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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 06, 1934
Page
4
Oakville News Roundup Reflects Local Goings On
Oakville sees a new garage venture by Vincent McDermott and George Standon. Oakville Polo Club loses to Toronto Polo 7 2 at Enniscare ground. A death occurs of Mrs Gordon Barnstaple at Western Hospital. Ken Miller returns from sailing the Manitoba. A. D. Chisholm learns his brewery warehouse post ends August 31. Pigeon race winners from the CN E event listed in order of merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent McDermott
George Standon
McDermott
Stadon
Oakville
Enniscare
Lake Shore Road
Toronto
Gordon Barnstaple
Marjorie Greensides
Trafalgar
Western Hospital
Star
Ken L. Miller
Community News and Social Visits at Crewson's Corners
Mr and Mrs J McCaw and son of Niagara Falls New York visited with Mr and Mrs George Graham. Mr and Mrs Charles Gamble of Buffalo visited at their cottage over the holiday. Mrs Sutherland of St Thomas visits with Mr and Mrs John Bennett. Mr and Mrs Burlingham visited in Guelph over the holiday. Mrs George Graham attended the East person Bishop wedding in Toronto. A number welcomed Cap Howells back from holidays at church. Next Sunday rally day. Many from around the area attended the Exhibition including Alex Thompson Ken McDonald and Charles Tyler. Mrs John Airdrie returned home after visiting Welland. Mr and Mrs Earl Shoemaker and Ed Brown of Toronto visited with Mr
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cap Howells
Alex. Thompson
Ken. McDonald
Burlingham
Charles Tyler
John Airdrie
Welland
Earl Shoemaker
Ed. Brown
Toronto
Mr Tyler
Terra Cotta News Briefs
Miss Edith McKane of the fifth ling died Saturday after a long illness at sixteen. Funeral Tuesday afternoon. interment Union Cemetery. Sympathy to her bereaved parents. Walter Hayward, Thomas Hayward, and Mrs E Hayward of Guelph visited Terra Cotta. J McBride lost a cow. Mrs D Atkinson returned from Toronto visit. Mrs J Lyons builds a cement verandah on the fifth line. Citizens attend the C NE at Toronto. School resumes. local teachers back. Real estate activity resumes in the hamlet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith McKane
Union Cemetery
Walter and
Thomas Hayward
E. Hayward
Guelph
J. McBride
D Atkinson
Toronto
J. Lyons
C. NE
Limehouse School Reopens With Large Attendance and Exhibits
Limehouse School reopened on Tuesday after holiday redecorations boosting brightness and attendance. The Exhibition drew many visitors on Labor Day, with entries from the neighborhood proving successful. J W Hassell won three firsts and a second for Gladiolus, W G Scott claimed Senior and Grand Champion Berkshire hogs, and Mark Given earned multiple top prizes with his horses. A holiday week end drew many locals away to Toronto Guelph Orr Lake and other spots, while notable visitors included Mrs S Wright and friends in Toronto, Mr Robt Doughty in Guelph, and Dr and Miss Sutherland with the Chief Marshall of Georgetown and the Roe family in Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Hassell
W. G. Scott
Berkshire
Mark ‘Given
S. Wright
Toronto
Robt. Doughty
Guelph
Albert Meredith
Orr Lake
Dunn
Dorothy
Everton Ball Team Holds Field Day at Col. Head's
A Wednesday field day featured Everton vs locals with scores 13 2 for Everton, 8 6 Rockwood over Everton, 12 11 Ospringe over Mimosa, and 19 20 Mimosa over Everton. Races included children and adults, with Rae West Jack Laverty and Margaret Cooke among top finishers and Norman Deering officiating as plate umpire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everton
Col. Head's
Rockwood
Ospringe
Mimosa
Bobbie Hill
Murray Stewart
Ronald Hepburn
George Robertson
Helen ““Robertson
Florence Thatcher
Rae West
Edwin Jestin
Jack Laverty
Charles Royce
Eddie Maude
Lloyd Peavey
Dorothy Church
Margaret Cooke
Percy Smith
Ewart Rowan
John Alton
Will Head
Fred Alton
Fred Rowan
Robi Akitt
Jas. Brydon
George Young
Jack Stewart
United Church
