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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 25, 1947
Page
17
The column lists births and death notices from Clinton Ontario and nearby areas. Ida Corless announces a son John Vin, Sinclair births Sandra Lou at Guelph General Hospital, Thompson remembers George W. Thompson who died September 28, 1997, Barr memorializes a husband and father who died September 22, 1938, with a family tribute poem.
Mrs Cripps and family express gratitude to friends and neighbors for sympathy flowers and cards after bereavement They also thank the doctor and others who joined cars On behalf of the Boys and Girls Band thanks are given for kind remarks and congratulations on success at the CNE competition Transportation to the event was provided by Chas W Mason Bandmaster
Preparations for Acton Fair on October 3 and 4 are underway with an invitation to keep those dates open. Daylight saving ends Sunday at 2 am and bus and train schedules may change. Coats are being brought out early as cold weather approaches. Principal McKenzie reports heat restored in schools tomorrow. students should register as usual. Strong winds cause limb loss and telephone outages in rural areas with poles at precarious angles along roads.
Halton's Calf Club and Swine Club members will hold achievement days at the Milton Fair on September 27. Some 35 to 40 Calf Club youths will showcase calves under W. P. Watson of Ontario Live Stock in Toronto as adjudicator. twenty purebred Yorkshire gilts will be judged in the Swine ring.
Ballinafad Farm towi met Monday night at Frank Smiths home. Discussions covered growing potatoes blight and ring rot. Mission Hand met Saturday afternoon at Miss Fults home. Irvine returned home improved from hospital. Visitors Findall home hosted George Frizzell of London on Friday en route to Picton and Roy Wichers of Kitchener on Sunday.
Edwin Cripps died at his MN Street home on September 16. Funeral services were held at Johnstone and Ruiley Funeral Home conducted by R. W. Joyce and A. M. Gratten. Burial took place in Everton Cemetery. Cripps born in Eramoun Township to Alex and Fannie Cripps, moved to Acton twenty four years ago after thirty years farming. A carpenter in Acton, he belonged to Acton Baptist Church. He married Sarah Jane Moore fifty three years ago and is survived by four sons and four daughters including Stanley Cecil Henry of Acton Alger Georgetown Tillie McIntyre Toronto Sadie Welch Buncany Rett Lincoln Toronto Edna Welch Englehart, 28 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Pallbearers were Fred Cleave William Couling R J Johnston D Cripps R Patterson. eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild served as flower bearers. Friends attended from Georgetown Morriston Guelph Forpus Galt Haanover Duncan and surrounding districts.
Mrs. F. J. Salt hosted a Trousseau Tea in honor of her daughter Florence Salt prior to her marriage to Kenneth Parker Fryer. The ceremony occurred at St Alban’s Church on Saturday, with Florence’s mother in law Mrs. Alfred Fryer among the hosts and a long line of ladies assisting at the table and with gifts.
The Acton Boys and Girls Band was honored by the Women's Institute of Acton with cheques totaling 50 dollars after winning at the C N E. Conductor received a 25 dollar cheque and plans to start a band uniform fund. Guests included Mr Mason and local officials, with a banquet and remarks from Don Lamb and Rev Pickering. The event closed with the National Anthem and prior congratulations from L Mc Swain and LO D E Lakeside Chapter.
The county council discussed a $600 salary increase for the county engineer as part of a broader financial and infrastructure agenda. They approved a resolution from Wentworth County requesting higher inpatient rates, considered road and shore access issues, and heard notices about a county home meeting in November and an Ontario Municipal Board annexation hearing in Acton.
A pretty autumn wedding was held Saturday at 3 30 PM at Mr and Mrs Andrew J Aitkens home. Annie Aitken wed Gordon Alexander Lesque son of Mr and Mrs Joe Leslie RR 3 Acton in a lawn ceremony under an evergreen arch.
Open Theatres of Canada announce Gregory Theatre will operate six nights weekly with a two day program rotation. Shows start at 7 and 9 pm with a Saturday children matinee at 2 pm. Box office opens nightly at 6 30 and Saturdays at 1 20. The season opens with The Egg and I starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray. theatre name may change to Roxy.
The Malton Agricultural Society hosts its 6th Milton Fair on Friday and Saturday drawing a large crowd. Thirty two hundred pounds in prizes are offered with livestock exhibits including Jersey and Holstein cattle shows and a poultry display. The Girls Pipe Band of Georgetown provides music and a Saturday night town hall dine follows the fair.
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