Acton notes and community reports from a flu week
A roundup of local notes mentions flu impact on public school staff, road improvements on No 25 and Malin Streets, and a Rotary Faster Seal Campaign with high support. It also covers hunting muskets timelines in Halton County, high school teachers’ convention near Toronto, and Rockwood Child Clinic counts. Acton residents attend Preato concert and Halton Scouters banquet with local representations.
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Rotary Club
Lars Ts
Dance draw brings clubs from nearby towns to Guelph Teen Town
Orangeville hosts a Friday night Teen Town with Fergus Kitchener Brampton and others attending a hard times dance. Members discuss club memberships and costs while promising a larger Hoe Down in April as clubs plan visits and a bus trip from the Y.
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Guelph
Kitchener
Fergus
Preston
Elois
Hespeler
Galt
Acton
Howie
Spike-Jones
Paul Jones
Wilfred Duval
Jo Ann Veldhuis
Davie
Yoka
Orangeville
Brampton
Modernaires
Scotsmen in Gold Mines Head to Timmins Training Camp
In February 138 Scotsmen depart Scotland for Timmins Ontario to train as gold miners. Chosen from 900 applicants by a Canadian mining company personnel officer after a Scotland visit months earlier they passed medical and trade tests.
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Scotland
Timmins, Ont
Birth and obituary notices from a Milton area page
Kennedy and Graham Kennedy announce the birth of William Moran on February 28. Marcellus family interment in Evergreen Cemetery Milton. Loree widow Emma Loreé of Bramona Township dies February 24. Caldwell Elizabeth Kitching of Acton dies February 23 and is interred at Fairview Cemetery Acton. Cornell Tara Guthrie Cornell remembered February 27 1944. Duby nephew Tommy Duby remembered February 25 1947. Frank son and brother obituary notes March 2 1947.
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Kennedy
Graham Kennedy
Helen McEachern
Timming
Whillam Moran
Mancellus
Milton
Blanche Dafoe
J. E. Marcellus
James St
Evergreen
Cemcetery
Loree
Guelph
Hogpus
Emma Loreé
Jonathan Loree
Howard
William
Bramona Township
Rockwood
Everton Cemetery
Cornell
T Tare Guthrie Cornell
Duby
Tommy Duby
Barbara
Uncle Harry
Barbie Anne
Coming Events at St. Alban’s and Local Venues
Community notices list May 19 spring tea and bazaar at St. Alban’s W A, March 17 baking sale and tea at Y M C A, plus euchre and dances at Crewson’s Corners Hall and Scout Hall in March. Rockwood Town Hall hosts a radio show and dance March 7, Legion Hall hosts euchre March 9 to benefit St. Alban’s building fund, with various admission fees and prizes. Georgetown event bill features Baxter Labs acton and Paper Mills matches with midget exhibition and a Georgetown Girls Pipe Band performance.
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Scout and Guide Mothers’ Association
Euchre
Kidd Baker
Rockwood
Legion Hall
Acton Lo.b.a
St. Alban's
Georgetown
Baxter Labs
Acton
Provincial Paper Mills
Smith and Stone
Alliance
Paper Mills
Georgetown Girls Pipe Band
Baxter Players
For Sale Miscellaneous Household Items and Vehicles
Auction-like listing offers 150 watt electric heater 300w iPhone 1029 Model A car and several old vehicles 1840 Ford and Chev Ivan Vickers space heater electric range kitchen set including utility table chest erfield suite three pieces 125 Triadio table with record shelves card table magazine rack drones curtains all in first class condition bought within 20 months to clear out apartment terms arranged phone 85
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Triadio
Ashgrove WI Hosts Cuchre and Dance in Stewarttown
The Ashgrove Women's Institute invites members to a cuchre and dance at Stewarttown Hall on Wednesday March 7. Dancing starts after cards at 8:30 pm. Doris Hull's Orchestre will provide music for the event. Admission is 30 cents.
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Ashgrove WI
Stewarttown Hall
Doris Hull
Road inspectors warn of Main Street improvements in Actonin
Three officious Kemtlémen on Mill Cand 9 Main study road conditions and shake heads. Rotage Chub Ure circulates notices for the Fund for Crippled Children urging action. Spring clean up hints and paint offerings are advertised alongside talk of a new gre engine on the horizon.
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Actonin
Egg Production Output in Canada Tops 23 Million for 1950
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Canada produced 23.2 million dollars worth of eggs in the first eleven months of 1950. This marks a 32 percent rise over the final estimate for the same period.
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Canada
IMM
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Public Auction of Farm Stock and Implements Near Acton
Duncan Primrose to sell at farm near Acton three miles north on March 13 at 10 o clock. Auction lists registered Guernsey cattle including Nina Twinkle Creekbank Rose Valors Easter Miss and others. horses Jane Reta Miss Ironsides. Ferguson tractors and full farm implements. household effects. cash settlement with clerk on sale day. No reserve. Sellers WM A Gibson and Clinton Swackhamer.
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Duncan Primrose
Con
Esquising
Erin
Acton
Jane Reta
Homer
Miss Ironsides
Guernsey
Nina Twinkle
Creekbank Rose
Valors
Val‘ors Moneta
Molly ‘Twinkle
Dunrose Kay
Creekbank Winona
IHS
Norsman Dian
Wil
Bona
Madina
Stres
Ferguson Tractor
Ferguson
Ferguson Buck
Serge
Ploea Ruimps
Opwils
Quebec
Davenport
Agle
WM. A. Gibson Clinton Swackhamer
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Free Press Office
No. 25
Malin
Halton
Leaside Collegiate
Toronto
Grindley
Gammie
Robbins
Hansen
Child Clinic
County of
Wellington
Ontario
Windsor
F. L. Wright
Clifford Poole
Margaret Parsons
Halton Scouters' Association
Wilma ‘Thompson
Janet McCarville
Brownies
Esther Teylor
L Duby
Ciubs
Dave Dms
Doug Davidson
Scouts
Charlie Pollock
Douglas Street
Rockwood Town
HALL
Sec
Tomlin
SAE
Epring Fabrice
Tates
Elliott . Bros
Acton Club
Seal Campaign For Crippled Children
A. W. Haydon
Ont
J. Beatty
The
Crippled Children’s Fund Committee
Kirp
Memoriam
Frank
Accidi
Robert Shaw
St. Alban’s W. A
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Y.M.C.A
Crewson’s Corners Hall
Acton Free ‘Press
I Ieepeon Motora
Chev
Ivan Vickers
Sbiesity
Peel St
Harley Davidson
Joan Waldie
Yonge St
A. Swackharder
Mount Forest
Wm. Leeson
Arizs
Ernie's Radio and_ Electric
Roxy Theatre
Atf
Talbot Hardware
Chas. Gough
Ford
Byron S Bruce
R. R
Baxter Laboratories
Erina
Barronstrain SC. W
Acton Poultry
Carroll's Ltd
Wm. Laing
Gordon Young- Uate
Anlay
Jackie
Fréte Praase
Ernie's
Atf Custom
Holmes and Sons
A-Tv Sewing Machines
Ernie
Herb Gilbertson
Nassagaweya
Eden Mills
W. A. Gibson
Farnworth
Moderata
Eleva Rd
Guelph, Ont
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