Mutual fire aid tested in Acton blaze drawing praise
The Acton fire Tuesday morning tested district mutual aid with Rockwood and Milton providing backup. Observers credit rapid cross-town response for preventing greater loss and urge broader rural protection and continued cooperation among towns and townships. It notes the CN E remains a yearly source of pride and public pleasure.
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Acton Eaily
Acton
Rockwood
Georgetown
Milton
Saturday Popularity Drives Local Weekend Life
The district notes Saturdays are the most popular day for weddings and events, affecting fairs and tours. Weather often blocks plans, and stores consider concentrating retail to five days. Saturday night gatherings remain lively in Acton, strengthening town country ties as midweek holidays lose favor.
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Niagara
Fergus
Acton
Canadian National Exhibition Opens In Autumn Spotlight
The passage celebrates the Canadian National Exhibition as the leading event for two weeks, noting its seasonal prominence and the nearby fall fairs that follow. It recalls long-time attendance from earlier days, describing crowded rail and streetcar travel and the full day spent at the Ex from morning train to late fireworks.
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Dufferin Street
Benches Suggested Near Post Office for Community Use
A local correspondent urges placing one or two benches near the post office to aid elderly residents and provide a shady meeting spot in warmer months. The writer proposes municipal or charitable funding, notes public spending concerns, and suggests benches for spring installation in Acton as a complement to no home delivery.
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Acton
Tourists Not Concerned About Dollar Slide, Says Financial Post
The Financial Post reports that a weaker U S dollar isn’t deterring visitors. Americans are buying Canadian cash and crossing the border, with preliminary signs of a lift in tourist spending by year end. Canadians also show more interprovincial travel as exchange rates remain unfavourable to Americans.
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U.S
Financial Post
United States
Editorial Notes on Public Displays and Prices
Readers are urged to display flags on public holidays and note the Ex as a recurring question. The piece comments that flag displays attract visitors and contrasts this with leftover headlines about coal prices despite falls in salmon and fuel costs across the prairies and Northwest On taro.
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Prairies
Ontaro
Subdivision Delays and New School Plan for Halton
Halton council announces no new subdivision approvals this year while a master plan for water and sewers is developed. Buses will ferry Trafalgar township students to Lorne Skuce school south of the Queen Elizabeth highway, with uncertainty over completion. A Milton mine detector locates a lost water main, aided by town foreman Sillars and Norristout, boosting future utility digs.
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Ouleville
Halton
Trafalgar Township
Queen Elizabeth Highway
Q.E
Lorne Skuce
Milton
Secand Field Regiment
Toronto
Sillars
Corneilloe
Hard as Nails: a braced retort of toughness and pride
A sharp exchange pits a speaker claiming born with brass in hands against another asserting a forged rise. The brisk taunt underlines rival claims of natural grit and earned toughness in a terse confrontation.
Trinity XI St Bartholomew August 1952 Rally Services
Sunday August 24 1952 at Trinity XI St Bartholomew schedules Matins with sermon 41.15 am Evening service at Baptist Church 7.00 pm described as a rally for church members. Calendar lists Sunday School 4.00 am 1.00 pm Hend erson speaks at 1 00 pm and 7.00 pm service theme They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. Week events include prayer meeting Friday August 22 and a 7.45 young people gathering.
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A. O. W. Foreman
The
Baptist. Church
Dwight Patterson
H. W. Longfellow
Trinity
St. Bartholomew
Apostle
Baptist Church
Charles D. Henderson
Appin
The Good Old Days Remembered Amid Shut Schools 1902
A 1902 overview notes widespread teacher shortages due to low salaries in Kauendon and surrounding areas. It mentions plans for Prohibition delegates traveling north west and a high winter coal price. A Town Council vs Board of Education baseball game drew large crowds and featured Swackhamer’s three bagger and a late home run. Milton Brass Band serenaded Moorecroft amid a garden party visit. Mrs Starr resigns from the High School department due to her sister’s illness.
