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Acton Ontario a working town at high elevation
A historical profile of Acton Ontario highlighting its working‑man heritage, leadership by Mayor E G Tyler, early settlement names Adamsville and Danville, religious diversity, Beadmore tannery growth, Storey Glove Works, and modern industry. It notes Acton’s wartime contributions, population growth, and community projects including a YMCA funded by Mr Murray and a new sewer system.
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Elizabeth Cuddy
Acton
Ontario
Danville
Adamsville
Ezra
Zenas
Rufus Adams
New York State
Ezra Adams
John Knox
Knox
Buchanan
Hamilton
Robert Swan
England
Tto
Harry Britain
Tyler
London
Actons
Canada
Ltthe
Actan
Orginal
Beardmore and Co Ltd
George L. Beanmore
Devon
Hamron
A. Neflis
Storey Glove Works
Wo Ho
Sears
Storey
Ace Tom
Mtd
Resent Industries
Panter Laboratories
Tas Wool Combing Corporation of Canada
Ted Barters
Waixheat
Wool Combing Corporation
Stanley Wilkins
Actanimity Ymca
Dills
Halton