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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Sep 08, 1955

Page

20

Highways patching planned on No 25 Milton to Palermo route

The No 25 highway between Milton and Palermo will receive patching this year with a new surface likely within a year. Traffic has increased since No 7 was finished, prompting calls to widen and rebuild the Palermo to Queen Elizabeth Way segment to highway standards.

Milton Palermo Acton Toronto City Queen Elizabeth Way Department of Highways Halton County

Celebrities at the Canadian National Exhibition Press Day

Attendees including TV star Ed Sullivan and Marilyn Bell gathered at the C N E press headquarters for a Directors Luncheon and reception. The event highlighted a planned larger hall, staged entertainment, and remarks on the seaway and naval contingents, with both praise and minor delays noted.

Harris C.N.E E d Sullivan Sullivan T.V Dills Marilyn Bell C.n-E Navy H. M.C.S. York

Gas Supply to Be Next Step in Brampton Progress

The Brampton council foresees natural gas as a major boost for homes and industry. Three preliminary skirmishes have occurred over the franchise, with the Fuel Board to handle the supplier decision. Gas offers cheaper heating for large metal pots and steady regulation for smaller melting, improving prospects for new and existing industries.

Brampton

Canadians Abroad And Editorial Notes In Canada

Opinion excerpts discuss Canadian pride and travel to distant lands, noting Canadians returning satisfied with Canada. It mentions editors traveling to Vancouver for a Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association convention and reflects on readership and editorial missteps across multiple Ontario and Atlantic papers.

Canada Dills Pacific Coast Vancouver Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association

Milton School Plans and Local Education News

Reports cover a Milton area school opening invite for Dr. W J Dunlop and a 100-member association, plus a new Milton school term with 15 pupils in a member home, Oakville accident insurance for public school children, and a 5000 mile family trip by Bill Leslie and sons. Also notes on golf, queen Elizabeth highway recreation land talks, regional industrial promotion opposition, four Milton schools registration, West End Times launch, and 1954 Canadian income vs farm cash income figures.

Thase Milton W. J. Dunlop Ontario Oakville

Vege Sunday Services Announced for September 11 1955

The notice lists multiple Sunday schedules for Vege church with times for Sunday School Morning Worship Evening Service and youth and midweek activities. It notes a warm welcome and quotes a Biblical verse They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. It also mentions a corporate communion breakfast and church school reopening with a beginners class and morning prayer. Services will begin Sunday September 18.

Acton Professional Directory and Travellers' Guide

A historical Acton directory lists doctors dentists veterinarians and legal real estate services with office addresses and phone numbers. It also includes Rumley Funeral Home and a Travellers' Guide with coach schedules eastbound and westbound from Acton Ontario.

Wilbur St Acton Ontario

Diverse local events touch Acton area in a busy week

The report covers church elections with Gordon Ramsden as president, a Liberal meeting in Nassagaweya and Esquesing wards drawing about 500, Halton political notes, and farewell plans for Rev and Mrs Easter to Yorkton. It notes C N E junior events, Jersey entries from Acton club, CN R Mill crossing work, an Oakville twister, Mill Street drainage reconstruction, and a social gathering at Henry and Sayers home with about 40 attendees.

Symon United Church Young People's Lowden Gordon Ramsden Nassagaweya Thos. Blakelock Halton Bennett C.N.E Jersey Gerald Graham George Henderson John McLuré Fred Ruddell Acton Club C. MR Council For C.N.R Henry Sayers Acton

Ontario scheme to urge timber conservation gains notice

A proposed plan by the Ontario government to encourage farmers to preserve timber by setting aside land as wood lots is among the newest government ideas. Also note retirements and local business activity in Acton including Henderson and Co. store work, new hardware and grocery talks, and population growth incentives from early French Canada.

Ontario A.P. Thomson Ballinafad Hotel Bower Ave Henderson and Co Canada

Fragmented Schedule Snippet From Stendach Time Daily

A garbled timetable fragment lists daily times and locations with inconsistent formatting. It mentions mornings around 10.00 am and evenings near 7.13 pm or 8.01 pm, references to a gym day and UCLA, and a cited price of 57 dollars per person in unclear context.

Stendach Geeegr

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