Plunkett Study Looms Over Regional Government Plans
Local politicians brace for the Plunkett Study findings on regional government and boundary revisions in Helton and Peel. Officials face uncertain recommendations that could reshape counties and shared facilities, with a completion target in August 1946 and months of further debate on interpretation and implementation.
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Plunkett
Ee Teinsoncurtnnisie Dharani Pak
Mr. Plunkett
Ieto Thoes
Helton
Peel
County Council
Plunket
Regional jail plan hangs in balance amid Peel Halton Wentworth talks
Halton County Councillors face a contentious regional jail issue as Peel Wentworth and Hamilton discussions continue. A walkout left the meeting without quorum while pleas for inclusion of Peel County gain momentum and a Plunkett study awaits final review.
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Peel
Halton
Wentworth
Hamilton
Latwalk
County Council
Peal County
Hamilton Wentworth
Hamilton-Wentworth
Plunkett
4 H Girls Saturday Meeting Helps Students Practice Sewing
Four H Girls meeting of the Scotch Block Lassies Club at Ligny Hall with 13 members opened with the pledge and a personal improvement task. Members learned pattern preparation and transfer techniques before cutting fabric for practical work.
Remembrance Day Service Set for November 7 in Acton
Acton marks Remembrance Day on Sunday November 7 with a mayoral proclamation urging observance. Legionnaires Legion Ladies Auxiliary Scouts Cubs Guides and Brownies convene at 10 40 a.m. at the Legion Hall and march to the cenotaph for a brief service and wreaths. A church service follows at Trinity United Church. Halton’s annual plowing match also noted at Howard Tarzwell farm on the Eighth Line.
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Acton
Brs Duby
Legionnaires
Legion Ladies
Legion Hall
Ceno
Trinity United Church
Halton
Howard Tarzwell Farm
Acton Church Calendar Highlights Local Services
Sunday October events at Acton area churches include morning worships and Sunday Schools. Notable guests include Mr George McMillan of Brantford at Acton Baptist. English Service at Acton Pentecostal Tabernacle. Knox Church hosts Laymen’s Sunday with Norman Elliott. Trinity Church lists Eucharist Matins and youth activities. Local calendars show prayer meetings daily and special services through October.
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Acton Baptist Church
Stanley Gammon
Titley Ave
Lavinen
George McMillan
Brantford
Christ Ambassadors
Crusaders
AL of
Presbyterian Church
Canada Knox Church
Acton
Andrew H. Atchenzie
E. A. Hansen
Norman Elliott
Arthur
Sugar and Spice in Small Town Living Contrast
A fragmentary vignette contrasts rural and small town life with city living. It notes the boredom and isolation of urban flats versus the busy routine of small towns where spouses manage household tasks and a community rhythm persists amid limited opportunities.
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Metropolia
Autumn Leaves Burn in a Small Townyard
A narrator recalls an intimate autumn scene as leaves burn in back lanes of a quiet town. Smoke swirls and neighbors watch from porches while families prepare for a holiday meal and a church hall visit, capturing homey small town life and seasonal rituals.
Acton District Aid Shipments and Veterans Welcome
Acton and district residents collected clothing and canned goods for Europeans, with a two and a half ton shipment sent to a station by truck. Local men returning from overseas were greeted at a town hall gathering featuring music and community songs. A Protestant churches banquet drew about 150 attendees, and Action High School elected new Literary Society officers. The Halton temperance movement plans revival features and letters from Belgium describe trenches and mud. Willow Street resident James Samun completed Acton Women’s Institute project shipping three barrels of canned entires to the Canadian hospital in Shomnetitte England.
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Free Presa
Thuredey
Acton
District
Isantice
Stanley Joe
Petey Nichally
He. R. Lambert
Ted Clifford
C. D MacDonald
W. Crofts
Syne
Hector Lambert
Bob O'Hara
Wartry Otterbein
Sergt
Kanis
Gunner Ford
Mo McMilliran
John McHugh
Bruce Pargeter
Harold Robson
Gerry Parpeter
Harold DeForest
C.P
Vern Wheeler
Hamilton Paul
Cpl C. Reynvaldson
Msgr
Allan Buchanan
Ralph Aylworth
Ted Hansen
Bill Finley
Thorsdey
Action High School Literary Society
W. H. Stewart
Harold Mowat
Jean Wilton
George Agnew
Alice O'Brien
Harold Reed
Charlie McLeod
Kipling Potter
Barbara Plank
Virena Masales
Halton
Milton
Canada 9
Sears
Siegean
Reeve
James Samun
Willow St
Acton Women's Institute
Shomnetitte
England
George Soper
Fourth meeting of the Stated Black Lassies West group
The Stated Black Lassies West held its fourth meeting at Ligny Hall starting with the 418 pledge and roll call. Mrs. VanRthiin led the session on pattern alteration and how to transfer patterns to material, followed by notes and a light lunch of cookies and soft drinks.
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Ligny Hall
VanRthiin
Power interruption postponement ends with partial repairs
Weather disruptions halted planned power outage across town last Saturday. Line crews could not proceed with the building program along Church Street but completed minor repairs at several stations enabling power to be restored.
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Cacine
Church Street
Acton Ontario Medical Directory and Bus Schedule
Directory listing multiple doctors surgeons and specialists with addresses and phone numbers in Acton Ontario plus Gray Coach Lines schedule showing east and westbound departures from Acton and connections to Stratford London and Guelph with various daily and weekend timings.
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Moon St. S
Acton
Paley St. Guelph
Ontario
Guelph
Stratford
London
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Peal
Scotch Block Lassies
Georgetown
Trinity Church
The
Asked Church of Canada
Dwight I. Engel
George Elliott
Church School
Ritchie McMurray
S.T.B
SY Bal Smile
Aires
Everng
Mabel
Imale He O
Daves
Iian
Conservation and Slaughter Club
Thercette
George
Lypay Dow
Aes Con
Free Press
Willow Rt. Arion
CWMA
Canada
Professional Directory and
Travellers’ Guide
D. A. Garrett
Willow and
River Sts
Luranee River St
Acton, Ont
Robert D. Buckner
Wellington St. Acton
B. Moore
C. Hutchison
Physicians and Surgeons
Main Street
Main and
Will Street
Donald E. Skinner
MRA
Mill Street
Stavebank Ra
Port
Credit PS
C.F. Leatherland
Banister and
Seniitor Natary Public
Cb. Leatherland, HA
Bart J. Maydan
Balba
Poe
A. Braida, BA
Frank Petch
Chapel Street
A. J. Buchanan
Ottis
Church St. Pe
Cedric Dey
Hinton Ride
Mill St. BE
Ont
Bor
Ful. Wright
Malbur
St. Acton
Donald J. Armstrong
D.C
Woolwich Street Guelph
Optometrists
E. L. Buchner
O.D
John St. S. Acton
Waterloo
Arthur A. Johnson
Main St
Robert R. Hamilton
Bruce
E. Shoemaker
Mgr
Gray Coach Lines
Sun
Canadian National Railways
Toronto
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