Health Service critique in England and local park concerns
A discussion of the British Health Service questions its effectiveness through anecdotes about slow bed availability and delayed operations. The piece contrasts government rules with medical judgment and notes Acton Park and Breezes as popular local picnic spots needing responsible use to protect their future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napier Moore
England
British Health Service
Health Service
Moore
Financial Post
National Health Service
Acton
Acton Park
Fairy Lake
Georgetown
Acton News Highlights 1935 Community Events
From Free Press June 27 1935Acton council sessions Baptist church service ordains G R Easter as minister at Acton church Edgwood Park expands to host 300 600 picnickers choir honors Mr Mrs Poole Halton county tuberculo sis plan discussed Mason Knitting adds plant extension unsightly ex cretion tobacco juice on sidewalks Bracebridge excursion Caledonian games at Muskoka station changes to G T R station ex councillor puzzled by arrival license inspector Reynolds visit livery stable gets phone service
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Bracebridge
Sons of Scotland
Adam
Acton Cornet
Piper Ross
Muskoka
G. T.R
Toronto
Trispector Reynolds
W. J. Kee
Two is Sufficient in Ontario Politics Says Letter
A letter argues Ontario would benefit from a stronger Liberal opposition with eight to one, blaming weak third parties and the CCF for poor representation. It notes CCF vote share decline from 27 percent in 1948 to under 17 in 1955 and calls for return to a two party system at provincial and federal levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Frost
CCF
The Home Garden Trend in Amateur Decline
The article reflects on the long decline of home gardening as a hobby and food source. It cites shifts from DIY gardening to store bought produce, the rise of movies and distractions, longer daylight and leisure time not fueling gardening, and a drift toward professional growers with amateurs fading. It notes new potatoes and radishes once common now replaced by stores and freezers.
Hitchhiking Dangers Urge Caution on Roads
The Huntingdon Quebec Gleaner urges motorists to avoid giving lifts to hitchhikers. Citing a Reader's Digest warning about brutal murders by hitchhikers or their victims, it cautions there is no reliable way to judge a rider. Stay safe, keep to yourself, and refuse rides on highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reader's Digest
Milton Planning Board okays land use map and awaits ministerial approval
Planning Board in Milton accepted the proposed official land use map and sent it for ministerial review before a public hearing. Meetings with town planner P A Deacon preceded completion as Georgetown Council balked at a 220 lot farm subdivision.
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Milton
Minister of Planning and Development
P. A. Deacon
Georgetown
Heslop
Acton Professional Directory and Travellers Guide
A dense listing of doctors dentists and professionals in Acton Ontario with offices on Mill Street Willow Street River Street and surrounding blocks. Includes physicians Dr W G C Kenney Dr D A Garrett Dr A J Buchanan and Dr H Leib, optometrist E L Buchner, barristers and solicitors Co F Leatherland Mander son Wright, veterinarians Oakes and Young, and real estate agents offering farm and house listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Mill St. E. Acton
Auditor of Circulations
C.W.N.A
Ontario-Quebec
Canada
United States
Post Office Department
Ottawa
The
Dills Printing and Publishing Co. Limited
Dills
David R. Dills
James Dills
John Black
D. A. Garrett
Willow and
River Sts
River Street
Ontario
Nipissing water drop halts logs in Cache Bay town
Lake Nipissing water level fell leaving 200 mill workers idle as logs cannot be floated to the saw mill, the town’s sole industry, in Cache Bay Ontario.
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Cache Bay
Ont
Lake Nipissing
Religious services and farewell events listed for June 26 1955
Sunday schedule includes Sunday School at 9 55 a m Morning Worship reception into membership and a farewell service. Evening Worship at 7 00 p m with joint Protestant service. Message on human personality. Additional items note guest William Bell and Rev Currey farewell at United church with a warm welcome.
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C.L. Poole
The
United Church
Ridgeway
Fmer
William Bell
E. A. Currey
United Ee Church
Transit Schedule Fragments Highlight Daily and Weekend Stops
Fragmentary timetable notes show various daily and Sunday schedules with flag stops and flyer mentions. Locations referenced include Georgetown Guelph and Toronto with times in the early morning and late evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunae
Sun‘ans
Geown
Georgetown
Guelph
Toronnto
Guel
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Free Press
The—Council
the Baptist
G.R
McDougall
Edgewood Park
C. L. Poole
George Poole
Poole
Halton
Methodist Church
A. E. Smith
Hare
Great Britain
Russia
Busi
Huntingdon
Acton Free
Roto
Esther Taylor
Burlington
Nelson Township
Ted Lambert
Lambert
Citizens’ Committee
Bronte
Plum
Clarkson
Oakville
Barrett Company Limited
No. 2
Counel
Professional Directory and
Travellers’ Guide
W. G. C. Kenney
Symon Block
Mill St. E
Church St. .E
A. J. Buchanan
Leishman Block
Mill St
H. Leib
Corner Mill
Frederick Streets
Rumley Funeral Home
Olive M. Lampard
C.M. Amt
Albart's Parish
Park Ave
Gray Coach Lines
Ehchener
F. G. Oakes
V. Sc
Veterinarian
Knox Ave
B. D. Young, B.v.sc
C. H.young
D.V.M. Veterinary Surgeons Office
Brookville, Ontario
E. L. Buchner, R.O
Optometrist
Lever & Hoskin Chartered Accountants
Jenkins and Hardy
M. E. Manderson
Mall St
Ap Eee
Main St. Sot
F. L. Wright
Wilbur St
R. F. Bean Limited
Gok
froRones
United Church OF Canada
Bower Avenue
George Elliott
Bower Ave
Presbyterian
Church IN
Knox Church
Robert BR. Armstrong
ST. Alban’s Church
Evan H. Jones
L.th
Pastor Parsonage
Bower
Action Pentecostal Assembly
Hall Crewson
K. J. Reid
Rahways Standard
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