Acton Area News Highlights Local Events And Changes
Oakville police assign R Spencer to Oakville while R Mason takes holidays. A new lumber yard opened on Queer Street East by Tom Cooke. Muriel Allen shows a striped cucumber in Free Press window. Temperatures drop below 40 degrees at night, signaling early frost. Mike Coxe moves plumbing and heating business to his Warren Grove home after selling Main St shop. Acton Citizens Band visited by Fergus band for a Victoria Park concert. Joy Sotell, from Acton, earns high school diploma and plans to attend Teachers College in Toronto. Three Hereford heifers killed by lightning on Gerald MacLean farm. Brampton Tennis club barbecue follows last Thursday’s tournament. Acton entrants lose 9-3. Breezes park hosts picnics at Fairy Lake, NusSagaweya WI among recent groups. Provincial Paper Mill of Georgetown to host outing later in month. Local church choirs and groups also gathering at Breezes venue.
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Main St
Mike Coxe
Coxe
Warren Grove
Swimming Area By Dam Improves Local Recreation
Repairs near Hartop mill added two truckloads of sand to the dam area to expand the swimming and bathing site. Community Club members leveled the sand to enhance convenience for visitors. Gentle rains boost gardens lawns and crops across the district. Local families report trips and visits, including a birthday for John R Richardson and gatherings with relatives from Vine land Guelph and Hamilton.
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Hartop
Death
United Church
RE Price
St. John's Church
John R. Richardson
Vineland
Hamilton
Guelph
Ralph B. Richardson
Ralph Jr
Robert Bichan
George Cook
Donnie
John
E. J. Eckle
Frank Schneider
Pacific Coast
Joseph Heveran
Walker's Point
Muskoka
John McColeman
Four year old Cheryl Gorman dares Premier at Maritime meet
Independent youngster Cheryl Gorman a patient at the children s hospital in Halifax drew a simple no when Premier Harold Connolly asked to hold her up at a Maritime Food Council meeting.
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Halifax
Cheryl Gorman
Children’s Hospital
Harold Connolly
Maritime Food Council
Acton Noted In Ontario Blue Book Financials
The 1954 Municipal Affairs Blue Book reports Acton shows a net surplus and per capita revenue details. It lists assessments, taxes, waterworks, and population figures, reflecting Acton’s fiscal status within the provincial compendium of Ontario municipalities.
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Department of Municipal Affors
Ontario
Acton
Obituary of J Massey Tannery Employee 45 Years
Jonas Massentus Massey, aged 45, of Acton, died suddenly at home on Thursday Aug 3. Son of Ann and William Massey of England, he worked 45 years at Beardmore and Co. A Calder of Georgetown conducted the service at Victor Rumsey and Son funeral home. Burial in Fairview cemetery Acton. Survived by wife Edith and children Albert Acton James Milton Lena Acton. Pallbearers: Ro Parker J Whitham F Coles E Masters G Supson. Former president of Sons of England and member of Acton scout troop four.
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Victor Rumsey and Son
Jonas Massentus
Tite Ann
William Massey
England
A Calder
Georgetown
Fairview
Acton
Ro Parker J Whitham
F. Coles E Masters
G Supson
Massey
Edith
Albert
William Keeley
Ann
Barrie
James
Milton
Robert Emerson
Lena
Beardmore and Co
The
Sons of England
Auliffe-Cole Vows In Knox Church
In Knox Presbyterian church Florence Doreen Cole and Herbert Ross Auliffe wed in a July ceremony. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Etton Cole of Acton, wore white nylon gown with a seed pearl crown and carried red roses and white mums. Groom is son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Auliffe of Dundas. Reverend R H Armstrong officiated. Reception at the Royal Hotel in Guelph followed by a Muskoka honeymoon. They will reside at 37 Ogilvie Street, Dundas.
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Knox Presbyterian Church
Florence Doreen Cole
Herbert Ross Aulffe
Etton Cole
Acton
Herbert Auliffe
Dundas
R. H. Armstrong
E. A. Hansen
Bertha
Jack Purdie
Fern
Royal Hotel
Guelph
Muskoka
Auliffe
Ogilvie St
Births And Deaths From Local Notices
Births announce At Guelph General hospital August 11 1954 to Mr and Mrs Airdrie son named in family records McEachern Rockwood announce birth of son at Acton Nursing Home August 10 1954 both well. Died Ellsworth Evans of Lime Ridge died at Toronto General Hospital August 17 1864 funeral in Acton. Harold Fair died at Toronto General Hospital August 16 1954 funeral in Mount Forest Church interment Greenfield Georgetown. Mrs Lillian Woods nee McMenemy dies August 1954 home Georgetown funeral at Georgetown Green. Paul Gibbons remembered in poem from parents. John Edward Williamson remembered by family. Thanks expressed to community for condolences after death of Mrs Jack McMenemy and sister of Mrs Gibbons.
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Evanns
Toronto General Hospital
Ellsworth Evans
R.R
Lime
Lily Graves
Gordon and
Grian
Victor Rumiley and Son
Acton
Fairview Cemetery
Harold Johnson Fair
Helen Dorothy Olton
Harry R. Fair
Arthur
Mount Forest United Church
Greenfield Cemetery
St. Alban’s Masonic Lodge
A.M
Clover honey and glads at Rockhaven Aplar store
Clover honey offered in 4 lb pails at $1.25 and 2 lb pails at c with customer bringing own container for 2c per pound. Also cut gladioli priced at $1.00 per dozen. Rockhaven Aplar, phone 2414. ab
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Clover Honey
Calin MacColl
Cameron St
Rockhaven
YMCA Office Federation of Age group meeting date
A late readable fragment notes a Federation of Age meeting at the YMCA office with a speaker Jasper Midmay, co president of OFA, inviting broad attendance and mentioning August 26 at 818 pm. Details about location Brookynle and exact program are incomplete.
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Oseya Federation of Age
Racy
Brookynle Iesday
Jasper Midmay
OFA Ds
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Free Press Office
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Victoria Park
Joy Sotell
Teachers’ College At
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Harry
Mervyn MacLeod
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Jeff Chandler
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Horst
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Fordston
Early Motors
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Eas
Eorge Barnes
J. A. Mowat
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Stan Henderson
Campbellville
Red
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Bebe
R. F. Bean
Mason Knitting Co
Quebec
John Nap
Ala
Tm2
J. R. Holmes
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W. T. Mills
J. E. Shain
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Elizabeth Taylor
Erving Asher
Ty William Dieterle
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John Lee Mahin
Pete
Hater Dende
Malta
Alec Guinness
Jack Hawkins
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Acton Ort Sea Puree
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Rockwood Wirt
Jooke
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