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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 25, 1941
Page
13
Acton residents hosted a long roster of visitors from Toronto Guelph Owen Sound and Detroit. Numerous calls and overnight stays highlighted a week of social travel with family and friends across Ontario and beyond.
A large crowd filled Erin United Church auditorium on Sunday evening for a reconsecration service attended by teachers students from Brin Continuation and Public School and many adults. Twenty five Continuation School students formed the choir at the event.
Reader notes show a Gregory Theatre listing featuring Visven Kengh and Yiiver Lornt Nelson with Disney Plates Plasmiate chapter tags and a Zane Grey story adapted by Ros Rogers for Frank Capra production starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. Animation titled Wizard of Arts accompanies the program.
Rain disrupted events at the school field day yesterday and this morning delaying completion. The article notes school championships and promises publication of the winners next week with the names of those who won.
The readable segments show schoolgirls competing in events such as standing broad jump running broad jump hop and jump and basketball throw. Names include Helen Holmes Margaret Blow Eleanor Allen May Nivel Betty Britten Joan Pargeter and Donald Evans among others with several relay and field events listed.
London police conduct leaflet raids on drivers showing too much light during blackout. Officers issue notices telling them their lights are improper and instruct them to correct them.
Local readers learn from an Acton soldier about a London hospital wreck and the ongoing relief drive. The article notes letters from home, fundraising drives, and donations from the Thumbs Up Club and James Dills for relief of bombed hospital victims in old London, totaling hundreds in contributions.
Georgetown editor Walter C Biehn wed Mary Boll es elder daughter of Mr and Mrs AL H L Feller in St Georg Church of England last Thursday. Rey Wo 0 Thompson performed the ceremony as the church glowed with gladioli and the bridal party wore matching primrose and orchid designs. The couple left for a honeymoon and will reside on Queen Street.
An instructor sergeant major and a home guard were routed when a bomb accidentally exploded during practice operations. Authorities investigated the mishap and provided initial safety assessments.
An announcement from Washington Monday night says the Pink Star sank off Teeland September 19, the first loss since the defences policy was proclaimed. The fate of the crew, eight Canadians among them, is unclear amid warwide speculation and diplomatic tension as Allied and Axis forces battle across Europe and Asia.
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