Damp Weather Disrupts City Life And School Calendar
The rain-soaked period disrupts daily life with water shortages and damp doors. Kindergarten registration signals the coming term while school bells prepare to resume. Don Wiggins of the Bank of Montreal is hospitalized at Sunnybrook, replaced by O F Hunt from the Walkerton branch. A bulldozer and excavation in Sora streets cause sidewalk collapses and street sinking after heavy downpours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Wiggins
Bank of Montreal
Sunnybrook Hospital
Toronto
Wiggins
O F Hunt
Walkerton
Sora
Wilbur Street
Edger W Aitchison Dies Answering Fire Call
Edger W Aitchison a Burlington businessman and local fireman died after his light delivery truck struck a stone post at the Cedar Springs gateway on Monday night about 11 30. The town mourns as details of the crash and subsequent events are reported with continued notes on local incidents including a large Legion Carnival turnout and an important vehicle collision at Stevens Clark Avenue and Hurd Avenue with damages cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizgens
Lear
Edger W Aitchison
Cedar Springs
Ceder Springs
Burlington
Legion
Sam Ferguson
Wm Stevens Clark
Caroline
Albert Solum
Mai- Aton
Hurd Avenue
Stevens
Direct
Winters Transport
Arnold Robbing
Niagara Falls
Victor McNabb
Ottawa St. Hamilton
Local Board of Trade Roast Tops Evening Toasts
The Waterdown Board of Trade annual roast was held at Mr Walker Drummond’s home with Vice-president George Heming presiding and Wilfred Bisbee MCing. Mrs Norman Best hosted a miscellaneous shower for Mr Robert Wibbent, assisted by Mrs Harry Smythe and others. The ARC Club presented a serving tray and card table to Mr and Mrs Ro Hibbert. The public school opens in September with new desks and a new class and three new teachers added for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterdown Board of Trade
Walker Drummond
George Heming
Wilfred Bisbee
Ro Lilla
Drummond
Norman Best
Robert Wibbent
Reuby Featherston
Harry Smythe
Kathleen Thompson
Remnice Kitching
Bruce Leraske
ARC Club
The
United Church
Ro Hibbert
F Prentice
J. Linton
J. Hare
Acton Schools Set to Open After Summer Break
Students return to desks next Tuesday as Acton schools end the long holiday. Some classrooms receive fresh paint and a food ward for the fall term opens. Rural pupils should read the routes listed elsewhere in this issue and be ready on time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Greenock Women's Institute Hosts August Meeting
The Greenock Women's Institute held its regular August meeting at Greenock School with Min Ao McKeown presiding. The group planned an Acton Fair exhibit and noted a donation sent to the Manitoba Flood Relief. A presenter from the Singer Sewing Machine Shop in Guelph gave a helpful demonstration on sewing machine attachments. A dainty lunch followed served by the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenock
The Rise of Big Industry and its Worker Balance
A persuasively argued piece notes that big industry grew from small ventures and brought mass employment and worker benefits, while risking intimacy. It cites Canadian Manufacturers' Association data: 2,108,035 invested and 249,748 workers across many firms, implying $8,440 investment per worker. the piece defends profits on such investments to sustain plant and machinery and job creation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ry Joseph Lister Rutledge
Stle
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Enraged Bull Kills Ontario Farmer on 30 Acre Farm
A 49-year-old Polish farmer was fatally gored by a two and a half year old Durham bull while moving cattle from an orchard to a pasture. His body was found by his son Joseph Samborski in the Radial Road area near Oakville, about 10 am. The coroner and provincial police investigated. no witnesses. The farm, near the second concession, ROR 1, is shown to have changed hands previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Samborski
R. R
Bronte
Edward
Sambonk
F N Sporting
Oakville
J HO Stead
Aever
Jack Orr Nesidea
Forward
Fish
Canada High School Completion Crisis Sparks Debate
A detailed survey shows more than half of Canadian high school entrants fail to graduate, with 100000 students leaving yearly due to lack of meaning in current courses. Maclean's highlights debate over shifting to practical schooling versus traditional brainteasers as causes. A separate note credits St Lakeshore Sea Scout Troop with rescuing two teens after a 12 foot sloop capsized in Lake Ontario with help from Scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Research Committee On
Practical Education
Canadian Education Association
Canada
MacLean’s Magazine
Maclean's
Carey
Aske Maclean
Savas
St. Lakeshore
Lake Ontario
Eleanor Wallace
Bert Trollope
Freddie ‘Fellows
John Shoesmith
Harry
Sewage Plan Considered for Nelson Township
Nelson Township weighs a gravity feed leaa sewer system first used in the Maritimes and recently adopted in Ontario as a cheaper alternative to a central plant. Walter I. Harbutte a respected lifelong farmer from near Lowville died at St Joseph's Hospital Tuesday of last week in his seventieth year. From January 1 1940 to July 31 1980 the Red Cross Society lore branch shipped 3730 articles to headquarters.
