Holiday social notes from Acton area and surrounding towns
Numerous Acton residents and visitors listed during weekends and holidays in Ontario towns including Toronto Hamilton Kitchener Oakville Grimsby and London. Engagements announced for Winniefrred Knox to Charles Rupert Young and Mildred Lawson to John William Mitchell with August marriages planned.
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Winnifred Isabel
John Knox
Milbank
Charles Rupert Young
Charlies Young
Blackwood
Gregory Theatre Adapts Hysterical History Novelties
The Gregory Theatre presents a comic program featuring Alice Bendy Tom Brown and Charles Winninger with improv, cartoons, and scenic acts. Aimed to debut August 12, the show promises light entertainment and playful parodies for audiences seeking humorous vaudeville style pieces.
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Alice Bendy
Tom Brown
Charles Winninger
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It Happened Over a Score of Years Ago Dy W
A cryptic riddle hints at letters forming a date and event. The narrator references a day in August and a long past year, with clues about positions and appearances of letters in words. The solution points to a historic date revealed by the letter puzzle.
Red Oak Log From Halton Too Large For Saw
A description of a red oak log from Halton that proved too large for a portable saw at Mundell's yard in Wellington County. The log measured sixteen feet four inches long and yielded just over six hundred cubic feet when cut into twelve foot segments. To prevent theft, dynamite was used to destroy the log before transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Mundell
Elalan
Two Horses Killed by Lightning at Oustic
Unusual accident on a Thursday morning near Oustic on Ceor Rootes’s farm nine miles northwest of Rockwood. Two horses were struck dead in pasture when lightning hit a tree near them, with no visible injuries on the bodies.
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Oustic
Ceor Rootes
Rockwood
Bioche Luach
Weekend Scout Camp Near Blue Springs Draws 290 Participants
The article describes 290 Scouts at Blue Springs for a weekend event with camps named Oak Haar wood Tulip and a central camp area featuring a Head quarters hut. It notes trails guiding to a camp fire altar and nightly light, with activity hubs at the Minst Aglon Troop hut and other troop sites.
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Minst Aglon
China
Acton
Cleorge Manon
Acton Hut
Trevern
Fk Pron
Landers
Wolf Cab Senaters
Menby
Wailer
Hill-Weaver wedding in Acton yesterday
A quiet wedding took place yesterday in Acton at the home of the bride’s parents Mr and Mrs Earl Alderson of Hilton Street for Miss Weaver and Dennis Arthur duill of Limehouse. Rev. C Jolliffe performed the ceremony with the bride given in marriage by her brother Arnold Weaver. A luncheon followed and the couple departed on a motor honeymoon. The couple will reside in Limehouse.
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Wemenday
Apt
Earl Alderson
Hlgin Street
Address Weaver
Dennis Arthur Duill
Limehouse
Olas
Jolliffe
Limehoune
Arnold Weaver
Mro
Wmn
Keith
Hamilton
Noorenorina
Oa Cory
Hath Norton
Ciwenyth Hill
Thmoehouse
Violet
Dorin
Willie- Yeu
Acton
Alstara
Bridagroon
Elyrette Cuss
Omiple
Dennis Arthur HU
Tdimahounn
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer at Gregory Theatre
The Gregory Theatre showcases The Adventures of Tom Sawyer with David Selznick involvement and a starry cast including Hueckiaerry Pina Joe Harper Becky Mhateher Aunt Polly Tajitn Joe Mug Porter and others. The production highlights Selznick's influence and classic melodrama as a centerpiece of the program.
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Tom Sawyer
Gregory Theatre
David
Melnick
Mark ‘Twain
Tin
Atery
Selanick
Hueckia@erry Pina
Joe Harper
Becky ‘Mhateher
Aunt Polly
Tajitn Joe
Mug Porter
Saint Lown
Tom
Seleanicvk
Allo
David Capperfeld
Readie Bartholomew
Lord Fauntleroy
Kan
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Loon Lake
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Jamoa Webster
New Liskeard
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Detroit
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Innerkip
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Tom Sutcliffe
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Roy Johnston
Muskoka
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Gordon Currie
Wingham
A. Currie
Robert MacArthur
W. E. Thompson
London
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James Moore
Norman Weil
Cannington
Peter Greenwood
A. Anderson
Marion McIntosh
Thos. Gibbons
Burton Wiggins
Port Colborne
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W. H. Speight
Aimee Speight
Ernest Speight
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Fred Adsett
Moorecroft
John Wood
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J. L. Warren Any
Mrs McBurney
Brive Beach
Wm Evans
Pret McDonald
Wasa Beach
Jo Ao Mowat
Howard Dullman
Maxam-onthe-Lake
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Mowat
Copper Cut
A. B. McLean
Jessie McGregor
G. H. Brown
Alex. Parkes
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Dorothy Leawns
Welland
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Arthur Brown
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Aister
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Till
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Vancouver
Thomason
Grand Valley
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Heapeler
Mya
Watson
Mra. Gordon Mackay
Mrs. R.at
Wansbrough’s
Wennetta Smith
Mar Jore Mildred Lawaon
John Lawaon
Apton
Ontario
John William Mitchell
Aubrey Mitchell
Stibbard Avenue
Boranto
St. George's United Church
North
Nurant
George Wallace
Clothes
Yonge St
Ryrie-Birks
Mark ‘Twwain
Maay Robaon
Tom Kelly
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