Acton Community Notes Amid School Breaks and Repairs
Local items report Acton area activities including Acton Baptist Church kitchen renovations by Sam Snow and washroom upgrades, Rotary Club members attending a Toronto baseball game, and Lymon’s Hardware repainted. A flashing signal at Guelph and Mil Street was adjusted to protect pedestrians. Beverly Brunelle won a leather overnight case at the Acton Tennis Club dance. The season’s first poliomyelitis case in Acton was reported but no paralysis. Don Dawkins, son of Mr and Mrs W E Dawkins, has returned from Hamilton General Hospital and is recovering well.
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Acton Baptist Church
Sam Snow
Acton Tennis Club
Beverly Brunelle
Sam Brunelle
Debonaires
Acton
Don Dawkins
W. E. Dawkins
Agnes St
Hamilton General Hospital
Swift Current Band Prepares for Acton Concert During Ontario Tour
Swift Current bandmaster Charles Warren confirms a 65 member group will visit Acton for a concert on August 26 with supper provided by the Acton Citizens' Band. The Saskatchewan leg of the tour is organized by an On to Toronto campaign committee. The booklet lent by Mr and Mrs Gerry Candler highlights Swift Current as a grain‑centered city of about 8 000 with a frontier past and notes ranching, cattle, and a strong hospitality ethic. The group will feature majorettes and rope twirlers and travels about 2 000 miles to the C N E.
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Charles Warren
Swift Current
Acton
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Toronto
Ted Tyler
Gerry Candler
Moose Jaw
Regina
Saskatoon
Alberta
C.N.E
Dominion
Kings To Cubbies Many Prefer Snuff
With tobacco pricey snuff becomes popular in England. Reporter Sylvia Gray visits a London snuff shop, recounting royal orders for mixtures used by King George IV and Queen Charlotte, and notes snuff’s reach from Heau Hrummel to taxi drivers. Politicians too use a House of Commons snuff box.
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England
Britain
Regency
Sylvia Gray
London
Haymarket
Regency Bucks
Mrs Majesty
George IV
Charlotte
Heau Hrummel
Paris
House of Commons
Churchill Arch
Owls Join Vancouver Bank Staff to Deter Pigeons
The Bank of Montreal in Vancouver hires two stuffed owls to deter about 1000 roosting pigeons on its building. After mounting the decoys on cornices the pigeons left temporarily, marking a humorous end to the persistence of the problem.
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The
Financial Post
Vancouver
Bank of Montreal
Summer Visitors Call in Community
Summer visitors and local residents are noted across the community with several families from Toronto Guelph Kitchener Belleville North Bay and Hamilton visiting or holidaying. Weddings births and condolences are also recorded including a new daughter born in Toronto and sympathy expressed for a bereaved family in Guelph.
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Dave Jestin
Toronto
Madge Jestin
Marsville
Art Jestin
North Bay
Jestin
Reg Eastman
Kitchener
Mass Myrna Gregson
Guelph
Anne Hall
Ken Huntley
Belleville
J S Huntley
Earl Hooper
Merle McGauley
Lucille
Jack McGauley
Collingwood
John Watson
Hugh McLichlan
Ken Nevills
Tom. Morden
Rockwood
Win. Ballentine
Belfountarma
Albert
Rustell
Hayward
Walfred Tillburn
Jack Hayward
Stephen
Francis
Wilburn
Geo Depew Ince
Ethel Ward
Les Simpson
Margaret McPhail
Hamilton
Shoemaker
Ton Massey
Howand Notwell
Edna Corton
Melba Dearing
McLachlan
Defer Decision On Hydro Building Bid Continued From Page One
Council minutes show discussion on replacing a nonfunctional valve at the Main Street North well and installing several laterals. Mayor Hachtin to raise matters with the Lower Committee as commissioners audit hydro and waterworks accounts including MacDonald Elec and Neptune Meters Ltd. for June operations and services.
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Main Street North
Lambert
Hachtln
Cammission
Can. Brass Co
Thompson Motors
Art Vine
Acton Woodcrafts
Bilton & Perry
M. J. Farley
A. B. Jardine
Wallace & Tiegpan Ltd
Acton P.U.C. Thydro
Acton Pluc
Hydro
Neptune Meters Ltd
Acton P.U.C
Births Noted For Aston and Roan Families
A daughter named Catherine Tain was born to Mr. and Mrs. Don Roan in Toronto on August 10 at Toronto General Hospital Private Vallenta Pavilion. Earlier, Mr. and Mrs. J Aston reported the birth of a child, with details indicating a newborn girl.
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Erle Clarke
Halton Centennial Manor
Guelph Reformatory
Aston
Mrs
Louise Coles
Thamilton
Tong
June Tarn
NOSS
Veo
Mra
Don Roan
Aurorg
Toronto
General Uniqital
Vallenta Pavillion
Atutost Dth
Moz
Catherine Tain
Rhe Burns
Rockwood
Ontario
Minnie Burns
Aiham Burns
Everton Cemetery
Swift Current Band to Perform at Acton Park Concert
The City of Swift Current Saskatchewan announces a boys band with majorettes and Tape twokers will give a concert in Acton Park at 8:30 PM Tuesday August 26. Admission 24 cents for students 50 cents for adults, children under 12 free.
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Swift Current
Saskatchewan
Acton Park
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Carol
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Ellis & Howant
Federal Wire & Car
Acton Free Presa
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L. Gamer Motors
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Robinson Business College
Bannockburn Women's Institute
Dora Burke
Bannockburn School
Nassagaweya Federation of Agriculture
Brookville
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Canada
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Georgetown
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Rte
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Guelph, Ont
George Wade
Milton Arena
Learing Auction Sale
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