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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 12, 1956
Page
11
Nassagaweya township faces 85 miles of roads with spring repairs. Superintendent Fulton notes this year should be cheaper thanks to a new $16,000 grader and culvert focus. Estimated costs to restore roads run 800 to 4000 dollars, with work aimed at bridges and shoulders.
Underground cables are being laid on Main and Willow streets. A Toronto company plans to build 20 homes in Hillsburgh this summer. Swamp waters shut the mill pond road east of town this week. Be ardmore staffer Claud Cook is named Huntsville tannery manager. Mrs Robert Sly won $31 in the Merchant of the Week draw. Teachers attended Ontario Educational Association sessions in Toronto. Russell Johnson recalls heavy snow years ago after moving from Ballinafad on April 7, 1998. Bell’s school pupils hosted on Holiday Ranch TV show. Tiny square dancers perform around the district. Halton Centennial Manor staff house foundation poured. rapid progress if weather stays. Bob Goldham retires from the NHL and may coach Hamilton Cubs, with roots in Georgetown. Five Counties Art Association plans annual exhibit next month in Kitchener. last year in Acton. S.G. Bennett leads Coliseum expansion talks in Toronto town hall. project around three million dollars for 1958 Royal Winter Fair. Acton hockey fans attend Milton Pontiac Chiefs games. Pontiacs lose first three of Senior B semifinal to Whitby, game set in Milton Saturday. Dr Harald Leib to leave Acton this summer after spring article. former Actoman Johnny Moses joins CBC Farm Broadcasts, living in Port Credit after moves from Acton and Dunnville.
Georgetown hosts Halton Mutual Fire Aid meeting with attendees from across Halton. The main topic was fireworks use by children and the need for by laws to govern handling, with a call for close supervision during celebrations.
Lost hoist remains unclaimed from hydro truck two to three weeks ago. Found items include men’s work mitts leather, a green wool sweater, a plaid stroller, a brown and white wool vest, a plaid purse, several gloves, rosary, and baby items. Claim at Free Press Lost and Found with proof of identity within one week.
Public auction to sell tractors implements and farm equipment at the General Greenley Farm half a mile south of Palermo on Bronte Road starting 1.30 PM. Items include J D tractors model A and AR, manure loader, 2 furrow plows, combines, binders, wagons, rakes, saws and many small tools. Cash on day. no reserve as farm is sold. Hindley and Elliott, Auctioneers.
A notice to electors of Acton declares a ballot on April 23, 1956, asking if the town should establish a Board for the management and care of all municipal parks. The question presents Yes or No as options.
Birth notices list McEnery Bob and a McEnery at Guelph General Hospital on April 10, 1956. Bower announces Charlotte Jean Louise born Easter Sunday at Cottage Hospital Pembroke. Wilson birth of Lynne Jeanmarie April 6 at Peel Memorial Brampton. Palmer memorial note for Mrs Harvey Palmer. Somerville James Murray of Vancouver, formerly Acton, dies in his 78th year. funeral held April 9.
Euchre socials at Parish Hall and Bannockburn school offer meals and 35 cent admissions. Acton Home and School presents Nothing But the Truth April 12 13. Dads and Lads banquet on April 16. Music classes start April 17. Obituaries note Mary Margaret Little and Maud Mary Robinson. Rural festivals and school board meetings announced with dates and venues.
A sequence of thank you notices expresses gratitude from multiple residents including Olive M. Lampard and Angus Thompson for cards flowers and care received during illness and hospitalization at Guelph General hospital and in the Ospringe Acton districts.
Multiple items offered for sale and notices including a Gilson freezer at 350, a 199 Chevrolet sedan, Red Clover seed, a wood coal range, an electric coal wood stove, 5 tons of mixed hay at 18 per ton, Beaver seed oats at 35 per bushel, a new 6 room brick house with hot air oil heat, and several cows with calving dates mentioned. Contact details include Rockwood and Acton locations and various phone numbers.
In loving memory notices from a small town page list heartfelt remembrances for departed women. Entries name relatives such as Florence and Charlie Joyce and Jean Blythe Jack Joan and Harvey Palmer with dates like April 12, 1983 and April 12, 1953.
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