Acton Council Hears Budget Talks and Remembrance Support
Acton council discussed electors two year term, municipal garbage collection to begin January 1, and arena use for militia curling. They approved Remembrance Day wreaths and window display use, and considered tender bids for garbage collection led by L Waxman at 900 yearly, with by law to formalize the contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Hall
Council
H. L. Ritchie
Acton
England
Canadian Legion
Bickte Company
Bickle Company
Department of Migional Defence
Hydraulic Metals, Ltd
Acton Business Men's Association
D. Wilfong
O. R. Brown
A. Harris
I. B. Weadge
Earl M. Lambert
L. Waxman
Varied Program at November Meeting of Acton Junior Farmers
The Acton Junior Farmers met November 5 at Lorne School. Migs Blanche McKinnon chaired a varied program including piano duets by Lorena Locker and Eileen Wright, an impromptu debate on height and weight, judged by Janet Pell and others, and a vocal duet by Blanch McKinnon and Dorothy McKenzie. Lunch and dancing followed the National Anthem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Lorne School
Migs Blanche McKinnon
Lorena Locker
Eileen Wright
John Pell
Jack van Gooren
Wilmer Watkins
Gordon Leslie
Dirk van Goozen
Bert
Watson
Janet Pell
Mrs. Fisher
Mansell Nellis
Blanch McKinnon
Dorothy McKenzie
Exchange Teacher Recalls England Experiences During War Year
At the Duke of Devonshire Chapter 1 C D E meeting held at Mrs. W Clayton’s home, Miss Burns of Hamilton shared vivid first hand details of her year as an exchange teacher in England. Members praised her account and a vote of thanks was given. Remembrance Day activities and poppy selling were discussed, and one new member joined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Devonshire
C.D.E
W Clayton
Barr
W J Beatty
Miss Burns
Hamilton
England
J. C. Matthews
F. Salt
Ritchie Allen Wedding Held at Bride’s Home Saturday
The marriage of Miss Ruby Allen to James Ritchie occurred Saturday afternoon at the bride’s Acton home. Rev. D. D Davidson officiated with Frank Wale providing music as family and friends from Acton Georgetown Brampton Toronto Hamilton Woodstock and Petawawa attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Allen
James Ritchie
Charles Allen
Acton
John B Ritchie
Georgetown
D. D Davidson
Georgetown Presbyterian Church
Frank Wale
Betty Ritchie
President Ent acted Insurance Board at His Home
Members of the Board of Directors and officials of Halton Union Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company visited the October meeting hosted by President and Mrs J E Pearen. They enjoyed a bountiful dinner at the Pearens farm home just west of Acton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halton Union Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company
J. E. Pearen
Acton
Pearen
The Force-Lewis Wedding at Grand Valley
A quiet ceremony was held on Saturday November 2 1940 at St Alban's Church Grand Valley. Josephine Louise Lewis daughter of Mrs Lewis and the late Frank Seath Lewis married Harold Rancler Force of Acton son of Mrs Force and the late Mr Cicero Force of Galt. The Rev G P Parson officiated with J L Lewis Toronto uncle of the bride presenting. After the ceremony the couple left for a motor tour and a reception followed at Dr M Wynne Berwick's home with extended family and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Alban’s Church
Grand Valley
Josephine ‘Louise
Lewis
Frank Seath Lewis
Collingwood
Harold Rancler Force
Acton
Force
Cicero Force
Galt
G. P. Parson
Shelburne
M. Wynne Berwick
Berwick
Local Company Supports Red Cross Ambulance Fund
Mutual Fire Insurance Companies of Ontario plan to raise 4000 dollars for an ambulance purchase for the Red Cross. Any surplus after purchase will be donated to Red Cross funds. Halton Union Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company approved an allotment of 75 dollars at the October meeting to support the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Fire Insurance Companies
Ontario
Red Cross
Halton Union Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Acton Youths Injured in Sunday Car Crash
Pte Leo Close and Miss Margaret Sinclair of Acton sustained severe injuries when their car collided with a telephone pole just east of Acton on the highway early Sunday morning. Both were taken to St Josephs Hospital in Guelph for treatment, with Miss Sinclair suffering the most serious facial and possible internal injuries. The windshield was broken by the impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Leo Close
Margaret Sinclair
Acton
St. Joseph's Hospital
Guelph
Sinclair
Building Starts on New Mason Subdivision Homes in Acton
