Halton County Music Festival Returns Postwar
Halton County staged its first postwar music festival at Knox Presbyterian Church Milton after a four year break. Prizes went to solo and duet winners with urban and rural pupils competing, under adjudicator G Roy Fenwick of Toronto.
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Halton
Milton
Knox Presbyterian
Dlt- Yereti
Nasangaweya
Lockhart
Roy Fenwick
Toronto
Provincin
Frst
Cups
Shields
Finst
L. L. “Skuce
P.S.1
Arious
Urban Girls
Betty Mae Fosbury
Acton
June Eason
Georgetown
Elleft Hunt
Oakville Central
Elizabeth Perkins
Burlington Central
Carole Graham
East Burlington
Beverley Castle
Bronte
Vivian Svorenko
Sabdra Scott
Peggy Oakes
Elsie Springle
Strathcona
Myrlene Showers
Nancy Lewis
Dalzell Barrowman
Carol Stevenson
Anne Pickard
Muriel McDowell
Vocal Fold
Elizabeth Ireland
Lois McMillan
Burlington
Joan Trimble
Marjorie Fountain
Ruth Millward
Isabel Currie
Sylvia Vansickle
Margaret Cro
Marilyn Bell
Lois Frith
Carolyn Oakes
Barbara McDermott
Urban Boys
Acton Y's Men Visit Kitchener Anniversary
The Acton Y's Men's Club traveled by bus to Kitchener last Monday for the second anniversary of the K W Y's Men's Club. A joint parade with Guelph and other clubs preceded a chicken dinner and entertainment at the YMCA building with local and international officers in attendance.
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Acton Y
Kitchener
Kitchener- Waterloo Y.mec.a
Acton
Guelph
Y's Moon
Woodstock
Ingersoll
Pan Pallter
Xeritus
Mitch
Lou Buckley
The
Kitchener Y
Dick Bean
Mr. Little
Galt
Eleven Mile Strip Reopens After Grading Work
On Monday a power grader began to tear up the surface of Highway 25 Milton to Acton. Travel improves as deep holes are filling and the eleven mile trip becomes easier on vehicles and drivers. Traffic should stay under 30 mph. officials hope for a more permanent fix later this year to connect county north and south through the center.
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Highway 25
Milton
Acton
Mission: Fields Experience Talk At Knox Church Meeting
Rev J M Anderson Jees spoke on mission field experiences during an evening meeting at Knox Church. Guest speaker recalled student ministry days with amusing incidents, followed by solos and a devotional lunch prepared by Mrs Musselle and committee. Thieves stole two gasoline engines and two electric motors from Erin Creamery display window, Auburn Wright owner.
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YWA
Knox” Church
F. Anderson
R. O'Mara
Bowen
Erin Creamery
Auburn Wright
Citizenship Service Held at Junior Farmers Gathering
Seventeen Halton County youths took the oath of allegiance and received Canadian citizenship certificates at Memorial Hall on the Ontario Agricultural College campus in Guelph. Judge Munro presented the certificates as part of a series of citizenship meetings run with the Ontario Junior Farmer Conference, with educators and local officials stressing duties and knowledge of government.
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Atenan
Iny Memorial Hall
Ink
Ontario Agricultural College
Guelph
Ontario Junior Farmer Conference
Halton County
Munro
Halton
Palermo
Ashgrove
Orange
George S. Atkins
Ontario Adult Education Board
Atkins
Fsee ‘Oy
W. J. Robertson
Fohip
Canada
Norman C. Lindsay
Lindsay
Norman H. High
Economics Department
OAC
Edna Aitken
Thomas William Alderson
James Ward Brownridge
Beatrice Georgina Burkholder
George Douglas Currie
John Henry Hunter
Marion McGill Hunter
Josiah Withiam Lambshead
Gordon Alexander Leslie
George Edward Pelletterie
Elizabeth Jane Ruddell
John Joseph Ward Ruddell
Gordon Wesley Sovereign
Arthur Edward Spencer
Helen Rena Spencer
Cornelius van Vilet
Norman Charles Lindsay
Robert Craig Alexander
Janet’ Babion Atkins
John McLean Bird
Edgar Martin’ Breckon
Agnes Euphemia Fairbrother
Albert Llewellya Fairbrother
Cedric Harrop
Samoy“Keen
Henry Craig Reld
Halton Presbytery Elects Officers at Georgetown Meeting
The Halton Presbytery of the United Church of Canada met at Georgetown United Church on April 16. Rev. G. W. Porter was named chairman. Rev. Truax became secretary. Rev. R. C. Todd and Rev. R. R. Hare, along with H. F. Sanderson, were named conveners. Three resolutions urged stricter marriage health checks, civil marriage in the province, and better prevention of divorce, with higher missionary goals for 1947.
