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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 23, 1948
Page
16
Notices announce births and deaths inserted without charge with memorial and poetry cards available. Local editor reminds readers to submit memoriam items for future editions and acknowledges readers who support the page.
Birth announcements from Ryder Coles Miron McMurdo Lincoln Boster King and Campbell memorials mark the segment. Names include David William Stephen Howard Lynette George Edwin Dorothy Anne William John Jenne and William Parnell plus thanks to Rev Pickering Vic Rumely and Mrs Fred Cooper.
Martha Moore widow of Frederick N Cooper dies at home on Bower Avenue three months after her husband. Surviving siblings live in Acton with numerous nieces and nephews. funeral at Johnstone and Rumley with interment at Fairview Cemetery. Mrs Samuel Perry longtime Acton resident dies at daughter’s home. service at Johnstone and Rumsey with burial at Fairview Cemetery. many local and out of town relatives and friends attend.
Acton Fair slated for next Friday and Saturday. The High School addition nears completion. Remember to set clocks back Saturday night. Repairs continue on damaged town pavement blocks. Conserve hydro power in coming months. Turn off lights when not in use. Municipal truck recently repainted and refurbished. Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association held its annual convention at Niagara Falls earlier this week. editor met delegates at General Brock Hotel. Public School staff list: Ming Josephine McPhail in kindergarten was omitted. Mrs McPhail resides in New Hamburg and is replaced by Lulu Warner who arrived when the kindergarten opened.
American workers raised a quarter million dollars to support a recently opened home in Sicily for Italian war orphans entering marine trades. The effort reflects postwar aid and training programs aiding displaced youths in the Mediterranean region.
Acton council released a positive financial report and donated twenty five dollars to the Swimming Pool Campaign. The Penguin Club plans an October 8 Organizabal er Dance with nominations for mayor and a call for teen participation to support the campaign or risk the club’s extinction if nominees do not run.
Auction from the Martha Cooper estate at the corner of John Street and Bowers Avenue, Saturday September 25 at 2 o clock. Items include a Bell piano Majestic electric radio floor lamp Chesterfield suite buffet china cabinet rockers dining chairs bedstead vacuum cleaner stove and more with cash terms. Auctioneers Sandley and Elliott.
Multiple advertisements list wood and brick cottage for sale in Acton and nearby Peel Street, with wood prices per cord and bulk discounts. Also present is a long recalled goods listing including tractors, farm equipment, and household items. County of Halton invites sealed coal tenders to supply 130 tons for Milton buildings by Sept 16 1948. lowest bid not guaranteed.
Multiple rental notices. A seven room house on Willow Street invites Mrs HE Burns for application. Acton Station Hotel on Mill Street offers rooms and meals by day or week. A furnished parlour with kitchenette and housekeeping privileges advertised in Central Jocatoon.
The Mackenzie News notes cool weather delay in the Swimming Pool Campaign but plans to continue work for kids to swim. It reports changes in cash manufacturing at Georgetown to boost wash product output and asks sash customers for patience as orders will arrive soon. It indicates factory capacity to accept orders for storm and wash with delivery around December 15. The note mentions a brief hibernation period and a booth chat at the Fall event by J. B. Machinery & Son.
Instructions from Clare Pickett to sell by public auction at a Haltonville farm two miles north of the Soldiers' monument on Thursday September 30 starting 1 30 p m. Items include dining room suites cherry hand made, glassware. kitchen furniture stove range cabinet, bedroom suites, carpets, trunks, carpenter tools, and general housewares. Cash terms.Auctioneer W Bracken Clark.
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