On Monday morning construction began on two houses on Alice Street in Acton as part of the New Mason subdivision. Amos Mason owns the land with 33 building sites planned, a brook and park-like banks, and J. B. Mackenzie & Son as contractors. One six-room with bath, the other five-room with bath, both with basements and modern features, targeted for occupancy by January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Street
Acton
Bower Avenue
Storey Grove
Amos Mason
Mason
Prize Winners Halton Plowing Match Friday
Adverse weather reduced entry at the Halton Plowing Match on a Nelson Township farm but 37 contestants plowed ridges amid ideal soil. Harold Picket won the Bank of Commerce Trophy in the Open walking plow class and Grant Baker earned the Bank of Nova Scotia trophy in the Halton under-20 group. Multiple awards across classes honored local youth from Milton Campbellville and surrounding areas. The Milton Town Hall banquet featured remarks by Victor Hall and Warden George Finney with banker FH Gilroy as guest speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Leatherland
Acton Welfare Board
Relief Bank of Nova Scotia
Bank of Montreal
Acton Public Utilities Commission
Bank of Nova Scotia
Acton Public School Board
Acton Free Press
Circle Cleaners
Los Shwe
F. McCutcheon
Harrop
Halton
W. R. Hume
Nelson Township
Bank of Commerce
Harold Picket
Hornby
Bank of Nova
Ross Harper
Rockwood
Horace Barnes
Georgetown
Wm. Gemmell
Ayr
Stan Puller
Howard Fess
Selkirk
Geo. Wall
Brantford
Leonard McDonald
Ohsweken
Kenneth Brown
Grant Baker
Freeman
Rhys Bacher
Cayuga
Keith Bacher
Jim Eccles
Brampton
Spencer Wilson
Norval
John Hall
Roy Craig
Harvery Nurve
Frank McKerr
Milton
Vernon McArthur
George Stewart
Leslie Wills
Leonard Lister
Amos Newell
George Gastle
Gordon Cartwright
Milton Town Hall
Victor Hall
Association
Hall
John Lister
Hanna Picket
Mr. Hall
George Finney
FH. Gilroy
Gilroy
Hal~ton
Lowville
Campbellville
Venezuelan firm offers 10 percent of commissions to British Red Cross
Venezuelan agents proposed 10 percent of their commissions to Bradford importers for the duration of the war to be donated to the British Red Cross. The offer was reported from Bradford England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
England
Halton Public Speaking Prizes Awarded at Milton Meeting
Halton Educational Association held its annual meeting at Milton High School on October 31 with Paxton of St Davids as guest speaker. Four townships entered the contest and awards went to Robin Fraser Nelson Phyllis Robertson and David McLean. Skuce presented medals and books. officers remained mostly the same with C Service becoming vice president. Helena McPhail directed musical numbers from Kelso and Ligny pupils. National Anthem closed the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paxton
St. Davids
Halton Educational Association
Milton
D. Hartley
Greenock Literary Society Hallowe'en Party Held
The Greenock Literary Society hosted a Hallowe'en social on Thursday with a costume parade. Evelyn Penaren won Best Hallowe'en Costume, Isabel Swackhamer Best Lady's Costume, Gordon Lestie Best Gent's Costume, Laura Johnston and Margaret McPhail Best Couple, and Gordon Couling Best Comic Costume. Games and lunch followed, then dancing to finish the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenock Literary
Greenock Literary Society
Hallowe'en
Gordon Lestie
Laura Johnston
Margaret McPhail
Gordon
Missing Farm Laborer Found Hanging Near Barn
The body of Scott Rosendale, a laborer for J. J. Thompson of Stewarttown, was found Sunday hanging in a vacant barn about a mile from the scene of a prior fire that destroyed the employer’s barn. Rosendale, from Lisle, had been missing since the fire on October 27. Nelson Cooke discovered the body and told police Rosendale had not been in the barn since the previous Monday. Police estimated the body had been in the barn for several days. Rosendale had worked two years for Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Rosendale
J. J. Thompson
Stewarttown
Rosendale
Nelson Cooke
Thompson
Cooke
Bute
Lisle
Remembrance Day Services Planned for Acton Community
Acton observes Remembrance Day Monday with a parade forming at the Town Hall including militia, band, Reeve Chal mers, Council members and local organizations. A brief ceremony at the Soldiers Monument will precede the United Church service. Residents urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Uweain
Soldiers’ Monument
United Church
Reeve Chalmers
Acton Legion
Cockney Spirits Leave Barber Smirking After Window Blowout
A South London barber posts a door notice after the upper part of his shop window is blown away. The sign reads I have had a close shave. How about you. Local readers note the resilient humor amid damage and disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Icp
London
Child evacuees praise Canada as Empire credit
Manchester dispatch notes that British children evacuated to Canada have written impressions of the Dominion. A 14 year old boy described Canada as a credit to the Empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Canada