Hillsburg Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Jobs
Hillsburg residents share holiday visits with Mr and Mrs Nelson Ryder and Mr Harold of Hamilton. Miss Margaret Robertson returns to Grand Valley to attend school. Rev Goodwill and daughters visit W Cheyne family. Donald Cox home after motor accident. Miss Marjorie Thomson becomes Cedarville teacher. Thomson and Cheyne families visit Guelph friends. Fraser Plummer welcomes a son. Miss M M Cheyne spends Labor Day in Toronto. Rev Goodwill to lead Rockwood church September 16. Wedding bells loom for a popular couple next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Ryder
Harold
Hamilton
Wm. Cheyne
Margaret Robertson
Grand Valley
Donald Cox
Rockwood
Eramosa
Marjorie ‘Thomson
Cedarville
Marjorie
N. C. Thomson
L. W. Cheyne
Vida Thomson
Toronto
Guelph
Fraser Plummer
Mary Mulloy
Margaret Reed
Bertha Gray
Gregory Inn
Muskoka
M.M. Cheyne
Mr. Goodwill
Hillsburg Presbyterian Church
Rockwood Presbyterian Church
Toronto Exhibition Opens Fruit and Vegetable Show
Paul Fisher attended the Toronto Exhibition as Hon Duncan Marshall opened the fruit and vegetable exhibit in the Horticulture Building. A British and Irish Free State business delegation toured the Canadian Canners’ local branch. A Pearl Street road project and Elizabeth Street resurfacing saw H. C. Cuttriss win the bid. Magistrate Bull presided over negligence cases as work on a Freeman water tower prompted near misses for four workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Fisher
Toronto
Duncan Marshall
Ontario
Great Britain
Irish Free State
Canada
Pearl Street
Elizabeth Street
H. C. Cuttriss
A. T. Enlow
G. W. Wright
Lucille Walker
Canadian Gladiolus Society
Hamilton
Alexander L. Brown
Lexina Inn
English Inns
Bronte
J. M. McEvoy
Osgoode Hall
Nelson
Bull
Freeman
Waller
Local Holiday Visitors And Returns At Parry Sound Area
Rev. and Mrs. Aitken returned home from a month’s holiday on Thursday. Miss Betty Holler and Master Jerry Holler of Toronto vacationed at their grandfather Mr. Grafly’s home. Mr and Mrs Tait of Parry’s Bound visited Mr Bryank Binnie. Betty and Norma Taft returned to Parry Sound after holidays. Alan visitors included Archie Hardell, Gay Yetman, Jas McKa, Yetman, Jas Morris, Mrs Wright, and others at Mr Sandy McKay’s home. Miss Bessie Binnie returned to Toronto for school duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aitken
Betty
Jerry Holler
Toronto
Grafly
Mrs. Tait
Parry ’ S Bound
Bryank Binnie
Norma Taft
Parry Sound
Alfred Soper
Archie Hardell
Long Branch
Gay Yetman
Hartford
Connecticut
Jas. McKa
Fran Yetman
Jas. Morris
E.wright
Baby Mission Band of the United Church
Bessie Binnie
Hosking Hyde Wedding at United Church in Rockwood
Miss Florence Elsie Hyde wed in Rockwood on Labor Day in a ceremony at the United Church attended by family and friends. Music featured selections by the choir and guests later joined a wedding supper at the bride’s aunts’ home before departing for a motor trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Elsie
Jean) Hyde
Hosking-Hyde
The
United Church
Frank Moore
F. Halevy
W. J. Agate
Wagner
Father of All Creation
A. Berridge
F. Stokey
Neil Gordon
Benjamin Horace Holy King
L. W. J. Hyde
Welland
Isabel Husband
Fred Hosking
Hamilton
W. J. Taylor
Misses Gerow
Eden Mills
Presbyterian Church
Douglas McNabb
Everton
Eden Malls
Doris’ Milne
Rockwood
Constipation Warning and Herbal Tablet Ad
Neglect of constipation is dangerous. Take Kipp's Unequaled Herb Tablets regularly sold by Brown's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown's Drug Store
Frost Damages Crops In Nassagaweya District
The frost last week damaged corn sorghum tomatoes and cucumber and pumpkin vines in the Nassagaweya district. Visitors include Miss Lucy Forth of Hamilton with the Bridgmans of Knatchbull. Public Schools reopened on Tuesday for the fall term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy’ Forth
Hamilton
Harvey Bridgman
Knatchbull
Bert Nightingale
Orangeville
