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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Aug 12, 1954

Page

8

Summer notes mix of town events and weather

Local items report pool room painting YMCA summer projects highway lines Acton banking transfer Milton to Acton and firman awards. Attendees at Shelburne fiddlers contest. Rev J C Williamson visiting in Acton. tennis cancelation due to rain. unseasonal 30 degree dip. Harold Wiles injury. Protestant church service. fire chiefs honored. small polio case in Halton. scouts visit from British Columbia. Y hikes and deer tracks. school reopen plans. wedding stationery offers in Free Press.

Institute Prizes For Progress At Women's Institute Meeting

Mrs Gordon Aitken hosted the August Women’s Institute meeting with 26 attendees. 4H club members led the program while Sharon Bessey and Sherlock Aitken received institute progress awards. Plans were made for a Red Cross Nursing course and a radio TV questionnaire. Extra treats followed the close.

Institute Gordon Aitken Women's Institute Red Cross Sharon Bessey Sherlock Aitken Doris Fines Shirley Grundy Bells of Jesus Zorra Klooster Audrey Grundy Ada Currie Elora God Save the Queen E. Archibald E. Fisher K. Stubbington W. Weller Walter Weller George Grundy Orangeville Hospital Waddell Emily Coningsby Cemetery A. Vair Weller

Cubs to Earn Leaping Wal Badge at Scout Hall Course

Cub scouts prepare for a special instruction session at the Scout Hall tonight. First and second grade teams will lead the program as boys complete feats and receive the Leaping Wal Badge upon investiture. The event marks work accomplished in Cubbing and begins September 0.

Dance and Legion Events Highlight Local Calendar

A messy OCR listing dances and meetings appears with references to Latter Taglog Auxiliary Ritual Maraar on October 10 at Memorial Hall and a Dance at Legion Did. Lea Duby orchestra performs. Also notes Millon open daily for Negia- Uatione for Fall Term starting Sept 1. Mentions 1980 Canadian population and timber coverage in New Brunswick.

McLaughlin Marriage Notices Record at Local Hospital and Parsonage

Two marriage notices appear in this clipping. McLaughlin includes Mae McLoughlin and a ceremony at South Waterloo Memorial Hospital on August 7 in Guelph General Hospital. Jones Walker reports a wedding at Acton United Church parsonage on July 30, 1954 with Robert John Jones of Toronto.

For Rent Two furnished bedrooms in compact house

Rent listing shows a two bedroom furnished house at 10 Mabin with 81 square perpth. It includes electric hot water tank and general conveniences. Contact via phone 145 for details.

Bereaved Family Thanks Clergy for Kind Words

The family of the late Henry Sayers expresses thanks to relatives friends and neighbors for kindness floral tributes and ecards of sympathy received during the sudden bereavement They also thank Rev Armstrong Rev Willis Sayers Rev John Waldie and Mr Victor Rumlecy for their kindly words.

Henry Sayers R. Armstrong Willis Sayers John Waldie Victor Rumlecy The Baptist Church Costerus Victor B. Rumley

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