Dominion
Police Protection Asked for Mill Street Crossing
The report notes a request for police supervision at the Mill and Willow Street corner to guard pupils returning home from the Acton school at a late hour. The Acton School Board meeting covers sanitation, toilet facilities, Parent's night, and a proposed November 22 fundraiser dance for the Rea Crow Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blow, Boyd, Oakes and Dills
Acton School
Bonda
FP. S. Blow
A.J Buchanan
M. Leiter
Rea Crow Society
Per- Iisson
Leitch
Willow Street
G. McKenzie
Treistee Boyd
Mann
MeKenzie
Lakeside Chapter TOME Holds Busy November Meeting
Lakeside Chapter TOME gathered at Mrs A Pryor's home for a lively November session led by First Vice Regent Miss Emma Robinson. Committees set to sell Remembrance Day poppies and tickets for Tom Brown’s Schooldays film while planning Christmas gift drives for a Northern Ontario school. An illustrated talk on Scotland by Mr William Burton featured colored slides of landscapes and landmarks. Group Three hosted and provided lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeside
A. Pryor
Bower Avenue
Emma Robinson
Legion
Naise
Tom Brown
Ontario
Scotland
Burton
Hallowe'en Parties At Lorne School Include Spy Apple Guess
A Hallowe'en concert at Lorne School No 12 Esquesing on October 30 featured recitations readings drills ghostly numbers rhythm band and dialogues. Apples won in a spy apple guess by Mr F Denney and Mrs Wilmer Watkins. Proceeds aid Red Cross and rhythm band. A Friday afternoon Hallowe'en party offered further fun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorne School
No 12
Esquesing
F. Denney
Red Cross Praises Free Press Support In Canada
National Publicity Committee chair H N Pier Moore thanks Editor and Canadian press for backing Red Cross fundraising for war emergency work. The letter notes generous public response and emphasizes how reporting and fundraising were funded and spent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Red Cross
Red Cross
Canada
H Nrpier Moore
National Publicity Committee
Force Bowlers Rout Hatters 7–0 in Guelph League
Force Bowling Team defeated Hatters 7-0 in the Guelph Commercial Bowling League on Tuesday night. Scores listed include M Roote H Otterbien R Langford W Corry E Grischow with totals 178 167 158 198 165 269 211 210 182 and team sums 994 866 1014 2877 902 776 831 2509.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Force
Hatters
Guelph
M. ‘Roote
H. Otterbien
R. Langford
W. Corry
E. Grischow
Force Electric
Five Divorce Cases in Talton Court This Week
Five divorce proceedings were heard in Halton County Court this week before Mr. Justice Greene. Cases included Atherton vs Ather ton and Richardson vs Richardson plus Gordon-Hale and LeBlanc matters and Fryer sisters seeking damages from Mrs Poile after a car collision caused by Gilbert Sinclair on August 29 1939 with judgment in Sinclair’s favor for 700 plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halton
Justice Greene
Doris May Atherton
Harry Atherton
Fftamiulton
Ro C Richardson
Oakvalle
Ruby Richardson
Burtzigton
Low Tribes Hale
Gordon — Hale
Georgetown
Muriel LeBlanc
Burlington
Sios
LeBlanc
Bronte
Jane Goring
Gordon -Goring
Hamilton
Irene Fryer
Poile
Gilbert Sinclair
Sinclair
Coming Events Notices Charged for Announcements
Public notices inform that announcements of meetings fairs and other events are charged at 10 cents per line with a minimum fee, reflecting a local newspaper policy for events section listings.
St. Alban's Sale of Work and Talk in Parish Hall
St. Alban's W A Sale of Work Baking December 17 in Parish Hall Ten November 14 8.00 pm United Church Mrs A Agnew to speak of her thrilling experiences in China Tea Sale of Baking and Exhibition of Work Saturday November 9 3.00 pm in St Alban's Parish Hall Young People's Purchase tickets to Tom Brown's School Days for Tuesday November 12 from Lakeside Chapter ICDE members Enjoy yourself help winte wan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Alban's W. A
United Church
A. Agnew
China
St. Alban’s
Young People’s
Tom Brown
Lakeside
Te Wan
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. H. Creighton
J. F. Davison
M. Sinclair
W. J. O. Oakes
J. B. Chalmers
George Havill
Marjorie Nelson
Dora Wood
Morley Allen
Groon
Toronto
Woodstock
Petawawa
Insurance Board
J. L. Lewis
Kathleen R. Lewis
George Force
Mary Zinn
Mrs. Force
New
Mason Subdivision
Halton Plowing
Venezuela
Penaren
Isabel Swackhame¢r
Soldiers’ Memorial
Cockney Spirits
Mill Street
Dublin Institute
Dublin Woman's Institute
Stanley Robinson
N. Anderson
Webster
Somerville
Edgar Guest
W. Watkins
Near
Guelph Collegiate
MIM
Willow
Lakeside Lod
Talton Court
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