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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 26, 1946
Page
4
A cluttered advertisement listing work for fall and winter, lodging limited for workers near Milton, plus mentions of stove repairs by Fireline Jointless Firebrick and baby chicks with December delivery. Contact WS Coleman Jr Acton Ontario for writing samples and replies.
Community brief noting items of local interest gathered from nearby centres. Short updates cover events, services, and happenings that may appeal to readers following neighborhood changes and social activity.
Rockwood church services at St Johns were attended by locals including Kev Brooks and Min Hruvhs. A town hall event featured Temperance Kell and moving pictures on social issues, with many regional guests and a large turnout.
Local entries record visits by Afra Koob Storey and others to their mother and friends gathering on Friday. Mills and Waight tote high euchre scores. a deer weighing around twenty pounds was moved after a collision on No T Highway. Several locals plus the Merediths, Noble and South families spent Sunday with the Fosters at Haden. A shower and presentation for Wallace Gordon in Saltas featured a white linen table cloth and napkins. Limehouse Federation’s Heatherington opened the season with children’s activities and coffee social hours at 2:30 pm and 8:30 pm with lunch and a coffee break.
A Ballinafad social event last week honored Mr and Mrs Wallace Gordon with a shower. The program featured solos by Mrs Karn Doris Harding and Mrs Gisby, a duet by Mr Stanley and Mrs Norman Sinclair, and a reading by Mrs Fosmith. Mr and Mrs Gordon received thanks as guests sang and danced after lunch.
Notice to Creditors and others. A'S person having claims against the estate of Harry Jeans late of Acton Halton deceased who died on or about March 18 are required to file proof of claim with C F Leatherland Executor Acton on or before October 15 1946 after which date the estate will be distributed having regard only to claims then filed Dated Acton September 24 1946 C F Leatherland Executor Acton Ontario.
The message notes a reminder to set time an hour on Saturday in advance of retring. It mentions sour cock tuck as the event focus and suggests planning ahead to avoid missing the schedule.
Notice to creditors in the estate of Fulizare The Ans Spukey, late of Ifon village, Halton County. Claims must be proven by date specified, with probate fees and distribution pending, naming JESSE KRENENE IC and SPATIDIELAND Acton Ostates.
Public auction to be held at Horner Cowan’s farm off Highway 23 three miles south of Multan on Tuesday starting 10:00. Horses cattle hogs and a wide range of farm implements including tractors, mowers, cultivators, hay equipment, lumber, wagons and machinery to be sold with cash settlement to the clerk. No reserve as the farm is sold. Auctioneers Hindley and Elliott.
Auction notice for a farm sale at Limehouse area on Wednesday October at 1 PM. Items include numerous Holstein Ayrshire Durham and Jersey cattle with calving and breeding statuses, several horses, implements from Frost Wood Kinder and McCormick, a Massey Harris tractor, hay and grain yields, furniture appliances and household goods, plus a piano and organ. Proceeds benefit the estate of R Nixon with miscellaneous farm tools and equipment listed.
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