Village fire boxes planned for emergency response
The Village Fire Brigade plans fire alarm boxes throughout the village to aid emergency responses. Mr and Mrs Sutherland of Morrisburg bought the old Post Office from Bonar Magill and plan a jewelry store in addition to his watchmaking trade. Neill E McKinnon of Hillisburgh shipped 252 horses in 14 carloads to Montreal for Belgium’s horse meat market. James Petch of RR 2 Caledon was crushed by a cow and suffered a light concussion while herding in his barn.
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Sutherland
Morrisburg
Bonar Magill
Neill_E. McKinnon
Hillisburgh
Montreal
Belgium
James Petch
RR. 2
Caledon
Advocate
Canada as a Producer of Strategic Materials
Canada is described as a major or near sole producer of vital strategic materials essential for preparedness. The article highlights the Industrial Defense Bound plan and notes recent/resource developments in Alberta oil fields and new discoveries in Quebec and Labrador enhancing Canada's potential reserves for democratic nations.
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Canada
Canadians
Alberta
Quebec
Labrador
Democratic Nations
Harran Honored as Burlington Gazette Editor Reaches Fifty Years
Burlington gathers over one hundred citizens and business leaders at the Estaminet to honor Elgin A Harra marking his fiftieth year as editor of the Burlington Gazette. The police committee reviewed nine applications for the vacant police force position, with a recommendation to council. City council awarded a tender to Bickle Seagram Co for a tripbe combination truck unit priced at 6980 dollars, chassis not included.
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Elgin A. Harra
Burlington Gazette
Harria
Thomas Hall
Burlington
Bickle-Seagram Co
Georgetown Tanders Face Acton In Six Preseason Hockey Games
Acton meets Georgetown in the Sheeny Test Memorial Cup preseason series with four clubs in Oakville Weston Acton and Georgetown. Georgetown leads as favorites with 10-1 odds while Milton arena lacks games due to artificial ice plant installation. Tanners practice with Georgetown with Currie and Mellanson joining, and Oakville Weston pose unknowns under newly revitalized prospects.
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Acton
Georgetown
Oakville
Weston
Sheeny
Sheend
Tanners
Tost
Hamilton
Toronto
Grant Gillespie
Lo Marzo
Owen Sound
Milton
Milton Arena
Chuck Currie
Mellanson
Oakville Stores End All Day Wednesday Closings
Oakville retailers abandoned all day Wednesday closures begun weeks ago to save power and returned to afternoon closings. The Trafalgar Memorial Hospital building fund drive is under way with $26,735.63 raised by noon Monday. The formal dedication occurred Thursday during the Remembrance Day service with dignitaries present.
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Oakville
Consumpton
Trafalgar Memorial Hospital
Ontario
Govermor
Ray Lawson
Russell T. Kelly
Oakville and
Trafalgar
Trafalgaar Memorial Hospital
Record Star
Is There a Santa Claus Is There a Santa Claus
A columnist critiques political promises as Santa Claus myths. He contrasts Conservative and Liberal platforms with the idea that government cannot distribute gifts without taxpayers funding them. The piece urges readers to rely on personal effort and warns against overreaching social programs.
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Joseph Lister Rutledge
Brock Chisholm
Santa Claus
Chisholm
Santa
Dr. Chisholm
St. Laurent
Coldwell
Drew
More Plant Food At Less Cost In Eastern Canada
The article notes rising demand for higher analysis fertilizer in Eastern Canada. It explains plant food content matters more than fertilizer mix, traces historical grade changes from 1-8-1 to current 2-12-60 and 2-18-9, and states higher analysis like 3-18-9 or 6-20-12 lowers per unit plant food costs and required application.
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Canada
RCMP Commissioner and T Wood Mention Ancestral Ties
The note references Commissioner and T Wood of the RCMP and highlights a claim that Zachary Taylor is a great great grandson of the 12th US president, Abraham Lincoln’s era tied figure.
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T. Wood, CM. G
RCMP
Us.a
Zachary Taylor
Georgetown Teachers Expenditure Overrun Reported
Georgetown Public School board will exceed its budget by about 1332 dollars this year after an error in estimating teacher expenditures surfaced at the November meeting held last Wednesday. CSIM David Bowman received the Military Medal at an Investiture in Fort York Armouries Toronto for gallantry in action overseas. Elmer Burt’s foxhound won the Carling trophy and four other firsts at the Western Ontario Fox Hunter's Association beach show in Milverton among seventy dogs.
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Georgetown Public School Board
CSIM
David Bowman
Fort York
Elmer Burt
Western Ontario Fox Hunter's Association
Milverton
Herald
How Is Labor Headed
An analysis of labor’s new political power after Truman’s victory. It warns labor must balance gains with broader duties, or risk threatening free enterprise and the continent’s prosperity. It notes organized labor is under one third of the workforce and highlights potential risks if wage and hour demands squeeze unorganized workers.
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Joseph Lister Rutledge
Truman
United States
Altgether
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