Waterworks and Hydro Combine Under One City Administration
A special council and Hydro Electric Commission meeting approved Reid’s resignation as of May 31 1926 and authorized transferring waterworks management to the Acton Hydro-Electric Commission from July 31 1926. Taxes will be paid at the Hydro-Electric Shop with collecting and books by the same commission. R J Blackperson named tax collector. The plan aligns with Ontario practice, citing Trenton and Fred Adsett’s success in overseeing both utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hydro- Electric Commission
Reid
Hydro Department
Mazon
Hydro
King
Hydro Commission
E. T. Thetford
F. Holmes
Aald
Acton Hydro-Electric Commission
C. E L. Parker
Hydro-Electric
Hydro-Electric Commission
R. J. Blacpherson
Ontario
Trenton
Fred Adsett
Guelph
Acton Golden Jubilee marks fifty years of church history
Acton Grace United Church celebrates a Golden Jubilee with a two day program. Retired ministers Rev. G. Barker and Rev. R. Zimmerman presided as former members and visitors gathered, recalling church history from 1876 to 1926 and sharing messages of gratitude for half a century of ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Zimmerman
B.A
Q.w. Barker
Toronto
Zimmerman
Barker
A. E. Nicklin
J. B
J. ©. Stevenson
Paris
R. S
J. Ralston Brown
Rimbey
Alta
Joseph Hoge
John
B. Cameron
Gloversville
Howard F. Gram
Montreal
Johnston
Thanet Perryman
Lave
Jon S&. Coleman
Steveny Point
Wis
Lottle
Biven
Hortie Smith
Gardiner
Fone
Golden Jubilee Celebrated at Acton United Church
The Golden Jubilee services at Acton United Church drew former members and current attendees to the Old Home Church. Distinguished preachers including Rev. T Albert Moore D D connected fifty years of church history with contemporary Christian service. Tributes honored pioneers and ministers while the church choir highlighted the celebration with a two service program featuring thirty voices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Barker
Grace United Church
Toronto
Dr. Moore
Barker
Acton
T. Albert Moore
Acton Church
R. E. Zimmerman
Canada
God
Fationas
Ty Albert Moore
Boyloed
Jesus
Ain
United Church
Old Home Church
D. D
United Church of Canada
Ives
New York
George W. Calvert
Surface Drainage Improvements Tackle Mill Street Area
In a regular council session Reeve Mason presiding with full attendance, the Finance Committee advised payments for general and waterworks accounts including Cripps cartage, Coxe hauling gravel, Beardmore digging drain work, and Acton Hydro Commission services. The council adopted the report and discussed tax rebates, land deeds, seating for cemeteries and parks, and blueprints for eastern Mill Street and Bower Avenue drainage. The pump at the spring required overhaul and R. J. McPherson was appointed building inspector with a $150 annual salary rise. Repairs to Town Hall fences and lavatories were assigned to Chairman Parker.
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A. E. Cripps
Stephen Coxe
Beardmore & Co
Bell Telephone Co
Canada Metal Co
A. Smith
Georg Own Lumber Co
Mill Street
Georgetown Lumber Co
C. McLaughlin
Knox Avenue
Bower Avenue
C. N.R
Smith
Cc. N. R
Reid
Gould Pump Co
R. J. McPherson
Mr. McPherson
McPherson
Town Hall
Parker
Bootlegger Described as Nobody's Friend in Editorial
The Mail and Empire editorial denounces bootleggers as vicious hypocrites and urges government action. It calls for a thorough clean-up of bootlegging gangs and compels authorities to use full force to shut them down, warning the public to avoid aiding them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mail and Empire
Acton Gala Day Celebrates Civic Spirit and Victory
Acton and nearby residents packed the park for Gala Day events in the Civic celebration. Georgetown defeated Acton in a morning ball game 7 to 5, with a parade led by George Lants and bands from Acton and Georgetown. A series of races, races for youths and adults, a garden party, and a concert followed, featuring Miss Olive Hudson Seeley and other acts. The event raised funds for park improvements including new entrances, with Reeve Mason thanking volunteers. The Women’s Institute booth and a picnic planned for August 6 were highlighted.
