Summer Visits and Holidays Across the Area
A list of residents and visitors enjoying holidays and weekends in the region. Names include Mrs Grazely, Mrs Wilfred, Mr and Mrs Gowans, Mills family, Windsor connections, Toronto travelers, Sussex New Brunswick visitors, Algonquin Park trips, Lake Wilcox, Grand Bend, Port Severn, and Collingwood camps. Activities cover cottage stays, camping, and church services with Rev G L Royal officiating in Limehouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grazely
Wilfred
Gowans
Mills
and Lowden
Windsor
Ivens
Newton
Foster
Baden
James Noble
Doris Collyer
Mundle
Alf. Jones
Johnny
Toronto
James
Stuart Magwood
Mary
Sussex
N. B
F. J. Brown
Geary
Karns
C. A. Foster's
Victor Mills
W. T. Mills
Calvin McDonald
Elmwood
Kirkpatrick's
Bourne
Algonquin Park
Ron Moore
Kenora
Walter Linham
Magnetewan
J. E. Roughley
Edmonton
Rite Lake
U.S.A
Peter Glynn
Ancaster
Ray Cohoon
Calgary
Quibells
Margo Ruddell
Malton
Ray Hall
Statner
Thornton
Teeswater
Scholz
Jack
George
Grand Bend
Ray Norton
Paris
Cyril Clarke
Orillin
Lake Wilcox
G. L. Royal
Norval
Limehouse Presbyterian Church
A. Calder
McCausland
Port Severn
Briggs
Collingwood
Rockwood Bowlers Defeat Acton 94 67 at Home
Rockwood Lawn Bowling Club beat Acton 94 to 67 on the home green in the inter county league. Teams included Fred Alton Alvin Root and others. Next week Rockwood hosts Guelph and the club honors late John Henderson with a cup for the singles champion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockwood Lawn Bowling Club
Acton
Rockwood
Fred Alton
Alvin Root
George Perry
James Gray
Albert Maltby
Jack McLean
George Day
Bob Vincent
Dave Gray
George Saunders
Guelph
John Henderson
Henderson
Fire safety quiz prompts quick thinking and clear exits
A public safety piece urges planning for fires at home work or public spaces. It emphasizes testing doors, crawling to exits under smoke, using damp cloths to cover airways, and escaping with heavy clothing or blankets rather than carrying valuables.
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Shady Drive
Fire safety drills and exits for safe evacuations
A magazine piece urges immediate action on building exits and fire drills. It advises checking two exits per floor marking, ensuring doors open outward, panic locks, clear paths, and continuous handrails. It stresses practicing drills, planning multiple escape routes, and teaching children to dress and stay together during emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eunice Baumgardner
William D. C. Talbot obituary and funeral details
The community mourns William D. C. Talbot longtime Acton hardware businessman and sports supporter. His funeral was held Thursday July 26 at St. Joseph's church with Requiem Mass. interment in Dublin. Survived by mother Priscilla, wife Anne McGregor Talbot, daughter June McHugh, granddaughter Gail, brother Reuben, and sister Mrs Nettle McCann. pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Talbot
William D. C. Talbot
Acton
St. Joseph's Church
W. J. Morgan
Peel St
Bill Talbot
Gordon Bros
Priscilla
Richard Talbot
Anne McGregor
John McHugh
Gail
Reuben
Picton
Nettle McCann
Guelph
Dublin
Jack Arnold
Georgetown
Hector Guthrie
Toronto
W. B.rumley
Jack McGregor
Gerald McCann
Joseph McCann
Severn Bridge
Forest Fire Warning Urges Careful Smoking Near Pines
Officials warn that forest fires can devastate forests for generations and urge drivers not to discard lighted cigarettes from cars to prevent blazes.
Progress and Modern Modes in a Poetical Echo
A reflective verse contrasts old and new through inventions like wireless telegraphy TV and synthetic butter. It notes farmers’ toil and improved livestock yields while warning that abundance brings depression, yet asserts progress as a constant motto in a nostalgic tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie
Nassagaweya Council Sees Bills And By Laws Passed
Nassagaweya township council in Brookville with all members present and Reeve A Service presiding approved general accounts of 130 dollars and road superintendent vouchers 4142.33. By laws readings were given and taxes set for the year and subsidy for road costs applied for. Relief applications and hospital indigent accounts were dealt with. A report on a Trafalgar township hall meeting about a Sixteen Mile Creek conservation authority was presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nassagaweya Township
Brookville
A. Service
Trafalgar Township
Sixteen Mile Creek
Zoo Additions Grow at Sherbrooke Center
A new zoo in Sherbrooke is gradually expanding with recent additions including an iguana two buffalos two does and a hind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherbrooke
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E. W. Karns
Mr. Wm. Karn
Ormsby
Village Green
MacKenzie News
Mackenzie & Son
J. Bert Wood
Wood
R. F. Bean ‘Limited
R. F. Bean Limited
ASF
F. Bean Insurance Committee
Acton Woodcrafts
Ontario
PPP Lumber & Building Materials
The
Robinson Business College
Department of Education
Trade School Regulation Act
W. A. Robinson
ESSO
Imperial Esso
Happy Motoring
New
Imperial
Cate
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