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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 09, 1925
Page
6
Births marriages and deaths listed from Erin area with names W B Dilly Nodwell McEnery Robinson Kerr Black Lindsay McRae Stevenson and McLaughlin. Includes a memorial line for Olive McLaughlin and family tributes.
Local items note Mount Forest Presbyterians voting 255 to 32 in favor of Union. Palm Sunday services reported. Easter hats and spring fashions referenced. Municipal assets stand at 231274 37 with liabilities 178404 38. April showers predicted and town improvements planned including road repairs and church events.
Miss Bonalo Colo underwent an appendicitis operation Recently recovering well Mr Joseph Swindlehurst injured aiding moving equipment He fractured his ankle in a wheel incident This report also lists March class nominees and honors for Erin area students including Forestell Aitken Johnston Foratell and McCaig with several juniors and seniors named in Classes I IV III including McCutcheon Stone and Pearen
Local items list residents visiting and returning home after trips in California and England. Mrs. Himira Luhay of Erin dies aged eighty five. born in Erin Village, married George Robinson on Christmas Day 1861. Social gathering at Daniel McMillan’s in Hillsburg honors his departure from the old home.
Mr 5S Kirk attended the Dominion Florist Convention in Montreal. Miss Gertrude Dayfoot joined the Nations Council of Women in Ottawa. St George’s Church hosts a Public Library event on April 18. Knox Church choirmaster A B Cantell marks 20 years. Over fifty curlers and wives at the arena banquet. James Fidder’s sale at Norval with good prices. Holstein cows average $30. A Passion Play lecture on Good Friday by Rev Dr Dickie at the Methodist Church.
The Alert Euchre Club held its final gathering with twelve tables and a prize won by Miss Ethel Gibbons. The CN Rail extended the east end of the passenger platform to improve boarding. Local residents Henderson Beanig and Joan Torrance visited-home from Simcoe. Wilbur J. Guild returned from Guelph General Hospital with infant. Miss Hannah Baagh passed away at Guelph General Hospital. Funeral at Albert Lush home to Johnston's Cemetery led by Rev H G L Baugh. Highway overseer Fred Hamilton had crews cleaning Matin Street urging residents to keep premises tidy. John Watson visited from Teropto. James Hepburn moved from Valley Road. A correspondent reported on Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute exhibits and projects. Temple at Brampton Golden Glaz Lodge discussed hall plans and expenses around $18,000.
Ontario paper notes the death of W H Kerr at age around seventy. longtime editor of the Brussels Post in Huron County, he led the paper for over forty years, served as a Methodist Sunday School superintendent, helped rebuild the local church after a year fire, and was remembered as a cultured Christian man. His son J A Kerr previously edited the Clinton Paper.
Prof Dunlop of Toronto University spoke at the Acton High School Literary Society on the Wembley Exhibition noting Canada's preeminent position and its resources. The program included music and athletic numbers, with praise for Canada's display and implications for future settlement and development.
Thorough notes outline how to play Spanish Guitar Tenor Banjo Regular Banjo Ukulele Hawaiian Steel Guitar and Mandolin. Apply for terms to Mra Curria Brock Ave or 65 Parks Ave Guelph. Will be in Acton every Thursday.
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