Births Marriages and Remembrance Notices in September
Births Cochran Fisher announce the birth of David Michael at the Abbotton Home on September 15. Macpherson Corless wed at Knox Church Manse September 23. Draper Draper memorial at Gangers General Hospital September 14. Campbell wedding on September 22 at Acton. In memoriam Thompson George W September 30. Barr John W. September 22 1938 remembered by wife and family. McLeod Henry A. September 29 remembered by family. Bill daughter-in-law Irene granddaughter Isabelle noted.
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Corless MacPherson
Knox Church Manse
Rothy Jean
Robert J. Macpherson
Alfred Benson Corless
M. T. Corless
Clinton
Ontario
Inagers
Hoa- Piil
Ifith
Charles D. Draper
Joasse Draper
Tater
Ofet
Charles Draper
CAF
John Praahamone
Thompson
George W. Thompen
John W. Barr
McLeod
Henry A. McLeod
Godda
Mae
Sqn
Bill
Irene
Isabelle
Acton Fair Weather Weekend Notes And Village Updates
The Acton community reports favorable weather for events and a busy fair week. A girl narrowly escaped a crash during the Day parade after a car suddenly appeared on Mi Street. Repairs and color changes at Beardmore Co water tower progress, while a local gypsy group was ordered off grounds Friday. Residents urged to dedicate light savings to War Savings Stamps and to send changes for Active service lists.
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Acton Fair
War Charities
Acton
Woith
Miracle
Mi Street
IPSWICH note honors 90-year-old wartime cohort Pettit
A brief Ipswich notice praises Thomas Pettit for a lifetime of service as a senior fair warden. He joined the Royal Dragoons in youth and served in the Zulu War and later conflicts.
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Ipswich
Ccp
Thomas Pettit
Royal Dragoons
Women Secretly Packed Guns for Britain at Depot
Aux Privates Margaret Richings and Violet Clark, both 19, served in the Territorial Service handling thousands of new mass produced SS Sten sub machine guns. They worked for weeks in secret, packing the weapons at an ordnance depot and never spoke of it.
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SS Sten
Aux- Mary Territorial Service
Margaret Richings
Violet Clark
Obituary Rev. Charles D. Draper Dies in Ingersoll Hospital
Deep regret fills the community as Rev. Charles D. Draper dies after emergency surgery in Ingersoll Hospital following a pneumonia diagnosis. Former Beachville pastor and long time Acton minister, his career included posts at Walsh, Hamilton, Niagara Falls, Milton and others. He leaves a widow, a son in the RCAF, and siblings. burial in Niagara Falls with Rev. S. B. Stokes officiating.
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Chas. D. Draper
Alexandria Hospital
Ingersoll
Draper
Beachville
Ingersoll Hospital
Mr. Draper
Acton
Walsh
Hamilton
Niagara Falls
Fenwick
Proaton
Milton
Beamsville
Bartonville
Tara
New Hamburg
Beamaville
Ryerson School
Arc
Hla
Charles Draper
R.C.A.F
Brantford
John Prudhomme
Beameville
Rev
S. B. Stokes
Mrs McCullough Hosts Rannockburn Institute Meeting
Kannochburn Institute held its September meeting at Mrs. McCulloughs home with Miss Edna Russell in charge. Roll call answered by Ways to Keep Cheerful. In business, members requested a shower of articles for Navy League dirty bags. Mrs. Brooks gave Reading The Woman of Mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kannochburn Institute
McCullough
Edna Russell
Navy League
Brooks
Schools Reopen As Term Begins In Acton Province
Secondary schools reopen on Tuesday for fall term with Acton School reporting about 85 pupils. Principal is Mr. M. M. Leitch with assistants Mrs. E. C. Gould and Miss Patricia Baker.
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Acton School
M. M. Leitch
E. ‘C. Gould
Patricia Baker
Toppings for The Festive Seasons
Housewives adapt desserts to holidays using toppings from rennet custard base ideas. Halloween peach faces, Thanksgiving corn-kernel candy centers, Christmas chocolate flavor with green leaves and red berries, New Year maple flavor with whipped cream clock, and Valentine raspberry hearts. Also mentions Easter and Fourth of July ideas. London report notes Cpl Charles Platten awarded the D C M for a 250 mile desert trek with Arab help after Bengali fall.
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London
Icpy
Charles Platten
Wella
England
Stalingrad Battle Echoes in Far War Fronts
Weekly war notes discuss Dieppe losses of about 3350 Canadians in a failed raid, the push for a second front, and Allied naval actions. The report highlights the Assiniboine sinking a U submarine and the Charlottetown lost in fog, with Lt Cmdr Bonner and 58 others perishing or missing. It covers Ralston and Macdonald statements and Russian defense at Stalingrad delaying German advances while Italian praise and Madagascar resistance continue.
