01 Dec 1927
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 01, 1927
Page
1
Church services listed with a Sunday program including morning worship at 2100 a m and a special men day event. Youth group meetings led by the Workers' Group Thursday and a prayer and praise service at 7 00 p m led by Rev BAS Thomson.
A mixed collection of notices includes livestock for sale a two-year-old horse for sale at Acton with a $5000 reward for information on break ins to a residence at Blue Bo ringa Park Acton Ontario a lost dog description in Milton and Toronto with rewards offered for recovery or information plus a hand painted china exhibit and miscellaneous personal notices.
Local shop advertises furniture repair and cabinet work including electric door lamps and tables. It lists radio cabinets in plan and stock, medicine cabinets and related hardware at W. J. Struckey Mill Street opposite the pool room.
Citizens packed Monday evening nominations for four council seats and school trustees. Candidates including Mason Amos Arnold, Atkinson, Nicol, Holmes, and others were nominated, with remarks praising public service and the town’s progress through the past year. A concert followed, showcasing pupil performances and an art display of world-famous pictures.
Four men involved in a Bank of Nowa cothe robbery on October 2 were sentenced in Campbellville court. The driver received ten years plus ten lashes. three others got years in prison with lashes. one already served four lashes. Crown Attorney Wool Dick urged deterrence.
Readable items report the Acton District Firemen Ball and related social happenings. A wedding at St Clee Chapel in Hamilton is noted along with a Dufferin School concert and a Junior J. Q. D. E. Bazaar. An accident on Willow Street is briefly described with injuries and police response.
Local meeting discussions focus on school committee duties and public utilities oversight. Residents hear updates on trustees, budget implications, and proposed governance changes affecting Acton’s civic services.
Community social notes list visits and tales from Detroit and nearby towns. Residents including Miss Kennedy, Mr Soper, Mrs Way Swarckhamer, and Mrs Gamble are mentioned visiting relatives, attending events, or hosting kin over the weekend and during the week.
Entered into rest is Forbin ws BL Mittuae Joowph Kentier of Milton. Interment was made at Evergreen Cemetery Milton on Tuesday evening. Survived by widow and five daughters including Agios of Acton Jobin Clo ehep Mrodeviehk Stankes and Clas Copel of Puntingston. Canadian Order of Beesters Eh byon invited to his widow.
A December bazaar at the Parish Hall under EOC auspices begins December 1 with lunches. Provincial official Williams announces a provincial police district. The piece then shifts to a Miami County theft at Blue Springs Park last week, a window broken, a safe opened, and items missing. Police, including Constables Shart-Hott and Will dudedse, investigate the vandalism and car crash injuries involving the Mathews party, with no serious injuries reported.
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