Easter Monday closures and town notes in Acton area
The passage notes Easter Monday closures for banks and post offices, ongoing high school building work with partitions and plastering, and hydro pole removals on Mill Street. It mentions open house during Easter vacation with kids at activities, Miss L Potter joining Acton Public School staff next fall, and a Baptist Young People play in Churchill United Church. A UW O student from Acton ran the Boston Marathon, several teachers attended Ontario Educational Association meetings in Toronto, and Rhythm Ramblers provided dance music. Summer wood badge courses are planned at Blue Springs scout reserve near Acton, plus a bank sign about Thanksgiving Day closures. Restocking and fishing openings are forecast, with trout released at Cook’s Mills and nearby rivers. A local man, Joseph Lannes, is described in a police case involving a bush mishap and death. The Dominion Agriculture department reports world records for a Canadian Holstein cow.
Debate Rotation of Garage Patronage
Residents debated duties of the roads committee on improving lighting along Vimy street and Mill street area. Councillor Hargrave noted a faulty ceiling fixture and Mayor Tyler directed repairs. Councillor Langford raised Fairy Lake bath house boards issue. fir fire area numbering suggested for emergency calls. Accounts totaling 1449.85 were approved for payment to town services and suppliers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Footitt
Vimy Street
Cemetery Hil
Tyler
J. Hargrave
A. Kirkness
R. Langford
Mill Street
George
Wellington
Langford
Fairy Lake
Irwin
Acton Public Util
Hydro
Bell Telephone
Acton Free Press
Mad Anthony-Little Motors
Dept of Highways
Acton Pac Hydro Ma
Community Events and Church Activities This Week
A list of local gatherings includes a Friday Y group discussion at the Y on Youth of Today with all welcome, a St. Albans Spring Bazaar with tea and baking in the Parish Hall on Saturday April 24 from 3 to 5 PM, and Bannockburn euchre on April 24 with prizes and lunch. Sunday April 26 features Knox church Fireside with Eric Clark as guest speaker at 8:30 PM, plus a Nassagaweya Federation euchre and dance at Brookville hall on April 23 with 50 cent admission. Also Zimmer man and Lowville United church present a 3 act comedy Don t Keep Him Waiting in Brookville Hall April 28 at 8:15 DST. admission 25 and 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Alban‘s
Bannockburn
Bannagipura WA
Knox Church
Eric Clark
Halton Manor
Brookville Hall
Nassagaweya
Federation of Agriculture
Zimmerman and Lowville United Church
Clifford Waite
Ebenezer Choir
AB Mission
Births and obituaries across Acton and area in April notices
Announcements include multiple births with parents Harris Hill Kennedy Jordan and Hill at Acton nursing homes and hospitals in April 1934. Additional notices mark deaths of Margaret Maud Dyer and Mrs William Ham in Guelph, funeral details at Rockwood and Yarmouth streets, plus the passing of Tommy Hurst in 1951 with family tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponoka Hospital
Punoks
Alberta
Helen Elizabeth Brown
Alfred P
Florence
Henry Hamiltons
Manor
Sask
Mabel
John) Taylor
Ponoka
Edward
Thurrell
Richard Brown
Acton
Kerr
Winnipeg
Ralston Brown
Turner Valley
Ponoka Cemetery
Hurst
Tommy
Estate sale at Milton residence features substantial antique furnishings
Public auction to sell the estate of the late John Irving at his Victoria Street Milton home on Saturday starting 1:30 pm. Items include living room and dining room sets, bedroom furniture, office pieces, wall decor, rugs, lamps, silverware, glassware, and linens. Also listed are farm and seed sales and miscellaneous equipment with contact details for the organizers Hindley and El Aue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada Trust Co
Guelph
John Irving
Victora St. Milton
Tucker and Armch
Sovak
Hindley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mill St
L. Potter
Acton Public School
Ospringe
A. J. Nicol
U.wo
Ontario Educational Association
Toronto
Legion
Rhythm Ramblers
Ontario
Blue Springs
Cook's Mills
Rockwood
Irvine River
Salem
Ararch
Huntsville
Joseph Lannes
Alan Leishman
Lannes
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Graham
Mona
R. D. Graham
Erin
W. K. MacLeod
Thetford Mines
Quebec
Lee
Lena Towsss
Capetown
Vated Ferrer Aimont Gabba
Thomas
Acton Citizens’ Band
Roxy Theatre
Glen Street
Vids Legion
Edwin Watson
Everybody
Acton Tennis Club
Scout Hall
Kennedy June
Tom Kennedy
Wendy Ron
Guelph General Hospital
David
Jordan
Karl Jordan
Bower Ave
John Hubert
Memoriam
Mildred Bell
Wesel
Acton Services
Harold Wiles
Gray Coach Lines
Ford
G. Hargrave
Young St
Monarch
H. Mat
Harold Michive
Milton
Gerald MacLeod
W. S. Enright
Elgin Whatley
Lake Ave
Tom Haines
Georgetown
Timothy
John R. Sprowt
Acston
Melvin McCullough
Gordon Leslie
Victoria Ave
Gordon Gilbert
Weber’s
Elmira
McCormick Deering
Archie Kerr
Phone
Thompson
Conyers
Sussex
In Young
Maxwell
Milanea
Wenner Pigs
Hone Milton
James Walace
Hallinafad
Gordon Young Limited
Nichols New Hampshire
Miscel
Familex
Deloriver
Dept
Montreal
Thompson Motors
Canada
Paler
Manning Electric
Mal ST
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