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Milde
J. Walker
Tha Crawnen Cornera Dlatrietta
Alsat
North-Weat
Acton
Mijtan
New York
Board of Education
Nerth
Agnew
Swackhammer
Slenderson
Educationaliats
Ancilor Swackhamer
Gunner Gould
Rockwood
Milton Brass Band
Moorecroft
Hannah J. Starr
Fire destroys farm buildings near Acton Township
In Bramess Township Lot 7 Seventh Line a farm building on Lloyd Johnsten’s property was burned down during threshing. The cause is unknown. Nearby events include a Lorne Rifles Band concert planned in Acton and school changes after a death, with local softball results and Milton winning the Halton County League title.
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Toronto Suburban Electric Railway
Acton
Lloyd Johnsten
Bramess Township
Befnre
Ada Cithzengs
Rand
Lorne Rifles Band
Georgetown
Frances A. Phelan
McCrington
Acton Park
Smith and Stone
Georgetaen
Excore
Sto Albans
Weun
Milton
Ohne
Unemployment Outlook in Canada Next Winter
The Financial Post notes rising unemployment concerns in Canada next winter. Seasonal demand has reduced registered unemployment nationally, but the pace is not as strong as expected, with mixed signals across provinces and sectors.
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Sims
Canada
Belo AD
Financial Post
Canada Exports Wood Pulp Worth 88 Million Abroad
Last year Canada exported 88 million dollars of raw wood to be manufactured overseas into wood pulp. This amount is twice the value of the 1930 export.
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Canada
Acton Professional Directory and Travellers Guide
A community directory listing physicians surgeons dentists chiropractors veterinarians and other professionals in Acton Ontario. Includes contact details office hours and street addresses for Dr W G C Kenney Dr D A Garrett Dr A J Buchanan Dr H Leib D J Armstrong and other local practitioners plus accountants lawyers real estate insurers veterinary surgeons a funeral home and an organist with studio address and hours.
Transit schedule fragment with varied daily limits
A scrambled list of bus and flagstop times including Westbound Daily exceptions for Sunday and Monday at 2.24 am and 12.08 am, daily except Sunday 8.48 am and 7.44 pm, Saturday only 5.48 pm, Sunday only 1.38 pm, Sunday flagstop 8.43 am and 7.08 pm in Guelph.
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Acton
Sun
Kitchener
Canadian National Pailways
Georgetown
Guelph
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C.N.E
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Audit Bureau of Circultions
C.W.N.A
Ontario-Quebec
CWNA
Post Office Department
Ottawa
G. A. Dills
North East
Wrest South
Lorne
Skce
Larne Skace
Mug
United Church OF Canada
Ontario
E. A. Currey
Rower Avenue
O. M. Lam AT
Presbyterian Church IN Canada
KNOX
Robert H. Armstrong
Dwight L. Patterson
Bower Ave
Bethel Baptist Mission
Acton, Ontario
John Jones
Bible School
Ree
Free Pree
Thureday
Professional Directory and
Traveller's Guide
W. G. C. Kenney
Symon Block
Mill St
Church St
D. A. Garrett
Willow and
River Sts
River Street
A. J. Buchanan
Leishman Block
H. Leib
Corner Mill
Frederick Streets
D. J. Armstrong
Frederick
St. N. Acton
Travellers’. Guide
Gray Coach Lines
C. F. Leatherland
Notary Public Office
Lever & Hoskin Chartered Accountants
Jenkins and Hardy
Victoria St. Torani
A. J. Crandell
Chartered Accountant
Main Street
B. D. Young
B.v.sc
L. Young
D.v.aa
Veterinary Surgeons Offices
Brookville
F. G. Oakes
V.S
B.W- Se
Knox Ave
WM. R. Bracken Real Estate General Insurance
Victor B. Rumley
Clive M. Lampard
A.t.caa
AMT
United Church
Park Ave
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