Nursery school in Eden Mills runs as a coop effort
In Eden Mills a community club led a volunteer non profit nursery program for pre schoolers. Three years in, registration is limited with 25 to 27 children attending Tuesday and Thursday mornings at the community hall. Fees are minimal for juice and cookies. Mothers from the Club oversee activities and plan play, story time and songs while sharing supervision among families and diverse cultural contributions. Money for toys and art supplies is raised through bake and rummage sales.
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Eden Mills
Margaret Adair
Blowes
McGillivray
Ann Vos
Ann-Marie Bell
Ann Cann
Barbara Kerkhoven
Dial a Word to Save a Life in Miami and Minneapolis
In Miami a hotline offers immediate verbal crisis intervention to prevent suicide, while in Minneapolis a different dial tone guides callers to the Hennepin County Animal Rescue League. The recorded message explains dog breeds rescued by the League and aims to reunite them with owners.
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Miami
Minneapolis
Hennepin County Animal Rescue League
Avian 2-180 gyroplane certified in Canada after nine-year effort
Avian Aircraft Limited of Georgetown received the final Department of Transport certification for the Avian 2-180 gyroplane marking the first such certification in Canada. The process spanned nine years since 1959, with over two million dollars spent on prototypes and part funded by the Canadian government. The aircraft seats two, cruises at 100 mph, and can reach 120 mph, with a 400 mile range and potential applications in defence, exploration, forestry, and military spotting.
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Avian Aircraft, Limited
Georgetown
Department of Transport
Canada
Acu
Firn
Thermo-blectne Corporation
Saddlebrook
New Jersey
Avian Aircraft
Avian
Post's Corner Silent My World
Poem laments a quiet world suffocated by dust and time. The speaker marks the end of eras, noting philosophers and a once laboring man who died amid ruins. Calm, barren scenes replace activity as history collapses into dust and eternity.
Ontario Police Milton Detachment Reports Worst Week For Crashes
The Ontario Provincial Police Milton Detachment logged 912 3/4 hours on patrol covering 8152 miles in the week ending Nov 16. Officers filed 32 H T A charges, issued 33 driving error or faulty vehicle warnings, and checked four vehicles. Twenty-one accidents were investigated including four personal injuries and 17 property damage cases. total property damage was $13,030. A search party located two youths lost in Nassagaweya Township after spending the previous afternoon in a wooded area. The note ends with an unrelated quip about a wife and late return.
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Ontario
Milton
H.T.A
Nassagaweya
Dedication of Acton Pentecostal Tabernacle Addition
The Acton Pentecostal Tabernacle dedicated its new addition in a service led by Rev. F. Potter Hamilton and Rev. K. Reid Forest with praise for God. District Superintendent Rev. Emmons was absent due to postponement. Joy Reid sang two solos as others offered greetings and prayers.
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Acton Pentecostal Tabernacle
Acton
DD. A. Emmons
Miss Joy Reid
Eastern Pentecostal Bible College
Peterborough
Arthur Cook
T. Latto
Peter Binnie
Treas
Jim Bailey
Percy’ Butker
Bill Bailey
Brampton
R. Albertson
Guelph
Fern Gardner
Galt
Gordon Bowen
Kenneth Reid
Forest
Nellie Norton
Limehouse
Tabernacle
Acton's ratepayers eye underground power and new cables
Acton officials debate underground hydro installations to reduce ice problems and boost property value. Council plans to negotiate with Georgetown Cable TV Limited for service, discusses reading water meter rate increases, and absorbs a portion of Ontario Hydro's rate rise while pledging to watch demand and funding.
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Tyler
Les Duby
Duby
Brown
Georgetown Cable TV Limited
Hydro
Ontario Hydro
Commission
Acton Commission
Milton
Georgetown
Funeral Service for Andrew O Ross Held in Toronto
Funeral service was held at Turner and Porter Bloor St chapel Toronto for Andrew Oliver Ross 21 de Rd Acton who died in Guelph General Hospital November 12 Canon Marks officiated and interment followed in Park Lawn cemetery He had been in failing health the past year He and wife Helen Phair married in Toronto in 1926 They moved to Acton from Detroit He served with 58th Battalion CEF June 161S to May 1919 He belonged to Tonic Lodge No 474 for 25 years Surviving wife sister Mrs M Heriot Toronto Predeceased by brothers George William sisters Maggie Isabelle
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Turner
Porter Bloor
St. Chapel
Toronto
Andrew Oliver Ross
Acton
Guelph General Hospital
Canon Marks
Park Lawn Cemetery
Ross
Helen Phair
Detroit
Michigan
58Th Battalion
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Tonic Lodge
M. Heriot
George
William
Maggie
M. Scarrett
Isabelle
L. Ritchie
Greeks Proved World Is Round From 3rd Century B C
Historical text notes that as early as the 3rd century B C Greeks argued the earth is a sphere, reflecting ancient astronomy and philosophy. The claim highlights early scientific thinking and persistent geocentric models in classical scholarship.
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Eden Mills Community Club
Department of Defence
Post's Corner
Silent
MY World
David E. Cohen
Mr. Tyler
Audrey Urqhart
Lakeview
S. N
Discount Centre
Andrew
Ross Cef
Beth
Anders
Rick
Winch’s
Schneider
Wieners
Franck Onian
Roya
le Red
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