Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Acton Free Press in Acton, Ontario

We have pages in Ontario

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

May 26, 1955

Page

2

PUC Authorizes Light Standards Continue From Page One

A fragmented account listing items from Hydro and Waterworks services shows charges from Bell Telephone Co Acton P.U.C. Waterworks and other vendors. The figures include 10 306.64 for April and 11 968.36 for Jas R Kearney Corp with various small line items such as 6.35 Garlock Packing and 3.30 Williams Supply Co.

Pasa Omen Waterworks Bell Telephone Go Co Acton P.U.C. Hydro Symon Hardware Garlock Packing Co Williams Supply Co Hydro Bell Telephone Co Acton P.llc Waterworks Rere Bowes Voeter Sotvice Federal Wire & Cable Co Can. Line Materials Ltd Jas. R Kearney Corp

Ottawa Tulip Time at Knox Church Spring Tank Offering

Evening Auxiliary of Knox church with Senior WMS members hosted Mrs. R H Armstrong at the Manse on May 18 for the Spring Tank offering service. Mrs. John L Davidson convened the program with devotions by Mrs. Stewart Sinclair and Mrs. Robert O’Hara, solos by Bella Maye Rozzell and a piano solo, reports from the Biennial Conference, and hospitality for 145 delegates from Toronto district arriving by coaches.

Knox Church W. Mls R. HL Armstrong Manse John L. Davidson Stewart Sinclair Robert O'Hara Bella Maye Roszell India Luzetta McLelland J. Krapek Acton Galt Toronto G. W. Masales James Inglis A. ¥. MacSween Kamloops A. J. Buchanan WMS

Engagements of Margaret Patricia Duval and Muriel Elaine Appleyard

Announcement lists engagements of Margaret Patricia Duval to John South from Acton and Muriel Elaine Appleyard to Donald Garfield First from Richmond Hill. Marriage set for June 4 at Limehone Presbyterian Church at 2 oclock.

W. J. Duval Acton Margaret Patricia John South Thomas Appleyard Mr. Appleyard Georgetown Muriel ‘Elaine Donald Garfield Garfield Richmond Hill Limehone Presbyterian Church

Acton Community Sees Wide Weekend of Visits

Local residents hosted and visited relatives across Ontario and Quebec amid a string of weekend trips. Names include Brown, Black, Langtree, Watson, Burns, Turner, Eskrick, Lemon, Warren, Lovett, Braida, Kenney, Stuckey, McKiddie, Howie, Partridge, Noble, Smith, Dyril, Dumarch, Knight, Dunk, Davidson, Funk, Moore, MacPherson, Ziessig, Brown, Mia, Ballentine, McGeachie, Buckner, Maples, Buckner family plans relocate to Guelph with relatives joining in Montreal and Edinburgh.

A. T.brown John Black Detroit Margaret Langtree Ridgetown Ken Watson Linda Milton Harry Burns Buffalo N.Y Norman Turner North Bay Pauline ‘Eskrick Guelph R. L. Johnston Fred Lemon Betty and Marilynn Dean Lemon Belleville Fred Warren Toronto J. Wood Douglas Lovett Halifax David Gordon Armand Braida Kingston Acton A. B. Kenney Maple Creek Sask Fred Stuckey Billy Bowmanville Grace McKiddie Ruby Clark Mabel Howie Ruth Partridge St. Catharines Harry Noble Ruby Smith Olga Dyriw May Dyril Bill Dumarch Heather Ann Elora E. M. Hartley Cyril Knight Douglas Palmerston Melvin Burns D. Dunk St. Joseph’s Hospital Charles ‘M. Davidson Fred Funk John S. Moore Dundas Siegfried -Ziessig Blow Press Malartic Quebec Fern Brown Bertha Brown Zella McCartney Ern Brown Jack Mia Montreal Bracebridge A. M. MacPherson Jean Helen Janet Edinburgh Scotland Buckner

Leno Braida Graduates With Honors in Toronto

Leno Braida son of Mr and Mrs Abele graduates with honors in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto on Wednesday. He will pursue postgraduate work at the same university.

