Acton land bylaw parcel hearing dated July 1854
Notice eyeing hearing on bylaw number 1008 of the Corporation of Acton for land parcels in Concessions IV and V. Seal and boundary description follow with multiple lot and plan references. Secretary S. Anderson signs schedule A. Public hearing set for the 0th day of July at o o'clock daylight time in Acton Town Hall.
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Obituary of Mra Lockhart C Spence in Darbyville district
Mra Lockhart C Spence aged resident of the district for ten years died at home in Darbyville Nassaga Lowrxa township after a short illness. She leaves a husband a son Kenneth of Rookwood and five daughters Louise Gantwt Jillian Thomas Brookville and four brothers and three sisters. Funeral from McKersie Thatcher Milton with Rev W F Slimn Ebenez er United Church officiating pallbearers Jack Baum Clare Pickett Horace Blyth Murray Mahon Clarke Readhead and Erland Colling. Nephews served as flower bearers.
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Mra Lockhart C. Spence
Darbyville
Nassaga- Lwrxa
iShe
George King
Mary Ann Helsston
Trafalgar
Idwens
Mount Nemo Uy Nelo Township
Kenneth
Rookwood
Louise
Buntge Gantwt
Lewvdle
Jillian
George Thomas
Brookville
George
Ernest
Pen
Oakville
Essex
EC. Hopper
Len Cherrington
R. C. McFaul
Owen Sound
McKersie and Thatcher
Milton
W. F. Slimn
Ebenezer
C. Waite
Lowville United Church
Jack Baum
Clare Pickett
Horace Blyth
Murray Mahon
Clarke Readhead
Erland Colling
Buffet Lounge Cars Make Appearance
Two new style buffet lounge cars, the Cape Breton and Cape Canso, entered service on the overnight trains between Montreal and Toronto. Each 79 foot car includes a 28 seat lounge buffet and two compartments and two double bedrooms with streamlined light oak finishes and automatic climate control in the lounge. Canada National Railways ordered eight Cape cars as part of a modernization program totaling 359 passenger units nationwide, with the Breton and Canso bringing new coach and sleeper services to 250 already in operation.
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Former Actonian Will Retire Seon Frey Jenkins
Seon Frey Jenkins, long time resident of Acton and employee at Aluminum Goods Ltd in Toronto since 1928, plans retirement at end of June. Born in Wales, he came to Canada at age two to work on a brother’s farm and will spend more time in the Rockwood area after leaving Becton for Acton.
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Core
Aluminum Goods Ltd
Toronto
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Aluminum Goods
English Visitor Busy Bees Meet Hosts Guest From England
English Visitor Busy Bees met at Mrs. Wel fred Kennedy's for their monthly gathering with good attendance. A visitor from England, Mrs. Hudson, visits her daughter Mrs. Zawilski. The meeting opened with the Mary Stewart Collect and roll call. A quilt by Mrs. Locker was shown and another donated by Mrs. Kennedy was set aside for district need. Readings and songs featured, articles for the bazaar accepted, district annual report given by Mrs. Allen. Tea and refreshments concluded the event. Several members joined a Dublin W.I. bus trip to Midland, to be remembered by Mrs. Lindsay and others. Sympathy extended to Mr. Ted Britton's family.
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Zawilski
Mary Stewart
Locker
Kennedy
Allen
Dublin
W.I
Midland
R. Lindsay
D. Henderson
Steve Coxe
S. Robinson
Peter McLean
Ted Britton
Ontario Weeklies Announce Awards
The Simcoe Reformer won the Aurom Banner Trophy for general excellence and best coverage of agricultural news in Ontario weekly papers. Winners include Aurora Banner, Almonte Gazette, Barrie Examiner, Exeter Times-Advocate, and Wiarton Echo. Rixton Rafter of Arthur Enterprise-News was named Weekly Newspaperman of the Year. The Arthur editor, blind since childhood, ran his paper 45 years before retirement. A freight train caboose tag end cost about $20 000 to build.
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Aurom
London
Ontario
Canadian Weekly Newspapers’ Association
Reformer
Aurora Banner
Albert VY. Nolan
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Joseph Ot. Clark
Almonte Gazette
Legge
Barrie
Cockfield Brown
Exeter Times-Advocate
E. F. Stephenson
West Grieve
Tobermory
Wiarton Echo
Rixton Rafter
Arthur Enterprise-News
Queen's University
Arthur Weekly
Wonder Car Altered In March Hydro Conversion Program
Niagara Falls Ontario shifts the Spanish Niagara Aero Car to 60 cycle power as part of Ontario hydro frequency standardization. The car, a historic 1916 invention by Leonardo Torres Quevedo, crosses the gorge at five miles per hour on long cables spanning 1800 feet, with a 10 minute return trip, now updated to fit the new system.
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Niagara Rivera
Ontario
Niagara Falls
Terminata
Leonardo Torres Quevado
Hydro
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