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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 15, 1913
Page
7
The fragment notes Reeves and Deputy forming the county council for 1918 under Acton Geo Hynde and Barlington M. O. Hirh as reeves. It outlines the role of the county council and its officers in governance for the year.
Cooper McDonald and Smith took the declarations of office and assumed seats. Hynds urged adherence to a fair rate schedule and emphasized Hydro Electric plans, street lighting, and municipal electrical work with the town electrician on salary. The council outlined committees and preached a church discourse on the death of Christ.
The item recounts a bereavement in Hav and Mrs Orlando Jolliffe’s sympathy, plus brief notices of residents and visitors including Mr W Lambert renting property, Mr A B Murray ill with la grippe, and Annetta Wanabrough visiting from Toronto. It also includes moral reflections on success and progress, a lost vitality testimonial from St Thomas, Ontario, and miscellaneous anecdotes about coins, pillow writing while travelling, and social chit-chat at a banquet.
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