Long life honored at Knox Presby funeral for Nellie Anderson
A large congregation gathered at Knox Presbyterian Church for the funeral of Mary Ellen Nellie Anderson born in Erie township to William and Mrs Anderson. Nellie excelled in school, taught in Acton, trained as a missionary in Toronto and Japan, and served in Canada, Japan and Saskatchewan. She led choir work, trained in mission circles, and is mourned by sisters Isabella Anderson and others. Interment followed at Fairview cemetery with pallbearers Gordon Hansen and others.
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Knox Presbytchurch
Mary Ellen
Nellie) Anderson
Eri Township
Nellie
William Anderson
Acton
Halton County
Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute
Carter
Canada
Mias Ant. Hernon
St. Andrew's Church
International Delegate Visits Acton Tours Local Micro Plant
An Israeli delegate from Jerusalem, Mr. Ladror, visited Acton for a three month North American tour. He toured the Micro Plastics Plant, met Y’s Men’s Club members, and planned further visits to Ontario clubs. He praised Canadian hospitality and noted cultural differences between the U.S. and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sri International
Acton
We Country
Israi
Jerusalem
Israel
Yws
Ladror
New York
North America
Green Lake
Wisconsin
Ontario
Sheboygan
Acton Free Press
Canada
United States
Ladrar
U.S
Internaional Representive
YMCA
Jhe Young Men's Tebrew Association
Cy x
Mote Ecv
Ledror
Acton Park Board Moves Prosecution Over Admission Refusal
Acton Park Board at a special meeting decided to prosecute Roy Moss for refusing to pay Prospect Park admission on Sunday June 28. The decision followed a report from gate attendant W Rosze noting Moss entered without paying. Councillor E Pape opposed. The board also hired solicitor A Braida and discussed park funding and policing regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton Board of Parks Management
Roy Moss
Acton
Prospect Park
W. Rosze
E. Pape
Council
R. R. Parker
Pope
G. V. Barbeau
Mose
Barbeau
A. Braida
Shilby
McGesehic
Seven Year Old Severely Injured In Bicycle Collision
Seven year old Steven Porty of Acton suffered minor chest and hand cuts after his bicycle collided with a car driven by Mrs Gladys Rennick on the number 25 highway near his home. He was returning home with bottles of pop and a bag of potato chips when the bottles shattered in the fall onto broken glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steven Porty
Display of historic school cornerstone items in Free Press window
Old cornerstone contents from Robert Little School on show in the Free Press window include issues of the Free Press 1891 1892 Toronto Daily Mail 1882 The Globe 1892 The Empire 1892 plus coins dating 1888 1843 188A and 1891 and a parchment outlining building steps signed by officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Little
Free Press
Toronto Daily Mail
The
Globe
Empire
Election Final Shows Hall Ahead By 727 Majority
Official final returns for the June provincial election show Conservative Stanley Hall with 10 385 votes, Liberal Owen Mullin 6 59, and C C F Jack Henry 3 877. Returning officer F W B Fitzgerald reported the count began Thursday. Service votes total 82 with 56 Mullin 31 Hall and 5 Henry. Hall’s majority rose from 714 on election night to 727.
