Visitors flock to Acton Fair reflects a busy social week
A parade of visitors from Toronto Guelph Streetville and Rochester join Acton Fair attendees. Many travel for fairs and family visits while locals welcome friends from Hamilton Omega and Calgary. AEngagement announced for Helen Marguerite Cameron Reid to James Davies.
Acton Fair 1940 Highlights and Prize Winners
The 1940 Acton Fair drew many visitors and featured livestock parades, strong Jersey cattle, notable poultry, and crowded hog and sheep displays. Miss L Ruth Nelson won the grand prize after traveling 3500 miles from Kitamaat B C, with other entrants from Saskatoon and Littleton New Hampshire. A concluding town hall dance capped two fair days, as officials toasted another success and listed prize winners across grain roots and vegetables, fruit, and domestic science categories.
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David Roszell Imd
Saskatoon
George Thurston
Littleton
New Hampshire
Acton Fair
Canada Sees Rise in Coal Output in Early 1940
First quarter 1940 coal production totalled 4,629,273 tons, up from 3,676,847 in 1939. Ontario? No. Nova Scotia 1,900,582 tons, Alberta 1,698,607 tons, British Columbia 466,016 tons, Saskatchewan 350,469 tons, New Brunswick 132,934 tons. Imports from the United States declined five percent. Canada’s available coal for consumption rose 15 percent year over year.
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Grischow Chalmers Wedding at Knox Manse Acton
Audrey Bessie Chalmers wed Mgr Elmer Bartholomew Grischow in a Saturday ceremony at Knox Manse Acton. Rev H L Bennie officiated four o clock service. Guests included Mrs A Holt and Miss M Holt. The couple planned a brief motor trip to Northern Ontario and will reside in Acton.
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