First Honor Roll Of The Term At Acton Public School
The First Honor Roll lists top students by class with scores for Senior Fourth Annie Thompson 437 Annie Holmes 426 Charlotte Marshall 426 Hazel Wilson 425 Doris Wilson 423 Marion Nicol 421 totaling 450. Junior Fourth Jeasie Coles 385 LaVerns Smith 382 Mary Cripps 371 Mary Severs 364 Jack Hollinger 368 Willia Jean Weaver 352 totaling 500. Senior Third George Williams 392 Helen Withers 379 Willis Hall 357 Reno Braldo 355 George Bayliss 354 Gordon Bilton 347 M Orr teacher. Junior Third Mina Cripps 498 Dorothy King 491 Tommy Watson 476 Allan Leishman 474 Beverley Arnold 468 Irene Fryer 465 totaling 600. L Adderson teacher. Second Class Albert Souttlt 459 Eleanor Jacque 421 Billy Fields 400 Eileen Close 372 Jimmie Scott 364 Harold Simpson 357 Polly Party 636 Leonard Lambert 495 Lois Dawkins 486 Margaret Hodgins 477 Gerald Pargeter 445 Frances Lamb 434 totaling 600. First Class Barry Gibson 259 Charles Arnold 964 John Turkosz 251 Ethel Franklin 242 Mickey McMillian 240 Peter Turkoss 225 totaling 300. F Ball teacher. First Class Austin Gibbons 180 Olga Dyrin 77 Dora Wood 177 Fern Fryer 173 Margaret Somerville 173 Kenneth Fryer 172 totaling 215. Pitsier Claus Eveleen Braido Enoch Marcak Donald Evans Stanley McHugh Wanda Brachniak M A Odbert teacher. Junior Primary Room Betty Sawyer Harold I Everys Allen Gerald Carmile Leiser Margaret Blow Jack Mainprize Roy Wood M R Moore teacher.
Mason Factory Expansion Planned to Meet Demand
The Mason Kitting Company of Acton plans a new addition to its one story plant to boost output of Mason Knit children's underwear. Construction starts immediately without halting production, as demand and employment in Acton continue to rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Mason Kitting Company
Tim
Mason
Dominion
Evening Meal Digesters and Abridged Wedding Tales
Fragmented text describes an interracial wedding scene with a clergyman, the bridegroom interrupting to read a phrase about love and obedience, and a brief aside about utility cards and samples. It references a timeline of seven weeks until Christ.
Dance and Supper at Eden Mills on November 9
Acton reporters note a dance and supper to be held in Eden Mills on November 9 with admission of 25 cents. Frank's and Black's five piece orchestra to provide music and a supper to be served. event organized for local friends of the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eden Mills
Frank's
Black’s
Acton Hallowe'en Frolic Praised Despite Rain
The Acton Business Men's Association earned praise for a family oriented Halloween in Acton. Four to five hundred attended the arena event where a life size parade, costume prizes, and broom ball entertained despite rain. Prizes ranged from best costumes to country representations and the evening closed with a lively prize presentation by Reeve E. Thetford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton Business Men's Association
Hallowe’en
Acton
Vera Landsborough
Netta Evans
Olive Rookes
Helen ‘Mooney
Melissa Harris
Beatrice Taylor
Dorothy Coxe
Annie Holmes
Ruby Williams
Viola Waller
Nicol
F. Mooney
Margaret Arnold
Mona McGeachie
Gordon ‘Bilton
Hector—Lambert
Harvey
Hassard
John Nicol
Marjory
Davidson
Doris Bilton
Gordon
Bilton
Vernon Agnew
Mona McGeachis
Reeve E. Thetford
Baptist Church Anniversary and Community Notes
The Acton Baptist Church will mark its annual anniversary on Sunday November 13 with Professor Fredrick Tracy of the University of Toronto as preacher. Ballinafad United Church holds anniversary services on Sunday November 6 at 11 00 am and 7 30 pm with a Monday chicken supper and a Fergus talent program by ten artists. Lakeside Chapter I O D E held its November meeting at Mrs W D Robertson's home and plans Armistice Day decorations for the cenotaph and soldiers graves. Actondale U F O P O annual meeting elected officers including Leader R L Davidson and President Walter Linham with secretary William Johnston and treasurer Howard Switzer. pianists Margret Waldie and Pearl Foster. auditors Fred Anthony and J J Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballinafad
Ballinafad United Church
Fergus Talent
I._C
Lakeside
W. D. Robertson
Actondale U. F. O. P. O
Actondale
Mrs Elizabeth Mills Waterton Passes At 71 In Acton
