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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 09, 1943
Page
7
Memorial note for Mrs A B 1 who died September 8 1936. Family thanks friends for help and sympathy during illness, signed by Archie McColl and others.
Acton prepares for fair week with midway rides and attractions shaping up. Schools reopened Tuesday with ongoing enrollment and about forty new primary students. Y M C A kindergarten classes started this week with around thirty in attendance. Georgetown Fergus Falls and Orangeville event dates are set for Friday Saturday and Tuesday Wednesday respectively. Fifth Victory Loan drive announced October 18 with Canadians urged to participate and save for postwar planning.
A compilation of fall fair dates for various towns including Acton Fergus Georgetown Orangeville Galt Senna Valley Milton Shelburne Arthur Bolton Caledon Cooksville Markham Erin Streetsville Woodbridge with events spanning September to October. The second note mentions a meeting of United States Scouts in Great Britain leading to the formation of a club for former U S Scouts to aid in European scouting rehabilitation after the war.
Mrs. John D Brown of Acton district died Thursday at age seventy one after a brief illness. She lived at farm home lot 29 Eaquesing Township near Afton and was a longtime parishioner of the local church. Surviving are husband Hugh, daughter Adabel Taylor, son Kenneth Taylor, sister Mrs Wm McNabb and grandson, with funeral conducted by Rev A W Fosbury at Johnstone and Rumiley Funeral Home and burial in Fairview Cemetery Acton. Pallbearers named Fred Long William Brown G Hutt A T Brown Nell McNabb Malcolm Sinclair.
The regular monthly meeting of the Women’s Association of the United Church was hosted at the homes of Mrs. S. J. Reid with Mrs. Yvan Harris presiding. Members worked on quilts, then shared lunch prepared by Mrs. Reid and assisted by Mrs. Jennings and Mrs. Irwin.
In wartime Britain couples face high costs to furnish a three room flat. A modest bedroom setup runs about 112 including bed and wardrobe. living room items total around 100. kitchen fittings 40. additional odds and ends 20 to 200. Utilities and postwar prices push total beyond previous 200 budget.
A man leans from a departing train offering 50 cents for a sandwich, telling a boy to buy his own. The boy returns with a quarter, claiming only one sandwich was available. The exchange captures a brief, humorous roadside moment as the train pulls away.
The piece outlines Red Army gains east of the Dnieper and the recapture of 400 villages from German hands since 1941. It notes Allied air power sinking Japanese tonnage, large air operations in the Southwest Pacific near Salamuanu and Lae, and paratroop actions. It also covers British and Canadian troops advancing in southern Italy, German countermeasures, and Red Army advances toward In Kiev and Konotop with rail junctions retaken.
Fredy Jerika Duffy a 13 year old from Queensbury near Bradford asks authorities for a war job. She cannot leave school until she is 14 but officials promise to release her on several mornings weekly. A Vancouver retailer was fined 500 for selling fuelwood at unlawfully high prices and a fuelwood dealer in Loretteville Quebec was fined 300.
Executors of late Jennie Bell announce a public auction at her Campbellville residence on Saturday September 1 at 1 20 o clock selling household effects including furniture appliances utensils and a sewing machine plus many other items. Terms cash. Auctioneer Robert Amos.
Sir Edward Beatty's will leaves ten thousand dollars to the Canadian General Council of the Boy Scouts Association through trustees of the estate. The Royal Trust Company of Montreal announces the bequest as executors.
Public auction announced by J. W. Wolye at Lot 3, Concession 3 W of Toronto Township, Friday September 17 starting 1 20 PM. Items include Ford tractor with plough Ferguson gear cattle Shorthorn Hereford Ayrshire poultry sheds fencing and farm implements with two o clock sale time and cash terms.
A homemaker recalls a busy holiday weekend with family visits and shopping woes. She laments ruined bread, sour milk, and butter turning to oil while describing the humor of errands, store hours, and a last minute ice cream chase ending with selling fifty chickens to satisfy dessert desires.
In Sheffield England Lieut Geoffrey Turner R N V R is cited for great bravery and awarded the George Cross and George Medal. Details of the actions remain undisclosed. The report notes wartime personnel figures for New Zealand and British services.
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