Acton Council 1935 Year End Accounts Approved
Acton Council held the last session of 1935 with Reeve Harrison presiding. The twenty fifth Finance Committee report approved general and hospital accounts, town road work, repairs, and supplies totaling around 10 200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton Council
Acton Counci
J. E. McMian
of Halton
H. M. Pettit
Halton
Wou
Pettit
Lot
Jeck McMullen
Bell Telephone Co
Georgetown Kimbar Co
H. L. McDonald
A. T. Brown
High School at Home Annual Gathering At Town Hall
Pupils of Actor High School and teachers held the annual at home at Town Hall with dancing and music by Amy Frans orchestra. The pupils presented Kidnapping Hetty a light comedy with Irene McLean Ellven Breen Etta Swackhamer Helen Lamb Fred Turner Howard Norton Charles Yenderson in the cast. Principal MacRae was honored by the rugby team with a gift. basketball team item by Esther Taglor and Miss Bell. baseball team gift by Kay Chapman. Refreshments followed and the Home Waltz and National Anthem closed the evening, regarded as very enjoyable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Frans
Hetty
Irene McLean
Ellven Breen
Etta Swackhamer
Helen Lamb
Fred Turner
Howard Norton
Charles Yenderson
MacRae
Gerald Pargeter
Mortimer
Esther Taglor
Miss Bell
Kay Chapman
Fisherman trades trout tale in local market
He had been fishing but luck ran bad. In a Miah market he told the dealer to fetch the biggest trout and claim he caught them to entertain his family. The dealer asked why and he replied he wants to boast in front of his kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Aland
Lakeside LO.D.E. cushion winner and local notices
Suri ees Te Be A Selection of News Items reports H McClelland winning Lakeside Chapter LO.D.E. cushion number 123 drawn at Gregory Theatre Saturday. Also notes a car skid between Waterloo and Kitchener causing minor injuries to Myr Moore Mrs Hassard and Mr J Moore. Baptist church Christmas supper and gifts for Sunday School. Acton Rural League schedule starts January 6 with several matches. H S Holmes turns sixty five and marks fifty six years with GTR and CNR railways. still active and popular in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. McClelland
Oak Street
Toronto
Lakeside
D.E. Cushion
Gregory Theatre
Waterloo
Kitchener
Myr
John Moore
J. Hassard
Moore
Holmes
Acton
C.N.R
G.T R
C.nlr
CNR
Nils
Ontario Holsteins set records in October show
Two hundred and twenty one Holsteins completed ROP records in October per the Holstein Orlesian Association of Canada. Ontario breeders won all fifteen classes with Halton entries leading two classes. Victor Lawrence of Merton topped with Korndyke Abberkerke Lud daughters and Marie Tensen Hengerveld plus Tessy Walker Pontiac posted high fat yields from large milk totals. Four year olds saw M. J. Browns Jemina Queen Sylvia Jed leading with 406 pounds fat from 13 043 pounds milk. Also notes church cantata at United Church with choir under Wert Mason, Ruth Gibson and others performing The Christmas King with multiple solos and a final Worship the King.
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R.op
Holstein-Orlesian Association of Canada
Ontario
Halton
Victor Lawrence
Merton
Korndyke Abberkerke
Sylvius
Marie Tensen Hengerveld
Tessy Walker
Pontiac
M. J. Brown
Jemina
Sylvia Jed
St Albans Club Social and Local News Highlights
The St Albans Men's Club social drew a large crowd with prize winners named. Local fines and Christmas mail volumes at Acton and Orillia reports note legal cautions, tax relief discussions, and a Santa Claus toy import boom, plus Ontario Milk Control Board changes and Christmas toy trade data with Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Alban's Men's Club
Paurish Hall
G. W. Benton
Mesure
F. Rawlings
Jos, Kentner
W. McBain
Fred Crew
Factory Building Sold in Acton District
The Halton Grove Works on Main Street was sold Monday to Louly Brown of Guelph by the Georgetown Lumber Company. No information on Brown’s plans for the building has been obtained.
