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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 04, 1954
Page
5
Preliminary reports show ten motor vehicle drivers and ten passengers died in January railway crossing crashes the highest monthly toll ever in Ontario surpassing the prior February 1961 record of nine deaths.
Rain over the week end raises water levels on Main St and Riverside Park. Residents including Mr and Mrs Wm Blacklock and family are partly trapped at their home. Nearby names include Miss Elizabeth McPhedren Orangeville and families from Toronto Guelph Brantford Acton Dundes and Guelph areas.
Mr Stewart S Royce attended a hydro convention in Toronto the first of the week. Miss Marie Land attempted her ARTC examination in Guelph last week. Mr and Mrs Oswald Meadowa and daughter Nancy visited Mrs Meadowa in Lucknow Sunday. Congratulations to Mrs Herb Simmons on her birthday. The W A of the United Church sponsor a turkey supper next week for choir members. Executive meeting held at the home of president Mrs J A Little. Mr Henry Hosking MP is greatly improved after returning south. Ed Thatcher has a TV installed at his home.
Executors invite public auction of household furnishings on Saturday March 4 at 2 pm at 40 Victoria Avenue Acton. Furniture includes living room dining room and kitchen items plus a wardrobe of bedroom pieces. Real estate offered with reserve bid. 10 percent deposit and balance in 30 days. Auctioneers Windley and Elliott.
Mra AT Moore hosted the Women s Missionary Society meeting with new president Mrs BE Stimpson opening with a poem Neighbors. Reports by Mrs King and Mrs FE Mahon followed. The meeting praised St David s church for General Fund gifts and noted 1984 allocations up five percent.
Notice to creditors. All persons with claims against the estate of Freeman Robertson late of George News Ontario who died around October 20 1954 must send particulars by March 20 1954. Executors Dale and Bennett through solicitors George News Ontario announce limited liability and reserve rights.
Notice to creditors in the estate of David McShedrat late of Nay sagaweya township Halton. Died about January 1954. Claims must be sent to the administratrix verified by March 1 1954. After that date assets distributed among entitled persons. Dated Guelph Ontario February 1954. Meyers Acker Meyer and Worvis solicitors.
Acton and Millon vie in a best of seven Big League semi final with Elmira. Elmira won the opener 5 2 but Acton’s 4 1 win evened the series as Harold Townalvy scored for the Coupa. Boston marathon hopefuls include three Acton boys from the Whippet club.
The Mantuba firm, tracing back to 1870, confirms ownership of a vast tract of approximately 6 million square miles in Northern Ontario. Canada acquired the land from the Hudsons Bay Company that year for $15 million, opening a potential agricultural expansion.
The report notes a family gathering with Mr and Mrs. Andy Roersma and others, mentions a successful clearing auction at Mubvl Cook, and updates on residents like Mr Leitch and Sid Laine. Health updates include Mr Leitch's favorable postoperative condition in Guelph hospital and two scarlet fever cases at the local school. An offbeat item describes a misdirected police search from St. John's to Gander and a boy's confident remark during questioning.
A public auction conducted by HY LEY and ELLIOTT on March 11 at Nebon Township lists livestock including cattle horses and sheep, farm implements tractors and grain equipment, hay and fencing materials, and assorted household items. Terms cash with settlement on delivery.
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