Acton Advertiser Terms and Subscriptions
Acton periodical founded in 1875 published Thursdays at 56 Mill St East Acton Ontario. It lists memberships in Audit Bureau of Circulations and Ontario Quebec Division CWNA and offers advertising rates on request. Subscriptions prepaid Canada 2.50 United States 3.50 six months 1.50 single copies six cents. Authorized Second Class Mail Ottawa post office.
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Mill St E
Acton
Ont
Audit Bureau of Circulations
C.W. N.A
Ontario-Quebec
Cw.na
Canada
United States
Post Office Department
Ottawa
Acton elects municipal government aims to keep party politics out
The 1956 Acton municipal government forms after two election trips. Voters gained a democratic right to choose town officers. The Glentoa division recalls candidates do not run on national party platforms, stressing localized interests over national or provincial politics to maintain municipal government as closest to the people.
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Acton
Acton Ratepayers’ Association
Glentoa
Glenlea
Canada
Great Britain
United States
Theirs Is Not To Reason Why Christmas Showpiece Traditions
The article notes the familiar red and green decorations and Christmastide music that define the season in this region. New ornaments appear while old tunes remain popular, and shoppers observe festive customs as two boys buy a gift for their mother amid town window gazing.
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Mother
Canadians brace for slower pace to curb inflation
The Financial Post reports Ottawa and banks aim to keep the economy steady without causing a drastic slowdown. They warn higher prices and tighter credit while emphasizing reduced borrowing and cautious purchases for cars, houses, appliances, and other big buys.
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Ottawa
Financial Post
Fewer Lifts In A Storm
A Financial Post essay notes a war started with the automotive age nears its end as horse gear fades. It cites a bankrupt Illinois maker of stuffed horse collars and a retiring Ontario blacksmith at 85, reflecting on the dwindling skill and utility of horses in modern winters.
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Financial Post
Illinois
Ontario
Dobbin
Service To Mankind And Christmas Seals Aid Tuberculosis Fight
The Toronto Better Business Bureau head urges citizens to avoid phony appeals and support genuine causes. The Christmas Seal campaign funds tuberculosis work and Halton County groups boast strong local efforts in promoting health and goodwill.
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Toronto BettersBusiness Bureau
Halton County
Ontario to ban passing school buses on February 1 1956
The note cites a Traffic Act amendment prohibiting passing a school bus loading or unloading children on Ontario highways from February 1 1956. It also mentions broader traffic safety themes from the era, including winter driving and faultless driving costs and insurance trends for careful drivers.
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Ontario
Bible shortage in Northern Nigeria prompts long search
A Hausa man walked 15 miles seeking a Bible in Northern Nigeria, visiting a Sudan Interior Mission Book Shop and Kagoro before supply ran out at the 32 Bible Society Colporteur locations. He learned 10,000 Bibles were en route from London, still far short of demand. A Welsh girl Mary Jones once walked 26 miles to find a Bible, only to find the last copy sold.
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Nigeria
Sudan
Kagoro
Bible Society
Bible House
London
Mary Jones
Bible Society Advanee Committee Formed in Ontario
A group of Ontario businessmen act as an Advantee Committee of the Bible Society to spread God’s Word. Members include J. Wm. Horsey E. G. Biker R. C. Berkinshaw R. D. Campbell F. J. Coombs H. E Foster R. S. Hansford T. G McCormack G. C. Metcalf and R. A. Robertson with weekly readings listed from Revelation and Job.
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Chas. Thomas
Mary Jones
Bala
Wales
London
Ontario
The
Bible Society
J. Wm. Horsey
E. G. Biker
R. C. Berkinshaw
R. D. Campbell
F. J. Coombs
H. E Foster
R.S. Hansford
T. G McCormack
G. C. Metcalf
R. A. Robertson
Lost Kiddies Find New Hope at Pestalozzi Village
About 200 displaced European children, from Finland to Greece, live at Pestalozzi Village in Switzerland. Led by Arthur Bliss, volunteers from 17 nations built the home for war survivors who seek a fresh start after trauma. The first children moved in 1946 and now most are teenagers.
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Tvo
Europe
Pestalozzi
Finland
France
Britain
Bulgaria
Austria
Greece
Matis Pestalozzi
Air Force
Arthur Bliss
Village of Hope
Walter Robert Corti
Religious Services Schedule for Acton Churches
Sunday December 18 1955 sermons and services listed for United Church of Canada Presbyterian Church in Canada Knox Church Acton and Baptist Church Acton. Times include Junior Church Morning Worship Evening Prayer Sunday School and study services across the four congregations with details for organist pastor and officials.
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Wedecoday
Professional Directory and Travellers' Guide item
A dense listing of local professionals in Acton Ontario including physicians Dr W G C Kenney Dr D A Garrett Dr Robert D Buckner and others. veterinarians dentists optometrists lawyers and real estate firms with office addresses and phone numbers plus coach schedules and a funeral home entry.
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D. A. Garrett
Willow and
River Sts
River Street
Acton
Ontario
Acton Town Incorporation Question Raised in 1905 News
A 1905 clipping notes discussions on incorporating Acton as a town as population nears 2000. It also reports the 57th annual Acton Bible Society meeting with Rev Haz zzard delivering his maiden address and officers for 1906.
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Acton
The
Bible Society
W. E. Hazzard
Fred Eastwood
Robert Waldie
A. T. Brown
Graham
Price
Canadian National Railways Schedule Fragments
OCR text shows scattered timetable details for Canadian National Railways with daily and Sunday services. Mentions Georgetown and Guelph routes, various departure and stop times, and irregular punctuation.
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Acton Free Press
G. A. Dills
David R. Dills
James Dills
John Black
Orangeville
East Germany
Prince George
B.C
St_ Croix
N.B
Pembroke
Ottawa Journal
the Bible Rev
G. P. Parson
Santa Claus
United Church OF Canada
Gordon Adams
Bower Avenue
George Eliott
Bower Ave
St. Albans
Charen
Paten
Evan H. Jones
Lth
Reet
Presbyterian Church IN Canada
Bafteist Church
Professional Directory and Travellers’. Guide
W. G. C. Kenney
Symon Block
Mill St. E
Church St. E
Wellington St
Phonie
A. J. Buchanan
Leishman Block
Mill St
H. Leib
Corner Mill
Frederick—Streets
E. L. Buchner
R.O. Optometrist
F. G. Oakes
B.V. Sc
Veterinarian
Knox Av
B.D. Young
B.v.sc. C
Young
D.W.M
Brookville
Milton
EAL Estate and Insurance
Wright
Wilbur
W. R. .Bracken
C. F. Leatherland
Chartered Accountants
Main St. N. Brampton
Victoria St .Toronto
Georgetown
Main St. S
Rumsey Funeral Home
Olive M. Lampard
Alban’s
Paris Hall
Park Ave. Guelph
Travellers’ Guide
Gray Coach Lines
Kichener
Dave
Bolta
Aken
Bannockburn
Duncan Mann
Thomas
Edward Moore
Hugh Mann
John S. Coleman
Trafalgar Township
the Free Press
E G. Baxter
Brownsburg
Milton Inn
H. Cleave
Cleave
Wilson
Mary Chalmers
Mason Knitting Co
Matthews
George Bros
Montreal
E. Katt
Charles Fatt
Duncan Moffat
Messrs. A. Diamond
Malcolm Moffat
W. F. Darby
Trafalgar Council
Canadian National Rarways
Baty
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