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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 28, 1949
Page
8
Births listed for Mattocks Williamson Johnstone Ferguson Perkins Balpour Eshultis Aitken and others with locations Acton Milton Guelph. Marriages shown for Durnan Lawson and parents note in Milton. Memorials for Guthrie Perryman Zajac acknowledge losses in wartime, with family tributes and dates.
Survey results released describe Acton's upcoming Band Tattoo event mid month and a sewer vote seen as progress for the community. Campaigns urge action by September 6 to avoid sewer delays and potential health risks. Betty Gibson highlighted at Dunn's Pavilion concert with strong reception during the Nasegueweya Centennial weekend.
Robert Sinclair aged seventy three died suddenly at his Fort William home on a Thursday in July. Born in the Scotch Block he left Acton for the west in 1897 and married in Rainy River Ontario in 1905. He is survived by his wife five sons Gordon Norman Walter Stanley and George and sx grandchildren. Funeral was held Saturday the 16th with burial in Mountain View Cemetery Port Arthur where Rev Russell Peden of Trinity United Church officiated.
Vernon and Eddie Stewart spent the weekend at Wasaga Beach. Sunter holidaying at Niagara Falls with her son and daughter-in-law. Arnold Sunter and others visited Nassagawega Centennial. Lindsay and Georgetown visitors joined relatives nearby. Several Oakville and Guelph guests noted. Local Women’s Institute claimed first prize at Rockalong Institute Garden Party.
Miss Muriel Benham and Miss Tarbara Benham spent holidays at the J P Benham home in Guelph. Families from Mount Pleasant to London and Fergus visited relatives over weekends and leave Mrs Norris to hospital. Several visitors gathered at Alton, Guelph, and Acton homes including the Fountain, Jestin, Wright, Wright family, and others. Marine Corporal James Fountain was on leave with his parents in Vancouver, BC. Master Ronney Millar vacationed with grandparents in Brampton.
Council plans a town status celebration for Acton and a reunion next year. The clerk will obtain tenders for park speed signs, water use figures for sewage study, and a concrete bridge top, with highway department input on road markings.
A new Braille tagged garden for the blind opens at Suderlang, Britain. Plants are marked with Braille metal tags and flowers are selected for their fragrance to aid visually impaired visitors.
The notice informs ratepayers that a by law question will be put to voters on September sixth at multiple polling locations in Acton Town Hall. It sets the polling hours from nine in the morning to six in the evening and notes an August eighteenth appointment for observers and final tally by the Clerk J McGeachie.
Public notice invites bids for one year contract to collect all refuse brush shrubs ashes tin cans and glass. Tenders due August at 5 pm addressed to the undersigned with strict container limits and weight not exceeding 60 lbs. Collection hours remain as current.
The article notes a drought gave way to excessive rainfall with warnings of complaints about the weather. It emphasizes roof repairs during good weather and advertises asphalt shingles priced from 550 to 8.50 per square along with other patching shingles. Ends with an invitation to a dance at Acton Park Pavilion Saturday night.
The MERT RAINEY liquidation sale lists cattle horses and farm implements to be sold at public auction Saturday August 18 near Milton. Items include Clyde and Helgian mares Jersey Durham cows Halstein Guernsey heifers Ayrshire cattle hens tools and garden equipment plus a 1932 Ford truck and household effects. Cash with clerk day of sale no reserve as lease expired and owner leaves for England. Hindley Elliott auctioneers.
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