Acton News Roundup Highlights Local Events and Incidents
Victoria Day office closure and forecasted damp chill. April rainfall cheers farmers. Several S17 sewerage permits issued in Acton. Excavations for a Brock Avenue house for Wr M Holmes. Renovations in municipal office add space and a clerk’s semi private office. Firecracker caution for weekend. Highway Traffic Act fines total 90 dollars. Tulips bloom at Baxter Laboratories. mowers show tall blooms. Rothwood enters Brambsa District Girls softball with Frank Kelso managing. Arkell Eden Mills Guelph teams in league. A lady driver locks keys in car. Acton Citizens Band rehearses for Waterloo Festival. band tattoo proposed in July with top Ontario bands invited. Perrott and Wilson remanded for sentence after stearing four card tables from Scout Hall Hodenosawnee. Wilson bailed on breaking and entering charge from Micro Plastics case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Wilson
Church St
Hodenosawnee
Wilson
Thal
Rockwood Church Honors Veterans of the Cross
Four veteran ministers were honored as Veterans of the Cross during a Sunday service at United Church. Rev. John Neave preached with Rev. W. S. Irwin on the platform and flowers were presented to the Jolliffe and Neave families. The Rockwood Everton Bible Society met that evening with remarks by Turnbull and Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Church
China
John Neave
O. R. Jolliffe
Charles Jolliffe
W. S. Irwin
Wm. Black
Town Line
Eramosa- Erin
J. Neave
Torrance D. Guild
Eva J. Varcoe
Annie G. Jolliffe
C. Gordon Harris
Manitowaning
E. D. McPhedran
G.H. Pearen
Norman Guild
Toronto
Leonard Gardiner
Vancouver
Lorne Linfoot
Rockwoouw
Forced Off Road: Driver Hits Tree Near Humber Summit
Occurred on No 7 highway near Penson's Service Station and Silver Creek between Humber Summit and Georgetown. A passenger car collided with a large roadside tree around 9:30 am on Sunday causing about 350 dollars in damage. the driver reported another vehicle forced him off the road. Constable J. Bradley investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Book
Humber Summit
York County
No 7
Penson
Silver Creek
Georgetown
Morris
J. Brad-ley
Limehouse Community Gathers for Visiting Visitors List
A Limehouse community note greets numerous visitors from Toronto Norval Snelgrove Acton and more. It lists families including Arrowsmith Corbett Law Graham Bourne and others visiting local residents and reports on local events health matters and sympathies for the Spitzer family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrowsmith
Toronto
R. Corbett
M. Swackhamer
Margaret, Allen
Elaine
Edna Law
Norval
Gisby
George Graham
Hugh Graham
Hespeler
R. Patterson
Helen Devereaux
MacDonald College
Don Copley
Wm. Copley
A. Copley
Noble
Meredith
A. C. Bourne
Trinity College
Little
Snelgrove
Ivens
Art Ford
Acton
Karms
Eccles
Freeman
Charles Jones
Paul Spitzer
Margaret
W. A
Wright
Wm. Gordon
Kirkpatrick
K. Watchorn
Wellesley Hospital
R. Lane
Orangeville
Charles Meredith
Jack Randall
Milton
G. Sinclair
A. C. Patterson
Joy
Smith’s
Weston
W. Mitchell
Joseph Meredith
A. W. Henton
Campbellville
W. Greenlees
Teacher exchanges link Commonwealth and United Kingdom schools
Over 30 years 3000 Commonwealth teachers spent a year in UK schools and 3000 UK teachers taught in Commonwealth schools. The exchange program highlights strong educational ties and reciprocal cultural learning across nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
United Kingdom
Britain
Local Births and Obituaries At Acton And Guelph Area
Notices recall births in Campbellville and Acton with names Wallace, Gor ry, Hurren and Boyd. Obituaries honor Holloway Anderson and Kennedy family bereavement. Local sympathy messages thank community members and listings include trucks, tractors, and surplus vehicles for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Bauer
Community Events and Local Notices From Halton Region
Local notices list blood drive and social events at parish hall and Legion hall. Also advertised are farm machinery sales including tractors and implements, plus job notices for Halton County Home for the Aged positions and a nurse and physician recruitment with commencement dates in June 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halton County
Wm. Deans
Milton
Ont
Deans
Ontario
Upholstery Service Ad in Kitchener Area
Local ad for Kitchener upholstery offers reupholstering and refinishing of Chesterfield suites with slip covers. Prompt service advertised from 103 Acton, with one week turnaround. Discounted rates unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitchener
Acton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Swide
Victoria
Free Press
Brock Avenue
Wr. M. Holmes
Ministraty
Baxter Laboratories
McGeachie
al Kirkneax
Rothwood
Frank Kelso
Arkell
Eden Mills
Guelph
Waterloo
Anderee
A. Perrott
Rockwood
Church Honors Veterans of Cross
Limehouse
BD Family Style Entertainment
Matinees
Manning Electric
QGR
NUIT
TDI
Tad
Leshie
Ellen Bre
Lea
Seal Island
Reaver Valley
Walt Disney Fa
RKO Radio Pisturea, Inc
EXTRA
Fun
Hope
Boen Gorry
Frank Gorry
Mary Elizabeth
Wallace
Jim Wallace
Mac
Gwen
Guelph General Hospital
Hurren
Victoria Avenue
Rabbon
Norman Harvey
Boyd
Gladwin St
Joseph Henry Boyd
Ruby Miller
Helen
Ralph P. Markle
Ancaster
Josephine
Heather
Fairview Cemetery
Boc
Hnolloway
Joving
Edwin A. Holloway
Anderson
Connie Anderson
Ron
John Kennedy
Edward Freeman
Arthur St
James Morrison
Douglas Anderson
G. W. Lasby
Hone
W. Charette
R NR
Edwin Landsborough
Mill St. W
New Hampshire
Sussex
Globe and Mail
Warwick
Rhode Island
Thompson
Pourthy Farm
Ford-Ferguson
Thompson Motors
R. M. Allen
Garrett
Feurrey
Wm. Maddox
E A. Currey
Employees’ Association
Beardmore Co
Lakeside
Kenney
Melvin Walker
New
Ford
Studebaker
Ferguson
T.D. International
Buehler
International
Thos. E. Hewson
Homby” Ball Club
Campbelville
Ball Park
Acton Tonnes Club
St. Alban’s Guild
Legion Hall
Auxthars
YMCA
M.H
Oliver 70 Ltd
Tractor International
Rubber International
Allis-Chalmers
Allis Chalmers
Ford Tractor - Ford
Ford Tonen Lhc
John Deere Foeragse Harvester
D. S. Leitch
Massey-Harris
Erin
Ymic.a. Board
Adminatari Ol
Sesout Hall
Thesghurdhal
Plese
Sisto
Arthur Sw
R. J. Action
P.O. Box
Ao Sen
Belwood
George Groson
Wm. Laing
Gordon Young
Ontario Rendering Company Collect
Actan
Atf
Canada
Familex
Delorimier
Montreal
Anad
Aned
Halton County Home For the
Ray Milland
Gene
Joyce Holden
Charles Drake
Indies
Robert Taylor
Jean-Peters
Judy Holliday
Acton Ontario Sa
Farnworth Memorials
Elora Rd
Guelph, Ont
Ernie
Georgeto
Roxy Theatre
Cecil.a. Carr
Optometrist
Douglas St
Tel
C.O.D
Town & Country Mfg
Place D'Armes
Quabos
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