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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 28, 1944
Page
16
A fragmented remembrance item honors George W Thompson and Henry A McLeod with lines about memory and the vacant chair. Messages express lifelong love from wives, children, and grandchildren, noting ongoing grief and fading loneliness in a land of memory. A separate note thanks well wishers for sympathy and gifts during hospital stays.
Acton residents plan to attend the Milton Fair on Saturday as Acton Park shines and crowds praise the grounds. The fair program ends before dark and the sound system by Sanford & Son performs well. Prints of Free Press photos are available for ten cents, and the Y M C A in Acton announces extensive alterations with tenders to be sought and financing favorable.
A citizen group met in the Council Chamber on Monday evening and unanimously supported a fitting V Day celebration. The McPherson family reported their nephew Spr Paul Breckon 24 died of wounds suffered in France on August 26. Pilot Officer Harry P. Ridley 30 is also noted.
Several cases disposed in Police Magistrate Langdon's Court at Milton. Harold Williams Jr and John Ford of Welland were sentenced to three years in Kingston Penitentiary with 15 lashes for armed robbery at an Oakville service stall. Harold Dickie, a Ute, got three months definite and two months indefinite with five lashes for the same charge. All three pled guilty. Williams and Ford remanded for mental examination, found sane by two physicians. Three men pleaded guilty to breaking and entering T. W. Heath undertaking establishment Mitchell Ontario. sentenced to three years to run concurrently, Dickie to three months definite and two months indefinite. Items stolen included embalming instruments, a loud speaker, battery converter and a portable typewriter. all recovered. Joseph Johns and Kenneth Van Berricham fined $10 and costs or 10 days for intoxication in Burlington. William Adamson and Maurice Scarfe of Oakville ordered to pay half the costs. default 30 days jail. suspended sentence for one year. Adamson must report monthly. default 60 days in jail. Magistrate Langdon noted enlistment in Navy would excuse reporting. Both charged with stealing a hydraulic jack from Wm Whitaker & Son.
Mrs. Joseph Hurst and sons return to Acton after summer at Barcowan Beach Carrying Place Ont. Cpl Fred Castle returns home after serving as prisoner of war escort to Canada. Obituary notices Harry P Lawson dies at Stewarttown aged unknown. family notes and regional military updates included. Georgetown Fall Show draws over 4000 visitors. Esquesing Agricultural Society showcases program. Georgetown Rehabilitation Council formed to plan postwar civil life reintegration for local servicemen.
Burlington notes Edmund Holtby completes 2p years as High School Board secretary and plans for the Masonic County meeting on October 25. Sailors arrive for apple-picking aid. a local brother dies in Italy. A. S. Nicholson & Son picnic succeeds with large turnout. Thanksgiving service planned at Lions Park. Regina reports beer coupon rationing in Saskatchewan limits to 12 pints per person monthly.
Frank Pridham of Miteball Ontario announces the engagement of his daughter Ethel Trene to Charles David Henderson son of Mr J Henderson and the late Mrs Henderson of Acton Ontario. The marriage is planned for early fall. Eva Mary Arana Sibbett of Toronto engages Gordon J Hill of Hamilton Ont son of the Reverend and Mrs J H Hill. The wedding is set for Saturday October 14 1944 at Trinity College chapel.
Pauline Doris Baker of Toronto married Macpherson Symon son of Mrs. Jan Symon Acton Ontario yesterday at Morrison's Inn Owen Sound. The ceremony featured gladioli and autumn flowers with music by Wislet Brown and George Huber as attendant.
A quiet wedding at 23 Green Street Guelph united Marthe Elizabeth Masson and Charles B McGlaughlin of Toronto Acton in a blush pink gown ceremony officiated by Rev Albert Stoll Guelph. The reception featured pink asters gladioli and a two tier pink cake. The couple will reside in Toronto with congratulations from relatives in Ontario and France.
Public auction on the Rockwood line near Wood, three miles above and below specified landmarks. Items listed include Hereford cattle, Southdown ewes, York Sows, 19 market lambs, 10 goats, 18 registered Southdown ewes, 25 tons mixed hay, wheat and grain, alfalfa, wood, and a full set of farming implements. Terms are cash day of sale. no removal until paid. Auctioneer Roy Windley.
As of June 1944 Nova Scotia housed 208 credit unions serving 30,892 members. Cumulative loans since the movement began total 7,478,604 dollars with overall deposits and total misses reported at 91,095,000.
In Bogota a Protestant cemetery on an acre of land deeded to the British government stands as forever England a token of gratitude for English help in Colombia’s independence. The site sits beside a large Roman Catholic cemetery and has housed British and American graves far from home for over a century.
Auctioneer Windley offers cattle hay implements grain poultry and furniture sale on Saturday at two in Nassagaweya Township. Items include Holstein cows Jersey hogs purebred boars sows wheels harness gear tractors and farm equipment with cash terms and no reserve due to proprietor quitting farming.
Public auction in Acton on Wednesday October 2 1946 at 4 pm to wind up the Worden estate offers household goods and personal effects including piano bell dining set and chairs. at 5 15 pm real estate, house and lot Part of Lot 68 Plan 28 Acton, with reserve bid. Contact C F Leatherland Acton for details. Mindley the auctioneer.
Sunday will be observed in Ebenezer United Church next Sunday morning. The Woman's Association of the Ebenezer Church are conducting a booth at the Milton Fair next Saturday. Miss Doreen Ferguson is under the doctor's care for treatment and hopes are high for recovery. The fair report notes a fairly good crop this year and a heavy wine frost on Saturday night damaged crops with some ice reported in this district.
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