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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 19, 1954
Page
3
A fragmented advice piece warns drivers of risky habits such as speeding to red lights pumping gas weaving changing lanes without signaling and missing exits. It suggests drivers reassess skills through a driving check up or instruction and notes reactions from bystanders. The piece ends with a humorous street scene about Johnny crying.
Drumquin in Trafalgar Township on the Seventh Line grew from 1820 settlement rooted by Thomas Patterson who hailed from Drumaquin Ireland and ran a tavern. The article recounts early mills, the Howes and Featherstone families, Bethel Church origins, and pioneer life along Sixteen Mile Creek.
Vida Charlotte Abbott and Charles Kenneth Johnston wed at Mrs. A. E. Currie’s Ospringe home in a small gathering with immediate relatives. Rev. W. H. J. Smyth officiated at Highland Road United church with De Paul Infantry choir singing. The bride wore a blue silk gown and corsage of white roses. After breakfast, the couple departed for Western Canada by Great Lakes. they will reside in Kingston on return.
Jean Catherine Lindsay and Douglas McLeod Davidson wed at Limehouse Presbyterian Church in a mid summer ceremony. Lindsay is a Guelph General Hospital staff member, Davidson a Guelph plumber, with families from Georgetown and Norwich attending. Rev Calder officiated as white gladioli adorned the church and the reception followed at Limehouse Memorial Hall.
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