Acton Free Press snippets and local notes
The Y Good Club suspends activities until fall. Star carrier boys from Acton attend a Guelph party. About 20 attend YMCA woodworking classes weekly. A drinking fountain will be installed in the Y front hall. Waverley and Walker lodges conduct masonic work in Acton. The Solway String Quartet played in Guelph with Acton attendees. Income tax refunds ease annual tax time. Efforts to file taxes early are advertised. An axe injured E Jennings needing nine stitches. A light truck driven by Clifford Norrish of Moffat collided in Guelph. damage estimated at 33. Snow falls heavier in Acton than surrounding areas. Roads in Toronto Guelph Hamilton show bare pavement with nearby snow. The Knox church choir’s Henpecked Henry tour visits Brookville Erin Rockwood Hillaburgh after Acton Town Hall performance.
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Henry
Brookville
Erin
Rockwood
Hillaburgh
Knox Church Choir
Acton Town Hall
Credit Balance on Hydro Bills and Sewage System Updates
The acton hydro receipts and expenses are reviewed as crews report equipment repairs. A broken sewage pumping station window is under guard screen consideration while blockages are addressed with aid from Bilton and Perry tools. Transformer failures prompt replacements and load planning for schools and power lines.
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Lambert
Bilton and Perry
Sewage Committee
Obituary of Joseph Graham Pioneer Son Passes at 70
Joseph Graham son of pioneers died March 4 at his brother George’s home in Acton Ontario. Born November 1881 on the Graham homestead he lived 70 years near Fairy Lake Acton. He never married and was known as a crack shot and loyal Presbyterian, funeral March 7 at Victor B Rumley Funeral Home.
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Joseph Graham
George
Acton
Graham Homestead
Bramasa
Violet Murdoch
Scotland
James’ Graham
Camry
Cumberland
Joe
Rockwood Presbyterian Church
United Church
Presbyterian Church
Fairy Lake
R. H. Armstrong
Victor B. Rumley
Wm. Graham
Powell River
Agnes
Charles Taylor
Alberta
George McBain
Wm. McBain
Chester McBain
Murray McBain
Gordon Currie
Campbell Currie
Local Trade Ad Promotes Building and Cement Services
J B Mackenzie and Son advertise cement and general building repair services aiming to boost local work. The message urges readers to contact them for spring cement needs and timely job opportunities.
Births Marriages Deaths Etc from Acton and area notices
Births announced in Acton area including Coremnalineed Purmulay born March 11 1062 at Nursing Made Acton mother and baby doing well. Dreduk Margaret Baling widow of Nathan Dredge of Acton died aged ? 1082. McCutchpson Elizabeth Moord widow of David McCuscheon died at St Josephs Hospital Guelph. Synnott Famond S Synnott died at Rockwood residence. Cards of thanks from families for bereavement thanks and floral tributes.
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Ands Mere
Doe Bun
Acton
Purmulay
Mother
Tuby
Dreduk
Margaret Baling
Nathan Dredge
Mecutchpon
St. Joseph's Hospital
Quelph
Milzabeth Moord
David McCuscheon
Wilfred
Toronto
Victor Thrumley
Everton Cemetery
Synnott
Rockwood
Wielnparing
Famond S. Synnott
Elizabeth Gibbons
Marguerite
Mra J. McCann
Guelph
Jim
Erin Township
Cella
Charles Robertson
Eudie
St. Peter's Church
Oastle
Mara
Oustle Cemetery
Community events and a bake sale in Acton area
A reader list shows Euchre dances at Lome School Stewart town Hall and Legion Hall with March dates and 35 to 50 cent admission, plus a YMCA Euchre and Guide Mothers' event and a Scout Mothers' Association euchre night. Also mentions a St Patrick Bingo at St Joseph’s Hall March 18 and a Knox Choir comedy Henpecked Henry in Brookville Hall March 19 with Nassagaweya Pupils project proceeds.
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Euchre
Scout and Guide
Mothers’ Association
St. Patrick's
St. Joseph’s Church Hall
Hall
Henry
Knox Choir
Acton
Brookville Hall
Nassagaweya
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Son of Pioneers
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Robinson Business College
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