Various Local News Items From Parish Hall to Farm Crops
A parish hall event is announced for next Wednesday and weekly thereafter during fall and winter. Tax collectors report taxes paid this year higher than last. almost half paid in the first period. Bus schedule changes go into effect with Acton westbound and eastbound departures listed. Rev Charles D. Draper to speak at United Church anniversary services with special choir music. U P Y P O meeting summary notes new officers and year plans with music and thanks to a former leader. Knox Guild opening election of officers and committee rosters. A bumper apple crop is reported with 1933 production by province and fruit breakdown for Nova Scotia Ontario British Columbia Quebec New Brunswick. Pears peaches plums and grapes production estimates also given with regional concentration in Ontario and BC. An insurance offer for short term auto protection appears at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waited” Church
Charles D. Draper
Beamsville
United Church
Aince Union
Canada
Nova Scotia
British Columbia
Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
British ‘Columbia
Acton Fair 1933 prize winners and Jersey Calf Club scores
The 1933 Acton Fair awards include the Robert Simpson prize for livestock exhibitors won by W. O. Brownridge who receives a silver tea service. Mrs Bessey is named best lady driver. Home Gardens prizes go to Velma Murray first, Margaret Brown second, Gigna Webster third, Margaret Waldie fourth, Elva Johnston fifth. Jersey Calf Club points list shows top finishers led by John Ruddell 913, Harold Barber 900, Emmett McGibbon 893, Eccles McClure 895, and others through John Hunter 567.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Robert Simpson
W. O. Brownridge
Bessey
Wheeler
Velma Murray
Margaret Brown
Gigna -Webster
Margaret Waldie
Elva - Johnston
School Fair Winners in Halton County 1939
List of trophy and book prize winners from Eaton Trophies and Shields at Halton County school fairs. Names include Allan Rob son Esquesing and Marjorie Oliphant Nelson among dozens of students, with teachers Ethel Brough ton and Mary E. Peddie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaton
Halton
Limehouse
Allan Robson
Esquesing
Joanna “Shortill
Fred Ruddell
Jessie Lindsay
Appleby
Charles ‘Williamson
Nelson
Marjorie Oliphant
Wilfred Jones
Shield
Ethel Broughton
Acton Public Utilities Commission Meeting Accounts
At a Tuesday evening session commissioners Kerr King and Thetford were present. Motions approved payments totaling 109.04 for tools repairs stamps and supplies plus 652.69 for waterworks items including meter repairs and other charges. The dialogue shifts to an unrelated humor item from The Evening Meal Digester with a joke exchange between a teacher and student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton Public Utilities Commission
R._J _Kerr
L. G. King
Reeve Thetford
E. T. Thetford
Milton Schools Dominant In Inter School Athletic Meet
Milton School won the Thos. Blakelock Trophy with 256 points, Georgetown 139, Acton 124 as Acton Milton and Georgetown high schools competed in an all day inter school meet at Acton Park. Milton swept numerous events including boys and girls jumps, sprints, relays, and distance races with top finishes by S Gastle E McCumber K Marshall B Clement L Gilbert J Brush and D Crichton among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Milton
Georgetow
Milton School
Georgetown
End
Thos. Blakelock
S. Gastle
E. McCumber
Footttt
K. ‘Marshall
B. Coxe
B. Clement
G. Gilbert
S. Lantz
F. Robertson
R. Cook
Jim Jones
G. Marshall
A. Sykes
R. Duncan
D. Crichton
C. Gilbert
H. Norton
Gils
A. Cookman
R. McNa
A. McNabb
C. Peacock
B. Brush
3. Lantz
G. Footitt
K. Marshall
Arnold
Peacock
J. Brush
Nabb
Chapman
EF. Test
H. Walker
A. Grieve
J. Galbraith
L. Gilbert
N. Maynard
D. MacArthur
R. McNabb
G. Lantz
J. Mezwak
E. Tost
D. Pollard
M. Marshall
L. Snow
D. Coxe
N. Maymard
D. McArthur
B. Taylor
Juhior
E. Arnold
Bolay
Flleen Dearkinson
H. Gastle
Feacock
Stilton
Lantz
Ton
Lainy
J. Jones
J. Jenkinson
Dann
G. Lants
E Swackhamer
Gastie
Kilbert
Halton Educational Association Officers Elected at Milton Meeting
