicates the plant to victory and notes 1.9 million men at 24 hours daily would equal its wartime output. Bishop Mont Ney Cuthbert M. O Gara recalls Japanese treatment of priests in Hong Kong. Weather prophet Guillaume Chouinard predicts a white Christmas with scattered snowfalls across southern Ontario.
The Ottawa Journal commends Mr. King for hosting the Quebec conference with Churchill and Roosevelt. It notes his historic sense and restraint in placing Canada’s role in the broader Allied context, calling his conduct tasteful and commendable across parties.
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