Acton station faces potential CN closure sparking townwide debate
Acton residents question CN Rail plans to close the town station while officials say no firm decision has been made. Letters to the paper blame political pressure and warn small communities are subsidizing city service upgrades. Acton Chamber of Commerce urges broad support to keep the depot open.
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Acton
Donald Mann
Donald
C.N.R
Board of Transport Commissioners
Brussels
Acton Chamber of Commerce
English Dog Lovers Endure Bus Rides Amid Ridicule
A reader writes to the Nottingham Evening Post defending dogs on crowded buses. He notes his German wolfhound needs a seat, as others kick the dog in the gangway. He describes sitting on the floor due to weak legs and being ridiculed by fellow passengers.
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Nottingham Evening Post
Honest confession harms reputation in brisk Yukon freezer sales
A department store in Whitehorse reports brisk freezer sales as 2,200 households with electricity exist in the Yukon capital. The piece notes the crackerjack salesman who can sell refrigerators to Eskimos and jokes about honest confession harming reputation.
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Yukon
Whitehorse
Sugar and Spice and Anxious Modern Parenting Tale
A father narrates the strains of modern family life balancing a widow mother role, a college student wife away at school, and a rebellious daughter Kim. He imagines old fashioned dispute resolution, but must now mediate with minimal authority while navigating group memberships and musical tastes.
The Fur Trade Frontier and Its Global Reach
The fur trade advanced across the northern continent driving European collision with Indigenous cultures. French and English traders intermarried with Indigenous peoples near the St. Lawrence, Great Lakes, and Hudson Bay, while rival companies vied for control, wars erupted over profits, and outposts asserted autarkic rule until settlement, demand shifts, and modernization followed the union acts.
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Pacific
Coureurs de Bois
St. Lawrence River
Great Lakes
Northwest
Canada
Hudson Bay Area
Prairies
Far West
Hudson’s Bay Co
Northwest Co
Act of Union and Confederation
Acton votes to approve band tax by nearly four to one
In Acton on Monday residents approved the band tax by a 129 to 29 vote. The annual levy supports the band, active since 1872, under Bandmaster C Mason, with praise for the 1947 season. A dance showcased Acton Intermediate C team, Ontario champions, as coats with crests were presented by Ed Ryder and J F Royston.
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Acton
C. Mason
Ontario
Ed Ryder
Halton County League
J.F. Royston
Ceremon Ees
Bob Footitt
Dude Lindsay
Jack Kentner
Matt Tyler
Pete Chaubun
Lloyd Robinson
Johnnie Gay
Norm Morton
Sammy Snyder
Bobby Anderson
Lorne Masters
Don Ryder
Bill Waterhouse
Owen
Acton Fire Brigade Social Marked by Large Attendance
Fifty years ago in 1917 the Acton Fire Brigade held its 18th annual social at the town hall with strong turnout including about 100 visitors from Guelph. Benallick’s orchestra provided music while two Acton residents were fined for Temperance Act violations. The Bishop moved Rev. C H E Smith to St Marks Niagara on the Lake and a push to organize for Local Option women electors was noted. There is word of soldiers’ families urged to register and reports of local men wounded or improving overseas.
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Acton Fire Brigade
Guelph
Benallick
Acton
Pte
A. Mino
Limehouse
Fred Wright
England
Resignation of Rev W E Norton at Acton Georgetown
1892 item notes Rev W E Norton, Baptist pastor for Acton and Georgetown, has placed his resignation with managers and will leave for Owen Sound. Also reported: local youths hunt a young wild cat in Nassa gaweya swamp and a groom paid to calm a crowd at Eden Mills. Conductor Snider lectures Life on the Rail tonight at the Methodist church. crowds previously welcomed him on November 13.
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W.E. Norton
Acton
Georgetown
Owen Sound
Willie Anderson
Elwood Wilson
Hugh Aikens Jr
Knatchbull
Nassagaweya
Eden Mills
Snider
Victoria Fire Co Disorganizes Over Engine in Poor Repair
In the 1867 issue of The Canadian Champion, Victoria Fire Company No. 1 votes to disorganize until the town repairs and funds a proper engine room to ensure frost protection. If the town refuses services, the company will not force attendance. An editorial note urges council action to repair the engine and support the fire company. County Council warns of bank failure and suggests moving county business to another bank.
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Victoria Fire Company No. 1
P.B. Zimmerman
Charles Nieehaus
Victoria Fire Co
County Council
Local Church Advent Activities and Schedules
Advent services at St Alban the Martyr Anglican Church include 9 a.m. Holy Eucharist with teen film. 10:30 a.m. church school. 3 p.m. family baptism. 1 p.m. Holy Eucharist for mothers with young children on Dec 13. Also listed are Beth-El Christian Reformed, Maple Avenue Baptist, Acton Baptist notices with service times and activities.
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Church School
Trinity Church Sermon Series And Sunday Schedule
Church notices from Trinity Church and Evangel Pentecostal Tabernacle plus Knox Church Acton outline services morning worship Sunday School and teen programs. Rev Gordon B Turner leads Trinity with 10 a.m. worship while Evangel Pentecostal Tabernacle ministers at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Knox Church lists 9:45 a.m. and 11 a.m. sessions and a Bible theme sermon. Everyone is welcome to attend a church of their choice on Sunday.
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Acton
Georgetown
Universal Bible Sunday Worship
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