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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Jul 17, 1952

Page

8

Acton News Briefs Show Local Happenings And Weather

Halton junior farmers held a picnic Sunday in Acton park. Fairy Lake has been a popular spot during the heat wave. Holden's Bakery and nearby stores are being repainted this week. Acton Ladies' Softball beat Guelph Wyndhamettes 15 10. First class honors were awarded Crawford Douglas in Grade I theory exams. Delphiniums and hollyhocks rise despite scant rain. If it rains on St Swithin Day July 15 rain may follow for 40 days.

Halton Acton Park St. Swithin'a

Busy Bee W.1 Pot Holder Contest Held at Institute

NASSAGAWEYA 5.5 No. 7 Busy Bee W.1 met Thursday at Mrs. S. Little’s home. President Mrs. S. Coxe led singing. Seventeen members answered roll call. Plans made to join county picnic at Lowville Park. Readings and talks on spices and active membership followed. Pot holder contest judged. prizes awarded to Mrs. Elmer Coxe and Mrs. Hendekson.

Busy Bee Institute S. Little S. Coxe Institute County Institute Lowville Park Locker Tuck S. Robinson Wallace Lindsay Henderson E. Coxe H. McLeod Mrs. Robinson McLean W. Little Acton Elmer Coxe Hendekson Little Ann Broomer Weston Gang Little Lee Motter Fling Michigan J. J. Henderson Charles Appin Stanley Lebinson Secree Doris Toronto Roy Finley

Beaten At Judo But Wins At Chess

Trevor Pryce Leggett, BBC Japanese Program Organizer, has extensive Japan experience. A Londoner educated at London University he trained in Judo in Japan and earned Fifth Dan. He defeated Daigo in Japanese chess after losing in Judo, then joined East Asia Command as a language expert.

Trevor Pryce Leggett BBC Japan Leggett London University T. Daigo Daigo London Albert Hall Yoshimatsu R. Kano Japan Judo Association Lermatt BBC Japan Tagarving Thwana2we Britteh Tokyo Gear East Asia Command

Ancestor Tovell Family Reunion Honors Canada 1832 Origins

A Samuel Tovell family reunion on Saturday June 28 at Stanley Park Erin drew about 120 relatives from Vermilion Alberta Windsor Detroit Rochester and New York City. A brief program included a biography of Mark Tovell who with 12 family members sailed to Canada in 1832 amid storms and hardship describing their journey to Guelph and settlement on Eramosa land.

Samuel Tovell Stanley Park Erin Vermillion Alberta Windsor Detroit Rochester New York City Ernest Tovell Grand Valley John Alton Everton Lowestoft Suffolkshire England Mark Hannah Oaks Tovell Mark Tovell Canada Straits of Belle Isle Hamilton Guelph Samuel Eliza Darby Eramosa Johnathan Eliza Tovell Mary Ann Robert David William Kenneth Horace Janet Butchart Agnes Edmund Catharine Charlies Amos Minnie Ellen Indias

Births Marriages and Deaths roundup from 1952 notices

Horn Malott announces birth of daughter Margaret Anna on July 1 1952 and quick addition of a boy named Tobby. Newes of Parish and Boyes family members from Guelph and Milton with obituaries and thanks for support after deaths and services at Acton Campbellville and Fairview Cemetery.

Horn Malott Lyla Malott Margaret Anna Tuondiy Tobby

Don Messer Islanders Concert and Garden Party

Milton Fire Brigade hosts Don Messer and His Islanders at Milton Arena for modern and old time dancing from 9 to 1 on Monday July 21 with admission 1.06. A second event, Variety Garden Party, July 23 at Col Head'sfield Everton features a ball game at 7 p.m. with admission 0.50 plus 0.02. Both under Christian Women’s Fellowship Church of Christ Disciples auspices.

Don Messer Islanders Milton Fire Brigade Milton Arena Col. Head'sfield Everton Christian Women's Fellowship Church of Christ Disciples

Farm Auction Near Rockwood in July

The undersigned, OSKAR SCHROEFEL, will sell by auction at his farm lot 23 con 5 five miles south of Rockwood on the Rockwood Line Saturday July 26 starting 1 30. Cattle and pigs include Holstein Jersey cows heifers and pigs. Implements list features Fordson Cockshutt Oliver Massey Harris tractors and many farm tools. Household goods feed and farm property are also offered with a reserve on real estate of about 50 acres. Terms: real estate 10 paid day of sale with balance on mortgage up to 5 years. chattels cash. WM A Gibson auctioneer Arthur Diamond clerk.

Oskar Schroefel Con Rockwood Jersey York Fordson Tractor Oliver Massey Harris Pontiac Viking Rogers Child's Bicycle WM. A. Gibson Arthur Diamond

Auction of farm goods including horses cattle and equipment

WM Price sells by public auction at his Nas sagaweyva farm lot 14 concession 3 near Campbellville on Wednesday July 23 at 2 PM. Items include a black Percheron gelding two Red Durham cows Jersey cows Holstein cattle poultry and a range of farm implements and hay. Cash day of sale with no reserve due to moving to Oakville. Hindley and Elliott, Auctioneers.

WM. Price Con Nassagaweyva Campbellville Ford M.H M. H M.D

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