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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Nov 08, 1951

Page

2

Items for this column phoned to 174 Dificetn Acton

Column items are to be phoned to the number 174 Dificetn Acton for inclusion. The note appears in a local listings column with terse instructions and contact details.

Remembrance Day Observances and Winter News

The snippet notes Remembrance Day events this Sunday and reports winter conditions shaping daily life. It mentions many cars in ditches, snow and ice affecting driving, new Acton highway signs, and the Acton pumping station coming into operation. It also covers local court outcomes, immigration officer notes, and municipal election reminders in Ontario communities.

Obituary for Annie Williamson Cunningham of Cooksville

Annie Elizabeth Williamson Cunningham dies at her daughter's home in Denfield on Saturday November 3. She was a longtime Cooksville resident and active in Church of St. John the Baptist Dixie and the Women’s Institute. She supported youth and served with Holy Trinity Church Lucan in Denfield. Survived by sons Norman Acton and Jackson Victoria and daughters Mrs Tilbury Gretta Denfield and Mrs Ward Veras Brampton, plus four grandchildren. Funeral at Skinner Middlebrook Port Credit with service by Rev G F Banks. Interment in St John the Baptist Church Dixie yard. honorary pallbearers Colonel T L Kennedy and William Dennion. active pallbearers C E Baker Canon Crothers James Kingsbury Howard Pallett J A Smith Arthur Wilson.

Tony Norman Acton Jackson Victoria J. A. Smith Arthur Wilson

Ottawa Revenue Surplus Sparks 1951 Government Upheaval

In the first half of 1951 Ottawa collected about half a billion dollars more in transit taxes and revenues than required to meet government needs, triggering upheaval over budget management and fiscal policy.

Ottawa

Madsen Wins Chimney Contract for S S No 5

Township School Area of Erin No 1 held a meeting at Ospringe School on October 31 with W R McVittie and board members present. V Madsen received the chimney contract for S S No 5 at $146 with supply of all materials. Accounts ordered paid include teachers and janitors salaries and various small disbursements. Canada reports about 150000 disabled working age persons, many veterans of WWII.

Erin No. 1 Ospringe School W. R. McVittie Allan Watson V. Madsen S.S. No. 5 Teresa Austin Radio and Express Myrtle White Edward Hawes Calvin Leiteh T Bert Marry

Births Marriages Deaths Etc Notice Fractured Local Items

Births and obituaries from Acton and Toronto listings. Vari Owen born November 4 1051. Linda Jane born November 3 at Acton Nursing Home. Memorial verses for Mitchell Blair Nicol Inglis Norton Thompson and others. Thanks expressed for television at Crew son’s Corn Hall dance on November 2. Elmer Roszell notes.

L.C.1 Acton Rolhe McEachern Crewson's Corn Hall

For Sale Items Include Apple Bunches and Goods

A miscellany of advertisements list items for sale including produce like apples such as Spys Baldwins and Northern Spys, various farm goods, a chromy buffet, a child play pen, a pram, a wood heater, and a new five room brick bungalow with hot water heating. Listings name sellers and contact phones in Brampton Acton and surrounding areas.

Acton Willard Laidlaw Brampton W. Davidson

Community event listings and notices

Local notices list a series of events in November including choirs euchre and dances at various halls. Activities feature Knox Choir tea at Miss Roszell, Ballinafnd Farm Forum Euchre, Lorne School euchre and dance, Acton Public School Parents Night, Bannockburn W I euchre, Brookville Hall dance with Red Newman's Orchestra, Lakeside Chapter LO.D.E meeting with court whist, Scout hall euchre, and a Progressive Conservative candidate address in Brookville Hall.

Brookville Hall Red Newman Lakeside Lo.d.e Tnc Legion Hall Willian A. Goodfellow Ontario Stanley L. Hall Nassagaweya

Acton By-law Proposal to Close Road Toll Line

The Municipal Council of Acton will consider a by law after one month to close a toll line in the town. The notice cites plan numbers and street references, naming the act under the Municipal Act Chapter 43. Dated October 16, 1951 in Acton Ontario.

Motice Acton Ontario McGeachie Ts 16

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