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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 30, 1943
Page
6
In fond memory of a husband and father who died September 28. Ritchie thanks those who cared during hospital stay. Mrs H McCutcheon and family express deep gratitude to relatives friends and neighbors for kindness. Cullen Dr Nelson nurses Velma Blair and Jean Cockburn lent cars and offered assistance.
Fire Prevention Week and Thanksgiving plans headline district notes. Veterans overseas updates include Prigate Herb Woods turning three, Sydney Fields arrival, and Sister Jessie Young joining RCAF nurses overseas. Weather hints predict autumn colors and a lean toward winter.
Regina report quotes Miss Isabel Daw of the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration. She notes experiments show foods can be dehydrated without loss of value or flavor. Using a dehydrator built by the Saskatchewan Industrial Development Board, she tested potatoes tomatoes carrots peas beans beets raspberries blueberries and apples. Dehydrated foods take up only one tenth the space of the originals.
Friends in this district mourn the sudden death of lifelong Acton resident Hugh McCutcheon. After returning home from the Acton Fair he suffered a heart attack and died at his Main Street home on Wednesday morning last week. The elder son of Stewart and Sarah McCutcheon, he leaves wife Eva Gibbons, daughter and son in law J. J. Stewart, two grandsons Jack and Barry, and three brothers William Rob ert and Clarence. The funeral was held Friday at Knox Presbyterian Church with Rev Forbes Thompson and Rev A W Fosbury assisting. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery Acton with numerous floral tributes and pallbearers. The community mourns a helpful neighbor and loyal friend.
At Erin School Section No 10 a Friday event honored Sliney and Charlie Burgess joining the army for overseas service. A reading by Sidney Burgess, music by local students, and a gift of writing kits were presented amid songs, recitations, and dancing.
Neighbors and friends gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Gibbons Acton to honor their recent marriage with a surprise party and miscellaneous gifts. An address from Dublin residents welcomed Esther and Lawrence and expressed goodwill for their life on the home farm and active participation in local social life.
London report states the Ministry of Supply and staff are in a dispute over grapes and peaches from a hothouse tied to a leased house. Fruit sold at low prices allegedly went to high officials, prompting Civil Service Clerical Association criticism of public funds subsidizing a select group of department officials.
A ration advertisement from the Wartime Prices and Trade Board stresses that inuse ration coupons must be destroyed promptly by the homewife to prevent misuse during the war.
The estate of the late Alexander Joe announces a public auction at Lot 18 Can. 2 Esquesing near the Check Line west of Acton Milton No. 23 Highway. On Monday October Ath 1043 at 11 o clock DST the sale includes live stock cattle cows and calves horses hogs poultry implements hay grain roots fuel lumber furniture and household effects and a 200 acre farm with a modern two storey brick house two bank barns and a garage. Terms cash on day of sale with real estate subject to reserve bids. Dublin Women's Institute to provide lunch.
Allied aircraft down Junkers-52 transports as Leghorn bombs press Germans trying to escape. Churchill and Mackenzie King discuss Empire prime ministers meeting possibly forming an Empire war cabinet. Russians push on Dnieper defenses with large territory gains and encirclements expected near Kremenchug. Foggia air base falls aiding southern Italy advance. Sorrento and Salerno Corridor opened as 5th Army advances. In the Pacific, New Guinea forces sink ships and destroy dozens of enemy planes while Sinschhafen nears end with Australian forces close to design.
Public auction by F Holmes at Son to sell Lot 1 Concession 2 Erin Township two miles north of Acton on Saturday October 2 at 1 30 pm. Cattle include Holstein Jersey cows bred and milking, Durham cows and bulls, two Durham heifers, one Holstein heifer, six fat and feeding steers. All cattle TB tested. Implements include mower cultivator plows grain drill stone boat hay rake and more. Grain and hay listed. 10 tons hay 100 bushels Cartier oats and barley last year. 18 feet of corn in silo. Farm for sale or rent. Cash terms. Windley auctioneer L Wright clerk.
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