Milton Transients Housing Charge Cut to 50 Cents
Halton County Council meets at Milton Court House in late April and approves halving the transient housing charge to 50 cents per head per day for Milton transients for 1931, with Milton to bear 50 percent of costs. The session also discusses county fair grants, school funding, and road maintenance needs totaling about 63,827.56 dollars for 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton
Halton
Court House
Isgt
Messrs
Duncan Campbell
J. Blain
Fal
Cleave
Peer
Barber
Appellee
Currie
Breckon
Robinson
Reeve
Readhead
Reeve—Blain
John Irving
Irving
Syer
Byer
Oakville
Mrr. Morden
Acton
Guelph
Mabel Farrinston
Georgetown
Campbellville
Railway ‘Board
Good Roads Committee
Smith
Acton Playhouse to Stage Mystery Comedy Next Week
Knox Presbyterian Players announce OH Kay a three act mystery comedy in Acton Town Hall next Wednesday and Thursday. Eleven cast members will perform with a prize for guessing Who is the Black Terror, plus a Baker royalty presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox Presbyterian Players
Acton
Auctioneer licensing and by law amendments discussed
The council approved by laws for auctioneer licenses with $20 annual fees, or $10 if issued after October, and first year adjustments. A by law to amend license issuance was enacted with licenses expiring annually. Accounts were reviewed for various departments including Education and Agriculture and a Good Roads committee proposal was debated and defeated. The council adjourned at 6 30 p m to reconvene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Roads Committee
Euchre and Dance Fundraiser and Village News
A list of community events includes a Women’s Institute euchre and dance in the Town Hall on April 29 to aid relief efforts, with 8 15 admission under 25 cents. A parish hall meeting on May 6 features a progressive euchre party. Fire damages $200 to $300 of N. S. Marshall’s Eden Mills store. interior largely intact. Several local arts and band activities noted, plus health updates on Mrs. Mann after a remarkable brain operation at Groves Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Institute
Euchre Sharp
N. S. Marshall
Eden Mills
Hubert Mann
Groves Memorial Hospital
Fergus
Women's _Institute
Newspapermen Gather at Montreal Convention
About a hundred weekly newspaper publishers met at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal for sessions on newspaper equipment and organization. Highlights included round table discussions led by Hugh Templin and E. LaBranche, a Sun Life luncheon with T. B. Macaulay, and an oil painting presentation to William C. Riddell. The Hon. Athanase David praised weekly papers, and the day closed with an annual banquet and memories from Ottawa’s Parliamentary Press Gallery ambience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Royal
Montreal
FaEe Pnness
Hugh Templin
Fergus
Quebec
E.labranche
Sun Life Insurance Co
T. B. Macaulay
Macaulay
William C. Riddell
C. N.R
Toronto
Malcolm MacBeth
Milverton Sun
Ontario Education Association
MacBeth
Ontario
Riddell
Athanase David
Bell ‘Thompson
D. Williams
Collingwood Bulletin
George Legge
Granby
C. V. Charters
Conservator
Brampton
Adam Sellar
The
Huntingdon Gleaner
Percy Lancaster
M. P
Havelock Standard
W. ©. Walls
Barrie Examiner
E. Rioux
la Parole
Drummondville
H. E. Rice
Huntsville Forester
George’ Lake
Wilfred Laurier
Arthur—Meighen
Robert Borden
Sam Hughes
Henri Bourassa
William Pugsley
Carles
Local society notices and public activity brief
The community adds details on two women’s institute gatherings at Mrs G H Lantz and Mrs A Mason homes, plus the Dublin Women's Institute meeting hosted by Mrs T A Storey. Departmental exam schedules are released for Middle Upper and Lower School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Education
Acton Council debates finances and band room request
Acton Council hears the Murray estate investment details with bonds and cash, approves Globe Indemnity public liability policy, and sets a speed limit notice for Acton Park. Delegations from the Women’s Institute and Acton Band seek hall use and a practice room, while the Baseball Club gets authorization to help build a front grandstand diamond. A court of revision is scheduled for June 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Wilson
Globe Indemnity Insurance Co
J. A. ‘Smith
Globe Co
Acton
George Cowle
W. McArthur
Globe Indemmity Co
J. A Smith
Acton Fall Fair
McPherson
Mason
E. Jones
Geo. Cowle
John Nicol
Acton~ Free Press
R. J. Wallace
Main Street
George Cowie
Marietta Murray
Obituary for Mrs. Annie Foley of Walkerton
Mrs. Annie Foley of Walkerton died after a fall on an icy Walkerton street and complications in Bruce County Hospital. Born near Nassagaweya, she was married first to John Delaney and then to Timothy Foley. Survived by daughter Mrs. Gibbons and Kate Foley, with services at Sacred Heart Church. Funeral followed by burial in Calvary Cemetery.
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Walkerton
Bruce County Hospital
Anne Foley
John Gibbons
Acton
Kate Foley
Town
Gibbons
Ines
Edward
Bert
Foley
Nassagaweya Township
Milton
Cleveland
Ohio
John Delaney
Timothy Foley
Bruce County
Eden Grove
Yonge Street
Church
Messrs
Val-Berberick
Seraphine Ellinghousen
Peter’ Frank
Maloney
Calvary Cemetery
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County Council
Fare
Paris
M. R. Moore
Trafalgar
Samuel Marlett
Dundas Highway
Trafalgar Township
Mr. Marlett
Solrow
Oicqueeent Phtaade Eeusgaiste
Euchre
U. F
Town Hall
James
Jacques Gosselin
Department of Labor
Gosselin
George Bishop
Bishop
George
Weekly Newspaper Association
Annual’ Meeting
Women’s Institute
Instite
G. H. Lantz
D. E
Duke of Devonshire
Beardmore
Crescent
Messrs. Beardmore Co
Publo-Utilities
Euchre and Dance
G. W. Mosales
J.P. Scarrow
E. Packer
Claude Wade
Leslie Bridges
M. Frice
Bronte
Ss. Flumerfelt_and Son
H.U. Guest
Flumerfelt
H. U. Guest
A.O. Flumerfelt
Mr. Guest
Dublin Institute
Dublin Women’s Institute
T. A. Storey
Webster
Marian Anderson
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Dominion
British Columbia
Cowle
Jones
Nicol
McArthur
Reeve Barber
Murray Estate
Province of Ontario
Dominion of Canada
Finance Committee
Occ Eesccseteresseseee Bank
W. R. Lashbrook
Bhatt
Imperial Oil Co. Ltd
Bell Telephone Co
Reat
Annie Foley
Knox
J. A
Bank of Montreal
Bennett
Yale 5
Ontar
Memigrial Co
Scriven
Willow Street
Havill
Elgin Street
Bower Avenue
Algu
G. Ru” Agnew
Davey Tree Co
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