Acton High School Plans Spring Glee Club Concert
Spring is near and the Acton High School Glee Club is preparing for a spring concert though no date is set yet. Last Friday's fourth square dance drew good but not full attendance. Two teachers were absent due to illness, Mrs Reed and Miss Gruber, with Mrs Buchanan covering. The Boys Athletic Society met to discuss electing a new president after the former president left to continue his studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nell Benton
Reed
Acton Council Passes Regular and Special Bills
Regular and special accounts approved for payment including J Gay cartage 36.25 Whithams Garage 143.18 Acton Free Press 77.02 Bell Telephone 67.05 Acton PUC Hydro 56 Rosedale Service Centre 8.26 E Van Norman labor and materials 129.07 L W Agar coal 87.40 Acton Woodcrafts merchandise 14.82 Barnard Stamp and Stencil badges 29.78 Pedlar People signs 4.70 Addressograph frames 18.52 NLR maintenance crossing protect 7.00 Thompson Fuel 127 72 J Ridley hauling snow 46.90 Ont Prov Police salaries 1123.86 Total about 3888.06 including Lakeview Water and sewer accounts and related items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Gay
Whitham
Ees
Acton Free Press
Amverisine
Wees
Bell Telephone
Acton Puc Hydro
Sis
Rosedale
E. van Norman
L. W. Agar
Acton Woodcrafts
Barnard Stamp and Stencil Ltd
Pedlar People Ltd
X. Toth
I T
QO. Brown
J. McIntyre
Armco
J. Newton
Pullesine
Halton County
LO DE Duke Devonshire Chapter Thanks Paper for Coverage
A letter from Mildred I Long corresponding secretary of the Duke Devonshire LO DE Chapter expresses gratitude to the Acton Free Press editor for the paper's coverage of their meetings dated February 10 1956. The note thanks the newspaper for its supportive reporting and closes with regards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.O.D.E. Group
Acton Free Press
Mr. Dills
Duke, of
Devonshire
Mildred I Long
Plaque Honors London Women Pioneers of Mission Helpers
A Cronyn Memorial Church plaque memorializes three London women who initiated a nationwide union of Anglican Church of Canada women’s auxiliaries. The women are Mrs Harrison Tilley, Mrs James Bann, and Mrs Mitchie Boomer sponsored the 1886 resolution uniting Canada’s Anglican auxiliaries. The movement began in Cronyn Memorial Church in 1874.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mission Helpers
London
Cronyn Memorial Church
Missionary Society
Anglican Church of Canada
Harrison Tilley
James Bann Jhe
Richardson
Mitchhe
Boomer
Church of England
Canada
Cronyne Memorial Church
Halton Health Urges Caution on Rabies as Playoffs Delay Hockey
Local hockey schedule disrupted by soft ice with Junior D game between Halton D and Elmira postponed. Skating canceled this Saturday. Acton Elmira moved to arena. Halton County Health Unit reports no rabies cases in Panna County yet and urges vaccination of dogs and cats, reporting bites, and watching wild foxes for abnormal behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmira
Acton-Elmira
Halton
Panna
Lake Simcoe
Ontario
German Wedding at Acton United Church
August Lippensky and Rudolfine Burgmuller wed in a German ceremony at Acton United Church with prayers in English. The bride wore white satin and lace, veil from a floral coronet, and carried a white bouquet. They will reside at 133 Crescent Acton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Lippensky
Rudolfine Burgmuller
Kurt Buremuller
Acton
August’Lippensky
Austria
Canada
Gordon Adams
Acton United Church
Mrs. Lippensky
Crescent
Old Railroad Gone First Open in 1874
The Petitcodiac to Elgin railway line once opened in 1873 with Elgin residents riding flat cars. It extended to Havelock in 1885, carried beef and lumber in later years, and was abandoned after a Board of Transport Commission decision, with ownership passing from Amos Killman to a British company then to the Federal Government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Hallett
Elgin
Havelock
Amos Killman
Board of Transport Commission
Moncton
Erin Presentation Honors Local Family Leaders
Ballinafad residents attended a presentation in Erin for Mrs. George Scott and her sons Jimmie and Charlie who are moving to Erin. Gifts included a chrome kitchen set a wrist watch and a ring. The evening featured dancing and a W I clothing drive delivering five boxes to Greece and Scott Mission Toronto. Funeral services for John McDowell were held in Erin with interment at Erin Cemetery.
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Erin
George Scott
Jimmie
Charlie
Albert McBride
Mortis Teeter
Ernie
Jesse McEnery
W. I
Greece
Scott Mission
Toronto
Leo Jamieson
Mission Band
Ernie McEnery
Frank Smith
Swan
Hamilton
Gordon Chambers
Boissevain
Manitoba
Alex Jackson
William Kirkwood
John Kirkwood
Roy Ferguson
William Sinclair
Ontario Federation Plans Rural Safe Driving Week
The Ontario Federation of Agriculture announces Rural Safe Driving Week February 20 to 25 with rallies in 42 counties to push safer rural driving. Lloyd Jasper cites two thirds of Ontarios rural accidents and 1954 rural fatalities totaling 783 with over 16 million dollars in property damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Lloyd Jasper
Ontario Federation of
Ontario
Roberts
Jasper
Mr. Jasper
Nrot
Polish teen accuses Canadian girls of vanity in Toronto
A Toronto immigrant teenager born in Poland blasts local girls as selfish and self-absorbed. Kempa Kaziemera, 18, now a stenographer, recalls a perilous early life in Siberian camps and refugee journeys from Poland to Iran India Egypt England where she learned of her parents' death and found adoption in an English family.