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Hall
Stanley Hall
Owen Mullin
C.C
Halton
Mullin
Henry
Final Results Announced For R L School Students
Principal G W McKenzie announced promotions at Robert Lite Public School for the new year. Kindergartners to Grade 1, Grade 1 to 2, and Grade 2 to 3 promoted names listed for multiple classes. Continued on Page Three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Robert, Lite Public School
G. W. McKenzie
Marilyn Anthony
Roy Baxter
Judy Beerman
David Bittorf
Judy Cameron
Bonita Cannon
Timothy Coles
Janine Cooper
Jacqueline Coyle
Peter Cripps
Larry DeForest
Janice Drew
Catherine Dunn
Chrissy Elling
Robert Fediuk
Doreen Flatt
Mary Ann Frueler
Wendy Fryer
Frederick Ganley
Michael Gervais
Sharon Gordon
Lynda Harris
John Hopkins
Neil Ironside
Bonnie Jones
Larry Knight
Mary Jane Lambert
Helen Lingham
Robert Manning
Susan Marchment
Joseph Marshall
Carol Masales
Shawna McCoy
Carole McCutcheon
Bennie McDowell
Susan McGilloway
Eileen Myers
Carol Patterson
Maria Petrie
David Pink
Gordon Prouse
Norma Quee
John Reid
John Rostell
Mary Seclen
Zvonko
Billy) Seveninski
Anthony Smith
Janice Smith
Jennifer Smith
Joe Smith
Bull Spehar
Leona Synnott
Elisabeth Toebes
Robert Toth
John van der Brink
Scott Watson
Thomas Wisnicki
Magdalena Witband
Thieves Foiled in Car Theft Attempt
Corporal Ray Mason of the O P P detachment responded to an attempted car theft on Mill Street. A vehicle owned by Henry Cripps was found with tire irons at the scene, wires crossed, and tinsel and paper used to start the engine. Door handles were damaged and gas siphoned. the car had not been moved the day before. Police continue investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Mason
O.P.P
Henry Cripps
Mill Street
Mr. Cripps
Mason
Honor Student For Heroic Act At Public School
Ralph Mathews, a Public School student at Ben nett, became the first pupil named on the E. G. Tyler trophy for the best contribution to school betterment. He saved classmate Rhos Wallace from drowning at Fairy Lake when a rowboat capsized and Wallace went under. Mathews said he acted without hesitation and later reflected on boat safety after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett Public School
Ralph Mathews
E.G. Tyler
W. D. Flier Smith
Rolph
Rhos Wallace
Fairy Lake
Wallace
Mher Chums
Wales
King
Ralph
Emai
Mathews Bay
Stat Phoin
Ralph Matthews
M. Z. Bennett School
W. C. Elmer Smith
E. G. Tyler
Rhoda Wallace
M Z Bennett School Announces Promotions For Final Term
Principal W D Simer Smith ends the year by handing report cards on June 26 and publishing the promotion list for kindergarten through grade eight. The document lists names of students advancing each grade from kindergarten to grade five, including numerous pupils from A M Kindergarten to Grade 1 and P M Kindergarten to Grade 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.Z. Bennett
W. D. Simer Smith
M. Z. Bennett Public School
Mr. Smith
Second Man Dies in Acton Crash
An Acton area crash near Guelph left Frank Nadabn 48 dead after arrival at hospital and Winn Simmanata dying at Hamden General Hospital. Ten injured include Calot Torente Peter Nadalin Erminy Simmanate Romano Zorde Calier Attell Armada Vaders and Enrico Celetta as traffic stalled for nearly an hour.
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Guelph
Frank Nadabn
Acton
Winn Simmnato
Acadent Gunvilve
St. Josephs Hospital
Hve
Adam
Simmanata
Hamden General Hospital
Mtoe Tae
Calot Torente
Peter Nadalin
Mare
Erminy Simmanate
Romano Zorde
Calier Attell
