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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 30, 1917
Page
2
Ottawa weekly review laments distant Union Government prospects and urges a united War Cabinet of Canada's top citizens. It highlights wartime food and production goals, grain yields, and transportation issues, plus local community events including school and company picnics, and regional notes from Nassagaweya and surrounding areas.
Major Beardmore in command of a draft of men leaving Camp Hordon for overseas service. Local workers and families gathered at G T P I depot to bid farewell with heartfelt good wishes. Beardmore expressed pride in being chosen for overseas duty and gratitude for the workers’ support.
In the Smith Trophy bowling on Acton green last Thursday the Brampton rink led by Dicky Elliott failed in the opening rounds, with Erin and Acton teams advancing to the final as rain postponed the decisive match on home soil.
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