Local residents share weekend visits and engagements
Misa E Pr idham and Mire N Jenner visited London while Mr and Mra W Clayton of Buffalo spent the weekend with Acton residents. AC1 Hugh D McCallum returned to RCAF duty after leave. Ed Cripps announced the engagement of Reta Evelyn Cripps to Charles Arthur Lincoln of Thornbury with a mid November wedding planned at Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh D. McCallum
Arrow Engine Mechaniqc
R.C.A.F
Edwin Cripps
Reta Evelyn
Charles Arthur Lincoln
Thornbury
George
Catherine Lincoln
Berkshire
England
Georgectown
Y M C A Members Plan Masquerade Dance And Club Activities
The article highlights a Halloween masquerade dance organized by the Y M C A Men’s Club with secrecy around plans. It also notes regular monthly board meetings, a young ladies class expanding athletic training, and a proposed boys and girls camp next summer with Wes Beatty funding to help needy town youths attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y's Men's Club
Y's Men
Y's
Tech
Wes. Beatty
Land Army Girls Barred From War Service Canteens
War office rules bar Land Army girls from food and refreshment at Auxiliary Training Service canteens. Wrens and other service women remain eligible, drawing protests over unequal access to facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
War Office
Auxiliary Training Service
Land Army
Attgetig
Comfort with bombs exhibit inspires defense housing ideas
The Museum of Modern and National Art shows Siamese cylinders of corrugated steel as a potential defense housing solution. The structures, shown as bomb shelters or barracks, could house 26 people in double-decker bunks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
C. P.j
Museum of Modern and National Art
St Albans children aid All Hallows Fund in London
A St Albans Sunday School group sent funds for All Hallows Administration Fund in London. The Rev P B Clayton, founder of TocH, thanks the children for their gift and for their planned athletic prizes while recalling Westminster Abbey lore and wartime sacrifice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Alban’s Sunday School
All Hallows’ Administration Fund
London
All HaHows
Toc H St
Admiral Penn
Samuel Pepys
United States
John Quincy Adama
Winllows
Brooks
Michael Coleman
States
W. B. Lusk
Ridgefield
Connecticut
Michaels
Tower
Yallanda
Navy
Air Force
Tower Hill
Ronald Park
Michael
All Halows
Westminster Abbey
Westminster
Dick Whittington
Battersea
Richard Wrackham
All Hallows
Ams
P. B. Clayton
Poppy Day Appeal Urges All Citizens to Wear Poppies
The Canadian Legion through its 1200 branches asks all in the Dominion to observe Remembrance Day by wearing a poppy on November 11. Poppy Fund is a separate trust for ex service men in need, run by volunteers, with funds used for relief such as food and clothing. The Legion emphasizes no cash gifts, full accountability, and invites further information from the branch secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Legion
British Empire Service League
Canada
Dominion
Legion
A. C. Gray
Boost Production Of Speckled Trout
Manitoba's game and fisheries branch completed the first stage of a program to boost speckled trout. From Sky Pilot creek 32,000 eggs were collected and flown to Dauphin hatchery. Next summer fingerlings will be released into sport waters across Manitoba. This marked the first time eggs were taken from Manitoba waters for provincial hatcheries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Game and Fisheries Branch
Manitoba
Department of Natural Resources
Sky Pilot Creek
Pas
Man
Dauphin
Thermos Flasks and Chinagraph Pencils Fuel War Demand
Special pencils used by the Tank Corps in Libya must be kept in thermos flasks to avoid heat damage. Chinagraphs are waxless tracers for glass and cellophane and mark barrage balloons. Demand is so high overseas orders are refused. The government bought 14.4 million pencils last year plus hundreds of millions for industry, with production on a war footing and output rising dramatically since 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tank Corps
Libya
R.A.F
India
London
Red Cross to Ship Medical Supplies to Russia
The British Red Cross will send over 1 million dollars in medical aid to Russia including blood transfusion sets, gangrene serum, diphtheria and tetanus antitoxins, cotton wool and gauze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British Red Cross
Russia
Soldier acquitted on suspended sentence for accidental shooting
Pretoria reports Pte. Oscar Grace of the South African Infantry found guilty of culpable homicide for shooting a comrade dead. Court ruled the act was definitely accidental and granted a suspended sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretoria
Oscar Grace
South African Infantry
Friends of Dublin Section Honors Bride and Groom
On a Wednesday evening at the Breen home friends and neighbors honored Mr. and Mrs. Desmond O'Rourke on their recent marriage. A short program featured readings, violin, and solos, followed by a farewell address and gifts. Lunch and social time closed the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Breen
Desmond O'Rourke
Harold Burkholder
Bracket
Stewart Elliot
Meéave Breen
Min—O'rourke
Dion
Betty Burkholder
Sheila
Desmond
and- Mia
O'Rourke
Deamond
Tll
Neighbors honor Mr and Mrs Howard Graff at church party
At the Churchill Church social on October 22 the Graff family Howard and his bride were praised for their marriage. Clinton Swackhamer and others spoke, gifts were given, and neighbors offered warm wishes for their future. A social time followed with lunch and games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Graff
Churchill Church
Fiven
Howard Graff
Davidson
Fred Anthony
Wanda Rutledge
Plntny
Kerr
Acton
Howard
Clinton Swackhamer
R. Davidson
Harold Griffin
False armistice rumor sparks Liege street revelry
In Liege Belgium crowds cheered and toasted as false reports of a general armistice spread. Police initially permitted celebrations as beer flowed and flags waved before authorities clarified there was no peace. The origin of the false news remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Liege
Belgium
Reuters
Y M C A Beds for Canadian Soldiers in London
The YMCA provided lodging for Canadian soldiers on leave in London. YMCA hostel beds were allocated and the association paid hotels the difference between hostel rates and hotel charges, about sixty cents for bed and breakfast, while hotels charged two dollars to two dollars and fifty cents. Over the past month more than three thousand Canadians were accommodated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M.C.A
London
England
M.C.A
Aphpon
Mabane predicts civilian defence services postwar
Cardiff report quotes William Mabane Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Home Security forecasting that Britain's civilian defence services would be continued after the war as a necessary supplement to the armed forces.
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Cardiff
Wales
Willliam Mabane
Ministry of Home Security
Britain
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United Church
Alex. Near
Wm. Bracken
Dublin Institute
J. E. Gamble
Acton Institute
Milton
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Tool Force
Y.M.C.A. Board Room
George Wallace
Clothes Shop
Yonge St
B. D. Rachlin
Mill Street
Gregory Theatre
Mr. and Mrs. Dacosta
C.F. Hall
Clasacs
Mia
C. K. Stevenson, Milton
Consult
Wing Fates
Franch
Tone
Brad
Crawford
Muale
Zero the Hound
Annie
Mar. Rambeau
Alan Hale
Flying Blind
Richard Arlen
Jean’ Parker
Fox News
DR. Kildare
Loraine Day
Lew Ayres
Lionel Barrymore
Mediterranean
St. Alban’s Help Church
Friends OF the
Dublin Section
Churchill
Bruselle
Sun
Harold Wides
Gray Coach Lines
J. Cadesky Optometrist
A. T. Brown
Aylmer
Canada Packers
Swift Canadian
National Grocers
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