Acton Schools History Tracks Early Arts and Mentors
The history recalls early physical education trials in 1890 led by Miss Snowdon, later music instruction under Minnie Moore and successors Hunt and Ricketts, and evolving art and agriculture programs. It notes long service by secretaries H. P. Moore, Murray MacDonald, and Wm. Middleton, plus a stable, detail‑oriented record of school board minutes and staffing as Acton grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Snowdon
Minnie Moore
Minnie Holmes
Acton
Western Canada
West
Halton County
At_Mia__Moore
Teresa Hunt
Betty Hawke
Mildred Hollinger
H. P. Moore
Murray MacDonald
MacDonald
Middleton
W. B. Rumsey
G. A. Dilly
Flog. Oakes
F. S. Blow
George Magon
W. H. Clayton
Muriel’ Ricketts
Miss Ricketts
Ethel ‘Pritham
Miss Hollinger
Miss Hawke
Isobel Anderson
Martha Ort
Daisy Forster
Garnetto Mackenzie
Anne Jane Hill
Dr. Lowry
Hattie J. Speight
Mra H. P. Moore
Nellie Anderson
Tsahe Anderson
Martha ‘Oer
Danny Nicklin
Edith
Nickie
Ruby Clarke
Ena Pearson
Florence
Conjuror’s show teased in a seaside barroom exchange
In a rough tavern exchange Maggie and Donald plan to watch a conjuror perform. They joke about a trick where flour and a teaspoon are used to produce twenty omnam et al, hinting at a flashy routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie
Donald
Tie Wife
Electric convulsion therapy aids bombed boy’s recovery
An errand boy blown from his bicycle during a London air raid has recovered well due to a new treatment called electric convulsion therapy. The London made apparatus delivers two head-mounted circuits to induce an artificial epileptic state, reducing mental illness without the vomiting or confusion of drugs. About forty units are in use at British hospitals and nursing homes, with Warlingham Park Hospital among sites showing promising results for postwar stress and air raid related cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tandon
Hess
London
Britain
Warlingham* Park Hospital
Women to fight fires in Glasgow stations
Eighty women have begun training to staff two fire stations in Scotland by Christmas. The stations will be staffed entirely by women, relieving men for other jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Scotland
Parliament urged to mobilize total war effort in Canada
The piece calls on Canadians to pressure MPs to adopt universal compulsory service to support farms, factories, and the armed forces. It cites Churchill and Roosevelt, stresses Parliament as the proper channel, and asks readers to send telegrams or letters immediately. It names a long list of supporters and signatories backing total war unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parliament of
Canada
People
United States
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Committee For Total War
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Toronto
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H. W. Baker
Woodstock
Robert Barbar
Preaton
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Wallaceburg
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Newmarket
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Bowmanville
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Johnston
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Waterloo
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Kitchener
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Smiths Falls
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Chatham
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St. Catharines
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ArcWhinney
the Hon
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Hamilton
Maud Millar
Middlebro
Lionel Millen
Burlington
G. M. Miller
Sudbury
George A. Moore
S. A. Morse
James Y. Murdoch
Paul Myler
N. L. Nathanson
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Oakville
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Huntsville
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Alliston
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T. M. Savage
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Scott
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Sears
Ernest Seltz
Laura Shannon
J. J. Shaw
Ann Shipley
Kirkland Lake
Harvey Simpson
Tom Simpson
Collingwood
C. W. Slemon
D. Smith
Stratford
JM. Smith
Beaverton
R. Smith
W. H. Somerville
Percy Spackman
Spencer
J. L. Stangel
Tillaonburg
John H. Stead
J. M. Stevens
Mabel Stoakley
G. I. Stobie
Urleville
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H. M. Torrington
John A. Tory
A. Treatrall
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Orillia
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