Acton Council Debates Arena Entrance and Pool Plans
At the Acton regular meeting Councillors discussed rear arena access for the Fair, cemetery board negotiations, and a 100 dollar land exchange. The council eyed property for a future swimming pool and brick selection, but adjourned after midnight with undecided excavation plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton Council
W. A. Lasby
E. Jones
S. M. Lasby
J. E. McMillan
Reeve E.thetford
Sevier Cemetery
Pioneers’ Cemetery Board
F. L. Wright
Fair Board
H. L. McDonald
Geo. H. Lantz
Acton Public Utilities Commission
Acton
Public Utilities Commission
J. B. ‘Mackenzie & Son
R. N. Brown
Injured by Cattle Stampede in Stable Passage
Lorne Gregson suffered bruises after cattle frightened in his stable area pinned him against a wall on Saturday evening. The report also lists upcoming Halton County school fairs with dates across Nassagawega Brookville Trafalgar Mount Nemo South Nelson Strathcona and Esquesing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorne Gregson
Erin
Bles
Mr. Gregson
Halton County
Nassagawega ‘Township
Brookville
Boyne
S. 8
Trafalgar
Mount Nemo
South Nelson
Strath
Cona
Linebrook
Limehouse
Esquesing Council approves relief accounts and bursaries
The Esquesing Council held its regular meeting with Deputy Reeve Mullin and councillors present. They authorized payments for relief and general accounts and noted a bursary from the I O D E to Albert James Abbott of Guelph, plus a CNE prize winner and carcase inspection order details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esquesing Council
L. L. Mullin
G. W. Murray
N. A. Robinson
W. A. Wilson
George Currie
Peel and
Halton
Consolidated Fire & Casualty Insurance Co
Department of Lands and Forests
E. Grespan
M.,. McLaughlin
D. T. Galloway
M. McLaughlin
Jas
A. Hearns
Wm. Douglas
Mereweather
A. McGibbon
A. Hearins
Acton Public Utilities Commission
Crescent Street
Letter Shop & Supply Co
HPAES
Esta Tadeo
I. M. Bennett
Bell Telephone
J’ Sanford
Board of Health
Provision for Swimming Pool in New Building
A special council meeting approved excavating the entire basement and girding the gym area to allow a future swimming pool, with 25 by 53 feet available. Support from Duke of Devonshire and Lakeside I O D E and Women’s Institute was discussed, with $850 estimated for excavation under future plans. The plan remains contingent on Murray Memorial Committee approval and provincial relief for labor costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mill Street
Duke of Devonshire
Lakeside
Women's Institute
Murray Memorial Committee
Ladies' Organization
Provincial Welfare Department
Acton and District Laugh and Learn at Community Rally
Sixty men from Acton and Georgetown attended the Holy Name Rally in Hamilton for Wentworth and Halton counties. Anxious to see the Cathedral of Christ the King they praised the visit and the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Georgetown
Hamilton
Wentworth
Halton
Christ the King
Acton Fair Opens Next Tuesday With Expanded Exhibits
Readiness for Acton’s twenty first annual Fair on September 18 and 19 highlights new hog and sheep pens, restored poultry quarters, and a widened race course. An amplifier system debuts in the Arena with new acts Mundy Bros and George Grant, while Duncan Marshall opens the second afternoon and trotting races return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Mundy Bros
Volaine
George Grant
Bert Hernon
Duncan Marshall
Ontario
R. J. Kerr
Prison visitors day prompts confession about competition
An inmate tells a visitor that her prison term resulted from competition, saying she made the same sort of half-crowns as the government, highlighting a sharp exchange during the visit.
Murray Memorial YMCA progress on Mill Street site
Contractors report rapid progress on the Murray Memorial YMCA building despite wet weather. Excavation nears completion and foundation work has begun with cement footing laid at the northwest corner. The community notes the project as a strong civic asset and anticipates corner stone and exterior enclosure before winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray Memorial Y. M. C
Mill Street
Man Cuts Hand With Axe In Cellar Accident At Home
A Guelph man, Joe Latour of Morris Street, lost his left hand at the wrist while chopping wood when the axe shaft deflected off a hidden obstacle. He is in St Joseph's Hospital in fair condition. Also reported: a $3,000 barn at Bronte owned by E A Orr burned to the ground, believed set by a transient. Ontario license plates for 1935 produced at Guelph Reformatory. in court George McTaggart of Trafalgar pleaded a suspended sentence after assaulting his wife and choking a police officer. Canada exported apples to 33 countries in 1933 with large production increases and many varieties developed by experimental farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Latour
Morris Street
Guelph
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Latour
E. A. Orr
Bronte
Middle Road
Ontario
Ontario Reformatory
George McTaggart
Trafalgar
Oakville
Lou Patterson
L. J. C. Bull
McTaggart
Canada
Nova Scotia
New, Brunswick
Quebec
British Columbia
Coming Events and Local Performances Gathered
Dance to Blue Dragoons of Shelburne Edgewood Saturday evening. Three act comedy Quarantine at Town Hall October 18. Anniversary services at Presbyterian Church Rockwood Sunday September 16 with Rev Goodwill minister for the day. Supper Monday evening followed by program by St Pauls Choir Guelph Miss Evans elocutionist Miss Starkey and Mr O Tarswell Arkell among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Baptist Church
Wilber McMullen
E. Coles
Lydia Ferris
Robert Harwood
Clarence Gamble
William Gamble
Rockwood
H. E .Bennie
Elizabeth van Velzer
Toronto
Columbia
Presbyterian Church
Mr. Goodwill
Hillsburg
Bupper
St. Paul’s Church
Guelph
Evans
M. Starkey
O 'Tarswell
Arkell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Halton Justices of Peace
Pioneers
Boy
A. J. Davies
Belleville
Parkdale Motors
Milton
Speyside
Milfah
John B. Moat
Burlington
C. W. Riddiford
G. A. Dills
Walter Evans
Volume
Noramby Man
D. W. Baxter
Pitetanga Apn
K. C. Lindsay
Albert James Abbott
J. JD. Detwiler
I O. D. FE
Abbott
Forbes McHardy
Queen's University
Albert Abbott
A. J. Abbott
Ypres
John Nicol
Guelph Collegiate Institute
Queen's
J. Neelands
Hornby
O'Neill
M. Co. A
E. Thetford
Erin Farmer
Dublin Institute
Dublin
John F. Robertson
McDougall
Bride's Hope Chest
Mabel McGregor
Evelyn Storey
Annie Black
Reading
Edith Nelles
Dorothy Frank
Margaret’. Robertson
Signa Webster
Marion
Catharine Anderson
Margaret Somerville
Dougall’ Reed
Reed
Sor J. Scott
R. W. Rooney
Orangeville
E. E. Barr
John
John Barber
Brantford
Market Street
Fire Department
Ife
St. Paul Avenue
Fire
Mrs. A. Gibson
Beatty’s Hill
Acton Fair
W.J. Young
Mr. Young
George Lister
Robert Inkster
Golden Province
Gamble-Harwood
Women's Institute Meeting
Acton Women’s Institute
Murray Memorial Y. M. C. A
Aberfoyle
Bolton Seteesteneee
Brampton
Caledon
Erin Anoue
Fergus Eeene
Ad Repiemper
Georgetown Tesuponnted
Milton Peete
Streetsville
Blue Dragoons
Shelburne
Edgewood
Joseph's Players
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