Marriages and memorials listed in Acton area notices
Acton Ontario marriage notices dated September 5 to 8 1942 record brides and grooms from local families and churches including Swackhammer Aitken Hansen Coles Hansen and Drew. An In Memoriam entry honors Mrs A McColl with family tributes.
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Blapleton-Cordiner
Lanse
Acton
Forbes Omron
Dorothy Man
Mre
Stephen Cordiner
Russell Olaf Stapleton
Harry Stapleton
Norval
Swackhammer-Aitken
A. O. Foreman
Evelyn
Irene
Cameron Lelshman
Ontario
McColl
A. McColl
Archie McColl
Robert Kerr
J. D. McMillan
Acton Fair Week Builds Big Event Hype in District
Brampton Fair draws strong turnout as Acton Fair week unfolds with bingo and lucky draw planned at Town Hall. Community notices report Jewish New Year observances on Friday through Sunday and various fairs across Georgetown, Fergus, and nearby towns. Police recover a pocket case stolen at Brampton Fair. owners pleased to regain registration cards and car permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brampton
Amos Mason
Brampton Fair
Mr. Mason
Geo. Benton
Hassard
E. J. Hassard
Gordon Mackay Ltd
Elliott Brox
Actan
John Armstrong
SIS
AT Browns
Adler
Proods
Red Cross
Lakeside
Cristmas
Sears
Mae Atth Watekeepery
Cretary
Acton
Pergon
Creareat
Kresge & Co
Pallant's Clothing Store
Autocracy urged as war-winner by Conservative club head
The Earl of Glandwiliam, chairman of the Association of Conservative Clubs, told Manchester readers democracy cannot wage war and urged granting greater powers to Prime Minister Churchill. He clarified he did not advocate replacing democracy with dictatorship, but warned Britain might need tougher wartime powers if invasion loomed.
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Manchester
Enghind
Earl of Glandwiliam
Association of Conservative Clubs
Churchill
Great Britain
Dr W H Lowry Leaves 1460100 Estate No Kin
Toronto widow Mrs Lorna C Lowry and her four children inherit the entire 146 050 estate of physician Dr William Herbert Lowry. Life income goes to Mrs Lowry. on her death the property divvies among the children. The estate includes clothing jewellery household goods life insurance annuities securities and real estate valued at 146 050 with detailed asset breakdowns.
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Lorna _C. Lowry
William Herbert Lowry
Toronto
Ann C. William G
Lorna B
Alan Mack
Lowry
W. H. Lowry
Acton
Ron Oatate
Farm Chief Wickard Hands-On On Indiana Farm
U S agriculture secretary Wickard helps on his 280 acre Indiana farm with his father Adatow Jackson Wickard and daughter Ann a Purdue sophomore. He plants corn feeds hogs and drives a tractor while his wife cooks and packs ham for Washington. He says good food and plenty of it is a mission for democracy and aiding Europe against the Nazis.
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Camden
Ind
Mude
H. Wickard
United States
Indiana
Adatow
Jackson Wickard
Ann
Purdue Universality
America
Army of the Ad
Wickard
Hia
Washington
Europe
Forewomen to be enrolled in supervisory staff and technical roles
The London unit reports a historic shift as forewomen are set to join the Association of Supervisory Staffs and Technical Engineers formerly the National Association of Poremen. The move marks a landmark inclusion of women in supervisory and technical grades.
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London
Association of Supervisory Staffs and “Technical Engineers
National Association of Poremen
Cambridge From Quarry Waste Camouflage Paint Emerges
Britain converts vast quarry waste from Cornwall and Wales into camouflage paint and cheap fillers. Slab waste, color flaws, and hard rock refuse create enormous stockpiles, with 6 to 7 tons discarded per finished ton. War efforts repurpose 40 to 80 mesh powder for camouflage, 300 mesh filler, and distemper for factory felt.
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Britain
Cornwall
Wales
Beetle races captivate British troops in western desert
British soldiers in the western desert stage beetle races as a pastime with cigarettes and biscuits as stakes. beetles are kept in place between heats using match boxes for stability.
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Catro
Western Desert
Weekly War Commentary Highlights Stalingrad to El Alamein
The piece surveys World War II fronts from Stalingrad to the Nile, noting Red Army resistance near the Volga city and German attempts to deepen a wedge west of Stalingrad. It also covers Rommel regrouping in North Africa, Dieppe reconnaissance, and Roosevelt and Churchill statements on allied offensives and wartime economic measures.
