Acton Public School contracts awarded and start planned
Tenders for Acton’s new Public School award totals 193 015 98 including architects fees. Building, heating, plumbing and wiring contracts go to Mackenzie Son Acton and Sanitary Plumbing Fergus with other bids from Guelph Kitchener and Georgetown. Work to start as soon as frost ends and site conditions allow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
EB Tyler
J. Hargrave
Messrs. Murtan and Evans
Hamilton
L. L. Skuce
Messrs
J. B. Mackenzie
Georgetown
Schults Electric
Geor
Ars Fersoon
Sidntsas
St Albans W A Elects Officers At Rectory
St Albans W A held a meeting at the rectory to elect officers with Mr Denny presiding. Prayers were led by Rev WoG Luyton. All officers were reappointed by acclamation: President Mrs W Denny, Vice President Mrs H F Holmes, Secretary Mrs Ho Jolley, Treasurer Mrs J Crasey, Dercas Convenor Mrs Bayliss, Assistant Mrs H Holmes, Educational Sec Mrs W G Luxton, Living Message Sec Mrs H Jolley. A dainty lunch followed and the meeting closed with prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Alban's WA
Denny
Wog Luyton
W Denny
H. F. Holmes
Ho Jolley
J. Crasey
Dercas
Bayliss
H. Holmes
Acton Woman Hurt In Collision In Guelph
Mrs. Evelyn Aitken of Acton suffered cuts when a car driven by her husband Cevin Aitken collided head on with an eastbound truck on Ontario Street in Guelph last Monday afternoon. Police say slippery roads and a passing attempt between parked vehicles caused the crash. damage to the Aitken car was about $250.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Aitken
Acton
Cevin Aitken
Ontario
St.” Guelph
Aitken
Committee Named For Civil Defense
A central civil defense committee was formed in Acton at a Friday meeting with Mayor Tyler as chair and Jack McGeady as secretary. The five member council plans branches under the central unit and aims to identify emergency facilities, shelters, and personnel, with a future speaker to organize the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Defense Committee
Actin
Varlads
Bath
Tyler
Rit Penny
Ted Tyler
Acton
Jack McGeadhle
Jack Greer
Alf. Fryer
Council For Civil Defense
Kirs. A. Orr
Alice McCallunt
Charles Wood
Bill Denny
Johnny Gay
Civil Defense
Central Civil Defense Committee
Council
Playground plans deferred due to high costs in Acton
The Duke of Devonshire Chapter TODE met January 16 at Mrs J Symon's. Letters of thanks from Canadian Mothercraft Society Salvation Army Mission for Sailors Inland Waters Scouts Acton and Free Library Board were read. Esther Taylor congratulated for becoming first woman on municipal council. Officers nominated. costs shelved playground equipment. Salons by Mrs Randell and Mrs Gowdy. appreciations offered to Randell and Gowdy. Bossess: Miss P Smith, Mr FP Coles, Miss Wallace, Mrs Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Devonshire
TODE
Schroeder
H Mainprize
K. Randall
Gowdy
Acton Rotarians Hear On Trucking Industry Importance
Acton Rotary heard Jos Goodman of the Automotive Association discuss trucking in Canada at a weekly luncheon. He noted 1300 members and 581,000 registered trucks, plus the sector’s role during a railway strike in keeping essential goods moving. Mayor Tyler and Johnny Gay offered thanks.
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Acton
Canada
Jos Goodman
The
Automotive Association
Acton Rotary Clile
Goodman
Associaens
Tyler
Johnny Gay
Stan Hall
Aup.p
Halton
Y's Men's Club
Association
Rockwood Women Win Damages After Bus Accident
In 1949 Rockwood cases a jury awarded total damages of 12 333 20 to five women and one man after a Grey Coach Lines bus failed to negotiate a curve south of Rockwood plunging into a ditch and field. Names include May Fletcher Ida Clark Isabel Nightingale Margaret Wilson Edna Ewers and their fathers in various damage categories.
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Supreme Court
Guelph
Rockwood
Coach Lines
Womnery
Sbus
May “Fletcher
Ida Clark
Isabel Nightingale
Last Acton Family Matriarch Dies in Flint Michigan
Last surviving member of the Acton Storey family, Mrs Jennie Dryden, died January 9 in Flint Michigan at her son Arthur’s home. Born in Acton she was daughter of the late W. H. Storey founder of Storey Glove Co and first Reeve of Acton. Three sons Arthur in Flint Gordon in Scarsdale Norman in Galt survive. Funeral service held at E. F. McIntyre Funeral Home Guelph conducted by Rev McMillan. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery Guelph.
