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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 02, 1919
Page
10
Notices announcing new charges for births marriages and deaths including 500 for births 60 for marriages 60 for memorial cards and 10 extra for poems on funeral notices in the local listing.
Local items report the Clargetown Fair, Rockwood Fair, Acton Fall Fair details, and Victory Bond campaigns. Notes on auctions in Fergus and Rockwood, sermons on prohibition, and memorial plans for soldiers. September weather praised. changes to morning trains and council meetings listed.
Dr A W Nixon of Milton was acclaimed as the Halton Conservative candidate for the coming provincial election. He accepted the nomination and spoke on issues of the day. Hon George Henry, Minister of Agriculture, was the principal speaker. He reviewed government legislation and critiqued the U F O and Ita claims. K Anderson spoke on agriculture and the U KF GQ. He favored prohibition in principle but objected to the QTA policy on doctor prescriptions. The act was said to have some amendments.
The Village of Acton passes a by law to borrow 25000 dollars for Gourlay and Fogelberg Limited to build a boots and shoes factory. The plan includes a first mortgage of 26000, a factory building valued at 10000 plus land and equipment totaling 30000, and twenty annual debentures for repayment with six percent interest. The project requires at least 60 employees on average and covers wages reporting and insurance requirements.
The Acton Village by law outlines election day details for October 30 1919 with Deputy Returning Officers at Acton Town Hall and Main Street polling sub divisions. A village reeve will attend October 17 1919 to appoint two persons to attend final vote summing and a public advocate list. The clerk will attend October 31 1918 to tally votes for and against the by law.
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