Notices of births and deaths in memory column
Mixed notices announce a son born to Mr and Mrs B Car leas Clinton Ont on Tuesday May 23 1047 and a daughter Sandra Lou born to Mr and Mrs Stuart Sinclair at Guelph General Hospital. Memorial verses mark George W Thompson and a husband and father elsewhere with family tributes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corless
B. Carleas
Clinton
Meeries
John Vin
B Sinclair
Mra
Stuart Sinclair
Sandra Lou
Guuelph General Hospital
Thompson
George W. Thompson
Thanks and tributes from Cripps and band
Mrs E Cripps and family thank friends and neighbors for sympathy floral tributes and ecards after bereavement. Special thanks to the doctor and car lenders. The Boys and Girls Band thank supporters for kind remarks and congratulations on success at the CNE competition. Transportation provided by Chas W Mason Bandmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Cripps
C.N.E
Chas. W. Mason
Acton Fair Preparations Highlight Local Plans
Preparations for the Acton Fair are under way with October 3 and 4 marked on the calendar to ensure residents meet friends. Daylight savings ends Sunday at 2 am. train schedules may shift and coats are being readied for coming cold. Principal G W McKenzie says school heat will resume tomorrow and students should register. Strong winds damaged trees and rural telephone service, with poles at dangerous angles noted along roads.
Two Clubs Hold Achievement Days At Milton Fair
Halton's Calf Club and Boys' and Girls' Swine Club prepare for achievement days at the Milton Fair. About 35 to 40 Calf Club members will parade calves judged by W P Watson of the Ontario Live Stock Branch. The Swine ring will feature twenty pure bred Yorkshire gilts. crowds expected as youths display Guernsey Holstein Jersey Shorthorn or Angus calves or gilt pairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halton
Milton Fair
W. P. Watson
Ontario Live Stock
Toronto
Sane
Farm society and community visits described in local notes
Ballinafad Farm group met Monday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith to discuss potato growing and issues like blight and ring rot. A Mission Hand gathering occurred Saturday afternoon at Miss Hills’s home. Mr Irvine returned home from hospital in improved health. Vimitors visited Hev. Flindall’s home to see Mr George Fritzell of London on Friday night en route to Picton. Mr and Mrs Roy Withers of Kitchener were there on Sunday.
Obituary for Edwin Cripps 76 of Acton
Edwin Cripps 76 died at his MN Street home on Tuesday and funeral services were held at Johnstone & Ruiley Funeral Home. He was born in Eramonar Township son of Alex and Fannie Cripps and farmer turned carpenter. Survivors include his wife Sarah Jane Moore four sons and four daughters, 27 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Pallbearers and flower bearers listed. mourners from Georgetown Harriston Guelph and surrounding district attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Cripps
Edwin’ Grippa
MN Street
Johnstone & Ruiley
R. W. Joyce
A.M. Gratten
Everton Cemetery
Cripps
Eramonar Township
Alex
Fannie Cripps
Acton
Eramora Township
Acton, Baptist Church
Sarah Jane Moore
Tle
Stanley
Cecil
Henry
Alger
Georgetown
Tillie
McIntyre
Toronto
Sadie Mra—Welch
Duncany- Rett
Lincoln
Edna
Welch
Englehart
Messrs
Fred Cleave
William Couling
R. L. Johnston
D. Cripps
R. Patterson
Trousseau Tea Honors Florence Salt Before Marriage
Mrs F J Salt hosted a Trousseau Tea for her daughter Florence ahead of her Sept 20 wedding to Kenneth Parker Fryer at St Alban’s Church. Guests included Mrs Alfred Fryer and several hostesses and assistants decorating with pink roses and gypsophila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Salt
Trousseau
Florence
Kenneth Parker Fryer
S. Alban's Church
Alfred Fryer
Salt
W. H. Clayton
E. M. Schroeder
W. J. Beatty
Acton Band Honored by Women's Institute With Cheques
