Retired Mitchell Advocate Editor Davis Lauded
Avten Yorry-Bevex Yoana and W R Davis note retirement of Mitchell Advocate editor and publisher. Davis built the paper with his brother J E Davis in 1860 and remains a steady figure in local journalism.
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 17, 1917
Page
2
Avten Yorry-Bevex Yoana and W R Davis note retirement of Mitchell Advocate editor and publisher. Davis built the paper with his brother J E Davis in 1860 and remains a steady figure in local journalism.
At a Monday meeting the Municipal Council heard J B McCregor of Heandon Manitoba offer $100 toward perpetual care of the Metregar family plot in Fairview Cemetery. The Council planned an agreement and voted to amend the Cemetery By law raising plot rates to eight cents per square foot for residents and ten cents for non residents.
The Board of Education met on Monday with Chairman Robi Scott and members Robi McPherson D C Speight and John B Kennedy present. The Finance Committee recommended payment of accounts totaling 203.03 to Goo AL Hendry Co Nelsas Co James Symon and Wo Briggs among others. C O Speight reported on the Trustees Convention in Toronto. A National Equipment Co engineer proposed installing water closets and a new building Lavatory area but no action was taken. The meeting adjourned.
Citizens react to the halt in construction of the Shoe Factory as the city seeks a special act to legalize a bylaw affecting a debenture transfer for the Reliance Shoe Company. Delays push moving plans to Acton into next spring amid labor shortages and renewed preparation by contractor McKenzie.
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