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Hewetson Co
St. Michael's Woupltal
Counc
Acton
Myra
Campbell
County Council
Mil Pond
The
Canadian Legion
Mui Street
Halton Grove Works
Main Street
Louly Brown
Guelph
Georgetown Lumber Company
Intermediates and Juniors Open Season With Mixed Results
Local hockey squads began their first season action with mixed form as Gibbons and Scott formed a solid defensive pairing and forward lines were still taking shape. Ezard, Brush and Blinco joined the Juniors from the County Town, boosting the Oakville club. A lucky admission draw awarded prizes including sugar, flour, chocolate, and a chicken, while ticket No 270 remained unclaimed. Santa Claus visited the Oakville schools for a Christmas-spirited finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A-Molzogo
Gee
Lanty
J. Greer
L. V. Mason
C. E. Volmes
Merry Christmas Greeting Misspelled on Editorial Page
The note laments the lack of space for a Christmas greeting on 99 editorial pages this week. It suggests printing a front page message to share a festive wish with readers and friends everywhere, ending with a cheerful Merry Christmas.
Christmas Messages From Acton Plasters
Editor's note introduces Christmas messages from Acton ministers. The text urges readers to reflect on Christ's birth and lessons of forgiveness, justice, and love amid worldly strife. It invites all to kneel at the manger and wish a happy Christmas.
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Paris
Acton
Jesus
Satan
Wildernes
Bethlehem
God
Manger
Christmas 1935 Message of Peace and Goodwill
The speaker reflects on Christmas as a time for happiness and helping others. He urges facing fears with confidence, forgiving envy and greed, and finding joy in children’s laughter. The message centers on Christ’s birth, peace, and a call to shared humanity.
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Christ Child
Lfe
Christ the Lord
The Spell of Christmas by H L Bennie
A reflective Christmas essay urges readers to feel Christ’s joy beyond commerce and bustle. It contrasts worldly dates with the Biblical nativity season, notes the shepherds and Apostles as early witnesses, and calls readers to share Christ’s gift this 1935 Christmas.
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Bethlehem
Christ
Nottle
Andrew
Peter
John
James
Athens
Shepherds
Skating on Christmas Day Schedule Notes
Afternoon session runs from 2 30 to 4 20 with additional skating in the evening. The brief timetable indicates multiple time blocks for December 25.
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Murray Memorial Fund
R. R. P. Watson
Y. B. Mackenge
Georgetown Lumber Co
Yeachert
Payenly
Friesidu
Baptist Church
Santa Claus
Acton Rural League
Jones
Dublin
York Road
Brookville
Baeekwood
Arid Limehouse
Larne Rifles
Lorna
Everton Va. Eden
Rockwood Parmers
Mallon
United Church
Wert. Mason
Wos
Christus Gory
Ruth Gibson
J. HK. Caydiner
Jt. ¥. Mowat
Dan Uylory
Afigs Gibson
Wr. Ved Clifford
Kia Gibson
J. 0. Matthews
N. Gibson
D. Taylor
Kern Brown
R. Arnold
Volo
Pollowing the
Lord Jesus
Marrow
St. Alban's S Men's Club
Christman
Charles Noble
Port Credit
Perl
Bull
Noble
J. S.eck
Ontario Milk Controll Board
Berk
Brampton
Wen
Duncan Marshall
J. ‘T. Yfouck
John MicFeeler
MicFeeler
Marshall
Canada
Department of *Trade and Commerce
Canad
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Censon
Jack Greer
Gibbons
Scott
Walters
Ezard, Brush
Blinco
Milton
Oakville
HY. U
Waptlt
Wy.p.u
Christian Fellowship Group
Afiss
Laura “McMullen
Veldhuis
W. Cales
Mies Bertha Dristow
Doris McMullen
Marzo
Harmar
Dethieham O
J. Wurst
Joanna
Capernaun
OC. Kirkness
Henderson
Santa Imus
Aoton
Star
WH. Teno
Sutcliffe
Moors
S. Allen
Marz
Townsley Peer
Bouton
Merry Christmins
Merry Christman
Acton Plasters
H. L. Bennie
Christaas
Kingdom of Heaven
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