Arthur Nightingale
Peggy Freeman
Hilda Stoutly
Hess Baptist Mission
Milton man takes over general store in Lowville
John Holmes becomes proprietor of N Koella's general store in Lowville on Monday. The item notes local notable movements and a traffic accident with serious injuries near Trafalgar. It also mentions engagements and upcoming wedding plans for Evelyn Margaret Penman and James Earl Galbraith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Holmes
N. Koella
Lowville
Ross Armstrong
Winnipeg
Man
John B Armstrong
Martin Street
G. A. Hemstreet
Grimsby Beach
F. D. Dewar
Milton
Halton
SW. Garley
J. W. Higgins
Manitoulin Islands
Harvey Anderson
Brampton
Trafalgar
Archibald B. Penman
Oakville
Evelyn Margaret
James Earl Galbraith
James H. Galbraith
Erin News Items Highlight Local Homes and Business Moves
Erin residents welcome visitors from Niagara Falls Buffalo and Fort Wayne while new business activity unfolds. R T Eigie T C Foster D S Leitch and C K Overland lease Erin Creamery and hire C Metcalfe as butter maker. McLaren Co to move earth for Leitch hill fill at 48c per cubic yard starting Sept 1. Mrs Garner receives substantial cheque for suggesting a name for a Canadian Goodrich product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Milloy
Niagara Falls
N. Y
George Hallet
Buffalo
Isaac Scott
Grand Valley
Wm. Scott
Billy
Betty
Fort Wayne
Indiana
John McKenzie
New Jersey
Francis Woodward
Kamloops
B. C
George Griffin
Toronto
Erin
Sweetman Candy Co
McLaren Contracting Co
Rockwood
Leitch
Guelph
G. I. Garner
Goodrich Co
Advocate
Georgetown Notes on Local Visits and Engagements
Miss Laura Miller attended the funeral of her aunt Mrs Co Richardson in Mich. Mr and Mrs Walter Holtz from Buffalo NY visited Georgetown over the weekend. Mrs James of Detroit, formerly Miss Janie Walker, visits Miss Velma Stewart. Mr and Mrs Humphrey Gillies and daughter Elizabeth of Kirkland Lake visited Esquesing relatives. Sam Kirk of Guelph formerly of Georgetown is a judge at the Toronto Flower Show. Joseph Hall announces the engagement of Irene to Fred Mathers with a wedding planned for late September. T S Hill Jr leaves for Goderich where Hill is appointed day operator. HUI has served at the CN R depot here for twelve years. Townsfolk regret their departure. Thomas Ellenton wins prizes at Ottawa and Toronto exhibitions for reed work, willow work, and related baskets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Miller
Mich
Walter Holtz
Buffalo
N. Y
Harold McClure
James, Bedford
Detroit
Janie Walker
Stewarttown
Velma Stewart
Georgetown
Humphrey Gillies
Elizabeth
Kirkland Lake
Sam Kirk
Guelph C
A. C
Toronto Exhibition
Joseph Hall
Irene
Fred Mathers
Caledon
T. S. Hill, Jr
Goderich
Hill
Hui
401
Thomas Ellenton
Ottawa
Toronto
Herald
Also Mentioned on This Page
Neighborhood News
C.N. E
H. Merry
W. Higgins
J. Jenks
Crewson
Limehouse
Hillsburg
Burlington
Ballinafad
Robert Croft
John Gray
James Lynch
Clarence Lynch
Jos. Oakes
Fred Evans
Jean Torrance
Simcoe
Johnston Hewat
Eileen Bridger
George Loree
M. Sunter
Harold Sunter
Ewart Sunter
Kathleen Lynch
St. Joseph's Hospital
Everett E. LeViness
Frei Day
Elgin House
E. Brillinger
St. Joseph’s Church
Frances Richardson
Vineland
Sid
J. R. Richardson
Fred McWilliams
Pacific Coast
R. John Smith
C. Jackson
Jos. E. Cooney
Sec
Treas
Acton, Ontario
Maxwell _R. Stark R. D
Optometrist
Rachlin’s
Acton
Sukte 205
Medical Dental Building
Spadina Avenue
Monarch
K. Roszell
Ee Monarch Yarns
Weekly Thought
God
Christ Jesus
Lowell
Religious
United Church At Canada
Minis Ica
Poole, B. D. Parsonage
Bower Avenue
Presbyterian Knox Church
H. L. Bennie
M. A
Willow Street
C. J. McKay
F. E. Holmes Acton
Glen Holferman
Campbellville
Fred Smith
A. L. Hemstreet
Free Press Office
MO. C. Dennis
R. R. No
Quebec
F. L. Rife
Bessie Gamble
R. J. Kerr
Gilbert Creamer
Townline
Public Utilities Commission
R. J. McPherson
Vannatter Fox Farm
William
Fisher
Mill Street
Thomas F. Chisholm
John Marshall
Nassagaweya
Ont
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