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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 11, 1941
Page
5
A stream of visitors crosses Ontario towns with Toronto and Simcoe mentions. Families such as the Bakers and Maxons host and visit relatives, weddings in Islington are noted, and engagement news for Lillian Margaret McPhail and James Robertson is reported.
Four fellow workers of the Wool Combing Corporation presented a table lamp to Mr Lloyd Burt before his marriage on Saturday. A card with best wishes from colleagues accompanied the gift in September. The note expressed hopes for a long and happy life together and thanked the couple for blessings and friendship.
Amine sweepers conducted soundings on Tuesday in the lake opposite the lake bank in Burlington for the dedication of the ILM.CS to be held September 10.
Local Health Bulletin notes holidays end and pupils return to classes with teacher-supervised play. The Board of Health will provide free immunizations for diphtheria scarlet fever whooping cough and smallpox as last year, with school medical history cards issued this week and parents signing permission cards. No cases of mentioned diseases or related illnesses reported in the past year.
The September Wo men's Missionary Society gathering of United Church met at Mrs G H Switzer's home with Mrs Caldwell presiding. Topics included a study on China and the global wool output noting Australia supplied 28 percent of world wool in 1939 40.
Gordon McGavin of Wal ton Ontario and J McGavin with John D Lister and Harold Pickett led the Ontario Plowmen Association tour through the United States and Canada. They learned farming methods including irrigation in British Columbia and apple alfalfa silage in orchards while praising cross border ties and urging exchanges between Canadian and American farmers. They praised the sweep rake and other ideas, collected pamphlets, and recalled western prairie and Canadian Rockies scenery from the Salada Tea Company tour.
Mrs Wor S Douglas of Toronto visited last week with her children Jack and Mars Elaine. They are staying with Mrs Moore and Mrs Claridge, joining her mother Mes dM Moore and Mrs oR Smethurst and son Robert of Vancouver BC at their home.
About 65 young Catholic men from Hamilton Brantford Guelph Kitchener Preston and other diocese centers attended the first annual Camp Brebeuf retreat near Rockwood. Rev Fr Hennessy led conferences on living a true Christian life as Bishop Ryan praised the event and urged ongoing priestly vocation considerations. The St John Bosco Young Men's Club formed with officers from several cities to meet monthly.
Neighbors and friends from Os fringe and Erin communities gathered at Erin Hall last Thursday to welcome Mr and Mrs Arnold Sunter in a social event. Farmers from Woo Gibson’s farm at Caturavr attended to celebrate the new barn purchased from a Shands dam area farm and dismantled this summer.
About 900 men and 100 women volunteered to go to Tassin with an Australian Field Hospital Unit in Australia.
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