Acton News Briefs Highlight Community Events And Theatre
Local notes detail a January 17 dance with music and prizes, and a Ladies Aid meeting at Knox Church with readings and solos. A fundraiser aims to transport Acton Public School’s chorus to Toronto, Knox Players present The Gunfire Trail at Town Hall, and ice Harvesting at Corporation Pond speeds up. United Church Moderator Dr T F Moore to speak, Knox Ladies Aid officers elected, and a pantomime Stepping Heavenward featured at United Church. Theatre listings promote Gregory Theatre show Wer Sweetheart with Dressler and Barrymore.
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Acton Public School
Toronto
Knox
Town Hall
Acton
United Church In
United Church of Canada
T. 4. Moore
Moore
United Church
Gregory Theaire
Marie
Dressier
Etenel-Barrymore
France
America
New England
Idldon
Christopher Bean
Miss Dressler
Barrymore
Gregory Theatre
Rene Fauchois
Sid‘pay
Pauline Lord
Q Miler
New York
Inaugural Session of Eramosa Council Opens 1934
The Eramosa Township council meets at Rockwood Town Hall for its first session of 1934. Re-elected members take seats after oath. officials named include Clerk Frank Day and Treasurer Forsythe. Council approves borrowing up to 15000 dollars and prepares 1933 accounts and bonds for inspection.
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Eramosa
Rockwood
Eave
Sims ‘McLean
Frank Day
Thos. A. Forsythe
E. E. Alton
Arch. McNabb
John H. Fox
William Hamilton
Board of Health
T. Dd. MacCutcheon
John Henderson
Jas
W. Oakes
K. Eb.waller
George C. Bayne
Wm. F. Grieve
Pound ‘Keepera
Harry Cakes
Dustie
John Mitchell
Four Corners
Henry Flewelling
Speedside
John Weatheraton
Everton
James Barden
Eden Eden Mills
Jas. McPherson
Arch
McNabb
W. Cox
John Grieve
Chas
Young
H. G. Qolkes
A. D. Croft
McLean
Royal Bank
Department
Good Fonds Association
The
Townships Association
Salvation Army
Public Accountants
Municipal World
Eden Mills
Public Utilities Commission elects Reeve Thetford chairman 1934
The Ontario based Public Utilities Commission held a Wednesday meeting electing Reeve Thetford as chairman for 1934 after a motion by Kerr and King. Retiring chairman Kerr thanked the board. Thetford thanked colleagues. A discussion touched on erecting a new Hydro office building and better quarters. Accounts for payment were approved, including hydro and waterworks expenses. A separate case, Walter Ramusan of Brampton, charged with indecent assault, was remanded after a Milton court appearance.
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Public Utilities Commission
L. G. King
R.J. Kerr
I. G. ‘King
Reeve Thetford
R. J. Kerr
Commission
Ontario Commission
Acton Commission
Hydro
Hydro Department
Jas
Chalmers
Lowe Martin Co
IC. N. R
Transports
Matthews
Bank of Montreal
Milton
Walter Ramusan
Bramptin
Eliott
Acton Intermediates Top of Hockey Pile Despite Penalties
Acton Intermediates remain league leaders with a 5-1 win over Elora, a strong defensive effort by Bill Holloway and a flurry of penalties, including four players in the box. Elora goalie Red Brown bore the brunt as Acton surged with three goals in the second period and maintained pressure to seal the victory.
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Acton
Elora Rocks
Bill Holloway
Hlora
Elora Boys
Fisher
Holloway
Bill
Morton
Terry
Red” Brown
Elora
B. Runnells
Frank Gibbons
Archie
Brown
Walser
F. Runnels
Dreyer
Bus.Morton
Huffman
Ainslie
F. Runnell
Woods
Goff
Flora
Dave Ainslie
Jack Kentner
Walters
Huston
F. Runnells
J. Runnella
Runnells
Brush
Armskieg
Gibbons
Local Interest Notes and Minor Hockey Highlights
Week of Prayer services were held in Acton churches with several congregations attending. A 2.30 Toronto train delayed about an hour due to a broken draw pin. Acton Juniors lost 6-1 to Preston Riversides with Mooney and Goad scoring for Acton. Duck of Devonshire LO.D.E. held its monthly meeting. a wolf seen near farm grounds prompted hunts. Licorice choking incident involving Herbie Cook reported. editor expresses gratitude to subscribers. Halton County Plowmen meet in Milton electing officers and planning a county match in Trafalgar. Streetsville Agricultural Society notes a defeat for local boys, Toronto Township reports a $100 deficit after year start.
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Toronto
Limehouse
Halton County Plowmen
Department of Agriculture
Milton
Stanley Hall
L. Chisholm
J. Cunningham
Joel Willmott
John Irving
Esquesing
George Currie
Edwin Harrop
Trafalgar
J. Wilson
Victor Hall
Wnassagaweya
Ernest Dredger
J. Carton
Esquesing Council Holds 1934 Inaugural Meeting
The Esquesing Township Council elected for 1934 met January 8 in Stewarttown with Reeve George Currie and other officials taking seats. They approved December and 1933 accounts, set road payments at 487.86, named staff and auditors, and authorized a 40 000 borrowing limit for current expenditures. A man narrowly escaped drowning at Port Credit after a fall from a breakwater while a companion retrieved help.
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Esquesing
H. Robertson
J. Henderson
J. Sharp
HM. Bennett
Wm. Dick
WM. Moore
Bell Telephone
Municipal World
County of Halton
N. A. Robinson
G.W. Murray
Robert W. ‘ Starrett
W. R. Thompson
Wm. Bracken
G. W. Murray
Lloyd
Port Credit
Edward—vans
Joseph Street
Game Place
Rinaldo ‘Brogna
Evans
Shipping Tonnage Up for Canada in 1983
Canada saw a mixed coastal shift with grain exports down by 48.45 million bushels in 1983 versus 1932 levels, while ocean vessel tonnage cleared from Canadian ports in the first 11 months rose by 36,000 tons from the prior year.
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Saint John
New Brunswick
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Montreal
St. Lawrence
Vancouver
British , Columbia
Canada
Evening Meal Digester Musings and a Family Dispute
A fragmented diary style snippet shows a works foreman visiting Mrs. Wilson to discuss her husband’s behavior at the factory. The exchange is presented in clipped dialogue with misread words and garbled names, suggesting a domestic workplace tension and social interactions around an afternoon shift.
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Wilson Sitadon
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Esquesing Council
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