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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 17, 1936
Page
8
Acton Council approves provincial responsibility for a twenty foot through strip, with snow removal and maintenance funded by the province and fifty percent cost sharing for any wider section. Council to seek an department engineer visit and review minor repairs.
The Free Press lists advertisement pages for the week including Acton Fall Fury Kellogg saluda Tea Carell's Grocery Kellogg's Ail-Hran Marr's Grocery B D Washing Royal Theatre Capital Y Theatre LaVogua Ladies Ready-to-Wear Churchill Anniversary Supper A K Hillhop Son W T Fullerson Weshead Men Page 5 Jobintone Murley P lant's Sheep Store Gresory Theatre H E P Mead George Wallace Page 1 Hell Telephone Co. We Wright Hilton's Sony 1.00 Store Norton Morton Elidtt Brus Lovell Bras Brampton Waly J Ke Gar diner.
Acton prepares for the 1936 Fall Fair next Tuesday and Wednesday with renewed grounds, new paint, and repairs. President G W Murray and Secretary P G Wright lead an enthusiastic slate as entries come in for exhibits, contests, and a busy parade with prizes for best outfit doll carriage and more. Distinguished speakers include Prof G Y Christie and Reeve Co H Warrison with Eliott Moses at the opening ceremonies.
Fire Inspector Walker of the Fire Underwriters Association visited Acton to test firefighting apparatus. He checked pressure at several locations, laid hose, and ran water from the pond through the chlorination system during the morning test.
At the monthly Acton Utilities Commission meeting Commissioner O Hansen and Reeve Jo Harrison attended. A damages settlement for a collision with a truck was signed by the Chairman. The Secretary was authorized to pay numerous hydro and supplies accounts totaling 3,332.29 plus waterworks costs and July August operations. The Ontario Hydro Commission granted permission to attach to the Acton system for Lorne School power. A detailed waterworks report was tabled and arrears policy discussed.
Members of Orion Lodge Georgetown I O O F were appointed to offices at the annual meeting with Noble Grand H Woods Vice Grand V McCormack Recording Secretary A B Parr Financial Secretary Jor Hall Treasurer Sam Walker Junior Noble Grand Jack Lucas Trustee HW Watking local lodge officers listed for the year.
The first annual Conservative picnic in Georgetown drew strong attendance with sports, aide shows, speeches, and softball. Prizes were awarded for largest Conservative family and oldest Conservative participants, with notable remarks by Mayor Gibbons and Hon. W Earl Rowe. Music came from The Lorne Rifles Band and the Highland Pipe Band.
The Scout Mothers Auxiliary held its opening meeting Tuesday in the Parish Hall. Members discussed winter activities including a quilt lucky draw and a euchre game.
Esquesing Council held a regular meeting with Deputy Reeve Robinson and Councillors Wilson May Harrop present. They approved payments for health, road sheets, relief, utilities, and insurance, discussed a new road between Esquesing and Chinguacousy, and passed several by laws on school funding and borrowing.
W R Johnston of Hamilton was instantly killed at 10 a m yesterday when he fell 50 feet from a scaffold on the new Middle Road bridge over Sixteen Mile Creek north of Oakville. Johnston, a stripper for Vernon Construction Co, worked atop a pier when he lost his grip and plummeted to the ground. Fellow worker Cecil Taylor, who stood nearby, saw him lose his hold as the scaffold swayed outward. Coroner Dr J uf Stead has ordered an inquest.
Five hundred Legionnaires from Zone 13 and visiting branches paraded from the Park in Acton to Knox Church for a service at Knox Church. The Lorne Rifles Band and Acton Citizens’ Hand performed as colours dipped at the Soldiers’ Monument. Zone Commander J M McDonald led the proceedings with Rev H L Bennie delivering the sermon and remarks.
Town Hall repairs already completed enhance safety with a repaired front balcony cement docks, new step pointing, stone brick work fixes, and improved exterior. City Council may budget exterior painting next year if funds allow.
A barn on John Akitt’s farm near Capringe was struck by lightning during a storm and burned for hours. The blaze threatened the house and destroyed an entire season’s crop with no total loss estimate yet reported. Neighbors and household members watched the flames until danger subsided after the storm’s end.
The Golden Wedding of Mr and Mrs W W T Lepage Toronto marks fifty years since a prince Edward Island romance began in 1880s Acton. The couple married in Charlottetown after a courtship sparked during a Gowdy Company visit, later moving to Toronto where Lepage runs the Individual Communion Cup Co. A reception at Grenadier Gardens gathered six children and twelve grandchildren among relatives and friends.
A series of community notices lists church harvest festival services at St John’s Nassayuweya and Knox Church events. It mentions Saturday Acton Town Hall concert with Jim Hunter as minister of ceremonies, featuring Ted Denver and others, plus bake sales at Mull call and home gatherings at Harvest-Home services. Proceeds support parish activities.
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