Acton District News Highlights Local Meetings and Trades
The Duke of Devonshire Chapter I O D EB meets at Mrs L Poole’s home with officers present. Norman Braide wins the Society prize for top standing at Acton Public School. Acton hosts a three months short course by A G Kirstine opening in November, drawing enrolments. A Milton court case over guarantors tied to A J Murray estate ends with judgment against defendants. McLean and Co store sold to Elliott brothers of Comber and reopens as Elliott Bros. British coal imports surge, with high tonnages of anthracite and bituminous coal arriving in Canada masthead shows growth in 1931 navigation figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke ‘of Devonshire
Acton
Halton
Everitt
Milton
Owen
A. J. Murray
Monument Works
Creber
McLean & Co
Messrs
R. H
C. H. Elliott
Comber
Elliott Bros
Elliott
Christie Henderson & Co
Henderson& Co
Conway & McLean
Malcolm McLean
Messrs. Eliott Bros
Montreal
St. Lawrence
Canada
Dominion Fuel Board
Hard ‘Oval
Esquesing Township appoints 1932 rate collectors
Esquesing Township Council met in regular session to set township and county rates for 1932, appoint rate collectors for six wards, and order rolls due by October 7. The meeting provided details on millage allocations for general and street lighting and approved by laws and road expenditures. Members present included Deputy Reeve W G Appelbe and Councillors Mullin Murray and Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Appelbe
L. Mullin
G. Wesley Murray
N. A.” Robinson
George Currie
Glenwilliams
Beardmore Crescent
Board of Hydro
Georgetown
Glenwilliams Bell
J. M. Moore
A. J. Evans
Nes
K. Golindsay
Acton Agricultural.’ Society
Esquesing Agricultural Society
J. L. Mullin
N. A. Robinson
Esquesing
Ward
P. G. Gibbons
R. H. Hunter
Hyatt Dobbie
Harold Webster
H. Lindsay
Alex. McKay
L. L. Mullin
Local notices reflect Oakville events and incidents
The monthly Women’s Institute meets in the Parish Hall. Bowlers from Oakville and nearby towns compete in Georgetown with Acton taking all prizes. A Nassagaweya man, Charles Sims, dies at a lime kiln after a 25-pound rock injury. Fire Prevention Week runs Oct 9–15. Lionel Winters fined for wounding in Port Credit. A softball exhibition in Acton ends 11–3 for Toronto champs. Streetsville Council adjusts a bank claim of 1300 amid prior defalcations by a former treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakville
Burlington
Brampton
Streetsville
Erin
Acton
Georgetown
Lionel Winters
Port Credit
Toronto
E. J. Pallett
Sidney Belfore
Joseph Allen
Cooksville
Winters
Frank Vottero
Vottero
Acton Park
A. Weaver
R. Anderson
G. Huffman
H. Mooney
C. Spires
F. Holloway
J. McGeachie
M. Smith
G. Mosales
H. Lambert
Bank of Nova Scotia
Gordon B. Jackson
H. ‘Smith
Fred Page Higgins and Co
Smith
Local Commission Objects to Exchange Over hydro rate protest
At the Public Utilities Commission meeting Commissioners Kerr King and Reeve E Thetford discussed the Hydro Commission ruling on exchange rates for Hydro bonds. An account retroactive to the year’s start amounting to 1330.57 remained unpaid awaiting investigation. The secretary was directed to pay various Hydro and waterworks accounts and note the metre at the pumping station was under registering power. A new water service was ordered for the garage and power consumers with unrestricted hours would be reclassified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Utilities Commission
Everting
Kerr and King
Reeve E. Thetford
Pr. Adams
Norval
Provincial
Hydro Commission
Hydro
Ontario Commis
C. E Parker
Canada census shows farm counts and land values across provinces
The census reports 728 664 farms in 1931 and 7171 090 in 1921 with a rise of 17 574. Ontario leads with 192 174 farms. eastern provinces shrink while western provinces rise. Owners, tenants, and part owner tenants occupy farms. 11.67 percent of Canada is farm land, up from 10.1 percent in 1921. Prince Edward Island has the highest farm land proportion. British Columbia the lowest. Average farm size climbs from 98 to 224.14 acres. Saskatchewan largest at 408 acres, Alberta near 400. Ontario and Saskatchewan hold the greatest farm value. per acre land and improved land values cited. Christmas greeting cards advertised.
