St Patrick’s Day Tribute Beyond Irish Stew
The article celebrates St Patrick’s Day honoring Ireland and its diaspora. It notes pride in wearing green hearing Irish songs and greetings while arguing Irish stew should not define Irish culinary heritage. It lauds the Irish people and traditions and their global contributions regardless of visiting the Emerald Isle.
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St. Patrick
Isle
Ireland
St. Patrick's Day
Old Ireland
Emerald Isle
Acton Booster Booklets Spur Community Enthusiasm
The Free Press issued a pocket sized booklet with concise Acton facts. Rapid demand prompted a second printing with corrections from readers. Citizens from Acton and beyond sought copies to boost town pride and share accurate information. Copies are available at the office for adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Press
Acton
Share the Wealth Budget Commentary on Ontario Finance
Readers critique Premier Frost budget proposing no new taxes amid a $704 000 surplus. They urge more municipal aid for roads bridges and finances and note Ontario’s overall prosperity while fearing urban bias and distant rural needs. They question where local gains or subsidies will come from in the coming year.
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Ontario
Feronto
Frostmore
On- Yano
College St
Toronto
Snowbound Roads Highlight Ontario Winter Reports
The Dundalk Herald editor notes deep snow on roads with nine foot banks while Chesley Enterprise details a March storm that left a dozen cars stuck between Chesley and Tara. Armbro editor reports new snow removal equipment performing well in its first year.
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Dundalk: Herald
Chesley Enterprise
Chesley
Tara
Armaprior
The Glory to Come and The Vision of Utopian Spending
A critique of sweeping proposals from many groups to vastly expand government programs. The piece cites rising pensions, tax exemptions for medical costs, crop insurance, and guaranteed wages, questioning the society such moves would create under state control.
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Ottawa
Door to door salesmen and new home trends warn readers
The Northland Post notes spring delays predictions but cautions readers about slick door to door sales tactics. It observes people building homes outside settled areas despite cars solving transport issues, highlighting continued needs for police fire public health and schooling.
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Cochrane
Northland Post
Regional council debates taxes water rates and development plans
Erin village approves a 50 mill tax rate and 1.11 monthly water charges for first taps, 2.22 for further taps, with a 5 turn on fee. Georgetown planners review Deltex subdivision with 1034 of 1754 acres for schools and a green belt. Trafalgar recalls looming industrial assessment and possible halving of private building permits in 1955. Bronte approves street lights and watermains. Burlington keeps 38 mill rate due to higher assessments. Milton reports expropriation value of 3500 plus costs for Main Street tenement site as fire hall project enters appeal window.
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Erin
City of
London
Georgetown
Council
Deltex
Trafalgar
Burlington
Milton
Main Street
Local protests over veteran hiring in Georgetown council
A Georgetown letter objects to hiring an assistant without war service over a veteran, with the Mayor promising to explain the decision at the Legion branch. Reports from Oakville note a 12 year old Ricky Cornwall sending a hydrogen balloon note and a long collect call from Sawyerville. Milton begins dial telephone installation with July switchovers and Triangle 8 numbers. Ford plant in Oakville adds 300 hourly workers to reach 4,500 total. week ending March 5 production 2,401 units, about 27 percent of industry output.
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Georgetown
Legion Branch
Oakville
Ricky Cornwall
Sawyerville
P.Q
Cornwall
Ricky
Milton
Bell
Ford
Seventy years no longer tied to senility says Standard-Observer
The Pem broke Ontario Standard-Observer notes that age does not equal frailty citing Winston Churchill at eighty as active in thought and speech and Canada’s prime minister over seventy as notably vigorous. The report adds that over 14 600 veterans in Canadian hospitals joined the Red Cross Arts and Crafts program in 1964.
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Winston Churchill
Pembroke
Standard-Observer
Ineterans
Red—Cross
Knox Church Service Schedule and Lent note
Sunday March 20 1955 and 1985 services listed at Knox Church Acton Presbyterian Church in Canada. Morning worship 11 00 a m Evening worship 7 00 p m Sunday School at 10 00 a m Beginners Class and Communion noted with minister Rev Robert J Armstrong.
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Presbyterian Church IN Canada
Knox Church
Acton
Robert, J. Armstrong
Church
Lamaoe
Murray Memorial Y M C A Building Grows Busy
The new Murray Memorial Y M C A building hosts tenants including Mesatic Lodge with furnishings partly installed. The Free Library Board begins moving in, closing for two months as shelving and reorganization proceed. The Y M C A programs likely start in fall.
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Murray Memorial Y.M. C.A
Mesatic Lodge
Free Library Board
Get‘ting
Y.M.C.A
B. G._Arnold
Canadian Legion
King Georgev
Legion
Acton
Canada+_Skate
Kitchener
Aronia
Messrs
Roy
Gordon Bauer
Charles Planke
Georgetown
Autioneer
Kerr
Russell Glennie
Eramosa
Acton's Good Roads Plan Moves Forward in 1905
A special council session with Ontario Highways Commissioner A. W. Campbell discussed Mill and Church Street road beds, estimated costs, and rock crusher operations. Among items debated were oversight, financing, and the need for timely work while other local notes include a sudden death, school concerns, and a westward homeseeker excursion.
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Acton
A. W. Campbell
Ontario
Church
Rolief
Acton Professional Directory and Local Services
Dense listing of Acton Ontario professionals including doctors dentists veterinarians and lawyers with office addresses and phone numbers. Also real estate firms brokers funeral home and bus schedule details included.
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Wilbur St
Acton
Ontario
Canadian National Railways Daily Schedule Fragments
Fragmentary OCR text shows timetable lines for Canadian National Railways with times like 6.40 am and 10.00 am and notes about Sundays and weekdays. The readable details include a few time stamps and station mentions but lack coherent route or service facts. The item appears as a damaged transit schedule snippet with unclear destinations and days.
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Weill
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Bruce ‘Hutchison
Che Acton
Wiress
Mill St. E. Acton
Jess” and Editorial
Money Matters
Bronte
Public Utilities Commission
Main
P.U.C
United Church. OF Canada
Actes
E. A. Currey
Bower Avenue
George Elliott
Bower Ave
Ray H. Costerus, Pastor Parone
Ottapes A
Ave
ST. Alban’s Church
Anglican
Evan H. Jones
B.A. Ltd
The
Tssue of the Free Proms
G. C. Clark
Clark House
Guelph Collegiate Institute
King Edward Rink
Northwest
Dominion
Laurier
Canada
Globe
Roosevelt
Washington
United States
Patagonia
Professional Directory
W. G. C. Kenney
Symon Block
Mill St. E
Church St. E
D. A. Garrett
Willow and
River Sts
River Street
A. J. Buchanan
Leishman Block
Milt
H. Leib
Corner Mill
Frederick Streets
F. G. Oakes
B.V. Sc
Veterinarian Office
Knox
B. D. Young, B.V Sc
C. L. Young, D.V.M
Brookville
Lever & Hoskin
Ace
Jenkins and Hardy
Victoria St
Olive M. Lampard AT
Pine
F. L. Wright
W. R. Bracken
R. R
Campbellville
R.F. Bean
Mill ST
R. H. Elliott
Goldstraw
Joker
Minter
Halton
Rumley Funeral
Travellers’ Guide
Gray
Lings
Ska
Sun
Holtys
Canadian National Rarways
Georgesown
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