The Twelfth Annual Halton Educational Association meeting at Milton Court House elected officers for the year including Honorary Presidents J M Denyes and A G Kirstine, President Mrs David Hartley, and Secretary M A Campbell. Delegates to the OEA were named and a plan for a pre convention meeting was adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Halton Educational Association
Court House
Milton
Inter-School Rugby Schedule for Fergus Milton Georgetown Acton
Fergus Milton Georgetown and Acton schools announce a rugby schedule beginning October 10 with games on October 12 17 19 24 and 26. The season ends with a final Dance at Stanley Park Erin on Thanksgiving Night featuring Martin Ramsay seven piece Orchestra. Admission is 25 cents for ladies 50 cents for gentlemen including tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fergus
Milton
Georgetown
Acton
Stanley Park
Erin
Martin Ramsay
Taxy
Sacred Band Concert Lights Up Acton United Church
A Salvation Army Band performance in Acton United Church drew a solid crowd with duets and quartette numbers sung after a street parade. The Erin Fair program October 7 and 9 features saddle and road horses, fiddlers, dancing, and the Fergus Pipe Band with a Hobby Horse Ride and clowns. A Grace Church Brampton group celebrated Miss Lucinda Graff’s upcoming marriage with a mock wedding and kitchen utensil shower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton United
Salvation Army Band of
St. Catharines
W. ‘Mason
Erin Fair
Fergus
Grace Church
Brampton
Lucinda Graff
School Board Meeting Reviews Finances and Field Day Plans
At a regular School Board meeting trustees discuss the ninth finance report totaling 96.41 and adopt it. Principal Herbert reports repairs needed on the school piano and supports Field Day arrangements with a donated trophy and rugby plans. The board approves a one to three thirty school day for rural pupils’ sports and considers a first aid unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham, Norton
Buchanan
Scarrow
J. M. McDonald
Graham
Committee On Finance
Canadian National Express Co
Elliott Bros
E Jones
Highway Garage
Geo. M. Hendry Co
Central Scientific Co
National Stationery Ltd
Halton Educational Association
Herbert
T.A. Blakelock
R. EK. Anderson
W. G. Martin
Literary Society
Teachers Institute Halton Conven tion Opens At Oakville
The Halton Teachers Institute annual convention meets in St Jude s Hall Oakville starting 9 30 a m devotional led by Canon Smith of Oakville Miss F Horne of Burlington speaks on A Year in Londonderry on Teachers Exchange Afternoon sessions focus on graded and ungraded work chaired by Miss A V Ryan of Georgetown and Miss N Jardine Hornby Institute 1934 programme discussed Honorary President J M Denyes Milton Kent Vice President Ralph Hughes Eden Mills Secretary Miss M Bennett Acton Treasurer Mrs M R Moore Acton Executive Miss R Giffen Esquesing Miss M McMillan Nassagaweya Miss A Elliott Nelson Miss A Miller Trafalgar and urban school principals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Kirstine
David Hartley
J. Holtby
M. A. Campbell
Acton
George Agnew
Georgetown
Public School Board
Milton
Gazely
Oakville
McBain
Burlington
Donkin
Nelson
John “Hetherington
Joanna Shortmee
Ethel Sinclair
Peggy Moreland
Halton Educational Association
H. Inglehart
O. B.A
E. M. Readhead
Halton County Council
Holtby
Ife
Grace Osborne
Ontario
Halton
St. Jude’s Hall
Canon Smith
F. Horne
Londonderry
A.V. Ryan
N. Jardine
Hornby
Halton Teachers
R. Giffen
Esquesing
M. McMillan
Nassagaweya
A. Elliott
A. Miller
Trafalgar
Urban Schools
Acton and District Poppy Remembrance Day Campaign Statement
Financial statement shows total receipts previously acknowledged. Mr Geo Kohle listed with 5.00 to Welfare Work in Acton Eramosa Erin Esquesing and Nyssa. Balance in bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton, and District
Geo
Kohle
C. O
Farmer warns druggist to label bottles for horse and man
A farmer tells a druggist to clearly mark bottles for the hose and for himself to prevent harm to the horse before spring plowing. He emphasizes caution to keep the animal safe during field work.