Leno Braida Abele. Braida University of Toronto

Season Schedule For Church Softball League

The local church softball league released games at 6:30 pm at public school grounds. May 30 Baptist versus United. June 1 Catholic versus Anglican. June 5 Presbyterian versus Baptist. June 6 United versus Catholic. June 8 Anglican versus Presbyterian.

Baptists United Catholic Anglican Presbyterian Baptist Presbyter

Commercial Industrial Bowling Banquet Held

Members of the Commercial Industrial Bowling League gathered at the Dominion Hotel for a turkey banquet and trophy presentation as the season closed. Dodd's Demons received the hotel trophy. Herb Dodds accepted. Individual trophies went to Paul Lawson John Creasey Hartley DeForest John Rocher Ron Papillon and Herb Dodds. High average Karl De Forest high triple and A Kentner high single honored by league president John Black. A post banquet film followed.

Industrial Dominion Hotel The Dominion Dodd's Demons Mre

Wellington County Historical Museum Opens for Second Season

The Wellington County Historical Museum in Elora reopened for a second season on Monday attracting Halton county visitors. Leslie R. Gray of the Ontario Historical Society officiated, stressing the need to preserve relics as pioneers often kept no records, cautioning against discarding valuable items in house cleanings.

Halton County Wellington County Historical Museum Elora Halton F Leslie R. Gray London Ontario Historical Society Wellington Group

Examinations Near As Acton High Prepares

Examinations are two weeks away and students are urged to study. Wayne Archie won one championship on Wednesday. Joe Jang returns from Ottawa to work after a holiday. Addition construction begins at Acton High with four to five rooms and a nurse's room planned for fall occupancy. The cross country run for the year moves east of Acton to new farms with a tougher course, set for Friday May 27 if weather cooperates.

Wayne Archie Joe Jang Ottawa Gordon Acton High School Buchanan Reed Jany Acton Messrs. R. N. Brown George Somerville

Oakville Guernsey 10 Year Old Record

Sarah a Guernsey cow owned by George H King and Son Oakville Ontario has achieved a ten year record of 10 155 pounds of milk and 501 pounds of butterfat bringing total production to 80 624 pounds of milk and 3 667 pounds of butterfat in seven lactations earning a Silver and Seal Certificate from the Canadian Guernsey Breeders Association.

Kingsholm Guernsey Breeders’ Association Sarah Guernsey George H. King and Son Oakville Ontario

Apathy Targeted at Ontario Political Meeting

CCL Secretary Dave Archer urged a crusade for honesty in government at a joint Farmer Labour meeting in Georgetown. He touted cooperation between farmers and workers and criticized provincial subsidies and Conservative road funding amid rising taxes and public apathy.

Dave Archer Ontario Federation of Labour CCL Hhitton Town Hall Kinsle Labour Council John Maskell Canadian Congress of Labour Stewart Cooke United Steelworkers of America Georgetown Stan Allen CCF Smith and Stone Tories Ontario Cooke

Veterans Join Branch For Decoration Day Event

A group reports a quiet fishing weekend with good mic from the mosquitoes and black t. a number of veterans join the branch on membership night and are urged to attend Decoration Day with Sea Cadets and the Sea Cadet Bard. Court records show 299000 mink 16000 chinchillas and 5300 foxes on Canadian fur farms.

Uite

Also Mentioned on This Page

PUC Ian Wellington Fish and Chips Capes By Nell. Benten Lil Thea Speed Frank. Toth Lorne Garner Motors Ltd Legion Dairy Jersey Dairy ‘Phone Don Timmings Fairview Cemetery C.N.R Sid Laz Sid's Bargain Centre mildred _ bell Aig Hondo MacDonald Carey Passage Rod Cameron Tney RO Band Hive Towne DE Carls Ae
Search Courier

Search the Acton Free Press Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Acton Free Press?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication