Acton Town Council Seeks Holdback Settlement and Tax Rate Talks
Acton council held a lengthy session on sewerage holdbacks with Spartan Contracting Co. writs and a proposed settlement including a total holdback payment of 12 000 with 400 in damages for laterals. Debates over tax rates for 1952, audited statements, and council finances dominated discussions.
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Acton Council
Spartan Contracting Co
Spartan
Spartan Contracting Co. Ltd
Acton
Spartan Ps
Family Doctor J A McNiven obituary in Acton
Dr J A McNiven a longtime Acton physician died February 24 at his daughter Mrs. Robert A Wagner's home in London. Age 87. He practiced in Comber and Halton County earlier and retired January 1942. Survived by son John G McNiven Yellowknife and daughter Mrs Wagner London. Interment Mount Pleasant Cemetery Toronto February 26.
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Acton
J. A. McNiven
Robert A. Wagner
R.R
London
McNiven
Oakville
Comber
Halton
W. G. C. Kenney
Order
Walker Lodge
Halten
John G McNiven
Yellowknife
N.W.T
Ont
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Toronto
Leap Year Girl Celebrates Seventeenth Birthday
A group gathers at the home of Mr and Mrs Howard Lambert to honor Mrs Lambert on her leap year birthday February 29. Friends play games then share lunch and best wishes as she marks a birthday that comes once every four years.
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Howard Lambert
Mrs. Lambert
Truck Rolls Into Ditch Near Acton Traffic
A truck carrying four to five tons of galvanized culverts left No. 7 highway one and a half miles west of Acton on Monday evening. The driver Garnet Hamilton of Flesherton said smoke from a parallel train obscured his vision. The vehicle overturned onto its left side in the left ditch. damage to the left side racks and platform is about $250. Constable J. Brad sley investigated.
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Actons
Garnet Hamilton
Flesherton
J. Bradsley
Regional Director At Y s Men s Club Visit
Regional Director Dave Johnson of Kitchener and District Governor Wilf Roberts of Guelph spoke at Acton Y s Men s Club meeting last Thursday. Eight new members were installed as Johnson urged adults to guide youth with the aim of international brotherhood. J. Greer was named chairman of the Father and Son banquet planning committee.
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Acton Y's Men
Dave Johnson
Kitchener
Wilf Roberts
Guelph
Y's
J. Greer
Settlement Talks on Sewerage Holdback Reach Late Night
The Spartan Contracting Co and town officials met after curfew to negotiate a settlement over the sewerage holdback garage by-law and related items. An offer of 200 dollars plus costs was discussed while the town sought 400 dollars, with talks about possible court action and future deterrents.
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Spartan Contracting Co
Garage
Et Chaupas
Amar
Tov
Acton Public School Board weighs bids on old boiler and repairs
At a regular Tuesday meeting Chairman F G Onakes presided as the Acton Public School Board considered bids for the old boiler and reviewed deals for land purchase and playground space. The board approved travel by two teachers to Burlington for Porter plan training and funded two teachers to attend the OEA. They authorized heating plant repairs and February plant operation costs and set a special meeting to finalize color plans for floors and halls.
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F. G. Onakes
Acton Public School
B. and F Scrap Dealers
Guelph
Guelph Mercury
Burlington
McKenzie
Gambie
Messrs
N.hull.d. Board
Oakes
Acton Girls Observe World Prayer Day Service
Daughters of Knox hosted an Acton World Day of Prayer event at Knox Presbyterian Church inviting about 50 girls from local Protestant churches. Nellie Anderson spoke in the afternoon on Christ Our Hope and led the service with Ruth Smith.
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Daughters of Knox
Acton
Knox Presbyterian Church
Nellie Anderson
Baptist Church
Ruth Smith
Joan Chisholm
Elizabeth Jany
Diane Dinkins
Dorothy Dawkins
Pyane Dawkins
Betty Sinclair
Betts Sinclair
Miss Anderson
Christ
Jesus
Asia Salvotr
Fifth Annual Baxter Cab Party at Brant Inn
The Baxter Cab Party hosted by Banter Laboratories took place Friday at the Brant Inn on Leap Your Day. Chartered buses carried couples to the informal event with dancing and lunch and many company members attended with their spouses and friends. Special guests included Jerry and Betty Candler of Hamilton.
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Baxter
Brant Inn
Buel T
Hth Neal
Banter Laboratories
Jerry
Betty Candler
Hamilton
Acton Hosts Rural Fire Area Plan Discussion
Acton town officials and fire brigades from Erin Esquesing and Nassagaweya met with G Alexander of the Fire Marshall's office to review rural fire protection schemes. He outlined a plan where townships place a truck in Acton run by local brigades with area priority, plus a 35 percent grant on initial equipment and 25 percent on annual maintenance.
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Acton
Erin
Esquesing
Nassagaweya
G. Alexander
Alexander
W. Linham
W. Bird
HW. Griffin
G. Wallace
J. Milne
C. Thomson
E. Taylor
L. Week
Dawkins
W. Linham I
Mss Taylor
Wo McEachern
Brissoe
Ant Whey
McEbaehern
Acton Brigade
World Day of Prayer observed at Acton Baptist Church
Christ Our Hope was the World Day of Prayer theme as about 150 Acton women from Protestant churches joined in a dawn-to-dusk service duplicated globally. Miss Nellie Anderson spoke on Christ Our Hope while prayers honored leaders, homes, and missionaries, with offerings supporting Christian literature worldwide.
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Acton
Acton Baptist Church
Fiji Islands
Arctic
Istina
St. Lawr- Senet
S. Cripps
The
Baptist Church
Nellie Anderson
Messionary
South America
Ro el Armstrong
Duke of Edinburgh
Wv. Bristol
A. T. Brown
Ethel Hanna
S Snow
Ethel Franklin
John Davidson
H. Helwig
McCutehean
Women's Inter-Church Council of Canada
Cripps
Wm Denny
St Alban’s Angliesn Church
Bennett
United Church
Ho Main
Knox Presbyterian Church
Canada
Acton Friends Bid Farewell With Tray And Brooch Gift
A dozen Acton friends gathered at Mrs Cam Tawshman’s home to present Mrs Alana Leishman with an embossed aluminum tray and a brooch as farewell gifts. Mrs Leishman and her two children Drew and Alana plan to move Sunday to Huntingville while family members, including Mrs Mars Gay and Mrs Leashoiant mother, shared tea and chatted. Ontario Provincial Police transfer noted, with a brief nod to the family’s move.
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Alana Leishman
Cam Tawshman
Mill St
Leishman
Drew
Alana
Acton
Hantsville
Mars Gay
Movil
Breoch
Pernay Merkins
Gash
Mebbneh
Alina Leshman
Mroo Leishman
Ontario
Partie Ta
Pitetsville
Dota
Faraly
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Friendly Circle
Acton United Church
A. Hufnagel
H. Kinread
E. Hufnagel
M Kinread
Virena Johnston
B. Baxter
B. Hall
Morris
Mason
Reeve Tyler
Rachlin
Contracting Co
Selicitor
Fryer
Hargrave
Mayer Rachlin
Counellor Irwin
Coune
Benes Ae
Ucant
McCgeache
Rachho
Acdefort
Pati Moen
Stewart
Frank Toth Jr
JO R. Hoare
Toth
Counscilor Thompson
Reeve Hargrave
Halton Hah
Tae
Couneil
Othe Reetes
Musar
Pepres
Neil Paverment
Elabe
Mear
Counen
Mayers Sehetor
Y's Men’s
Depe Tyre
Anderson Rad
Joses
Racha
Supreme Court
Andosa Aetoon
Fill Acton Church For World Prayer
Acton Town Hall
B. Buchanan
C. Mashn
H. Baxter
G. Hovinger
H. Bittorf
Mo Syman
M. Taylor
Stalf
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