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Navy
Ralston
Dieppe
Macdonald
Canada
Charlottetown
Axsiniboine
John W. Bonner
Halifax
Assiniboine
Cmdr
J. H. Stubbs
Kalso
B.C
Caucasua
Terek River
Groyony
Caspian Sea
Stalingrad
el Alamein
Ginlo Onals
Benrasi
Ottawa
Atlantic
C. A. Rutherford
Royal Navy
Ad Miernity
Britain’s Pen Nib Makers Shift to War Munitions
Pen nib producers under the same roof now craft components for tanks and aircraft alongside nibs. Output has dropped from 460 to 64 types, serving munition works, government departments, banks, and schools. Mapping pens for the Royal Ordnance Survey are also produced in large numbers. A nib requires 14 operations and precise work to the thousandth inch. Many workers, nine in ten, have moved to munitions, including an 85 year old retiree who now helps in aircraft work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Ordnance Survey
Britain
Tee
Carats With Carrot Manchester Light Rally Report
An OCR fragment describes Wallis picking a carrot from a front lawn allotment and mentions a carrot related event or item with a one carat bolt mag claimed four years ago. The text is incomplete and unclear about dates or organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Wallis
Child Plucked From 25-Foot Shaft In Welsh Mine Rescue
Four year old Wendy Williams remained trapped for 16 hours at the bottom of a narrow 25 foot deep shaft near Pontypridd Wales. A miner lowered head first into the shaft rescued the girl pulling her to safety.
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Pontypridd
Wales
Wendy Williams
Mountainaide
War Navy Sailor Letter Describes Hospital Stay and Narcolyptus
A.B. Dron writes from Halifax Nova Scotia during September 1942 about an operation and a hospital stay in the Department of National Health and Pensions facility. He mentions naval service rumors, a wish to return to sea, and plans to attend Acton Fair while praising Merchant Navy comrades and British service members. He encloses items from The Halifax paper for the editor.
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A. Dills
Acton
Paras
Nea Au
Jinict
Tam O.K
Acton Fair
Itz
Department—of—National Health and Pensions
Army
Navy
Air Force
Merchant Navy
Halifax
Mother Proud Of Sailor Son
Teignmouth residents recount the wartime escape of John Dobson a 19 year old in pyjamas who served in the Merchant Navy and Royal Navy cadet corps. After Crete capture he was shielded by Germans and later evacuated by New Zealanders to Sid Barrani before discharge from the Navy. Mrs Dobson celebrates his bravery and unique story.
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Teignmouth
England
Dobson
John
Shrewsbury Schoul
Merchant Navy
Troyal Navy
Crete
Ton Cretan
Nira Dobson
Nagin
New
Thee
Mediterranean
Dyubson
Hal
Sid Barrani
Navy
Mra” Dobson
County Council Condemns Wartime Board on Low Beef Prices
County council condemns the Wartime Prices and Trade Board for setting beef prices too low for primary producers. The motion urges Agriculture input over packers and calls for sending the resolution to Donald Gordon, chairman of the Wartime Board. Report notes council adjourned after the vote. Authorities in Washington warn farmers kill many milk adders misbelieving they suck milk from sows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guelph
Donald Gordon
Gordon
Packera
Witmer
Alex
Nears
Erecord
Trade Board
Prices and ‘Trade Board
Washington
Goebbels Major Headache From Allied Leaflet Activity
A World War II era report describes Allied leaflets dropped over France by the RAF and published in French as Le Courier de VAtir. The German leadership, including Goebbels, faced a major headache as tracts circulated urging informants with rewards up to 5,000 francs. The underground press is depicted as well read, with stories of readers including a German soldier, and the pamphlet, printed in clear type, with 24 pages and about 10,000 words per issue, spreading across occupied areas.
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Europe
British Isles
Britain
Dunkerque
RAF
Nazia
Germany
Russia
Aallor
France
de Gaulle
Paris
Dir. Goebbels
TAD TIRED TO SHOP MANCHESTER
Home Secretary Morrison argues against extending shopping hours for working women and instead suggests giving them time off to shop because many are too tired after work to shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Morrison
Commissioner of International Operations Born in Grenville Ontario
The subject was born January 2 in Grenville Ontario and educated at Manitoba University and Manitoba University Law School. He enlisted in Winnipeg in July 1915 and served overseas, receiving a commission. He held reserve officer status, rose to major, and served as lieutenant colonel. In September 1940 he became Assistant Judge Advocate General District No. 0 Winnipeg with captain rank, then major, later becoming commissioner of internment operations. In peacetime he is a Winnipeg lawyer and University of Manitoba Law School lecturer.
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Grenville
Ontario
Manitoba Unieersity
Manitoba Universats Law School
Winnipes
Leutenant Cornel
Ct No 0
Winnipeg
Behelth
University of Manitoye Law School
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Chester Morrin
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