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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 04, 1947
Page
14
A neighborhood note highlights activities and happenings in other centers and communities of interest to readers. It surveys events, meetings, and local points of curiosity, urging residents to stay informed and engaged.
Rev RW Pickeragill will lead worship at Ebenezer United Church next Sunday morning after three weeks away. Sunday school will reopen. Local families from Knatchbull Dundalk Kitchener Lake Worth Florida Bloomsbury Trenton and Dundalk attendances noted. Farmers struggle to finish harvest due to adverse weather conditions.
Labor day passed quietly with a small list of visitors including Miss Minnie Neckell and Miss Edith Royce of Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Greer and son of Hamilton, and Mr. Richard Craddock of Toronto. School reopened after holidays and painters from Guelph A modernized the school building. Reverend E A Parker preached at St John’s Church after vacation. memorial flowers honored Frank Bernard. Dr. and Mrs. Waller returned from six weeks away. Dr. Bryans covered town duties. Local residents Danby of Hamilton visited. community sympathy extended to Gerrie family after Wallace Gerrie’s fatal injuries in an explosion at Page Hersy mills in Guelph.
Miss J Reid and Mrs M Moore hosted the W MS David's Church meeting at Campbellville. The program included a commentary on the Lord's Prayer fourth petition, Bible readings, a talk on Saint Paul, a piece on Evangeline Booth, and a Bible quiz. Refreshments followed with many visitors listed and various local households noted.
Mr and Mrs Harvey Jestin and Mr and Mrs T D McCutcheon attended the Clark Aitken wedding at the Aitken home in Harriston on Saturday. Alf Boles returned Monday from Port Elgin for a brief holiday. Walter Couling Caledon and Kate Reed hosted visitors and chatted with Harvey Jestin. T D McCutcheon and others plan holidays. A local ball game at Orangeville drew attendees from the area. Eden Mills won. Sunny visitors included Irvin Hamilton with A Couling and W Alexander couples.
Ospringe residents Joyce and Hazel Chester returned Sunday after a week with their grandfather near Hespeler. Local families hosted visits, weddings, and an auction following a barn fire. Nina Beamish undergoes major surgery in Guelph. well wishes pour in from Beamish and Robertson households.
Moffat residents visit the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto as the institution resumes after a six year cancellation. Labor Day weather pleasant. Del Moffat and others spent the weekend at Wasgum Beach. The Craft Department at Bolton Boys and Girls Camp to be led by a farmer. church anniversaries are upcoming with choir practices. Rev from the Maritimes supplied pulpits in Sedom and Campbell Pyrtle during holidays. Kathleen and Margaret Ann MacNeil return from a western Ontario and Detroit motor trip with Rev JOA MacNeil.
Blanche Curota McKinnon and Byron Seymour Bruce wed at Knox Presbyterian Church Atton on August 23 with ceremony by Rev John Anderson. Attendants included A L Weeks Jr Helen McLachlan and Garnet Bruce. Reception followed. couple to reside in Guelph. Guests from Oshawa London Toronto and nearby towns attended.
LIMEHOUSE residents hosted and visited relatives from Toronto Montreal Breslau Gravenhurst Georgetown and Woodbridge over the weekend and into Monday. School No 9 reopened Tuesday with twenty one pupils under Miss J Ruddell. interior painting brightened the room as new term starts. Margaret Spitzer visited Aurora. John W Nickell attended the CNE fiddlers contest. families gathered at the Nicholls Shelburnes and Glynns in separate Sunday visits.
Despite poor planting conditions until mid June US farmers put in sizable acreage likely yielding a harvest slightly above 1946. Better labor, more machinery and parts, plus stronger demand awareness aided planting amid difficult weather. Canadian prairies show delayed growth two weeks, but recent rains and heat improve outlook. pastures and hay prospects rise.
Miss Eileen Frank returns from Keswick vacation. Smith family get together at James Robertson home Multan with guests including Rex Motter Flint Mich. and Motter Wall. Numerous Detroit and Milton visitors join, as others tour the district and CN E trips continue.
Youths can earn spending money in various jobs and should learn to spend wisely. They are urged to save regularly, building a habit that supports education and future study. Thrift remains a vital virtue as times vary, and saved funds may fund college or vocational courses later.
A departmental supervisor in an insurance life company scolds a temperamental assistant for chronic lateness and long or missing lunches. He sternly warns the employee that one more chance will be given and that tardiness must stop.
The 1501 locomotive undergoes its first test on the Farnham Quesards route with 40 loaded box cars. Engineer N Roy and operator Wo Bo Patterson oversee measurements aboard a CPCs dynamometer car as Canadian Pacific technicians record performance across curves and grades on the Montreal Toronto line.
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