The Acton Boys and Girls Band was toasted by the Women's Institute of Acton after their CNE victory. A 25 cheque to conductor Mr Mason celebrated the win, with further thanks from L McSwain and Lakeview Chapter ILOD E. Donations to fund band uniforms praised as future ambitions for continued success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Institute
Acton Boys
C.N.E
United Church
Wryith
Ladies of the Inn
Davidson
Anderson
Mason
C. WY. Mason
Tom Ware
Pickering
Don Lamb
Institute
C. W. Mason
L. McSwain
Lakewde
D.E
Band
Irs
County Engineer Receives 600 Dollar Salary Boost
County officials discuss a six hundred dollar raise for the County Engineer amid board deliberations. The council also approved a resolution urging higher provincial patient care rates and considered West Street closure in Trafalgar Township. An Ontario Municipal Board hearing and an October meeting schedule were noted along with various accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiko
Wentworth County
Hoapltala
Costa
Navy
Trafalgar Township
West Street
Bronte
Biggar
Ilo
Reoave Whitaker
Ontario Municipal Board
Acton
Esqueaing
Leslie Aitken Gordon Leslie wedding on a September lawn
A pretty autumn wedding united Annie Isobel Aitken and Gordon Alexander Leslie on a Saturday afternoon at 3 30 at the Aitken home. Rev J M Anderson officiated as family members and bridesmaids attended the ceremony followed by a buffet reception. The couple will reside on Kroom's farm RR 3 Acton after a motor trip to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew J. Aitker
Annie Isobel
Gordon Alexander Leslie
Joel B. Leslie
R.R
Acton
J.M. Anderson
Edna
Aitken
Nancy Aitken
Elwood Johnston
United States
Kroom
Gregory Theatre to Operate Six Nights a Week
Odeon Theatres of Canada announce Gregory Theatre will run six nights weekly starting September 29 with a two day rotation of programs. Shows begin at 7 and 9 p.m. with a Saturday matinee for children at 2 p.m. Box office hours are 6:30 nightly and 1:30 Saturday. Early bookings feature The Egg and I starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray. theatre name to change to roxy soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odeon Theatres of Canada
Gregory Theatre
Egg and I
Claudette Colbert
Fred MacMurray
Milton Fair Draws Large Crowd This Friday and Saturday
The Malton Agricultural Society hosts the Osth Annual Milton Fair with 3000 in prizes across livestock displays including Holstein and Jersey cattle, poultry shows, a Boys Calf Club entries, and a Free for All race prize of 200. Music by the Girls Pipe Band of Georgetown, plus a Saturday night town hall sale dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malton Agricultural Society
Jersey
Boys’ Calf Club
Jorney
Holstein
Georgetown
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Lachlan McMillan
Fergus
Guelglr Street
Slater
Jim
Cameron
Memoriam
Acton Fair
G. W. McKenzie
Ballinafad
Florence Salt
S. Page One
Leslie-Aitken
Bride
Gregory
Roxy
Odeon
Canada
Our
Tony
Kelly & Aiken
Orangeville
Ontario
Jack Holmes
Herb Cook
Cecil A. Carr Savage
Douglas St
Guelph, Ont
Tol
Bouquet Lentheric
Miracle
Shanghai
Confensi
Cooper's Drag
Mill Street
Dodge
WM Crescent
Force Rangette
Larne Masalea
E.W. Roberts
RR. A
New Hampshire
Mia
Madill
Anders
Clare Robewan
Muton
Chevrolet
D.maplesden
Wright,Real Estate
J. H. Denny
Bower Ave
Plymouth Cou
Scott Motor Sale
Iorgetown
Phlono
Plymouth
Frank Toth
Lloyd Morris
Route 1
Hillsburg
Erin Ral
Wm. R. Bracken
Quebec
International
Nash
Gibson
Wood
Godison
Tom Hewson
J. M. Andersen
Tlouse
Cat
Bex
FY Holmes & Son
Arthur Harris
Ro Roi
Aeton
Rockwood
Glenspey Farms Ltd
Milton
Glenspey Farms
Actoa
BR Rumley
Actan
Witeno
Bloor St
Familex
Dept. C
Delarimier
Montreal
Rumaeus
Acme Quebec
J. V. Savage
Main Street
J. KE. McMullen
Farre
Ralph Dale
Palermo
Tuenday
Hindley and
Elliott
R. R. Ford
Atton
Fxquesing
Marties
Stewar
M. B. Sanderson
Leatherland, Terk
Elwel Distributing CO
Park Ave
A. Floyd Smith
Quebec Street
West Guelph
Farnworth Memorials
Mederaig
Flors R& At
Canstary
Guelpil Ony
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