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Misa Clara Ebbage
Toronto
Que
T. P. Martin
N. P
Sarnia
Mies M. Given
Guelph
Thos. Martin
Victoria Avenue
Enoch Statham
Stanley Statham
Brantford
Acton
B. F.caldwell
Familly
Richmond Hil
H. R. Burling
Milwaukee
Thomas Statham
W. T. Burt
William Bingham
Georgetown
D. C. Russell
Jessie
Richard’s Landing
Mra
Vermont
Shirley Watson
Rossy Burt
Breslau
Mers
H. Dedots
Robert Bennett
Minnie Jeave
Ottawa
Bennett
Rideau Lakes
A. E B. Laing
Rockwood
Henrietta Penyl
Jack A. Write
Quelph
J. C. Wilgoy
Minges Jean and
Margaret
James MacKay
Master Warren
Afissos Fisher
Beatrice
Bernice MarkKay
Marie’ Cahill
Apent
Alfred Lane
Fred Mackay
Hilly
Chesley
Mya
Wm. Johnstone
Macken Tae
George Lants
Mirshell
Tie Beard
A. O. Deforest
Ford
Margaret GrMdell
Ethel James
Gordon
Cooper
Frank Cook
Margaret Grindel
Eva Ireland
R. King
A. Bishop
C. Vallera
R. Qatey
C. Stappleton
Georgetown ES Masalegy
G. Cooper
H. Pepper
A. McGregor
Hillaburg
Harry Bennett
Olive Hudson Seeley
Nellie McGhie
Thelma Oswin
Acton Citizens' Band
P. Sawyer
St. Alban's' Church
Anish
Reeve Mason
Women's Institute
Plains
Prospect Park
EXPECT BIG HARVEST Great Wheat Crop Now Assured from the Prairie Provinces
W L Smith former editor of the Farmers Sun a Toronto Probe writer predicts the aggregate Prairie wheat crop will not fall below 400 million bushels with a possible 500 million mark. He notes last year the Prairie crop yielded about 111 million more than 1922 and 238 million more than 1924, aided by good prices and strong gains across the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Canada
W. L. Smith
Toronto
Farmeras’ Sun
Prairie Provinces
West
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Acton United Church OF Canada
B. A. Parsonage
Willow Street
Seaston
H. G. Crozier
Tavistock
Presbyterian Knox Church
A. C. Stewart
M. AL ' Manse
W. M. Kannawin
W. M. Kannanwin
Baptist Church Act
Free Press
G. A. Dills
Frederick St
E. Greenway
Main Street
Rj, Kerr
GARD
A. Lightle
Mabel Lightle
Oira
George Storey
Apply J. Bell
W. A. Marshall
RT. No. 5
Milton
J. Swackhalser
A. B. McKlin
Howell
Guelph Business College
A. L.bquck
Peter B. Kyne
Jack Holt
Florence Vidor
Noah Beery
Compdy
Hodge Podge
Charleston
Desert Price
Buck Jones
Fox News
Raymond Griffith
Desert Gold
Zana
R J
Gregory & Son
Orchid
Dimity
D. E. Midlegal Bros. Td
Climax Bug Killer
W. D. Talbot
Rotarex
Apex “Electrical Manufacturing Co
Florence
Nesco Perfect
Symon’s Hardware Mill Street
Waterworks
Etta Dilla
Daisy Forster
Niagara Falla
Malcolm McLean
Lindsay
Howard Statham
Bracebridge
Mrr
J. P. ‘Macpherson
Millford Smith
Gore Bay
Richard Somerville
London
B. V. Kenyon
Kitchener
Doris McDonald
Windsor
Detroit
Jean Kennedy
Bertie Smith
Hazel Mason
T. R. Emerson
Reave Mason
Sunshine
King’s Orderlies
Lottie E. Speight
Women's Missionary Society of the United Church of Canada
Thomas El-iott
David Williamson
James Moore
A. E. Icklin
Robert Wilson
Mias
Agnes Perryman
S. Holmes
H. P. Moore
Thomas ‘Somerville
Sarah Perryman
Messrs. Watson & Son
Thomas Eliott
Ruth Adams
Roy Brown
W. Barker
William Brown
A. H. Hore
Ruth
Louis
Markham
M. Hawke
Kate
Port Arthur
John Kitching
Waterdown
Missey Jean
Anna Lindsuay
D.D
J. Moore
Alex. Matthews
C. A. G. Matthews
Willam McNeabb
Joskie
Cameron
John McDowell
Erin
Charles T McLain
Charlotte McDonald
Carino
Hamilton
Harold Nicklin
Mise Kinsman
the United Church
Acon
Ont
Mason
Canadian Brass Co
Neptune Metro Co
H. A. Coxe
Acton Hydro Commission
Eee
A. H. Bishop
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