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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 19, 1954
Page
11
A travel piece lampoons common driving faults that upset riders. It lists excessive braking at lights, abrupt acceleration, weaving and signaling neglect, and missing exits. It suggests a driving check-up or instruction as a remedy and ends with a humorous exchange about crying and personal choice.
Drumquin on the Seventh Line near Trafalgar and No 5 Sideroad was settled about 1820 by Thomas Patterson from Drumquin Ireland who ran a tavern. Early settlers included Jonathan and Hannah Howes with a large family. he built a grist mill and sawmill on Sixteen Mile Creek. The district grew with Oakville shipments, Featherstone lineage, and Bethel Church later erected in 1914 15.
Vida Charlotte Abbott and Charles Kenneth Johnston wed in a quiet ceremony at Mrs. A. E Currie’s Ospringe home with immediate relatives and friends present. Rev. W H J Smyth officiated. music featured De Paul Infantry choir and J S Bach organ works. The bride, daughter of Herbert Abbott, wore a blue pure silk gown. couple plan to reside in Kingston after a honeymoon trip to Western Canada via the Great Lakes.
Jean Catherine Lindsay and Douglas McLeod Davidson wed at Limehouse Presbyterian Church with Rev. Calder officiating. The bride, daughter of K. C. Lindsay of Georgetown, works at Guelph General. the groom, a Guelph plumber, is son of Duncan Davidson of R. R. 4 Guelph. The ceremony featured white gladioli, blue accents, and heirloom jewelry.
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