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Canada
Ontario
Prince Edwards Island
British Columbia
Prince Edward Island
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Nassagaweya Council Sees Acting Reeve as Campbell Ill
Nassagaweya Council met with Mr. Pinney acting as chair due to Mr. Campbell’s illness. The session passed relief payments for Elsley and sheep killed, inspected lambs, supplies for Municipal World, road issues, a $20 grant to Halton Agricultural Society, and renewed insurance for $3,000 with a $46.88 premium. The council scheduled the next meeting for November 7 at 1 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nassagaweya
Campbell
Pinney
R. S. Elsley
H. C. Elsley
A. Norrish
A. J. McPhedran
D. Irving
Colin Kitching
Municipal World
Vauchés
Messrs. L. Chisholm
W. Reid
Halton Agricultural Society
Eramosa selects Tax Collector and changes tax penalties
At a September 30 special meeting H E Alton was chosen as Tax Collector at 225 dollars salary pending a bond. A bylaw ends the 3 percent tax discount for payments before December 15 and imposes a 2 percent penalty on late taxes with an additional 4 percent per month starting February 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eramosa
H. E. Alton
Obituary Tributes for John W. Eedy and Fred B. Graham
St. Marys mourns veteran editor John W. Eedy who died suddenly of a heart attack. His service at three o'clock was led by multiple area ministers and fellow Journal Argus staff bore flowers. Interment followed at St. Marys Cemetery. Winnipeg's Fred B. Graham, 41, grain merchant and Freemason, died at home after a Winnipeg career in the grain trade. Funeral services were held at Westminster United Church with interment in Elmwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Ebedy
St. Mary's
Ontario
St. Maury’s
John W. Eedy
J. A. Agnew
St. Mary's United Church
J. R. Reycraft
Toronto
William Walden
D. N. McCamus
London
Methodist Church
John Ready
W.A. McIntyre
W. J. Mills
E. W. White
el, Grose
W. E. Eliott
Woodstock Sentinel Review
H. B. Davis
Mitchell ‘Advocate
M._L. Southcott
Exeter ‘Times-Advocate
Ala.w. Wright
Mount Forest Confederate
Winnipeg Free Press
Fred B. Graham
Acton
Frederick Beatty Graham
Cambridge Street
Wiley, Low and Company
Grain Merchants
Winnipeg Canoe Club
Graham
Winnipeg
Westminster United Church
Prince Rupert Lodge
A. F
A. M
Connaught
King Edwards
Bethany
Khartoum—Temple—Shrine
Robert
Baraba
D. Graham
W G. Hutcheson
Frank S. Hunt
Westminster United ‘Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Churchill United Church 94th Anniversary Highlights
The ninety four year anniversary events drew a large congregation with services on Sunday and Monday. Dr. R. G Agnew spoke at the morning service and Rev. W. J. Fiddes delivered the anniversary message in the evening. The Y M C A Male Quartette from Kitchener and Churchill Orchestra provided music. Monday featured a chicken supper and an auditorium program with prayers, vocal numbers, instruments, and literary readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill United Church
R. G Agnew
Chengtu Union University
China
W. J. Fiddes
Guelph
H. Caldwell
Kitchener
Churchill
L. Poo
Packer Brothers
Lydia Caldwell
W. Gowdy
Dobbie
Packer Bros
Jessie Young
Roy Hindley
C. B. Swackhamer
Smith Griffin
Chautauqua Visit Delights Acton Audience
The Chautauqua tour to Acton featured a high calibre program with New Brooms Vierra’s Hawaiians and a Sunday sacred concert. Judge Alden delivered memorable talks on Altitudes and Visibilities and Health of a Nation as audiences enjoyed Marionettes The Mender and a banquet followed by appreciation remarks and a community relief fund totaling $32.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua
Acton
St. Cal
Legion
Vierra
Judge Alden
Sue Hastings
Mender
Luther Bradley
Chautauqua Committee
Mr. Poole
Cavengy
Ruth Gibson
Hugo Brandt
Evening Meal Digesters Reflect on Driving Experience
A lady applicant for a license is asked if she has ever driven a car. Her husband, nearby, quips that she has logged one hundred and twenty thousand miles and never touched the wheel.
Car Crash In Esquesing Township Injures Woman
Roy South of Oakville drives north on the seventh line collision with a sedan driven by J Halbert of Alliston. Mrs Lorne Buyers, a passenger in Halbert’s car, suffers injuries and shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy South
Oakville
Esquesing Township
8. J.halbert
Alliston
Mra
Georgetown Fair Showcases Strong Exhibits and Heavy Horses
The Esquesing Agricultural Society held its Georgetown fair on a cold wet Tuesday and Wednesday. Trotting races and a softball game highlighted the program, with a concert by the Lorne Scottish Rifles Band drawing crowds. Hall exhibits feature grain and produce winners led by E. Wilson and R. H. Hunter, plus many others from Georgetown Norval Acton and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esquesing Agricultural Society
Georgetown
Lorne (Scottish) Rifles
E. Wilson
F.wilson
R. H. Gunter
Norval
Co. Cunningham
Hornby
J. C
F. R. Fendley
J. Cunningham
R. H. Hunter
T. J. Brownridge
M. Black
Guelph
R. J. Brownridge
J. ©. Cunningham
F. Wilson
M. McNabb
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Esquesing Council
Women’s Institute’ Meeting
Women’s Institute
Bdeh Mills Institute
Out West
Mary
Arlos
Acton Fair
L. H. Cornwal
Charles Sims
Nassagaweya Township
Gypsum and Alabastine Company
Sims
H. A. McColl
Local Commission
Ontario Commission
James’ Symon
Canadian Line
Canadian’ General Electric Co
Jas
R. Kearney
Reas
McCutcheon
Express
Masco. Co
Len Sabes
Canadian
Westinghouse Co
Cecil Adams
Canadian Farm Statistics
Reeve Campbell
Eramosa Council
Crash
John Cameron
HE Free Press
Jos. H. Hacking
Cameron
Free Press
Russell Salmon
Bracebridge
Russ
Salmon
Lakeside
The
lO. D._E
Georgetown. Fair
W. J. McDonald
H. A. Hunter
R.H. Hunter
Clifford Burt
DBD
Co. Fendley
Mangels
D. C. Fendley
J. C. Cunningham
T. J. Fisher
C. Burt
C. Stein
Herbert Cleave
Field
J. I’ Cook
R. T. Paul
D. C
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