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Stalingrad
Volga
Red Army
Caucraus
Black Sea
Novoroaalak
Rzhev
Moscow
Pointy
Marshall Semmeon
Caucasus
Cairo
Rommel
Nile Valley
el Alamein
Wendell L. Willkie
Ankara
Turkey
Hla
Roosevelt
Axia
Dierman
Winston Churchill
Dieppe
Egypt
Churenhtil
Soviet Russia
United States
Ino
Britainc
United Stat
Germany
Europe
Russia
Congress
New 6200 Class Locomotives Boost CN Freight Hauls
The 6200 class locomotives added this year to Canadian National Railways prove successful in their designed tasks. Engines in the 6200 family repeatedly haul freight trains over 6,000 tons, aiding large consignments of munitions and supplies to seaports.
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Canadian National Railways
Saved by a Miracle Editorial in Social-Demokraten
An editorial in the Swedish Labor paper Social-Demokraten comments on peace prospects, noting that only a few nations including Sweden still experience bleeding peace and describing the situation as a possible miracle.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Social-Demokraten
War Offices On Wheels For London Railways
The London Midland and Scottish Railway has converted carriages into emergency offices and mess rooms to keep war supply movements uninterrupted if raids wreck existing accommodation.
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London
London, Midlands and Stottish
The People’s War Fight With All That Is In Us
A wartime rally cry editorial from a British-tinged theater page urging total national effort. It frames war as a people's war, not just soldiers, and stresses unity, sacrifice, and resolve to defeat tyranny. The piece references personal losses and calls for perseverance.
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Henry—Wilcoxon
Palace Theatre
Guelph
England
George Weat
James Balslard
Miniver
Hedin
Ransclanes
Elles
Farma
Hame
Home Guard Units Learn Sten Drills Without Guidance
In London many Home Guard units had to devise their own Sten gun drills after receiving the weapon before official instructions on its use. The improvised training reflects wartime urgency and gaps in early weapon guidance for volunteer forces.
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London
Birds At Point Pelee Reach Peak Migration
The article notes Point Pelee National Park in Canada hosts about ninety four bird species in spring migration from May, attracting thousands of migratory birds. It highlights the park’s unique southern species not found elsewhere in Canada and its six square mile area near Detroit and Windsor.
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Point Beles
Urrhon
Akples
Dao Phaw Hendred
Qauk
Ulattie
Pont Pelee Nationa Park
Matoland
Canada
Regeron
Detroit
Windsor
Blitz Caravans Build Emergency Huts Across Britain
Ten mobile squads rush nationwide with bunk equipped caravans and five ton lorries to deliver rapid emergency construction for blitz damaged areas. They establish huts and roads, operating without local billeting or supplies, to support army advance parties and main contractors.
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Britain
Girl NCOs Inspire U S Troops in England Drill
In England the first U S troop contingent notes the sharp drill of ATS women in the Auxiliary Territorial Service during an instruction course at the barracks. Two days later 12 U S enlisted men requested an ATS sergeant to drill them.
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England
United States
N.C.O
Auxiliary ‘Territorial ‘Service
Women's Army Corps
Barracks
A.T.S
Whistle Aboard Shipwreck Guides Survivors
In a future area seamen carry a whistle to signal for life raft guidance. The first man to reach a raft blows the whistle to help others locate safety.
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London
Salvage of Vast Letter Paper Stock by Railway Workers
London Midland and Scottish Railway employees recovered forty million sheets of letter paper over three months, equating to two million copies of a four page newspaper. The salvage operation preserved material valuable for communication and printing.
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London
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
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Boan
Crewson
Gaturio
Ureter
Ord
Ota
Ford Boatejoe Patie
Acton Fair
Georgetown
Fergus
Elizabeth Jones
Srd
Sigmh
Frank Jones
Olter
C. B. Swackhammer
Symon Or
Talbot's Hardware
Twe Pare
Paris
Blue Springs Reserve
W. Coles
Kekedowlgamig
U. S
Rommelgan
Asother Sevetopol
Churchill and
Ronarvelt
Rachilin
FE. P
ST. George's SQ
Guelph, Oct
Stanley Park
Erin
Milton Arena
John Milton
OL. D. FE
Edithemamua Muir
Mystery Man
Cassia Buds
Paprika
Sage, Etc
Quality Grocery
National War Finance Conunition
Point Pelee
SOS
Zellers Ltd
Zudds Department
Wri Goawdy
Yan
U.S
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