Four Ontario Delegates Visit Prince Edward Island
Four Ontario Junior Farmers write impressions of a one week exchange to Prince Edward Island. The party includes Jean PRE of Hornby Hazel White Glen Cornell and Elliott Snyder. They describe island clubs at St Georges New Glasgow and East Prince, PEI soils, crops including potatoes dairy beef and pork, and the hospitality and scenic landscape amid growing mechanization and rural electrification progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halton County
Farmes
Jean Pre 21
Hornby
Prince Edward Isand
Island
Junier Farmer News
Department of Agriculture
Hazel White
Durham
Glen Cornell
Victoria
Elliott Snyder
Peel County
Isle
Abegweit
Prince Edward Island
St. Georges Club
Kings County
New Glasgow Club
Queens County
East Prince Club
Prince County
P.ei. Federation of Junior Farmers
Charlottetown
Acton Funeral and Holiday Notes Across the District
The funeral for Hiram A. Swackhamer was held in Acton at Knox Church led by Rev. H. L. Bennie. Civic Holiday attracted a smaller crowd despite a strong baseball club showing, a garden party, and a lively day in Acton. A pair of youths caused a stir attempting to swim via a boiler on Fairy Lake, while Mrs. Emery of Toronto takes residence with the MacRae family and joins YMCA leadership. The Halton-resbytery Young People Union held an unattended softball final in Acton with Carlisle and Melville as finalists. A Rockwood garden party supported Rev. Father Kehoe’s land settlement effort, followed by a wrestling show. New railway locomotives are praised as graceful, high-speed machines. Ruth Gibson will be a CKOC guest soloist. Gates at Beardmore and Co. tanning properties have been erected. A surprise party marked the upcoming marriage of the Swackhamer elder son. J. C. Matthews and Helen Ostrander toured Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, including the Texas Centennial Exposition. The Cox family held its first reunion at Stanley Park, Erin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram A. Swackhamer
Acton
Knox Church
H. L. Bennie
Acton Baseball Club
Fairy Lake
Geo. M. Emery
Toronto
D. A. MacRae
Emery
Y.M.C.A
Haltonresbytery Young People Union of the United Church
Carlisle
Melville
Rockwood
Father Kehoe
Exhibition Park
Canada
Ruth Gibson
CKOC
Beardmore and Co. Tanning
Churchill Orchestra
Arthur Swackhamer
Harold Swackhamer
J. C. Matthews
Helen Ostrander
Colorado
New Mexico
Texas
Cox
Stanley Park
Erin
Old Canadian coin proposals and local notes from Nassagaweya
From the Free Thursday August 2 1906: discussion of replacing Canada’s five cent and bronze cents with larger cobalt and smaller coins to absorb cobalt ore. Local items include visits from Mrs William Claffey LeVake, the Claffey potato, tomato and corn reports, Sabbath day drunkenness, a Meth Sunday School picnic with 400-500 attendees, piano band parade, and farm and town news across Acton area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
William Claffey LeVake
Pittsburgh
Grand Trunk Railway
Toronto
Stratford
Nassagaweya
Nelles
J.T. Moore
Joseph Lasby
Milverton home hit by wind wreckage and car crash
W C Honderich's Milverton Ontario residence suffered damage when wind lifted a grandstand roof and a beam struck his house. Weeks later an out of control car crashed onto his front porch, adding to the hazards surrounding his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milverton, Ont
W. C. Honderich
Honderich
Poets Corner To Mother Poem Of Gratitude
A poem expresses gratitude to a mother for teaching prayer and kindness. The speaker notes love and thrift as a hidden gift, hoping the mother understands the sentiment behind the modest tribute. It evokes timeless maternal admiration and personal devotion.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pollock and Campbell
Water
Des. O'Rourke
Ontario
P.E.J
Glen
Glooscap
St. Georges
Junior Farmer Association
Pel
East Prince Group
P.E.I
U.S.A
Bradford Marsh
Leamington
B.C. Chip
Wiener
BURNS
Nation
ST. Lawrence
IGA
Claree
Kellogg's
Catellys
Toon
Roxky
FBI
Herbert J Vates
Ray Milland
Barbara Stanwyck
Grace Kelly
Garousel
Alec
Guinness Louis Jourdan
the Swan
Meee
J.B. Lake
Acton Tanning Co
Beardmore and Co
John St
Steelmaker
He, Steel Company. OF Canada Limited
Montreal
Gananoque
Hamilton
Brantford
Thalia A. Rochlitz
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