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Halton
Georgetown
Evangelism
R. R. Hare
Mill
H. F. Sanderson
AJAW
Fosbury
G. W
General Council Commission
Christian Home
E. W. Brearley
Simcoe
Presbytery
Victoria University Finance
Victoria
Halton Presbbytery
Acton Band Plans June Event With 18 Invited
At a joint meeting of the Acton Branch Canadian Legion and Acton Boys and Girls Band plans were set for a Band on June 21. The event aims to be a premier musical treat of the season with eighteen bands invited to participate.
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Acton
Canadian Legion
Council and Utilities Appoint Treasurer and Plan Water Extensions
A joint meeting of Acton Council and Public Utilities Commission appointed John McGeachle as Secretary-Treasurer at 1600 per year, with Miss de Walker as deputy. They discussed 600 foot water main extensions to begin next week and decided to finance through debentures when possible.
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Acton Council and
Public Utilities Commission
Public Utilities Office
Hansen
William Williams
Secretar
Mas
Public Utilities
Joahn McGeachle
McGeachlees
Wartime Housin and Arena Roof Plans Deferred
The article notes an Easter meeting of the Women's Missionary Society with Dr Jen Miller of Guelph as guest speaker outlining wartime evacuation work in China and reports on local council business including a wartime housing project option on 12 acres, a treasurer change, water service for a new house, and improvements to the softball diamond with a backdrop plan.
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Women's Missionary Society of the United Church
Tueson
Caldwell
AT. Brown
F. Cleave
R. L. Johnson
Mowat
G. MacDonald
G. Lambert
No HL Wilson
Dorothy Simmons
B. Veldhals
Annet. Evans
Know Church Missionary Society
Our Society
Tr Jen Miller-of
Shee
Dr. Miller
China
M. Z. Bennett
Reeves and Council
C. Nelles
Howsing
F. Gil Turner
Wm. Willis
WV i Hams
Andzcomes
S. Snow
Lelshman
Messrs
F. Dawkins
J. Royston
Acton Athletic Association
Council
S Plains
Aylsworth
Cook
Geo. Musselle
Bride and Groom Honored With Gift Shower
Friends and neighbors gathered at Cedarvale School on Monday evening April 14 to honor Mr. and Mrs. Burt James. R L Davidson chaired a program featuring duets, instrumental solos, a reading, an address, and a miscellaneous shower presentation. The Jameses gave thanks, speeches followed, the National Anthem was sung, and lunch was served.
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Cedarvale
Burt James
R. L. Davidson
Sinclair
Gamer
Olga Locker
Sid. Speers
Garner
C. Hurren
Lofthouse
Smith Griffin Jr
Community events and fundraisers list for May and April
The notice lists St Alban’s Guild Euchre in Parish Hall on Thursday May 1 at 8 30, Acton Town Hall Minstrel Show on Friday April 25 at 8 30, and a Home Baking and White Elephants sale by the Scout and Guide Mothers Association at Town Hall on Saturday May 3 at 3 pm.
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St. Alban'a Guild Euchre
Acton Town Hall
Scout and Guide Mothers’ Association
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Acton Public School
Golo
Telegram
Rosy Pearen
J. M. Anderson
Jeles
Halton Presbytery
John McGeachie
Arena
Jean Miller
United Wms
War Memorial
Treamirer
Legion
RM. Aylsworth
J. E. Creighton
Wm. Coon
Cl Cook
Acton Council
Seston
FL McCutchean
Walker Lodge
W. War
John Kenney
Roy McIntosh
A. Thrown
F McIntosh
Wm. Cooper
C. F. Leatherland
D.D
Stoner
Shumaker
W. J. Beatty
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