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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 12, 1920
Page
7
Brief local notices and community items from a 1920 Actin Hope Press page. Mentions various names, events, a warley invont, school seating, veterans’ celebration plans, local visits, awards, resignations, deaths, fines, and street etiquette observations in Agton, Guelph, and surrounding districts.
Government approves plans to spend 40 million on highways across Ontario and Quebec. The program includes routes from Windsor to the Quebec boundary and connects Windsor, Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa with branches to Niagara Falls and Pembroke. Funding breaks down into Dominion and provincial shares with municipal participation, detailing future road expansions and cross-province links.
Local notes describe a community gathering with a softball game against Aoton's crack nine on Saturday. Attendees include residents and visitors from Toronto and Varglibuten, with discussions about roadwork and a local firm dissolution. Officials note attendance at a U S GO meeting in Erin and a public concern over highway cleanup and pouty removal.
The column lists residents and guests visiting Burlington from nearby towns and cities, noting travel to Welland contest winners, fundraising for a Soldiers' Memorial, and assorted social visits. It mentions Mr. Thomas Nelson recovering, Mrs. Nelson’s family news, and visitors like Miss Marion Gants and Miss Marjorie Mowat. It also records Moody Bible Institute student Andrew Telford's return and church activities in Burlington and surrounding areas.
A mixed Oakville item list reports Grout resuming duties after surgery, visits by Cleveland relatives, the Musdalo carnival profits over $1,000, and a string of social happenings. It notes a July 31 wedding in Toronto, barn construction plans near Trafalgar, a drowning tragedy on a water trough and various visits across cities, plus a theft at Spetscht’s Garage totaling about $290.
Local milton items describe a hole reel race win at Welland, a prize for Lin Hook wd ladder rage, and various community notes. Mentions of church meetings, school reopenings, and local residents including A We Bane, Mrs Conover, and Myra Ganovor.
A detailed account describes a Saturday gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Cowdy, with fifty attendees from California and Ontario visiting the Guelph area. The Madre family hosts a large group, and Mrs. Dobbie hosts a fourth of June family reunion, with praise for hospitality and a note on the community.
An auction notice lists items from a deceased or involved party at 1 AGH Street near G. Trullon for Saturday August 21 at 8:40. Items include chairs, tables, mattress, dining set, wardrobe, iron bedstead, kitchen tables, parlor set, lamp, rug, curtains, sewing machine, washing machine, stove, coal heater, lumber, carpets, and various household furnishings. Names appearing include MAB L. Warren and auctioneers Thorn-Hab.
Serge Drees urges early fall purchasing as prices rose 25 percent in the last month. Navy serge at 4.25, cream serge at 3.25 yard, cotton jerseys 60 cents, heavy cotton tweed 80 cents, and linen toweling 85 and 40 cents per yard. Ends of table damasks and ginghams offered at 25 percent off with limited stock and English linoleum 4 yards wide available.
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