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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 09, 1926
Page
6
Parsonage Willow Street hosts services with Rev Fred W E Story of South America Inland Mission at 11.00 a.m. The pastor leads 7.00 p.m. sessions. Sabbath School meets 10.00 a.m. A Prayer and Praise Service is planned Thursday at 7.30 a.m.
10.00 a.m. Sunday School 11.00 a.m. Mr W J Baxter of Hamilton 7.00 p.m. Mr W J Baxter Thursday 7.45 p.m. Prayer Meeting and BY PLU All welcome.
A mixed Acton classified page lists dressmaking services by Miss B Trender Main Street a found notice for a small sum of money owner may reclaim at G Linins Main Street wood for sale by N Patterson 12 inch length cedar soft maple elm service in London Ont full or part time agent jobs for neckwear and samples public service notice auction sale by W J Reid September 148 at two oclock auctioneer G O Plank clerk and a card of thanks from the McIntyre family for support during illness and death of John McIntyre on Young Street Acton.
Creditors of John McIntyre late of Acton Ontario retired farmer who died August 26 1926 must send full names addresses and descriptions of claims including security details. Executors will distribute assets after October 9 1926 and will not be liable for undisclosed claims. Dated Acton Ontario September 9 1926. Solicitor H N Farmer Acton Ont. Jas
A fragment notes Gloria Swanson in a new serial opener titled Wild Wear Comedy Ould Turkey. The brief appears to describe a blurred image or scene focusing on Swanson in Chapter 1.
Rev. Fred Storey of the Inland Mission of South America will preach at the United Church in the morning and at Knox Church in the evening. He will discuss missionary ventures in the Southern American hemisphere. The page also notes Milton High School exam results and local infrastructure updates including bridge detours, highway paving, and postal regulations. It mentions travel anecdotes from Paris and Rome, and community notices about turnip shipping and local civic changes.
Neighborhood notes report the township fair announced for Turaday September 28. Farmers describe plentiful oats after recent harvest days and damp grain, with many attending the Toronto Exhibition and other local events.
A grand Sunday ceremony unveiled Milton and district war memorial in Victoria Park honoring fallen soldiers. Lieut. Governor Col. Henry Cockshutt presided as thousands gathered from Toronto, Hamilton, Guelph and other towns. An adjacent arena program followed due to wet weather.
The Aylmer Cemetery Board outlines annual plots contributions of $1.00 for care and a Perpetuity Fund earning interest for long term plot maintenance. It describes operations since 1910, a growing fund, and options for perpetual care with deposits of $50 or $10 for repair guarantees, plus committee roles and future fee projections.
The Aylmer Cemetery Board accepts fifty dollars for the perpetual upkeep of a family plot in Fairview Cemetery Malahide Township. The board agrees to care for the plot and to guide future plans for cemetery care under trusteeship and official action dated March 20 1916.
Acton residents and guests keep busy with visits to and from Milton Sarnia Toronto and Detroit. Many travelers return from weekends and holidays with tales of family gatherings and exhibitions.
Acton and District athlete Jack-Lewis won first prize and a gold medal as a tenor at the Toronto Exhibition contest and will represent the tenor class at the final concert tomorrow. He is a Knox Church choir member.
J W Sherwood then Clark, while with Clover Leaf and formerly Big Four, handled a dismissed brakeman seeking a letter. Sherwood had W A Sullivan draft it. The letter praised the man, and Sherwood approved directing him to report to the trainmaster for work.
Mr Norman Wilds escorted Mrs J Wilds Mrs Thos Lappin Mrs J B Gamble and Miss Thelma to Owen Sound for the fifty second annual session of the Grand Lodge of the Loyal True Blue Association. Four hundred delegates attended the event. In Toronto last week editor visited friend Isaac Francis who had an operation in July at Toronto General Hospital and is now recovering at Maitland Street home. Francis plans to resume Eaton Company duties and might visit Acton soon to see friends in the old town.
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