Visitors from near and far flock to Acton Fair week
The Acton community notes many visitors from Toronto Guelph Streetsville Hamilton and Rochester among fair guests. Local residents such as Mrs W J Russell and Miss Dorothy Dubois visit Acton friends. Attendees include military and university figures with engagements and family visits noted while trips to Acton Fair continue.
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Dorothy Dubois
Hamilton
Victor Alger
George’ Thurston
Lillian Thurston
Littleton
New Hampshire
Acton
Acton Fair 1940 Crowns Prize Winners And Feasting
The 1940 Acton Fair concluded with record crowds and a grand dance at the Town Hall. Livestock parades showcased Jerseys, cattle, horses, poultry, and sheep while prize lists highlighted Hall exhibits in grain roots vegetables fruits and baking with winners from Orchard Farm Brownridge Hunter Findlay and W.D. Barber among many others. Notable travelers included Miss L Ruth Nelson from Kitamaat B C and Dr A A B Kenney from Saskatoon along with others as locals and visitors celebrated another successful Fair.
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THE
Free Press
Acton ‘Fair
L. Ruth Nelson
Kitamaat
B.C
A. A. B. Kenney
David Roszell Imd
Saskatoon
George Thurston
Littleton
New Hampshire
Acton Fair
Canada Reports Coal Production Rise in First Quarter 1940
Canada’s coal output in Q1 1940 reached 4,629,273 tons, up from 3,676,847 tons a year earlier. Bituminous 3,335,753 tons, lignite 1,068,883 tons, sub bituminous 144,637. Ontario and Alberta gains highlighted. imports from the United States dip five percent.
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Canada
Nova Scotia
Alberta
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
New Brunswick
Gunrda
United States
Great Britain
Grischow Chalmers Wedding Saturday at Knox Manse
Audréy Bessie Chalmers married Elmer Bartholomew Grischow at Knox Manse Acton on Saturday afternoon. Rev H L Bennie officiated. The couple will live in Acton after a dinner with guests including Mrs A Holt and Miss M Holt. They left for a motor trip to Northern Ontario following the ceremony.
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Acton
Audréy Bessie
Reeve
J. B. Chalmers
Myr
Elmer Bartholomew Grischow
A. Holt
Mr. Grischow
Preston
H. L. Bennie
Margaret Chalmers
Robert Day
Mabel “Holt
Ontario
Grischow
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Acton Fall Fair
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J. R Kennedy
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F. R Findlay
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M. Scott
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