Acton Notes Include Pins Sales and Local Sports Win
Recollections from Acton mention new Jubilee pins and badges offered by Inez Sarape and Co and ads by F. Goodeve and Co. A Halton Peel baseball game saw Acton defeat Brampton 1 to 3 with Clark Ryder and McDougall Kehoe as batteries. The week also reports a 75 degree Tuesday and Knox Church Christian Endeavor society officers elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarape and Co
F. Goodeve and Co
Cord
Acton
Brampton
Avere Clark
Ryder
Christian Endeavor Society of Knox Church
J.a.macpherson
J. R. Kennedy
Armatrong
T. McQueen
D. M. Henderson
Miss Lambert
Miss McDonald
Miss J. Smith
Miss Sinclair
Miss Cobban
A. Smith
Collins
Minnie Henderson
Mr. Lawson
Clark
Clark House
Local notes and civic updates from Acton 1927
• Beardmore and Co. Tannery’s W G Bruce receives Dominion Cartridge Co prize for the new .22 Super-Clean name. • Public and High Schools honor Miss Hood with a picnic at Blue Springs Park as she leaves. • Council plans a cement roadway on Yount Street from town limits to C N R tracks, width thirty feet. • Birth Roy Rumley at Acton June 19 1927 to Mr and Mrs Roy Rumley. • Death Amelia Turner Acton June 1927 aged 500 years?
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W.G. Bruce
Beardmore and Co
Dominion Cartridge Co
Montreal
Cart—Ridge
Blue Springs Park
Yount Street
Almus
C.N.R
Srumley
Acton
Roy Rumley
Renton
Amelia ‘Turner
George Herton
Sale by Public Auction of Farm Stock and Implements
John Cole to auction at his Ballinatad farm on Line 1 east, 2 miles north of Highwa on a Saturday in June. Horses, cows including Ayrshire and Holstein, various calves, pigs, and York stock with numerous bred dates. implements and a Plymouth Coach. Cash sale with no reserve, items to be settled for before removal. Auctioneer William A. Gibson of Guelph.
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John Cole -Toesell
al Line
Ballinatad
Noi
Highwa
Ayrshire
York
Young York
Dain
Deerine
Massey Harris
Deering
Plymouth
Weat
WM. A. Gibson
Guelph
Bra Masa Township Sets 1917 Tax Rate At Eight Mills
The Bra Masa township council reduced the 1917 tax rate to eight mills from 23 in the budget. Councilors Hutchinson, Denham, and Benham supported motions for gravel tender acceptance at 70 cents per yard for 7 000 yards pending highway approval, and for including Eramoga in the Guelph Suburban High School district. The clerk was authorized to destroy obsolete statutes before 1937, and the treasurer to refund a $100 deposit after Petty bridges are completed to L. M. Amott.
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Bramasa
Benham
Rutherford
Hutchinson
Denham
R. J. Brower
Department of Highways
Eramoga
Guelph
L. M. Amott
Farm improvements spark gains with low-cost plans
Farmers turn to modern farm aids despite costs and financing hurdles. A Bank of Montreal program, led by local manager Mr Clayton, offers a low-cost interest plan to help go-ahead farmers buy time-saving electrical and mechanized equipment, enabling them to put borrowed dollars to work for greater profitability.
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Joan
Bank of Montreal
Clayton
The
St Off
Ny. Clayton
Tragic End of a Nation Sunday School Lesson
A Sunday School lesson discusses the fall of Jerusalem in 590 B.C. and the siege's horrors. It cites prophecies from Jeremiah Ezekiel Isaiah and Micah and notes the people's sins and reliance on Egypt, predicting future deliverance and a separate end-time siege.
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B.C
Jerusalem
Toblah
Jehovah
Egypt
Babylon
Odo Zedekiah
Israel
Zedekiah
Zedekiat
Ezek
House of the Lord
Gov Cef
Judah
Brewl
Geet
Jereem
Ezekiel
Tsaiah
Micah
Halton Co operatives Medical Services Formed
A farm community forms Halton Co operative Medical Services with 260 members who prepay yearly premiums. The group unites 19 rural groups including farm forums and women's institutes to fund hospital bills and establish a permanent board after by law confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halton Farm
Halton Co-operative Medical Services
Hinlten
Iars
Churchill Attacks Labor Over India Policy
Winston Churchill defends Britain against foes while blasting the Labour government's India policy. He argues national defense and empire authority are at stake under current policy.
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Britain
Winston “Churchill
India
Halton Peel Holstein and Jersey Field Day Highlights
Holstein and Jersey field day at Ontario Agricultural College drew seven hundred attendees from Peel and Halton. Ladies and junior farmers judged Jersey and Holstein animals, with awards for first and second places, followed by a rain‑cushioned indoor program and a livestock parade.
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Halton and
Peel
Jersey
Ontario Agricultural College
Halton
Uvestack Oparadé
Prounds
WL Yt. Reek
Gaturlo Agricultural College
Reeck
Ontario
Charles McKeown
Acton
John Pawley
Caledon
Jack, Pawley
YW. Wiggins
FE. Davies
Bays
James Crow
Bruce Nixon
M. T. Laidlaw
G Norval
Jessie Alexander
Tralton
Grant F Elliot
Gordon Sinclair
John Taird Malton
Alfred Ball
John Reid Peeble
Edward Segsworth
Ray Anderson
Donald Angerson
Halton County
Memorial Hall
J. E. Whitelock
Bruce Beer
Peel County
George Drennan
Holstein Breeders Association
James, Bremner
Jersey Breeders Association
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Juno
Inez
Frsday
Township Co
Milton Welding
Moll ST
Milton
A. Bridgeman
Grove Street
Phone TV
Chapple’ S
Wgency Colle
Bratt
Bell Telephone Company Canada
Manning Electric
Frigidaire
Stromberg-Carlson
Sparton
Mill St
Ontario Plowmen’s Association
Hemlock Park Farms
Kingston
British Isles
Onario Plowmen’s Association
the Salada Yea Company OF Canada, Limited
Toronto
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