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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 07, 1947
Page
7
A playful verse laments tame neckwear and calls for a bold wild tie with comic spark. The speaker longs for a garish, two man required loom of color and glare to clash with blue serge and evoke laughter and astonishment.
The Queen Mary, 81 000 tons, will begin weekly Southampton to New York service at end of July on a post war maiden voyage as a passenger liner. The liner, rebuilt from troop ship status, enters post war conversion with three passenger classes and new facilities including garden lounges and an air conditioned cocktail bar.
Reports show Erin Park cottages are filling and pre arrangements are in place. William Cryderman suffered severe bruises after a fall while helping load hay at James Nevilla farm. Wilfred Burt bought Austin Finley cement block business and will operate from the same stand. W J Young fell twenty five feet while assisting in rebuilding a mall and sustained a right ankle fracture and left ankle dislocation. Медical aid and hospital care followed.
The Drumquin W I held its July meeting at Mrs G Featherstarle home with fourteen members, led by the president, to discuss displays at the Milton Fair. Mrs John F McDougall of Boyne marked her 74th birthday with family and friends at a lawn picnic. In Hamilton on July 5, Mary Helen Booth wed Lorne Kenneth Soules with Rev A J Love officiating.
Oakville advances preliminary sewage disposal work delayed earlier this week. A citizen helped arrest Stanley Roberts after a break‑in at the L O D E Opportunity Shop on Navy and Randall Streets. Lt. Governor Ray Lawson and his family will move to Ballymena near Morrison Road, with redecorating to start soon.
Acton village council enacts By-law 828 to expropriate parcels in Schedule A for extending Wallace Street. Reeve authorized to enter lands and pay compensation to owners with arbitration under the Municipal Act if agreement fails. Notice calls for applicant challenges within three months to the Supreme Court.
Oakville led the Halton County Intermediate standings with 11 games and top position, while Lakeshore trailed and Georgetown sat near the bottom. Controversy flared as Milton and Acton fought over second place and a replay debate loomed after Acton’s narrow second place finish.
The season rules split Halton into parallel series to decide the 1947 Halton County Championship and Intermediate B and C entries. Acton and Oakville will compete for the HC C and B spots while Milton and Oakville argue for Intermediate B. Acton favored to win the C series, Oakville to seize the B title.
Investigators report people blink about twenty five times per minute with each blink lasting one fifth of a second. At fifty miles per hour, ten hours of driving would cover forty one and six tenths miles with eyes closed.
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