Resignation Marks Forty Years of Acton Public School Service
The Free Press notes the resignation of Miss Daisy Folster from Acton Public School after forty years of teaching, most of them in Acton. Her long career alongside Miss Bennett’s era and her former role as deputy to the principal highlight a lifetime of community commitment and mentorship for Acton’s students and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Press
Acton
Acton School
Daisy Folster
Folster
M. Z. Bennett
Miss Bennett
Miss Forster
Daisy
Easter Services Across Acton Gather Faithful
Easter observances span several Christian denominations in Acton and area. Father W J Morgan led Mass with lilies decorating altars, while Father McDougall conducted Stations of the Cross and Holy Saturday rites. Pentecostal Assembly and Christian Reform and Dutch and Ukrainian groups hold services. Rev Ken Reid, Rev von Harmelen, and Rev Kroese appear in various duties. Easter lilies, roses, and music accompany sermons, baptisms planned in Guelph, and communion to follow for Dutch New Canadians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father W. J. Morgan
Father McDougall
Guelph
Crewson
Acton
Pentecostal Assembly
Ken Reid
Bowen
Easter Weekends Bring Townsfolk North and South
A whirlwind of visits fills Acton and district as residents spend Easter and the long weekend in Toronto Montreal Kingston Hamilton and Ottawa. Notables include Miss Margaret Langtree in Ridgetown Miss Mary Chalmers in Toronto and Mr. Jim Greer in Galt. Several residents journey to Kingston Toronto and Bermuda while others host relatives at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Jacque
Delaware
Margaret Langtree
Mary Kay Gibbons
Rockwood
Jack McGeachie
Toronto
Bob’ Brayshaw
Kingston
Ray Parkhouse
Plattsville
B. Urquhart
Darlene
St. Catharines
Arnold Weaver
Inda
Susan
Hamilton
Phillips
Warren Wood
Bert Tripp
New York
Jane Elliott
A. T. Brown
Milton
J. Denny
Jeff
Christopher
W. Beatty
States
J. Sonia
Alfred Fryer
John Tracy
Dorval
Quebec
Ron Rolston
Moose Jaw
Alan Leishman
Drew
Alana
Huntsville
Cam Leishman
Lowrie
Stratford
Fern Brown
Bertha Brown
Zella McCartney
Ern Brown
Barbara
Ann Symon
June McPherson
G. A. Dills
Clare ‘Prosser
Marian
Roy
Edith
Kirkland Lake
Gordon Currie
Jean Newman
Harold Fitzsimmone
Sarnia
Harry Mainprize
Anne Baker
Jack Mainprize
Montreal
Roddy Mc
R. A. Gordon
Nancy Gordon
Sandra Coy
Willowdale
Matt Tyler
Lorraine Tyler
Phoenix
Arizona
J. Plynn
Beryl Flynn
E-Hawthorn
John Kirkwood
H. G. ‘Hunter
Ruth Couse
Ang
Don Ross
Tom Corner
Thorold
T. Wood
W. McLeod
H. Hawthorne
Ricky
G. Hawthorne
Kitchener
E. Hawthorne
J. WY. Krapek
Ed Manning
Johnnie Krapek
Andersons
P. Watson
A. Robinson
Dorothy’ Capper
Ottawa
Miss Capper
John Lambert
F. W. Bowes
AC John E. Lambert
Rockliffe
Jack Stewart
Sharon
Steven
F. J. Redmond
David
Sault Ste. Marie
Mary Sirrs
Acton
Memorial Hospital
Bermuda
Sirrs
Newtonbrook
North York
Hydro Services Estimate and Local Utility Notes
A report outlines a $40,180 estimate for hydro services and notes actions including paying an A. Vine debt, moving a hydrant on J. Higgins property in Warren Grove, and installing hydro poles to Cobble Hill. It also mentions possible temporary help for subdivision servicing and lists hydro accounts totaling $12,008.47 with various suppliers. Daylight saving time begins Sunday, April 24.
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A. Vine
J. Higgins
Warren Grove
D. Mason
Cobble Hill
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Murray Scayne
Ridgetown
John Chapman
Fergus
Ida Ritchie
S. Bradmore
Port Credit
Master Bobby Watson
Mrs. Fulton
Kerr Brown
Winnipeg
Manitoba
John Black
Bothwell
Reed Menzies
William Miller
Charles McGlashan
Buffalo
N.Y
A. J. Buchanan
H. Mainprize
E. J. Hassarg
C. Hansen
Gynodical Society of
Kingston W.ms
Central Church
Galt
General Assembly
J. L. W. McLean, M.A
Acton P.uxc
Hydro
Toth
Thompson Fuel
MacSwain Motors
Thompson Motors
United Steel Pate Ltd
Can. Brass Co
Beardmore
Caribonum, Ltd
Williams Supply Co
Acton Free Press
H. Palmer
H. G. Barlow Co
F. Terry
John Wood Co
Masco Electric
Garner Motors Moloney Elec
Gen. Electric
Supreme Power Supp
Burroughs
Mach
Cartage MacDonald Electric
Packard Elec
Eee
Carolina Cannonball
Judy Canova
Dick Powell
Debbie Reynolds
Home Yn School - Association
John Burke
Charles Packer
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