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In Memoriam notices and birth announcements appear in the column with poetry absent. The brief notes honor Mary and others while omitting extraneous verse or tributes.
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 23, 1948
Page
8
In Memoriam notices and birth announcements appear in the column with poetry absent. The brief notes honor Mary and others while omitting extraneous verse or tributes.
A collection of birth announcements from 1948 and memorial notices for Campbell Parnell and family. Entries note births at local nursing homes and hospitals in Acton and surroundings, with names including David William Ryder Stephen Howard Coles Lynette Miron George Edwin Foster William Campbell Jenne Campbell and William Parnell.
Acton Fair is scheduled for Friday and Saturday with a new high school addition nearing completion. Residents are reminded to set clocks back Saturday night. Repairs are underway on cracked pavement blocks citywide and energy conservation urged. The municipal truck received a fresh paint job. The Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association met at Niagara Falls with editors greeting delegates. Ming Josephine McPhail was added to the Public School staff as Kindergarten lead, replacing Lulu Warner who opened the Kindergarten in Acton.
Obituaries from Acton note Martha Moore Cooper longtime resident who died at home on Bowler Avenue three months after her husband Frederick N Cooper. Surviving siblings and many relatives. service held at Johnstone and Rumley Funeral Home with interment at Fairview Cemetery. Also notices the death of Mrs Samuel Perry of Acton born in England. funeral at home with St. Alban's Church rites and burial at Fairview Cemetery.
To train Italian war orphans in marine trades American workers contributed a quarter million dollars to fund a new home in Sicily. The facility aims to prepare youths for maritime work and integrate them into postwar recovery efforts.
The Acton council approved a 25 donation to the Swimming Pool Campaign and announced the Penguin Club will hold its first get together on October 8. Teens are urged to participate, nominate mayoral candidates, and support the fund drive to keep the club active.
Public auction of furniture and household effects from the estate of the late Martha Cooper at the Acton residence corner John Street and Bowers Avenue on Saturday September 25 at 2 o clock. Items include piano radio furniture and appliances, dining chairs, dressers, wardrobes, stove and other domestic goods. Cash terms. Hindley and Elliott Auctioneers. Phone Rockwood or Milton.
Multiple classified notices list wood for sale at 10 per cord and 4 cord bundles at 1300, a brick cottage with finishes for 5700, farm equipment and vehicles including Studebaker and Wagons, and a county coal tender in Milton Ontario with 130 tons of Southern Stoker Coal and bidding by Sept 16 1948.
Several rental notices for Acton and Willow Street offer a seven room house, rooms or room with meals by day or week. Contacts include Mrs. HE Burns and Station Hotel on Mill Street Acton. Furnished bed sit and kitchenette options with light housekeeping and central location also advertised.
Mackenzie and Son reports sash manufacturing changes at Georgetown to boost product supply. They ask customers with sash orders to be patient as deliveries begin between now and December 15. The note mentions a “Swimming Pool Campaign” and a week of hibernation before a fall booth chat.
Public auction at Haltonville on Thursday September 3 starting 1 30 p m features dining room suites in cherry antique and period items plus kitchen and bedroom furniture and carpenter tools. Sale conducted by Clare Pickett with cash terms and location near Guelph Road Nass. Two. Milton ITT Bracken Clerk.
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