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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 09, 1951
Page
13
Local game report notes Acton Bantams defeated Carlisle Bantams 6 to 4 on a Saturday afternoon. Acton played shorthanded yet showed strong pitching by Hoe Morton and aims to rebound in upcoming matches against Waterdown. Also mentions animal feed comparison between alfalfa and Ladino clover for hog fattening.
Rev J W Oliver and Mrs Oliver and Mr Frank Moore returned Friday from England aboard the Franconia docking at Quebec. Redecked United Church reopened Sunday. Local notes report visits, games, and social appearances including Hockwood girls vs Guelph draw 14 14 and Rockwood Everton playoff results 0 6. A former Rockwood resident Mrs J W Pearce died in Minneapolis aged 96 97.
Acton council discussed road and street changes including a police signal light at Mill and Maly Street. A by law amending the Highway Traffic bylaw was introduced. Letters from the Monk of Montreal and Dr Mather were read. The finance committee approved payments to several suppliers and services.
The Social and Program Committee met at Nassagaweya Presbyterian Church to arrange their Anniversary supper and report a good program is planned. Rev Charles D Henderson preached last Sunday and will preach again next Sunday. Various locals and visitors from Toronto Timmins and Ashtabula attended recent gatherings and holiday events.
Dublin Women's Institute held a June meeting at Mrs. Thomas A. Storey’s Rockwood home. President Mrs Joe Ferguson and members discussed receipes for a Guelph Mercury Cook Book, institute activities, a luncheon, and holiday week reports from JOAC Guelph.
Local notes list Rev R Armstrong of Acton conducting services at Limehouse on August 6 and 7 while Rev A Cauldere is away on holidays. The column records a weekend absence, holiday travels, weddings, family visits, and various residents traveling to Toronto, London, Montreal, and Manitoulin Island.
Acton Citizens' Band joined a band tattoo in Mount Forest on Wednesday evening August 8. They performed separately and with seven other bands before a large crowd after a town parade. The gathering at the community centre included Chesley Hillsburgh Guelph Field Regiment Durham girls' band and three Mount Forest bands, plus a pipe and a brass band.
In 1950 the United States invested roughly one billion dollars in Canada, exceeding the combined total for the 1946-1949 period inclusive, signaling a major rise in cross-border capital inflows.
Local firemen answered a Sunday morning call at a residence linked to Corporal Mason. A smoldering item caused upholstery damage while a bee nest was ignited in the foundation. no major damage or fatalities reported.
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