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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 26, 1944
Page
6
Weekend visits fill Acton and area as soldiers and friends travel between towns. Pte Gerard Kaxiey and Capt Johnny Grey return home on leave while others visit relatives in Clinton Port Credit Stayner Guelph and Willow Street. Mrs Alex Joe hospital in Guelph hopes for recovery. Mrs George Woods convalesces at son Joe Woods home.
George Allen, younger son of Maj. Francis A. Redman and the late Mrs Redman, of R. R. No. 2 Orton, is to marry in a quiet ceremony on November 4 at Orton.
Merchants and citizens from Acton Burlington Georgetown Milton Campbellville and Oakville donated cash and goods for the Halton Plowing Match to be held at Thomas Snow's farm on the Welson Trafalgar line November 3 The prize list totals over 600 in cash and goods with awards from Bank of Nova Scotia Bank of Commerce T Eaton Co Salada and Nelson Robinson many equipment and labor saving devices will be displayed and a special committee led by Stanley Hall MP P is organizing it Prize lists are available at the Ontario Department of Agriculture in Milton.
Two men who ran a business together for over fifty years face a grim scene as one lies dying. At the bedside the dying man learns his partner calmly admits the act. I poisoned you.
Sunday October 29 2904 worship service and sermon titled What and Who is Coat. Mid week service at the home of Mr. Chart en Mason on Willow Street. Everyone welcome to come and worship.
Sunday October 29 1944 listings show evening worship at 2.00 p.m. and a sermon titled The Value of The Soul. Also noted are Bible class activities at Andrew's Presbyterian Church with adult classes and call to renew strength.
Cpl. E. W. Coles writes from France about fast travel after a smooth line, friendly receptions, and shortages of staples but plenty of fresh vegetables and eggs. He thanks the War Services for cigarettes, recalls Maple Leaf editions, and hopes for a peaceful future with reunions and global peace under the United Nations.
Thos Court 52 a veteran of the Last war fell 83 feet from the C N B high level bridge near Tanaley and was killed instantly. The body was found in Twelve Mile creek ravine below the bridge after friends searched the area. Court born in Wales came to Canada in 1906 and lived in Milton 15 years. He worked with Bell Telephone Co for 35 years and was a Mason. Survived by his mother Mrs W Waters of London England. Funeral held with Milton Legion and Grace Church service. Evergreen Cemetery interment.
The Prices Board announced temporary removal of canned grapefruit from the rationed fruits list. Suspension begins October 1935 based on twenty fluid sources supporting the decision.
In north central Burma near Myitkyina the Allied advance under Lt Gen Joseph Stillwell presses through jungle toward a critical air base and land route to China. British Indian troops and Chinese units fight alongside American forces as Japanese efforts to bar the path intensify amid the monsoon rains and supply struggles.
London reports that wartime bans on North Sea fishing due to submarine danger may be lifted as the menace declines. Sole plaice turbot and other prime varieties exist in the waters and scientific tests show fish populations increasing.
Two five year old girls damaged Trinity Anglican Church on Thanksgiving Day. They ripped harvest decorations smashed a Belgian glass communion set broke a bronze lectern and tore pages from hymn books. Damages estimated at 300 dollars. The children come from a large family unlikely to reimburse the church.
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