Local Notes Share Visits and Trips Across Towns
Personal notes record visits from Mr. and Mrs. Bob Frank and Diane to Fort William, E Guay family in Trenton with Regnvaldson families, and neighbors welcoming back Mr. and Mrs. Dean Leslie after six months abroad. Includes Cadet Harold Smith returning from Acton, and Dr. Paul Beer escaping Budapest unrest.
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Mrs
Bob Frank
Diane
Fort William
Mrs. E. Guay
Trenton
Regnvaldson
Dean Leslie
Milton night school opens with about two hundred enrolled
Reports note night classes started this week at Milton with roughly 200 students. Nearby Halton Centennial Manor opened a new staff house attended by locals Sunday. Milk prices rise one cent per quart province wide. Heavy fog led to cancellation of the Scottish Dancing Club event. Christmas decorations and gifts are already on sale as shopkeepers report brisk buying. Fall activities begin including rummage sales and fashion shows signaling a full winter program. Mrs Harold Bell, soon to be Anne Matthew, is launching her historical novel Warm Wind West Wind. Warmer weather may end as roses and vegetables bloom with temperatures above 65 degrees last week.
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Georgetown
Harold Bell
Anne Matthew
Hayward's
D.C
Nelson
Nelson Village
Guelph
Toronto
Barn Destroyed in Milton Area Farm Fire Damages $15000
Loren W Laing farm on Bell's Line south of No 10 sideroad Nelson township saw a barn leveled by fire on Tuesday morning. Losses included 3000 bales of hay 700 bushels each of wheat and oats and 50 hens with $2000 insurance on the barn. Milton and Nelson firefighters saved other structures and suppressed sparks as they fought the blaze.
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Loren W
Laing
Milton
Nelson Township
Bell
No. 10 Sideroad
Nelson
Unusual 1808 French Prisoner Made Model of Amazon
A wooden ship model created by French prisoners of war around 1808 from bone scraps is on display at the Vancouver City Museum. The model represents HMS Amazon, a British 44 gun frigate of 850 tons that served in the Napoleonic wars and carried French prisoners after a 1797 engagement. Curator Thomas Ainsworth calls the piece a mystery, noting it likely arrived a half century ago from an anonymous donor.
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Vancouver
Canada
Vancouver City Museum
Dartmoor
Devon
England
Thomas Ainsworth
Museum
Birds to name Steep Rock trailer development streets
Street names in a new Steep Rock trailer development in Atikokan Ontario will honor birds. Originally planned for personages, a passerby quipped that idea was for the birds, prompting a surveyor to switch to avian names.
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Atikokan
Ont
Steep Rock Iron Mines
Trucker Strike Disrupts Halton Construction Activities
A two week truckers strike in Halton County disrupts building work with police clashes and blockades at quarry sites. At Hayward and Pickett a tentative deal resumes some work while Nelson Crushed Stone sees violent confrontations and convoy guards.
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Halton County
Youckers
Hayward
Pickett
Milton
Teamsters’ Union
Orville Brown
Wilf Robertson
Meeting notes from Knox Sunday school gathering
On November 5 in Knox the girls split into crafts and games for 15 minutes, then moved upstairs for the service and business segment. 17 girls attended as the roll call was read, minutes reviewed, and Mrs. Davidson announced an invitation to the Presbyterian church on November 12.
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Knox
D. Davidson
Presbyterian Church
Edmonton Bookmobiles Prove Popular With Readers
Edmonton public library reports two bookmobiles carrying about 3 500 volumes accounted for more than 22 percent of city library circulation in 1955 56. A new 2 100 volume bus replaces the old 1 500 capacity unit, expanding access to books across 27 weekly stops including schools and remote communities.
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Edmonton
Edmonton ‘Public Library Board
Civil Defence and Armed Forces Unite for Civilian Aid
Canada’s armed forces, while geared to fight an enemy, are prepared to aid civilians during disasters. Deputy Civil Defence Coordinator G S Hatton says military help may be requested by civil authorities for floods fires and other emergencies. Joint army civil defence projects will be directed by civil defence leaders.
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Canada
G. S. Hatton
Federal
Army to boost civil defence with mobile support groups
Brig. R. R. Rothschild outlined army plans to supplement civilian civil defence. By spring 1956 five nationwide commands will have mobile support groups to meet local war or disaster needs. Liaison officers will coordinate with local authorities to provide emergency assistance.
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R. R. Rothschild
Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
Ottawa
Civil defence becomes permanent partner of military defense
Canadian and American lines of electronic warning stretch along the U S Canada boundary the middle of Canada and the northern fringe but no shield is perfect and bombing could still cripple 40 key North American cities without full bomber defeat. Officials stress passive defence remains vital as a long term alliance with military protection.
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Canada
United States
U.S. - Canada
North America
Independent Shoe Maker Stays Firm in Maritimes
Lower Saulnierville Nova Scotia reports J Willie Comeau, 64, runs F G Comeau and Sons, a small family shoe firm founded in 1910. Despite competition from large factories and freight costs, he keeps a six man staff producing about 5000 pairs yearly, recalling a patent allowed him to undersell rivals but triggering a price war that trimmed the business. Once 20 manufacturers existed in the province. now only two remain.
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Saulnierville, NL
J. Willie Comeau
Maritimes
F. .G. Comeau and Sons
Coméau
Halifax
Vancouver
Comeau
Obituary of John Duncan Keith Farmer Headingley Manitoba
John Duncan Keith Farmer 70 a Headingley Manitoba farmer died at Winnipeg General Hospital after 42 years in the district born Acton son of the late Ian Keith pioneer family moved west to work with uncle Neil Keith a railway contractor then settled in Headingley 1914. He was an elder of Headingley United Church active in sports and curling. Survived by wife Annie Jones two sons Lester and Neil four daughters Alice Thaxton Kathleen McGuire Doreen and Jean a sister Alice Keith Vermilion Alberta.
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John Duncan Keith
Headingley
Manitoba
Winnipeg General Hospital
Acton
Ian Keith
Neil Keith
Brownie cookie sale a big success in Acton
Acton residents praise Brownies and Tweeneys for selling 480 boxes by 3 p.m. Saturday. Individual top sellers ranged from 28 to 42 boxes as volunteers step forward while two new packs form to stay within 24-child limits, with enrolment now on a waiting list.
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Acton
Mollie Cantlay to Wed W Rev Arnold in Toronto
Engagement notice announces Mollie Cantlay daughter of Mrs Cantlay and the late W Cantlay will marry W Rev Arnold son of Mrs Arnold and the late B G Arnold. The wedding is set for Friday November 16 at 7 o'clock at Glenview Presbyterian Church in Toronto.
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Mollie
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