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W. H L. Storey
Jennie. Dryden
Flint
Mich
Arthur
Acton
James Robert Dryden
Gordon
Scarsdale
N.Y
Norman
Galt
Ont
Dryden
United Church
Duke of Devonshire
E. F. McIntyre
Guelph
McMillan
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
Woodlawn
Altar Society Hosts Turkey Supper at St Joseph’s
The St Joseph’s Church Altar Society held a turkey supper last Thursday in the church hall with Rev. Father Morgan as chair. Mrs Gowdy spoke on her Rome Holy Year trip. thanks were given by Father Morgan and Mrs Wes Marchment. Mrs Heffernan read “My New Year Prayer.” Forty ladies attended a bountiful supper with gift drawings.
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St Joseph's Church
Father Morgan
Gatheriig
Wm Gowdy
Europe
Rome
Wes Marchment
E. Heffernan
Turkey
Ice and rain blamed for seven car crash on Highway 7
A chain of collisions near Acton involved seven vehicles in freezing rain with no serious injuries. Drivers named include James Guest of Guelph and John Bosilac of Welland as police sorted the tangle and noted multiple crashes along the road.
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Acton
Spm
Stogether
Mercury
Toronto
Dodge
John Bosilac
Welland
James Guest
Guelph
Mill St. Guelph
John Franklin
Salem
James Butcher
Stanislaus Balton
Elora
John Bosilne
Wilfred Carpenter
Weston
Arm Crushed in Baler At Acton Man Rushed to Hospital
Teast Thursday afternoon January 11 Joseph Henderson of Nassanawega was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital Guelph with a badly crushed left arm. He was baling hay when his arm was caught in the baler. He arrived with loss of blood and a tourniquet was applied. Hospital reports say his arm was saved and he is resting comfortably.
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Teast
Joseph Henderson
Nassanawega
St. Joseph's Hospital
Guelph
Henderson W
Baling Hay
J.J Henderson
Henderson
Flame and Smoke Light Night Sky Over Willow Street
Fire officials report a bright flame and dense black smoke streaking the sky last Friday near downtown Acton. Hydro workers severed the live lines after a service-pole incident on Willow Street, avoiding injuries and any interruption to town services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Hydro
Willow Street
Former Crown Attorney Installs Son As Warden
Kenneth Y. Dick, newly elected Warden of Halton County, is sworn in by his father former Crown Attorney W. S. Dick. The 14 to 1 vote followed the withdrawal of Willian G. Marshall. Dick vows council progress on equalized assessment and the Home for the Aired, plus Peel County settlement on a joint facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halton
William J. Dick
K.C
Kenneth
Howard Litchfield
Oakville
Dick Sr
Ross-Pearen Spectator
Milton
Kenneth Y. Dick
Georgetown
H. D. Allen
Burlington
Edgar
Ellenton
Nassagaweya
Marshall
Ken MacDonald
Geo. Currie
Esquesing
George Thorpe
Nelson
Charles Palmer
Mr. Dick
William Dean
W. S. Dick
Peel
Edger Ellenton
C. Palmer
Warden Dick
New Year Theme Of W I Meeting In Acton
The January meeting of the Acton Women's Institute was hosted by Mrs. P. F. Winter with Mrs. R. L. Davidson presiding. Members shared New Year messages, home economics tips, and origin notes on Canada. A quilt project was planned, Christmas parcels were reviewed, and a contest winner was announced as officers organized social time and song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton Women’s Institute
PF. Winter
Earl Lambert
Canada
George Lanty
Holloway
H. Park
Fred Anderson
Wilderspin
Lambert
Brampton
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Triple T
Betty Lawson
Ron Riley
Helen Somerville
Dix Simpson
Fergus
Jack Graham
Lorraine Blakestone
Jacqueline Chewarolyn Oakes
Bol Cunningham
Free Press
Phos
St. Alban’s
W.A
Miss Bennett
Randell
Gawdy
Miss P Smith
FP Coles
Miss Wallace
Young
Mr. Goodman
Altar Society
Son
W. I. Meeting
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