Summer Visitors Fill Area With Holiday Travel
Local readers report a wide array of summer visitors and extended holidays. Families and individuals from Windsor Toronto Sussex N B Elmwood Ancaster Pariss Grand Bend Calg ary Norval And more are seen at cottages camps and with local hosts including the James Noble families the Karns Nobles and the F Foster household during a busy holiday period.
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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
Rockwood Bowls Over Acton 94 to 67 on Village Green
Rockwood bowlers defeated Acton 94 67 at the village green with Fred Alton Alvin Root George Perry James Gray Albert Maltby Jack McLean George Day Bob Vincent and Dave Gray George Saunders in the rinks. No jitney games were held due to rain. Next week Rockwood hosts Guelph. The club honors a new annual cup donated by the Henderson family for the singles champion.
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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
Helpful Fire Safety Hints for Home and Public Spaces
Practical guidance on what to do if a fire breaks out, covering smoke danger, door testing, staying low, crawling to exits, using damp cloths, and safe escape strategies. Emphasizes rapid decision making, suppressing panic, and avoiding risky actions like jumping from windows.
Fire safety plan urges exits and drills at home
From a magazine article by Eunice Baumgardner, the piece stresses verifying two exits per floor, proper door operation, clear marking, and constant drills to prevent panic. It urges families to practice escaping in minutes, keep paths clear, and teach children to dress and stay together during emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eunice Baumgardner
Talbot, W. D. C., Acton Hardware Pioneer Dies
The town mourns William D. C. Talbot longtime Acton hardware dealer and sports supporter died after a period of illness. Funeral held Thursday at St. Josephs church with Requiem Mass, interment in Dublin. Survived by mother Priscilla Talbot wife Anne McGregor daughter June McHugh granddaughter Gail brother Reuben sister Nettd McCann. Pallbearers from Georgetown Guelph Severn Bridge.
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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
Junes
John McHugh
Gail
Reuben
Picton
Nettd McCann
Guelph
Dublin
Jack Arnold
Georgetown
Hector Guthrie
Toronto
W. B.rumley
Jack McGregor
Gerald MccCann
Joseph McCann
Severn Bridge
Forest Fires Threaten Long Term Forest Loss
Urges preventing fires from vehicles to stop damage that could kill forests for generations and endanger habitats and resources.
Progress replaces old ways in a reflection on modern life
A poem contrasts old and new tech and farming, noting wireless telegraphy, air travel, electronic pianos, and artificial cows. It ironizes progress while praising abundance and criticizes the resulting depressions and alterations in rural labor. Anon.
Nassagaweya Council Minutes Highlight Township Finances
Nassagaweya township council in Brookville with all members present under reeve A Service approved general accounts totaling 130 dollars and road vouchers of 4142.33 dollars. By-laws setting annual tax rates and a subsidy for road expenditures were passed. Relief applications and hospital accounts for indigent patients were reviewed. A report covered a Trafalgar meeting on forming a conservation authority for the Sixteen Mile Creek.
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Nassagaweya Township
Brookville
A. Service
Trafalgar Township
Sixteen Mile Creek
Zoo Additions At Sherbrooke Centre
A new zoo in Sherbrooke township is expanding with recent arrivals including an iguana two buffalos two does and a hind indicating gradual growth of the facility.
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Sherbrooke
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E. W. Karns
Mr. Wm. Karn
Ormsby
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
Village Green
MacKenzie News
Ren Mackenzie
J. Bert Wood
Wood
R. F. Bean Limited
ReAyee
U. L.malar
R. F. Bean Insurance Committee
Prairie
Acton Woodcrafts
Ontario
PPP Lumber & Building Materials
Nassagaweya
The
Robinson Business College
Department of Education
Trade School Regulation Act
W. A. Robinson
ESSO
Imperial Esso
Happy Motoring
New
Imperial
Ge, Alfos
Marelug Lube
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