May memories mark Acton Town Hall's fifty years
A May column recalls Acton’s push fifty years ago to build a town hall and lock-up. Citizens and council debated design, cost, and scope, with plans for a brick hall and bell, aiming for a durable municipal center that would serve the community for decades.
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Sinea
RM. McDonald
Falmlow Cemetery Woard
Acton
A& Property
William Allan
First Moor
Fred Becord
Rabipayera
Town Hall
John Cameron
Cella
Firat Moor
James Moore
John Speight
James Matthews
Fnally
D. BD. Christie
Joh Hpoight
Willan P. Brown
Alexander Grant
Brows
Alexiwder Grant
D. Henderson
W. H. Storey
Who
Smith
Weeve
W. I Storey
M. Spelight
W. Campbell
Measra
EM Snyder
John Camperon
Toronto
Major Allan
Robert Aunon
Edward Nickin
Messia
James Matthewas
Tre Pac Yoru
Bown Wall
Corncil Chamber
Police Cella
Rehall
Fie
Slats Diary Entries Show Rural Life and Oddities
The diary recounts daily goings on including visits home, a baseball practice deemed anxious yet lively, and job hopes from Mr Crunch. It notes farm work, sugar and cream cravings, a spelling mix up with NWOK and equal suffrage remarks, a party dance, insurance news, and a worm problem warning from Mother Graves Exterminator.
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Priday
Olbert Taco
Bem
Ant
Emmy
Ben
Saterday
P.m
Fellas
Stevens
Crunch
Skool
Mr. Brooks
Margery Stott
Mitea
Tracking the Milk Bottle Detectives in England
England employs milk bottle and churn detectives to recover stolen items. Last year their efforts restored about 6 million bottles and 22 thousand churns to owners, underscoring milk containers as private property with significant value in aggregate.
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England
London
Powder Puff Girls Split By Bragging And Rescue
The scene follows Rose Barbara and Mayene after a near drowning scare near the Sheldon wharf. Barbara and Roland spar over bragging while a college path opens for Barbara with Anthony Grey’s help. An asthma remedy by Dr J D Hallogg is advertised as a natural vapor treatment sold nationwide.
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Mayene
Norrow
Barbara
Rose
Holand
Eugene
Allence
Boen
Tha Gheldon Wharf
Sparta
Roland
Genel
Marbara
Rowe
Tiarbara
Magle
J. D. Hallogg
Scotch in Restaurant Sparks Banter Over Scotchman
In a humorous exchange a Mrs remarks on a gentleman at a restaurant, claiming to have spotted a Scotchman by his eyewear after a grapefruit incident. The man at the next table denies the connection, prompting playful banter about accents and clues.
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