Acton Leads the County Ball to Victory Over Oakville
Acton opened Halton League play Saturday afternoon with Oakville, winning 10 to 6 as Chalmers fanned 13 and rookies drove in runs. Waterhouse and Terry paced Acton with three hits each, while Oakville’s D Wilson homered. The crowd braved bad weather as Acton moved to 2-0 atop the league with solid fielding and timely hitting.
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Acton
Halton
Oakville As
Oakville
Chalmers
D. ‘Wilson
Waterhouse
Terry
Roy Leader
Berscht
Ramsay
Lt. Wilson
D. Wilson
Holloway
L. Brown
Carmichael
F. Teader
Witicher
Rowe
Bannon
Brown
R. Leagher
Rube
Hamilton
RAE Oakville
Burglary at Guelph Lumber Office and Various Local News
Reported break in at the Guelph Lumber Company during Sunday night with a billed machine and a typewriter stolen. Other items include missing a week from Ontario Hospital patient Andrew Kennedy found dead from exposure on a farm near Dundas Highway. Ray Smith remains at large after escaping from a Guelph Reformatory. Oakville appoints Clarence Byers as Town Clerk and Treasurer. Ebenezer Church to mark centennial with June services and a commemorative booklet. Possible link between East Windsor and Guelph bombings noted by police. Veroni seeks photo of Detroit man. border inquiry continues.
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Guelph
Ontario
Mimico
Andréw Kennedy
George Fox
Dundas Highway
Bill
Bruce Fox
John Hidden
Cookman
Milton
Ray Smith
Sandwich
Smith
McPherson
Acton
Ebenezer Church
Nassagaweya
Gandier
Alex
Romania
East Windsor
Tom
Veroni
J. A. Rae
Veronti
Detroit
First Annual Zone Church Parade Honors Acton Legion
The Legion organized a Parade of Zone churches in Acton on Sunday afternoon with Legionnaires from Streetsville Burlington Oakville Milton Brampton Georgetown Port Credit Long Branch and Acton. They paraded to the cenotaph and Knox Church for a service led by Rev. H G Bennie. A Poppy Fund offering was taken and veterans returned to the park where President J M McDonald expressed thanks for the cooperative effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Streetsville
Burlington
Oakville
Milton
Brampton
Georgetown
Port Credit
Long Branch
McDonald
Acton - Citizens
Orb -Company
horne-Riftes
Cousens
Spetlvogel
Knox Church
Honary
H. G. Bennie
F. Salt
Mr. Bennie
Legionnaires
J. M. McDonald
Acton ‘Légion
Nassagaweya Council approves accounts and bylaw
Nassagaweya Council met on Wednesday of last week and passed accounts for relief, hall wood, municipal world, free press, weed inspection, roads and bridges, and authorized hydro lighting payments. A bylaw to close and sell part of the townline of Puslinch and Nassagaweya was approved. John Marshall, Clerk. Arrest of William Swanson after an all night vigil led to a two year penitentiary sentence for chicken stealing. Swanson admitted taking 21 fowl from Sam Nurse's farm amid a regional chicken theft epidemic. Crown Attorney J M Kearns noted the two year term is the maximum under the Criminal Code amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nassagaweys
Municipal World
Acron Free Press
Weed
Chas. Kingsbury
Puslinch
Nassagaweya
William Swanson
Eramosa
Guelph
Portsmouth
Swanson
Cousans
Mennie
Lamb
Sam Nurse
Erin Village
Nichol
West Garafraxa
Swanston
J. M. Kearns
K. C. Swanson
Mr. Kearns
Acton Council selects Acting Reeve after sudden death of Barber
A special Thursday meeting of the Acton Council confirms John Nicol as Acting Reeve until a permanent successor to the late Reeve George Barber is chosen in 1932. The Clerk is instructed to send sympathy letters to the Barber family. A voters meeting for nominating a successor is set for June third at 7:30 p.m. The council adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barber
Evan Jones
George Cowe
John Nicol
George Barber
George Cowle
W. D. McArthurs
Jean
Nellie Barber
John Barber
Reeve Barber
Ww. D._MacArthur
Free Press Shifts Issue Date for Special Shopping Feature
The Free Press will publish a day earlier, on Wednesday June 8, to accommodate a detailed Special Community Shopping feature. News column correspondents and contributors must mail copy by Friday evening to ensure inclusion. late submissions will be excluded from this issue.
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Free Press
Iday
Jane
Obituaries Feature Acton and District Notables
After two weeks illness a May 26 1932 death of John Alfred Weadge in his 54th year is noted along with funeral details in Ballinafad Church. Monteith C Hall of Acton dies in Kitchener with funeral at Mount Hope Cemetery. Norman G Holmes a Calgary based pioneer and former Claresholm leader is remembered with multiple survivors and services in Calgary. Dominion Day plans by Acton Baseball Club with Jimmie Reid participation and home decorating prize are outlined. Canada honey production in 1931 totals 27 867 397 pounds valued at 2 058 094, Ontario leading, with exports to Britain and Netherlands among top buyers.
