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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 19, 1949
Page
9
Recollections and street improvements in Acton region
An extension of the granolithic walk on Mill Street to Frederick Street is planned. Engineer Kitchen begins upgrading the electric plant. William Fortune of Buffalo visits John Flynn’s home, reporting Acton colony in good health. Knatchball chopper season ends. new English prints offered by Gurney and Co. and various local notices mention carpentry and shipments. Charles Nicklin and Malawn Matthews are noted as local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mill Street
Frederick Street
Engineer Kitchen
William Fortune
Buffalo
John Flynn
Acton Colony
Meore Agnew
Gurney and Co. Mall
Charles Nick
Acton
Malawn G Matthews
Jn Malthe Wa Postmnaster
Georgetown Herald mocks Acton officials amid High School District debate
A Georgetown editorial dismisses Acton representatives as an old dog while summarizing a Deputy Minister of Education letter. The document discusses temporary proximity plans for Acton High School, site selection, and debenture issuance, urging a permanent, central high school solution for North Halton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Wm. Coon
Ajax Engineers
G. A. Dills
Acton Free Press
Milton
Georgetown
North Halton
Acton High Scho
N Ho
Boant
E .B. Riddell
Hamilton
Ontario Municipal Board
Frost cabinet reshuffle signals firm Liquor Control Act leadership
Bowmanville Statesman notes Hon. Leslie Frost reshapes Ontario with G Arthur Welsh as chairman and Rev. John Foote as vice chairman. It praises wartime leadership qualities and foresees clear administration and public accountability in liquor traffic oversight. The piece urges scrutiny of performance amid a difficult reform effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courageotia Mentt
Bowmanville
Leslie Frost
G. Arthur Welsh
D.S.O
John Foote
Statesman
Ontario
Important Ruling Warns Against Driving Under Influence
Ontario Supreme Court justice Dalton Wells declares an absolute prohibition in the Criminal Code on handling a car while intoxicated or under narcotics, whether the vehicle is moving or not. The piece then notes a broader call to heed warnings to avoid driving after drinking and references educational content from Ryerson Institute of Technology in Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton Wells
Ontario Supreme Court
Rversonian
Toronto
Parto
Ryerson Institute of Technology
Normal School
Eentrance
Gould Street
Ontario
Ontario Department of Education
Laoour
Beersan Institute
Editorial Notes and Holiday Schedules Across Canada
The piece notes highway work near Acton and Milton improving road conditions since last summer. It mentions students awaiting summer break and exams. It reports Canadian bank savings deposits reaching over 4.2 billion in March, up 104 million from February and 337 million year over year. It discusses May 24th holiday debates and fixed Monday holidays like Dominion Day Civic Holiday Labor Day and Thanksgiving.
Prominent local and regional reports from 1928
A mixed record of community events and notices including the Guelph school concert with tenor Faldie Johnson, Highway Department road plans for Halton County, Acton Public School contest results, and Queen’s University graduation notes. The piece records a municipal roads engineer fatality near Limehouse and obituaries for Chewson and Morgan Crews on. It also notes Canada’s population share as a third largest tracer in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guelph
Faldie Johnson
Selorst
Department of Highways
Haltonton
Acton Publi
Rome
Deas
Fat Boys Chow
Waddie
Queen's University
John Waldie Rr
John MacViest
Municipal Roads
Canadian National Electric
Limehouse
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Business Directory
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Travellers’ Guide
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