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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Sep 19, 1940

Page

12

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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