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John Alfred Weadge
Glen Sample
Hiran
Texas
Weadge
Ballinafad Church
Aikin
Caldwell
Limehouse
Bail’nafad Cemetery
Monteith C. Hall
Acton
Kitchener
Hall
Grand River Lodge
Royal City Lodge of Perfection
Moore Sovereign Consistory
Hamilton
London
Horace
Monteith
Catherine Hall
College Street
Norman G. Holmes
Calgary
Alta
Lethbridge
Claresholm
Holmes
Herald
McGregor
Manitoba
Alberta Union of Municipalities
Masonic Order
Congregation of Grace Presbyterian Church of
Elizabeth R
Harold Relber
Berkeley
California
Wilfred Gaetz
Raymond
Eugene Leppard
Morley
Kathleen Holmes
H-—Beott
Winnipeg
Leyden and Bruce
James McNeill
Burnsland Cemetery
Acton Baseball Club
Jimmie Reid
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
British Isles
Netherlands
Germany
Waas
France
Belgium
Norway
United States
Annual Meeting of Halton County Public School Festival Association
The Halton County Festival Association held its annual meeting at Milton Public School ending May 25. The gathering praised music education, acknowledged rural gaps, and thanked Knox Church and donors including Mountain Union Women’s Institute, Eaton, Bell School Board, and others. Officers elected: President P. W. Cooke, Milton. Vice-President Mrs Atkins Bronte. Secretary Mrs Hartley Milton. Treasurer Mr Lockhart Burlington. nine executives named from various organizations. Receipts and expenditures listed with balance.
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Halton County
Musical ‘Festival Association
Milton
Knox Church
Mountain Union Women’s Institute
T. Eaton Company Limited
Toronto
Bell School Board
Halton Teachers’ Institute
Acton School Board
Limestone School Board
Robert Simpson Company
Burliington
Milton Public School Board
Thayendanagea
John Milton
SO. D. E
Elis Brothers
Oakville Board of“Education
Heintzman Company
Acton Women’s Institute
Halton Women's Institute
Halton Home and School Clubs
Georgetown Public School Board
Burlington
Women's Institute
Daughters of the Empire
Council of ‘Women
Home and School Club
P. W. Cooke
E. Donkin
P. A. Sawyer
Acton
G. Lush
G. R. Agnew
M. E. Nixon
Whittaker
Oakville
Moore
Harriston
Georgetown
Russell
The Duke of Devonshire Monthly Meeting June 7
Diverse local items note a Duke of Devonshire chapter meeting set for Tuesday June 7 at Mrs. Masales home on Main Street. A Tuesday fire at a bank caused $5,000 loss, with poultry and contents burned on Samuel Heatherington’s Nassagaweya farm. Memorial service for H. P. Moore held in Kitchener for Acton leader. Acton Citizens’ Band plans 8:30 p.m. concert after I.O.O.F. service and parade. Immigration rules bar several U.S. dance bands at Fort Erie Canadian border. Crystal Beach cancels Buffalo bookings, seeks Hamilton act. Father McBride guest of honor at Holy Cross Church gathering before Eucharistic Congress in Dublin. Funeral service for Reeve George Barber of Acton held at Knox Church with local officials in attendance. Various floral tributes noted from Acton and county groups. notable attendees from Milton, Georgetown, Nassagaweya, and surrounding areas.
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Duke of Devonshire
G. W. ‘Masales
Main Street
Samuel Heatherington
Nassagaweya
Fort Erie
Ottawa
Canada
Crystal Beach
Buffalo
Hamilton
the Beach
Father McBride
Jas
Boyle
Holy Cross Church
Georgetown Herald
George Barber
Acton
Knox Church
H. G. Bennie
H. M. Pettit
Appelby
Esquesing
J. B. Mackenzie
H. Cleave
Georgetown
Milton
J. ‘Nicol
W. D. McArthur
George Cowle
E. Jones
H. N. Farmer
J. R. Anderson
Halton County Council
Acton Public ~‘School
Acton Public Utilities ‘Commission
Acton Retail Businessmen’s Association
Political Worker Prods Niagara Falls Voter Over Candidate Trust
A Niagara Falls political worker challenged a citizen about the candidate they would vote for. The man replied that he knew the other fellow and nothing about the man being discussed. The exchange underscores voter cynicism and quick judgments in the recent election.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Rate 49 Mills For This Year
At a special School Board meeting before the Council, estimates were cut by about 1.8 mills to 49 for the year, same as last year. Acting Reeve Nicol led a Council session to set the tax rate for expenditures, deciding unanimously on 49 mills and ordering a by law for adoption. the school rate stands about 11.5 mills this year.
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Council
Nicol
Public Utilities Commission Pays Bills and Extends Sympathy
At the Acton Public Utilities Commission meeting Commissioners King and Kerr presided. They approved payments to multiple vendors including Hydro Electric Power Commission and Perranti Electric and directed the secretary to handle arrears and transfer work. The commission expressed condolences to the family of late Reeve George Barber and planned to secure help for power line transfers. The fate of public liability insurance and a letter from the Municipal Council on water arrears were noted for next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Utilities Commission
Conisioners
King
Kerr
George Edwards
N. DeForest
N. R
Goodale
Guelph
Benson-Wilcoxlectric Co
Cable CO
Deecesse Teeersesseeneaecend
Perranti Electric Ltd
J. C. Matthews
Hydro
Electric Power Commission
F. McCutcheon
R. J. Kerr
L. G. King
Acton Public ‘Utilities Commission
George Barber
Ontario Memorial Co
Tribute to the Late Reeve George Barber
Acton May 27 1932 E Jordan writes from the Free Press praising George Barber as a principled, nature loving man who despised shams and who cherished family and community. He notes Barber’s belief in doing right despite opposition and his quiet, devoted life.
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George ‘Barber
Geordie
George Barber
Mr. Barber
Barber
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If Johnson
Horslin
von Post
Fletcher
C Bannon
P.C
Acton Cesta Gaeneeteoneeeesesesey
Milton Eyedeneees
Sierra A
Oakville Taeee
Oakesese Ville
Clarence Byers
Byers
A. E. Ryan
Max Wyndham
Ralph E. Young’ and Co
Ebenezer
Court of Revision
John Marshall
John Alfred. Weadge
Monteith Cg.hall
Festival Association
Aapactat
Denyes
Shields
HH. PB. Moore
Acton Citizens
Public Utilities
Commission
E. Jordan
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