Township Assessors Appointed and Budget Proposals This Meeting
G B Thompson and M Campbell named assessors for wards 1 6 with salaries of 16 each. J A Smith appointed sanitary inspector at 75. Reeve W G Applebe and secretary authorized to borrow 20000 for current expenses. Highway funding proposal backed with gasoline tax support. Meetings scheduled for February 16 with routine accounts approved including gravel and shovelling work and dog tax refunds.
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Haguesing Council
Applebe
Jennty Reeve
Cook
Q Brown
Lesiie
William Goewdy
Mo J- Carton
Thompson-ansessor
M. Campbell
James Stand
John~ Brown
BE. Y. Barraclough
Board of Health
J. HW. Smith
Aiga- Wwaya
Pathmaster
M. Moore
Ring
Edward Sanitarium
Harry Gillingham
Nage - AG
T. Prestwood
M.E. Turner
George .Findlay
Adam Alexander
W. ‘J. L. Hampshire
David Given
Arthur Morrill
Hunter
R. Harrop
Malcolm McNabb
Howard Bradley
Gordon Loesle
Thomas Giffen
John Giffen
Harrop
Bbbcahoa” Oo. Casseessanageaseccareassancne
Beatrice Maxwell
OB Hydro Commission
Township
Guthrie
Kerwin
Vicu
Aetserssnensnessermessiteneeeres - 1600
Social and Personal News Mostly Torontonian Visits
Mrs Iimon Symon spends a week in Toronto while Mr and Mrs Drank Day visit friends there. Miss Hazel Mason and Miss Annie Corrigill travel to Toronto and Kitchener for weekends and day trips. Several residents from Georgetown Oakville Guelph and Brampton host relatives and friends, with engagements noted for Myrtle Marlin and George S Burrows.
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Toronto
Mr. Ang
Walter Bush
Streetsville
Myrtle’ Marlin
George
Burrows
G.burrows
Brampton
Muddled OCR Folio: Fragments From a Local Page
A garbled OCR fragment describes a minor scene in a street setting with a boy and a woman shopper. The passage references a grocer answering questions about brands of flour and a puzzling remark about a cross word puzzle. The text is incomplete and lacks clear events or names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lita
Timith
Wellburn
Acton Community Notes Highlight Local Meeting and Events
The Chamber of Committee meets Thursday at eight in the Council Chamber to elect officers for the year and discuss business. The Sea Hawk production at New Wonderland draws a crowded crowd and praise for its depiction of piracy era scenes. The Halton Union Fire Insurance Company holds its 25th annual meeting at Town Hall with a large insurance figure and 1924 logs. The Sun’s Eclipse to be visible Saturday morning with totality lasting about a minute. Acton Lodge No 204 LO CF installs officers for the term and hosts a social. Children’s Aid Society reports 36 sheltered at Gordon Home Milton and 101 wards visited in 1924. Postmaster prospects for Acton draw strong local support for Mr. Matthews. Lectures, sleigh ride, and hockey updates round out a busy week in Acton.
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Halton Union Fire Insurance Company
Town Hall
Acton
Painstakiniz
Thos.“ Moore
Messia
R. E. Hall
A. &.McNabb
W. H. Stewart
Children's Aid Society
Halton
Peel
Gordon
Milton
Gordon Home
Children’s Aid Society
J. J. Keluo
J. C. Matthews
Civil Service Commission
Matthews
Roan of Education
Variana Realdenta
Missionary Louie Watt on furlough from India
Lady Watt of Calcutta and head of Calcutta schools visits Guelph with husband Rev. Watt at Bunny Acres. She has spent four years in India with the Church of Scotland and returns for an extended stay.
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Louiua Watt
Calcutta
India
Vialings
F. ‘Watt
Guelph
Misa
Council OKs 21000 Borrowing for Current Expenses
The 1925 Board of Health includes Reeve and Clerk with Dr J A McNiven. The council grants free use of Town Hall to the Daughters of the Empire for a charity concert. A by law authorizes borrowing 21000 for current expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Dr. McNivey
Henry Awrey
the Daughters OF the Empire
David, Biott
Freeport
L. BE. Atkinson
I. Holmes
David Ellett
Sheriff's
Henry—Awrey
J A. McNiven
Medical Health
Bell Telephone Company
Wilbur Street
Storey Glove Company
C A. Conway
Duke of Devonshire
The
Daughters
Acton Horticultural Society Eyes Banner Year
The Acton Horticultural Society held its annual meeting praising the president and officers for distributing seeds plants and blooms to 187 members. They plan 250 memberships and will fund window boxes public plantings church plots and school seed supplies while inviting J Lacure Wilson to speak on horticulture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton Horticultural Sociaty
Acton Soldiers
E. T. Thetford
Thetford
Thigia
J.P
A. C. Stewart
Frank Scriven
H.P. Moore
H. Ingrey
Mac McDonald
Archie Mochrie
A., Smethurst
W. Pargetter
N.E. ‘Moore
William Hail
Laura Gray
J. Chester Matthews
Cara
Grasa
Soldforg
Horticultural Societies
Acton Free Library Board Re-elects Baugh as Chairman
The Annual Meeting of the Acton Free Library Board held at 10 30 am chaired by Rev H G L Baugh with Rev A C Stewart John Cameron A E Nicklin H Ps Moore and H I Yarmor in attendance confirmed Baugh as Chairman and H N Farmer as Secretary Treasurer The board approved a plan to purchase books periodically and noted strong treasury balances The board thanked Cameron and Nicklin for inspecting shelves and voiced support for a reading room to address a long standing need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton Fred Library Board
H. F. Moore
H. G. L. Baugh
M.A
A. C. Stewart
John Cameron
A. EB. Nicklin
J. P
H. Ps. Moore
H. HI. Yarmor
Mf. A
Long Distance Line Cuts Time Between Acton and Toronto
Belk Telephone Company's manager HH Lantz highlights a new long distance circuit between Acton and Toronto. The old system required three or more operators to route calls. now a direct line reduces to two operators, one in Acton and one in Toronto, saving valuable user time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. HH. Lantz
Belk Telephone Company
Acton
Toronto
Ita
Toronto. the Operator: At X
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Macdonald Institute
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Thos
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Ang.o
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Sodieties
D. Cc. F. McTavish
Douglass Institute of
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Megsra
Alex. Mann
Wilmer’ Watkins
the Town Hockey League
Hewetson's
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Acton Tanning Company
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Acton Horticultural Society
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