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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 11, 1955
Page
13
Last Saturday's tennis tournament was cancelled due to wet courts. Acton players will meet Port Credit there next Saturday. Instruction periods led by Mark Leferriere are progressing with promising material revealed and more young entrants encouraged to join the fundamentals program.
Exclusive interview with M. D. Jarell of Jarell Hair Experts of Canada argues balding is preventable and offers a free demonstration in Acton Ontario. Des Lauriers will conduct private scalp analyses Saturday August 2 at Station Hotel with 12 noon to 9 PM interviews August 20.
Jitney games on the local greens saw James Gray and Jack McLean tie for first with two wins. Thomas Hutchinson and Fred Alton tied for second with one win each. A Monday doubles tourney crowned Hutchinson and Pete Saundrs with three wins, while Jack McLean and George Day took second with two wins and Bob Vincent and Frank Kelso placed third with one win. Prizes donated by Frank Carney. A district tournament is planned for Friday August 12. Reverend Percy Death led Sunday service at the United church, with Rev. FE Jones absent the following week. Mr. Tyner from Toronto relieves Mr. Winlow at the Royal Bank. Leon Aylea of Long Branch visited. Cooler weekend temperatures followed last week’s heat.
Canada exports newsprint worth 634 million annually, making it the largest single export and accounting for 14 percent of total exports, highlighting its dominance in the trade balance and industrial economy.
Recent visitors to the Everton area include the Harvey Dolmer and Lillie households from Toronto and Guelph. Families from Burlington and Bala joined local residents for weekend and holiday visits as many plan trips and stays with relatives across Ontario.
The article states a major Canadian pulp and paper company as the largest industrial buyer of goods and services in Canada with annual expenditures totaling 400 million in wages 200 million in transportation 200 million for supplies and electricity and 100 million for pulpwood purchases.
A flurry of visits and holidays fills Ligny-Dufferin with relatives from Grass Valley Toronto Dundas Guelph and Vineland. Evelyn Peddie passes music exams at the Royal Conservatory of Music Toronto and returns from a Ontario Sheridan vacation. Garden club Scotch Lassies meet at Mrs J Irving and plan the achievement day exhibit.
In Fort William Ontario crews converted hoses and hydrants to a standard size to curb summer fire risk. Three years earlier the region faced 103 thread variants and 26 nut types in use across hydrants province wide.
Mr Lundquist president of the Retarded Children's Association urges parents of eligible children to contact the secretary of the Schools for Retarded Children. Few enrolments have reached the secretary, delaying operation plans for a Milton school.
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Cross formerly of Lancashire England died aged in Acton after 49 years there. She married Mr. Cross in 1906 Lancaster England and moved to Acton where she lived for 40 years. Survived by four daughters and other relatives, funeral held at Rumnecy Funeral Home with Rev Paul Milton officiating. Interment at Flatview Cemetery.
The community notes widespread travel and visits. Ruth Awrey of Orton tours Chicago with relatives. others return from trips to Manitoulin Island, eastern Canada, and the north. Numerous families, including Buck, Fisher, Young, Bulloch, Aitken, and McEwan clans, enjoy vacations at Papineau Lake, Guelph, Orangeville, and Port Elgin.
The past week brings many visitors and locals traveling to see friends. Names include the Karns at Ormsby, Malcolm Sinclair from Geraldton visiting Welland and Weston, Mrs. Walter Edwards with Toronto visit, Kirkpatrick and Turner families at Port Elgin, Peter Glynn on holidays, and Joy Patterson at Bobcaygeon. Several families holiday and tent in Blue Valley Ranch, with acknowledgments for newlyweds Arthur Melanson and Lilian Askin.
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