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Toronto
Poland
Kempa Kaziemera
Kempa
Iran
India
Egypt
England
Ae Kempa
Chest Grows To $459 For Merchants Draw
Acton merchants continue Saturday draws for Treasure Chest winnings drawing crowds downtown. This week the prize climbs to 459 dollars. Last week Mrs. Allen Green won 43 58 dollars on a 10 percent coupon plus five dollars for identifying the merchant of the week.
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Acton
Allen Green
Local visitors and social notes from London and area
Mr and Mrs Fred Anderson visited on Saturday in London with Mr J H Taylor and family. Mr and Mrs J Krapek spent the week end in Huntsville for a sister's wedding. Mr and Mrs Bud Hick and sons James and Dennis of Hamilton were weekend visitors at Ken Halford's. Mr and Mrs F J McCutcheon visited in London with Harvey McCutcheon family. Mr and Mrs William Ballentine attended the funeral of Mrs Sam McClure of Claude at Brampton on Tuesday February 14. Mr and Mrs Alfred Long and Miss Hildagard Long of Toronto visited over the week end for Mr and Mrs Longs 49th wedding anniversary. We regret any embarrassment to Mr and Mrs Sam Brunelle over a published item they were away in Florida. They were here in the cold with the rest of us. Acton Agricultural Society sent three delegates to the Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies meetings in London. Voting delegates were fair president Mr Smith Griffen, secretary treasurer Mrs C W Swackhamer and Mr Swackhamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred . Anderson
London
J. H. Taylor
J. Krapek
Huntsville
Bud” Hick
James and
Dennis
Hamilton
Ken Halford
William Ballentine
Sam McClure
Claude
McClure
Brampton
Afred Long
Miss Hildagard Long
Toronto
JA. R.long
Mrs. Long
Sam Brunelle
Florida
Acton Agricultural Society
Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies
Smith Griffen
C. W. Swackhamer
Swackhamer
Missionary Council Day Observed Here
Women's Missionary Council Day was observed Sunday across Canada in Pentecostal Assembly churches. At Acton Pentecostal Assembly the WMC led the morning service with Mrs K Reid delivering Gods Will for Each Life. The program featured chorus and prayers, weather prevented some participants, and donations and quilt tops were prepared for missionary shipments to Toronto and Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Missionary Council
Canada
Pentecostal Assembly of Canada
Acton
Greenock W I Plans Tart Social and Lunch Event
The February Greenock W I meeting at Mrs. William Johnston's home with 19 members present. Miss Mary Reid to show West Coast trip pictures at a tart social on February 17, lunch served by men, and plans for March include Grandmothers and Historical meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenock
W.I
William Johnston
E. Patterson
A. Thompson
E. Johnston
Mary Reid
West Coast
Canada
Padre W. A. Young
The
O.A. Cc
Women’s Mission Circle Meets at Wellington Street Home
The February gathering of the Women’s Mission Circle of the Baptist church was hosted by Mrs. G. Wagener on Wellington Street. Devotions and scripture were led by Mrs. Landsborough with Mrs. Dunk, and Mrs. Chapman reported on the Guelph conference. A vote of thanks honored the hostess for the use of her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Mission Circle of the Baptist Church
G. Wagener
Wellington St
H. Helwig
C. Landsborough
Dunk
First Baptist Church
Guelph
Landsborough
Angola
Costerus
Lakeside LO.D.E Plans China Demonstration
Lakeside Chapter of the LO D E completed arrangements for a China demonstration in April at the Parish Hall. Oral Norton presided, Mary Hinton led the annual meeting with reports from conveners and officers for 1956 named. A farm from an oil company on The Four Seasons was enjoyed and lunch was served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lo.de
Oral Norton
Mary Hinton
Lurich
Chiropractor Office Changes Hands in Local Transfer
Dr. J. W. Kerrigan has purchased the chiropractic office formerly operated by Dr. D. J. Armstrong. Kerrigan is a University of Virginia attendee and Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College graduate who practiced in Massachusetts and Toronto after graduating in 1950. He served four years in the US Air Force and one year in the Massachusetts National Guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Kerrigan
D. J. Armstrong
Kerrigan
University of Virginia
Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College
Massachusetts
Toronto
US Air Force
Massachusetts National Guard
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Ajax Engineers Ltd
Jaily
Robert HE Const. Co
Johns - Manville Co
J. Ridley
Muller Ltd
T. Cutting
Symon Holwe
Acton Motors
Ben Ceneenes
Can. Brass Co
Tates Ehccen
Lakeview
E. Braida
Hip Tabbers Co
Gordon's Hawe
Price House
Eeene
Sam DeRosa
Halton Health
United Church
Petitcodiac, N.B
Petitcodiac-to-Elgin
Ballinafad
Federation
F. J. McCutcheon
Harvey McCutcheon
Missionary Council
Thomas McCutcheon
Brown
Harvey Norton
Alfred Knechtel
Japan
Chiropractic
R John St., Acton
C.H.A
Acton. Arena
Acton Vs
Greenock Wii
C. Allan
R. McKeown
W. Cole
Baptist Conference
Circle
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China
Zoe
Cooper
DOG
Saratoga
Turnbull
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