Armada Vaders
Enrico Celetta
Debrims
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Andrew H. McKenzie
Knox Church
A. Lorne MacKay
Central Presbyterian Church
Hamilton
Central Board of Missions of
Presbyterian Church In Canada
Mary Eale
Toronto
Joseph £. Coleman
Hammond
Indiana
Robert A. Coleman
Fontana
California
John Davidson Agnest
William Oasland
Annie
Lashburn, Sask
Miss Anderson
Isabel Anderson
Robert Little School
C. M.hansen
Les
Bruce “Coles
Ronnie Han‘gen
Billié Hansen
Gordon Hansen
Ted Hansen
Clarence Coles
Howard Coles
A.K. Mann
M. M. Coles
Fairview Cemetery
Gideon
Ura and
Nava
Willly
England
Switzerland
Helland
Fishops Fund
Lad- Tors Vist
Garner
Rewsgupgr
Veteres
ONR
Ruddick
Ross Ballentine
R.L
John Beatty
Susan Bryan
Diane Bennotty
James Buckwald
Valerie Coles
Marianne Coles
Margaret Churchill
Susan Clendinning
Mary Ann Cole
Brenda Denny
Joanne Dunn
Archie Durker
Madena Ellis
Richard Everdell
David Ford
Edward Flatt
Michael Frame
Sween Garrett
Fiona Gid
Man
Kenneth Gray
Dorothy Graham
Di-Anny Graham
Mary Heikamp
Lloyd Johnson
Jacqueline Lamen
Patricia Lasby
Linda Lingham
Paul Cripps
Susan Allan
Georgina Angell
Harry Barens
Betty Bilocco
Dan
Hive
Ralph Auiel Casy
Thas
A.M
Seth Armstrong
Karen Ashley
Katharine Cook
Jessie Ann Davidson
Sandra Lynne Dunn
Nancy Gitto
Marie Holmes
Richard Jeffrey
John Last
Stephen Leonardi
Sharon Martingell
Robert McCallum
Heather McCutchesn
Jo Anne McKellar
Raymond Melia
Pearl Phillips
Allen Reiners
Brenda Scott
Chathrina van de Polder
Peggy Wheeler
Gordon Williams
Susan Wilson
P.M
Robert Ballentine
Christine Brunelle
Sheila Bryce
Thomas Cochrane
Denise Drinkwalter
Michael Field
Nancy Frost
Robert Hatch
Larry Holmes
Barry Johnston
Dolores Jordan
Mary Jane Lindsay
Richard Livermore
Donna McCabe
Donna Louie Milnes
Cheryl Myles
Bob Par
Brian Binnie
Paul Braida
John Bryce
David Bugala
Lenora Dowling
Larry Drysdale
Judith Dwyfer
John Emmerson
Billy Field
Joan Gibbins
Marianne Haefner
Roger Haggett
Charlene Higgins
Olga Haatin
Beverley Howard
Gary Hargett
Mark Hurst
Jackie Irwin
Anne Kamiminga
Mark Kowall
Valerie Laing
Cheryl Lee
Sherry Lott
Roy Mainprize
Peter Matzo
Billy McCurdy
Kay McKellar
Jimmie McKeown
Brian Mills
Leslie Myles
Norman Crispin
Beverley Nort Hugo O'Rourke
Jimmie Peye
Larry Robertson
Terrence’ Scanlon
Bonnie Shortill
Debra’ Slingerland
Dianne Smith
James Stevenson
Alan Thompson
Heather Thompson
Patrick Vale
Robert Virtue
Donna Wilson
Debra Wanter
Ellen Wissenz
Zundell
Ann Marie Quinn
Landa Reynolds
Kenneth Robertann
Andrew Stanlan
Jane Sterritt
Leoneard Varey
Patricia W
Yateman
Irony Anderson
June Benson
Jean Hyulmer
Leslie Anne Cochrane
Barbara Cook
George Cook
Nancy Gordon
Robert Hart
Michael Jeffrey
Michael Joe
Debbie Sundae Laing
Clive Law
Roman Markevichius
John Mason
Wendy Muaaters
Heather McGenchie
Gail McHugh
Brenda McKeown
Beverley McKnight
Kenneth Owen
Pamela Puncheon
Lynda Keiers
Benge Reynolds
Morley Shervil
Jeanie Sprosten
Michael Vale
Leonard Vande Polder
Artene Wenstey
Donna Williams
Beth Wilson
Brenda Aberne
Patria Beereman
Robert Browne
Patricia Chisholm
Garry Capture
Sally Vick
Shea Donnelly
Wn Towyer
Andrew Dye
Dorothy Field
Robert Andrews
Archie Binnie
Jennifer Bishop
Ann Blunn
Janet Braida
Beverley Brundle
Barry Buchanan
Laurie Chisholm
John Courtney
Terry Curts
Linda Damm
Dugald Dick
Leslie Donnelly
Terry Dowding
Heather Ann Dumarch
Barbara Fret
Ann Gordon
Linda Gordon
Frances
Rotary
Frank Prousé
Rotary Club
Fred Gordon
E. A. Hansen
Ron Lewis
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