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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 19, 1953
Page
2
A set of short items records spring signs and community events in Acton and Guelph area. Mentions include a spring-like tulip sighting on Bower Ave and road work, church activities, dances, stamps for a fundraiser, and a drama entry by Baptist groups.
The forum discussed how important farmstead appearance is for character, cleanliness, and property value. Suggestions included weed cleanup, painting, lawn care, reseeding, fencing repair, planting, keeping tools covered, and visible roadside displays to boost pride and market appeal.
Between April 1 and October 31 dogs may not run at large in Acton. Five dogs found running during this period face a 10 dollar fine. Clerk J McGeachie signs the notice.
Acton hosts 30th Anniversary of the Acton Women’s Institute at Acton United Church on Tuesday March 24 at 2 PM with euchre and dance. Stewarttown Hall hosts April 10 lunch and music under Acton Agricultural Society auspices. Second Birthday Euchre of Silver-Wood WI set for March 28 at Stone School with prizes and lunch. Theatre night April 16 at Roxy Theatre features It Grows on Trees with Irene Dunne. Phalanx Frolic Dance postponed to March 27 due to unforeseen circumstances. Event listings include YMCA euchre on March 31, home and school notices, and local performances in Acton and surrounding towns.
Arborise offers a range of cleaning and decorative kitchen wall options. Products include durable finishes and a color catalog with over 400 patterns and moderate prices. Automotive chrome counter fittings and bar hardware are also handled by Fas ter Neal Campalian JN MACKENZIE NON.
A collage of birth and death notices, anniversaries, cards of thanks, and memorial messages from Guelph area papers. Items mention a brother born to Harold Harber and a Clarke N. Dinword family, a March 16 1903 birth at Haranto General Hospital, and several obituaries including Ann Emmily Bott and Ethel Somerville.
Notice to creditors and others the estate of Frederick Orwell Johnston late of Enn township Wellington farmer died about January 1 1953 persons with claims must send particulars and proofs to the undersigned before April 4 1983 assets to be distributed among parties identified thereto dated Acton Ontario March 10 1953 C F Leatherland Solicitor for the Executors.
FOR SALE 49 Ford Tudor 48 Chev. 35 Ford Coach 46 Ford Tractor 1951 Ford Tractor. Peel brand long term pasture mix seed and hay mixtures offered by William Couse and Sons Ltd Streetsville Ontario with phone numbers 18 and 114. Chicks for sale Canadian approved bred for results with 100 percent live delivery guaranteed. Heavy breed and light breed pricing per hundred pullets and mixed. Thompson's Poultry Farm and Hatchery Georgetown Ontario contact 48115. b328
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