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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 26, 1944
Page
17
A brief note traces a journey from Stone's Under Parlor to Grimaby Beach Cemetery highlighting local place names. The fragment hints at a path linked to bygone days and regional sites.
In loving memory of Mrs. E. Tyler who passed away October 2 1941. Though gone she remains in hearts with daily remembrance by the family.
Mrs Geo Woods expresses gratitude to friends for the many cards and acts of kindness shown during her illness and recovery.
The item highlights Hallowe en events and weather, Pte Rigby Cross’s overseas birthday, Fred Cooper selling his Acton highway farm to E Braido, Victory Loan salesmen for Acton Mears Wright Swackhamer Musselle Nelle, Masons at the County Meeting in Burlington, a sewer survey planned in Acton, Hector Bird paying 170 for Crescent Ridge and Inka May at a fall sale near Kitchen, Ont, 1945 Ontario license plates to feature a single back plate with white letters on blue black, and federal metal control loosening requiring 100 tons of steel.
At a meeting of Acton and Vicinity War Service League a Pensions and Adjustment committee was created to handle postwar problems. Members are F. L. Wright J. H. Boulton and Arthur Padbury. Returned men with problems should consult this committee.
Instructions describe achieving a bleached look by using liquid bleach from a paint store and applying white paste wood filler thinned with turpentine. After 15 minutes wipe across the grain, dry 24 hours, then sand and dust. Finish with white enamel lacquer. For a blond tone, skip bleach and use a stain or lacquer finish per guidance.
Port Perry Star reports Lieut. Raymond S. Hillier a former Acton resident and Junior Hockey player died of wounds likely September 34th after serving since 1940 with Highband Light Infantry. Donald Titt of the Acton district, 20, air gunner with the Royal Canadian Air Force, was killed in action after joining in 1943 and serving overseas since May. Both families mourn with multiple relatives left behind.
Acton issued 3200 ration books over three days with 1536 on Thursday. Volunteers and plant workers at five industrial sites aided the distribution, with thanks extended by the Acton and District Ration Board. Parliament praise followed from Tom Reid and Bruce McNiven for the citizens’ service to Canada.
Salvage team roster listed for next week at the storehouse includes J Sargent, J Bruce, W McMinn, D Evans, G Turkose, D Priestley on Wednesday November 1. Wednesday November 8 features M Pallant, R H Eliott, C H Elliott, J Whitham, T Nelle, J Massey.
Frank Fraser, operator of a Vancouver boat house, says rescuing young sailors from English Bay has become routine. In 18 years he has run the boat house his rescue list totals some 200 persons.
Quebec City reports Mayor Lucien Borne criticizing a federal plan to repurpose a house remodelling author as more apartments. He argues the move ignores large families in Quebec and notes newly built apartments are too small leaving some families without accommodation.
Letters from overseas servicemen thank Acton residents and the War Service League for monthly cigarettes parcels and support. Names include Neil McNabb Reg Finney Walter Gibbon L Marzo Bruce Pargeter and many others praising the regular deliveries and uplift amid the war.
In September the Coal Controller issued Order No Coal SA 1 stating brooder coal is no longer excludable tonnage. Dealers face quotas cut from 90 percent to 8 percent and must prioritize broader supplies. breeders urged to secure coal immediately, even bag by bag, to stock up.
Weekly war report notes MacArthur's push toward the Philippines amid Japanese counter moves in China. It cites Leyte and Kwantung actions affecting air bases, lend-lease needs, and Chinese defense, while Allies push in Europe and the Pacific, including Aachen and South Beveland.
Military reports say Japanese battleships and a cruiser engaged American forces as the light carrier Princeton was lost with over 1,300 U S crew saved. About 150 Japanese planes were shot down in the assault, while a new strike against Kyushu and a radio claim of bombings on Salshu Jaland were noted as Leyte invasion proceeds in the Pacific.
Canada harvests begin in the Prairie Provinces with private estimates around 000,000 bushels, while the United States posts a 1944 wheat crop of 1,112,000,000 bushels. Carryovers for 1943-44 are cited, with exports from Canada totaling 344,000,000 bushels in the year ending July 31, 1944, setting up a projected 275,000,000 bushel carry-over by July 1945.
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