Acton Parish Tea Sale and Community Notices
An afternoon tea and sale will be held in Acton Parish Hall on Saturday October 7 from 3 to 6. Mortgages in Halton are being discharged with seven cleared in one week, mostly on northern farms, signaling improving mixed farming conditions. Plans for sending a car of Western Canada supplies—donations of clothing, bedding, vegetables, and canned goods—are under way, with shipping expected October 20–25. Acton Fair directors decide to pay 75 percent of prize money this year due to weather-related deficits, aiming for a stronger 1934 fair. Club meetings, athletics talk by Gordon Cooper, and a field day are planned, with Buckingham toy donations for Christmas. Funeral of six-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton (R R No. 4, Rockwood) held at Everton Cemetery. services led by Rev. Mr. Taylor. Pallbearers named as Srma Peart, Margaret Day, and G Alton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
St. Alban’s W. A
George Hillmer
Halton County
Canada
United Church
Gordon Cooper
E. E Barr
The
Legion
George Hilton
R. R. No
Rockwood
Everton ‘Cemetery
Everton and
Mr. Taylor
Ei Thehouse
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Arrow
Acton U. P. Y P. O
Walter Linham
Knox Young People Organic
Knox Guild
H. L. Bennie
Louis Brownlow
Jack Skilling
Bessie Rawlings
Jack Graham
Ted Hansen
J. ‘MacGregor
Harry Murray
Bert Patrick
Laura Hall
Brookville
Jean Robertson
Fred Rinehart
Isabelle McLeod
S. S
Wassagaweya
Margaret Gandier
Palermo
Sally Davies
Norma Davies
Mabel Davies
Edna Black
Mt. Nemo
Grant Norton
Bernice Norton
Jean Alderson
Annie L. Elliott
Hormmby—Gilvert
Jack Robertson
Marion Dick
Leonard Lister
Mary E. Peddie
Public Utilities Commission
Neptune Meter Co
Saah
George
Test
M. Saunders
Charlotte Marshall
K. Hale
Molly Hatley
Lillian ‘Woodhall
J. Farnell
B. Ramsden
Hazel Wilson
Margaret Marshall
Isabell Campbell
K. Gale
G. Leslie
Audrey Chalmers
I. Woodhall
B. McNabb
R. Foulis
W. Timbers
J. Gilbert
A. Vansickle
Kk. Chapman
Brush
Brampton Friends
New C. C. F
W. Coles
Freeman
Toronto
J. P. Scarrow
C. K. Browne
United Young People's League
Young People’s Society of the United Church
Clara Savage
Lorna Kennedy
Messrs. G. Masales
Ted Clifford
Melvin Lotker
Norman Gibson
G. Masales
T. Clifford
G. Simpson
Albert Mills
God Save the King
McCartney-Mason
Campbellville
Edna Adelaide
Mabel McCartney
Douglas Mason
Gigarette Ughter
McCartney
Dundas
Orth
Bixth Line
Mundas Highway
Fikipe Mountain Pass
Teachers’ Institute
O. H. A. Executive Committee
Russell
Normarr Morton
Dave D. Ainslie
Galt
Chas. Swayze
Grimsby
Ron Forder
Sarel Allen
Acton Fair
Parkview Athletic Cub
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