Town and Tannery Tie For First In Local Softball League
Town defeats Hewetsons 16 to 6 to extend win streak while Tannery tops Cut Sole 14 to 11 to pull even for first place. Norton and Morton shine on mound as Loudfield-area teams exchange leads in rain-delayed, high-scoring games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tannery Boys
Norton
Lefty
Bus
Tyler
Tannery
Woods
McGeachie
Morton
Jim Waterhouse
Solers
Terry
Masters
Bradshaw
N. Morton
F. Gibbons
P. Norton
Anderton
Summer and wedding news from Acton area
A packed community column reports a Women's Institute meeting at Mrs. Wilds, a Thanksgiving service at St John’s Nassagaweya, and a fatal level crossing accident near Milton. It also covers a Dublin Institute gathering, a garage engine fire on Mill Street, and a large summer wedding at St Alban’s Acton for Marjorie Smethurst and Wyatt Garfield McFadden with guests from Galt Toronto Grand Valley and Limehouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Institute
St. Alban’s Church
Acton
Marjorie Johnston
Irene Flowers
Johanna Hill
Patty Bayliss
G. A. Smethurst
B. Bayliss
Transient Traders' Fee Debate Marks Acton Council Meeting
Acton Council discussed the transient traders' by law as to a fee dispute brought by J A Restivo and noted complications. Reeve Thetford presided with Lasby Jones McMillan and Lasby present. The eighteenth Finance Committee report recommended payments and the Streets and Walks Committee outlined needed repairs on Guelph Street Scene Street and Mill Street boulevard. The council refused permission for a fruit-store shelf on the sidewalk. The bank rupt sale at Orrie Lamb store raised concerns of evasion of the transient traders' fee and the purchaser in Paris was to be notified to pay or face by law collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
W. A. Lasby
FE. Jones
J. E."mcmillan
M. Lasby
E. ‘Thetford
Reeve Thetford
JA. Restivo
Finance Committee
Streets and Walks
Guelph Street
Scene Street
Mill Street
Wilbur Street
Jones
M. Brown
Rine Etter
Public Utilities Commission
Pai Fong
Arena
McPherson
Orrie Lamb
Paris
Leslie
Riverside Park
Guelph
Joel W. Leslie
T. J. Leslie
Thamesford
T. L.leslie
Norval
Toronto
Hamilton
Kitchener
Brantford
Tillsonburg
Corinth
Nassagaweya Council approves year tax rates and expenses
Nassagaweya Council met on Friday August 25 and passed accounts for printing and advertising Norris Bros relief R Elsley medical relief and other items. Insurance renewed with Employers Liability Corp for collector protection A by law levied School Section rates ranging from 0 to 16 10 mills and General rates including County township and Eden Mills Police Village charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nassagaweya Council
Acton Free Press
Norris Bros
R. Elsley
Dr. Stevenson
Harvey Blacklock
Council
Employers’ Liability Corporation
Boards of Trustees
S. S
Eden’ Mills
Elderly Aunt Probes Why Nephew Chose Ministry
An elderly Aunt questions her nephew the preacher about his decision. He replies that he was called, while she wonders if a different sound influenced him. The exchange blends irony with familial concern in a brief digester item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Bracken wins fifteenth prize at Regina grain show
Thos H Bracken of Caledon wins fifteenth prize for red winter wheat at the World's Grain Exhibition in Regina where fifty prizes were awarded among hundreds of exhibitors from about forty three countries. Bracken's grains have previously earned honors at the C N E and Royal Winter Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledon
Regina
Bracken
Wingham blanked Acton in high scoring exhibition
Wingham defeated Acton 9 to 3 in an exhibition game with Boulay on the mound for Teeswater backing Doran behind the plate. Acton managed two runs in the sixth while Wingham hit three home runs and a triple, with Morton opening for Acton and Boulay overpowering the locals through eight innings. The return tilt is set for Wingham next Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Wingham
Teeswater
Boulay and Doran
Boulay
Morton
Chalmers
Wingham Boys
Wingham Lads
Erin Agricultural Society Accepts Secretary McMillan Resigns
At a meeting of the Erin Agricultural Society the resignation of A. C. McMillan as Secretary was accepted after twenty years of service. He leaves ill health and the Board will pay his full year's salary. W. F. McEmery is named new Secretary and is preparing for the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erin Agricultural Society
A. C. McMillan
Mgr. McMillan
McMillan
W.F. McEmery
Visiting Band Concert At Acton Impresses Large Crowd
The Lorne Rifles Band from Georgetown performed in Acton with cornet and euphonium solos and selections from the 1933 program. Perrott led the band with C W Mason conducting during one piece. Acton Citizens' Band plans a Georgetown return concert in about four weeks. Also reported is the marriage of Annie Isabel McLoughlin to James Milton Foster Bird at Georgetown with a Muskoka honeymoon to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorne Rifles
Georgetown
Acton
Toronto
Waterloo
Perrott
C. W. Mason
Euphemium
Wilfred Gill
H. M.S
Appollo
Simson
God Save the King
D. A. McLoughlin
Annie Isabel
James Milton Foster Bird
Thomas Bird
Esquesing
A. L. Howard
Knox Presbyterian ‘Church
Frank Hustler
Vivian Hustler
John ‘Bird
Hector Bird
McLaughlin
Bird
Rev P A Sawyer Accepts Call to Caledonia Church
Last Sunday Rev P A Sawyer rector of St Alban's Church announced he accepted a call to St Paul’s Church Caledonia and will move within a month. He has led St Alban's and St John's Rockwood for seven and a half years and served Acton as senior resident minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Church
Caledonia
Acton
P. A. Sawyer
L. Th
St.Alban’s Church
Sawyer
St. Alban's
St. John's Church
Rockwood
Fr Acton
Acton School Board
Acton Free Library Board
Commemoration of Buck and Loyalist Ancestry in Palermo
A large gathering met at Palermo Public Hall to honor Dr. Anson Buck and the Buck Howell lineage. Speakers included Mrs. C. W. M. McClement and W. Perkins Bull as they recalled Loyalist refugees and Buck ancestry dating to 1777. The event featured extensive family photos and a noon lunch with many attendees listed from Ontario towns.
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Palermo Public Hall
Colin H. Campbell
Winnipeg
Myp
Campbell
Anton Buck
M. R. Co
Eng
Keturah Adelaide Howell
Canada
Buck
Butler
Ivérs
Secord
Laura Secord
Nelles
Young
Bowwan
Niagara
Wellises
Secords
Youngs
Bucks
Bowmans
Philip Buck
W. H. Street
I. W. Burkholder
W. Crimmon
Frederick Bruce-Mowbray
Buck and Howell
W. R. Boehm
Grimsby
Devlin
Toronto
W. H. Mills
Jack Mills
Guelph
E. Foster
H. W. L. Foster
Walter Buck
Howard Buck
June Buck
Streetsville
George ‘_ Burrows
Brampton
W. G. Nelles
H. J.nelles
Bowmanville
Boehm
M. Ireland
Hamilton
Davis Cooper
Waterdown
A. B. Book
Book Allen
Winona
Austin A. Buck
Milton
A. Buck
P. E.buck
Carrol Longstaff I
Bruce P. Davis
Colonel Shaw
Sterbury
New York
Christern
Jermo
M. J. Maudé
M. Maude
McCready
Mary McCready
Denyes
C. Hemstreet
Palmer Book
E. M. Dewar
W. J. McClenahan
F.G. Bowen
L. F. Clarke
Charles E. Forster
Mount Dennis
H. Albertson
Oakville
H. Campbell
Roxdon
Camphbell
Chicago
O.M. McClement
Nellie
Constance McClement
H. Slack
Aldershot
D. McGregor
Olmsted
Niagara Falls
Elizabeth Given
A. Scott Graham
Grimsaby
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Tomn Ve
Hewetsons
Hewetada Boys
Ghoetwilers
Waterhouse
Shoeles
Buck” Weaver
Lelshman
Chuck” Waterhouse
Leishman
Clifford
Mackie
Cooper
Tanners
Pearen
Bill Waterhouse
Doc. Pearen
Jack Greer
R. H. E. Cud
Tate
W. Waterhouse
Morton and Gibbons
Town
Ainslie
P. Kentner
W. Holoway
Mmoundsmen
Golers
Verdene
Women's' Institute Meeting
Campbellvilla
Nassagaweya
J. Fo Sarnes
Peter’s Church
Robert James Whaley
Whaley’s Corners
Hornby
Whaley
Ted Clifford
Dublin Institute
Dublin Women’s Institute
Crossman
T. Storey
Annie Black
Muriel Crossman
Andrew McDonald
Evelyn Storey
Margaret Waldie
Douglas Frank
the McFadder-Safelhurst
R. M. McDonald
J. Bell
J. B. Mackenzie É Son
Chester McBain
Acton Pioneers’ Cemetery
Acton Pioneers
P. Prentice
Sunnyside Avenue
Hazel Harley
College Street
Harold Overholt
Inglewood
No. 7
Huffman
Wingham Battery
Beardmore Leathers
Miss Sunley
J. D. Doughty
Mary Sunley
W. Harold Mogk
Thomas J. Sunley
Doughty
Helen. Doughty
Eileen McFarlane
Marjorie Nelson
Trousseau
Oss. Leach
R. Ghaw
Amos Mason
C. S. McFarlane
R. Sarvis
F. Armstrong
T. Kieswetter
Margaret Doughty
Ranger
Miss Grace-Sunley
W. Brohman
D. Bobfer
M. McDonald
R. H. E. Wingham
Somers
Leider
Doran
Carmichael
Struc
Mortoff
Wingham AB
POAE
Mellor
Lechet
Seers
Pentes
C Canmichnael
J. Tiffen
Gumney
Rae
Cf Moore
Pp Cruickshank
Stanemense
Erin Fair
J. S. Noble
W. Evans
Fred McCutcheon
G. Graham
Melvin Locker
R. L. Davieson
F. McCutcheon
Wm. Findley
A. H. Bishop
G. Bishop
Munro
John W. Cantelon
Ernest Middleton
Robert J. Burmfield
Fox
Joseph Peacock
Hughes Cleaver
Burlington
Thomas Phelan
ER. C
W. N. Robinson
Bird-McLaughlin
MR. Sawyer
Dr. Anson Buck
Palermo
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