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Nelson Township
Maritimes
Ontario
St Joseph's Hospital
Walter I. Haerbottle
Lowville
John C and
Myre Harbutte
Lore Branch
The
Red Cross Society
McNabs McMebb announce birth of son at Mount Forest
McNABS Mr and Mrs Neil McMebb of Mount Forest announce the arrival of a son on Wednesday August WW, 1050 at Sunnybrook Hospital Toronto. The baby is a brother for Fay Mason. Birth notices also recall obituaries and memorials for Donaldson, Pathick, Gueton families and thanks from Mrs Elgar McDawall.
Sale of Holstein Cattle and farm equipment at Nassaga farm
Public sale notice for Saturday September 8 at 2 pm on Lot 4 Nassaga valley near Campte salle. Holstein cows and heifers in lactation and bred dates from May to August, two young heifers and a calf. 2 York Iowa hogs, farm implements, hay, windmill, stomplers, and a 7 acre alfalfa stand. Cash sale with clerk. no reserve as owner quits milk business. Auctioneers L McMillan.
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Acton
Mill St
Wellington St
Acton Boulevard
Mall St
Arthur St
Peel St
Acton Rivd
Peelsom St
Queen St
Guelph St
Crescent St
Fairview Ave
Ontario Municipal Board
Swd
McGeachie
Joun Early Teosel
Lotiz
Nassaganeval
Camptesalle
Iowa
Colony House
Ani Lauctioneers
L. McMillan
Cler
Kmitehener Juerk Vards
Spme
Javentock
Ontario
Kitchener
J StetfMer
For Sale and Rent Classified Fragments
A jumble of sale and rental notices lists items from pianos and sewing machines to clover honey and raw pane, with scattered contact numbers and locations. Also includes a textile lot, farm animals, a silo sale, and an eight room house with barn ready for inquiry, all with sparse details and inconsistent spellings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Cutting
Colin Mac
Cameron St
Orsa
Measles Description Notes Early Symptoms and Rash Onset
A fragment describes measles starting with cold like symptoms such as watery eyes and cough, with a light fever. The text notes fever and symptoms lasting eight to ten days before a rash appears twelve to fourteen days after exposure.
Fender Dents A New 3 M Filler For Car Bodies
The Financial Post reports a new "3-M Filler" with a pastelike aluminum based compound for filling dents scratches and rusted areas on car bodies and fenders. It claims a Minnesota maker markets a heat free body solder with flexible yet tough performance and fast drying that adheres to clean surfaces and resists ultra temperature changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Financial Post
Minnesota
Town Works Aimed At Quick Road Repairs
Local authorities pledge rapid road repairs to ease travel, amid tight budgets and looming deadlines. Gyptex plaster coating touted to mend walls effectively at 2 cents per square foot in pastel shades. Coal and nut shipments continue to meet demand after a strike, with orders still being taken ahead of the Exhibition.
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Free Press
Sumer
Waelington
R W. Aitchison
Carl. A. McKeown
Greenock Women's Init
John Bunce
METON
Nelson
Farnworth Memorials
Wuamtis
Mederata
Mliave RZ
Oamsaiary
Guelpil Ont
Donaldson Ino
John Thonsidua
Peat Ewer
Reyer
Mix Sarah Patrut
Paul
Man Daddy
Delaine
Tinother Deter
Caron
Mra Elgar McDawsll
Cecil A. Carr
Optometrist
Guelph
Douglas S
Tel
Milton
Clement
Western
Chapple’s Bookstore
Wyndham St
Angus Kennedy
FC Ne Sale
Georgetown
Ciadietus
Darwin Crippe
Queen
Georgetome
Ernie's Radio and Electric
Jorgetown
Kozy ‘Theatre
Hidga
Molntein
Yorkshire
Farroweng
Tates
Delem
T Wold
Smath Ang Astane Limited
POA Sale
Montha
Frank Robertson
Hora Matton - Poa
Sale Westinghouse
Keeler and Co
Erin A
Spevside
Moffat
Thomaan
Orne Lamb
Knox Ave
Lawrence
Lorne Garner Motors
Thane
H. K. Dodds
Beatty
Quebec
Main St. Acton
Skyline Forage Harvester
TSO
Ferguson
McCormick Derrins
Woods Deep Freeze Mall
Pontiac
Tara Hewson
Howling Lanes
Stewart Hutt
Nous Regent
Fier Press
Mason Knithog Company Limited
Phane
Keith Harber
Coomne
WSO
Varus
St Athans Church
Ace
T 3
Cooke
Queen St. Acton
Main Street
North
Pheane
Acton Free Press
Meenoriam
Rolla
Ernie
Roxy Theatre
Georges Town
Norval
Molton High School
Spm
Lowesto
Tiras Milton
Machengie News
Mackcenzie
Son
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