Word arrived in Acton of the death of Mrs Elizabeth Mills Waterton aged 71 formerly Miss Elizabeth Mills born in Esquesing Township. She leaves husband John Waterton three daughters and five sons two brothers and two sisters. Also reported death of Mrs George Cook née Minnie Adams of Acton survived by husband George N Cook two grandchildren one brother Neuman Adams and two sisters. Funeral was held and burial at Fulton Street Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas.’ Mills
Acton
John
Waterton
Elizabeth Mills
William Mills
Esquesing Township
California
James
George Graham
Saskatchewan
J. Vanfleet
Hamilton
George Cook
Cook
Minnie Adams
Grand Rapids
Mie&-st
Mt. Vernon Avenue
N. W
Charles Hodgins
Mentor
Ohio
Archibald Pryki
Seaside
Cal
Fulton Street
Pioneer William McEown of Macaulay Township Dies
Last Monday death claimed 73 year old pioneer William McEown of Macaulay Township. He died after collapsing at home while preparing for supper. Funeral was held Thursday at St Thomas Anglican Church with Rev J S Smedley officiating. Interment in Church of England Cemetery. He was born in Halton County and helped build the Northern Pacific Junction Railway before settling in Muskoka. He leaves wife Elizabeth Smith and ten children: John Ted Clarence Lewis Wesley Gertrude Levina Hazel Florence May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macaula' Township
William McEown
J. S. Smedley
L. Th
Church of England
Mr. McEown
Halton County
Muskoka
Gravenhurst
Bracebridge
Macaulay
Elizabeth Smith
John
Ted
Clarence
Lewis
Orillia
Wesley
Cedar City
Utah
Gertrude
Herbert Dyer
Levina
Hazel
Florence
May
George Sterritt
Longtime Acton Resident Mrs John Thomas Dies at 90
Mrs. John Thomas aged ninety died last Wednesday at the home of her son in law Howard Masales Mill Street Acton after a gradual decline. Born in Perth County she lived in Acton over forty years and was predeceased by her husband ten years earlier. Four daughters survive including Mrs G Thurston Mrs B Merritt Mrs H Masales and Mrs A White. Funeral services were held Friday at the United Church with Rev C L Poole and interment in Fairview Cemetery. Floral tributes came from family and local friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
John Thomas
Howard Masales
Mill Street
Thomas
Perth County
Masales
Caroline Doroway
G. Thurston
Littleton
McVeigh
Smethurst
L. Walters
Roadsmight
Smith
Acton United Church Ladies’ Aid
George Thurston
Dorothy
Georges Mevelyn
Toronto
Velma Merritt
London
B.merritt
Huttonville
Public Utilities Commission Sets Accounts At Fortnight Session
The Public Utilities Commission met on a Tuesday evening with Commissioners L G King I J Kerr and Reeve Thetford present. They approved paying hydro accounts and various suppliers while resenting Hydro-Electric Power Commission over exchange costs and transferring 1000 to the General Account. The meeting also covered arrears, two services on Young Street, transformer pricing for emergencies and a pump house repair inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Utilities Commission
L. G. King
I. J. Kerr
Reeve Thetford
E. Thetford
Acton Public Utilities Commission
Hydro-Electric Power Commission
Hydro Commission
C. E. Parker
Young” Street
Acton School Board Meeting Notes Repairs and Orders
At the Acton School Board session on Tuesday evening Trustees Dr. Buchanan J P Scarrow and Rev P A Sawyer were present with Chairman J M McDonald. The Swiso library books were rebound and repaired and the typewriter at the School fixed. The eleventh Finance Committee report recommended paying Webster Typewriter Repair Service 4.25 and was adopted. Shop early for Christmas and order greeting cards from The Free Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton School Board
Dr. Buchanan
J. P.scarrow
P. A. Sawyer
J. M. McDonald
Swiso
Webster Typewriter
Norval Pioneer Educator Dies After Illness
Mrs. [Name] longtime Norval school staff member who taught in Toronto and Norval Presbyterian Church died after a monthlong illness. A Liberal, she served Kent School and Norval churches, with services in Toronto and Norval. Surviving brothers John James Donald and sister Margaret. Interment in Norval Cemetery. Georgetown Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norval
Toronto
Kent School
Hope
Norval Presbyterian Church
E. MacDonald
W. Patterson
Preston
McKinnon
Boyd
Pallboakers
Thos, Anderson
David
Various Local Hallowe'en Socials and Notices
Hallowe en social events planned including prizes for best costumes. Women's Institute holds regular meeting November 4 at 3 p.m. Layette shower and honey demonstration announced. A fiftieth anniversary celebration for Mr. and Mrs. Swackhamer noted with thanks for well wishes. Police search for five men and a youth after a drake shot on Col. MacKendrick property. Auto collision injures two near Brampton. Golden wedding anniversary in Kitchener for Mr. and Mrs. Hall with 175 guests and a lodge installation in Acton. Wansbrough wedding at Dovercourt Road United Church with reception and plans to reside in Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Institute
Oakville
W. G. MacKendrick
Wintergarden Hall
King Street
Kitchener
Ernest Hall
Acton
Hall
St.Paul s—Lutheran—Church
Boesse
Albert
Byron Beirnes
Violet
Edna
LeRoy
Dorothy
Stratford
New Hamburg
Waterloo
St. Mary's
Wat
George Daly
Columbia
Montreal
Quebec
Mrs. Wansbrough
Roxtot Road
Toronto
Anniversary of United Church Observed in Acton
The eighth anniversary of the United Church in Acton was observed with full congregations at both services. Rev John Little of Rockwood delivered sermons on Home and Repentance, highlighting family life, obedience to God, and the need for the altar in the home. Knox and Baptist congregations joined, Mrs Dale of Toronto sang, and a liberal anniversary offering was collected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Church
Acton
Mr.Little
John Little
Rockwood
Little
Abraham
Knox Presbyterian Church
HL. Bennie
Aikens
Ballinafad
Dale
Toronto
Mr. Little
Christ
God
Jesus
Parkview A C Club Celebrates Month With New Officers
Parkview A C Club marked one month with thirteen new members and new officers elected for a one year term. Elected were E E Barr honorary president W Williams president S Lantz vice president C Byrne secretary Graham treasurer and trainers G Ramsden and G Mosales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Barr
W. Williams
S. Lantz
C. Byrne
Treasure
Graham
G. Ramsden
G. Mosales
Parkview Athletic Club
Also Mentioned on This Page
Uerson
Thompson
Charlotte Marshall
Hazel Wilson
Doris Wilson
Marion Nicol
Jeasie Coles
LaVerns Smith
Mary Cripps
Mary Severs
Jack Hollinger
Willia Jean ‘Weaver
D. Forster
George Williams
Helen Withers
Willis Hall
Reno Braldo
George Bayliss
Gordon Bilton
M. Orr
Mina Cripps
Dorothy King
Tommy ‘Watson
Allan ‘Leishman
Beverley. Arnold
Irene Fryer
L Adderson
Albert Souttlt
Eleanor Jacque
Billy Fields
Eileen Close
Jimmie Scott
Harold Simpson
A. W. MacMillan
Polly Party
Leonard Lambert
Lois . Dawkins
Margaret Hodgins
Gerald Pargeter
Frances. Lamb
Barry Gibson
Charles Arnold
John’ Turkosz
Ethel Franklin
Mickey McMillian
Peter Turkoss
F. Ball
Austin ‘Gibbons
Olga Dyrin
Dora Wood
Fern Fryer
Margaret Somerville
Kenneth Fryer
Pitsier Claus
Eveleen Braido
Enoch Marcak
Donald Evans
Stanley. McHugh
Wanda Brachniak
M. A. Odbert
Betty Sawyer
Harold I
Everys Allen
Gerald Carmile
Leiser
Margaret Blow
Jack Mainprize
Roy Wood
M. R. Moore
Mason Factory
Fred Wrigglesworth
Streetsville
James Sullivan
Indian Grove
Sullivan
Toronto Western Hospital
Warren-Palmer
Hilda Marion Palmer
James Frederick Warren
Walmer
Road Baptist Church
H. H. Bingham
D. D
Yarmouth” ‘Gardens
Bt Josephs Players
Byrne
Lillian
Norman Braide
St. Thomas Comediens
Brat
Patricia Donnelly
Timson
W. L. Cozens
Comier
Kerr-Caldwell
Limehouse
Lydia C. J. Caldwell
H. Caldwell
J. Archie Kerr
Robert Kerr
Ontario
J. W. ‘Kitching
G. R. Kitching
Monticello
Mary Scott
Alma College
St. Thomas
Harold Swackhamer
R. G. Agnew
Bob Agnew
Jack Vanatter
Margaret Agnew
John Kitching
J. A. McMillan
Brampton
Clarence Buck
E. B. Vanatter
Fenelon Falls
Groom
Erin
John Waterton
Sydenham’ Township
Grand Rapids, Mich
William H. McEown
Rae Russell
Otober
Georgetown
William Russell
Major Street
Norval Public School
Georgetown High ‘School
Milton
Model
Pinegrove School
Baquesing Township
Goureck
Hydro
McCutcheon
Tines
Rose & O'Hearn Ltd
Mer
Chandise Cesses Dictetaies
Brown's ‘Transport
Northern Electric Co
Beare’s Ltd
Canadian General Electric Co
Lages Aboaobigasocanes
Hydro Department
Free Press
E. Coles
Hallowe’en’ Social the
U. Fyp. Co
Hallowe’ Er
Frank Swackhamer
Bower Avenue
Mrs. Swackhamer
Edith Ditchfield
L. McLean
D. ‘Dogso
Summerville Avenue
Ditchfield
Peel Memorial Hospital
McLean
Dogson
Maurice Stickney
Donald Huffman
Acton Lodge
No. 204
J. Wilds
F. Rawlings
Cecil Cripps
Parkview A. C
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