Births and Deaths Notice from Knox Presbyterian Church
Births appear to list a marriage of Averey Guelph Ontario to William MacPherson Rees, son of David Rose. Died notices include Cameron Jessie Campbell Acton Ontario aged 78, Swackhammer William E. Toronto Ontario aged 76, and Wilbert Ronald Thomas drowned at age 8.
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Rogs-Awerey
Knox’ Prebyterian Church
Orillis
Ee Werey
Cameron
Acton
Ontario
Jessie Campbell
John ©Amton
Swackhamer
Logan Avenue
Toronto
William E. Swackhamer
Wilbert Ronald Thomas
Wilfred and
Sadie Thomas
Hig
Acton Fair 1931 Receives High Praise At Burlington Event
Report notes strong turnout and favorable comments on Acton Fair despite minor accidents. Weather, entertainment by Hewetson Minstrels, and crowd control praised. Miss Brownridge burned by rope incident. Nelson & Co. win third Lux Slap prize. D. D. Morrison correction issued. secretary Wright praised. horse saddle accident cited. preparations for 1932 Fair anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton Monument Works
Fort Press
Nicol
Acton
Wright
Acton Fair
Acton's Nineteenth Annual Fair Highlights Students and Displays
Contained list of fair entries across needlework and children's work from Acton's nineteenth annual fair. Includes e hand painted sets cups and saucers by Mrs Rumley and others, penmanship and drawing by pupils from Fourth to Third Reader, water color sketches, vegetable and flower collections, bird houses, poems by Hazel Waldie Ted Hansen and others, with concluding note for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrz.v. B. Rumiley
V. B. Rumsey
J. Bell
An Bell
V. B. ‘Rumley
V. B. Rumley
J. ‘Bell
W. B. Rumley
Hildren
Marion Nicol
Mary McBain
Gordon Savage
Lorne School
Lorne, School
Doris Wilson
Gordon Gavage
Ellmer Lasby
Helen Brown
Kathleen Sweeney
Elmer Lasby
Vernon Agnew
Dorothy Barber
Milton News Roundup Highlights Local Moves and Events
Mrs. R. White spends a month with her son E. Blake White in Toronto. George Coulson takes a delivery driver post with J. Kemshead bakery. Milton Arena hosts a successful Street Fair and Dance. Lucy Woodley completes three years at Toronto General Hospital Nursing School. Alf Hopkins wins local mail contract for R. R. No. 1 Milton. W R Haggard of Pittsfield visits relatives in Esquesing. Charles Kenney family and Mrs. Hall visit Milton parents, return home. In Oakville court, David Hughes fined 200 for liquor possession after raid at Dave’s Place. he disappeared but surrendered later.
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George Coulson
J. Kemshead
Clifford Lewington
Little Son
London
Milton Arena, Ltd
Alf. Hopkins
R. R
Milton
Richard Neve
R. Haggard
Pittsfield
Mass
Stephen Haggard
Hodge Stark
Esquesing
Charles Kenney
Kenney
Hall
Montreal
David Kenney
Mcllveen
Oakville
David Hughes
Mhose
Dave
Hughes
Aquor
Burlington Social Notes and Local Elections
Burlington items record weekend visits by Mr and Mrs George Whitten and W Berdines of Miami with the Brays and Lindleys at Wasaga Beach. Reeve-elect George Filman of Aldershot to succeed R H Emery. Vern Smith mourns his father in Brantford. N B R reports rail steel work detours in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Whitten
W. Berdines
Miami, Florida
Harry Bray
Elisabeth. Street
J. A. Ehd
M. Lindley
Wasaga Beach
Wasaga
Brown
Chicago
J. O. .Ryckman
Beatty
Peerless Dairy
Toronto
London
Chief Smith
Lions Club
Guelph
George Filman
Aldershot
East Flamboro
Waterdown
R. H. Emery
Smith
Brantford
Limehouse School Fair Winners List
The Limehouse School Fair showcased keenly contested events with many prizes awarded. Winners include Harold Scott and Harold Brown in oats, Newton Ruddell in field corn, George Fisher in sweet corn, Donald Van Fleet in Irish Cobbler potatoes, plus numerous top placers in flowers, livestock, baked goods, and crafts led by Harold Brown, Gordon Price, and Janet Henderson among others.
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Limehouse
Harold Scott
Harold Brown
Jack
Nic‘kell
Helen Meredith
Ruddell
Wilfred Johnson
Fred Ruddell
Floyd
George Fisher
Alma ‘Tyers
Donald VanFleet
Donald van Fleet
Bernie VanFleet
Verna Foster
Jillian Johnson
Amelia Tonelli
Donald Lindsay
Mangels
Betty Woodley
Horace Hopcroft
Helen McGowan
Turnips
Gordon Price
Dorothy Tyers
Beets
Evelyn Johnson
Gordon McDonald
Earl Scott
Carrotl
Ronald Davies
Lloyd James
Elwood Snow
Parsnips
Ruth North
Janet Alexan
John Dickinson
Given Hill
Borothd Cleave
Dorothy Cleave
Eva Tyers
Bruce Lindsay
Newton Ruddell
Lamb
Margaret Brown
Eva ‘Tyers
Fred Russell
Newton
Bobbie Tonelli
Kenneth Michie
Citron
Eva, Tyers
Janet Henderson
Dorothy Dredge
Peggy Smethurst
Grace Beerman
Jean Parnell
Dorothy Foster
Doris Venchiarilette
Doris Smith
Wren House
Clarence Snow
Bill Crofts
Verna’ Foster
Douglas Ridler
Dorothy
Foster
Quinta’ Tonelli
Donis Smith
Doris —.Ridler
Wallace Gordon
Georgina Foster
John Barmen
Evelyn Johnston
Janet Alexander
Marjory Johnson
Dorothy “Foster
Doris Mitchell
James Ryder
the Sunbeam
Inez Scott
Eunice Flintoft
Mary Burack
Lawrence
Cross
Quinta Tonelli
Alma Tyers
Doris Ridler
Ruth Smith
Jack Dredge
Joanna Shortill
Jean McLean
Maurice Hopcroft
Joan
Hall
Mcelville
Jack Nickell
Angelo Tonelli
Marion Leslie
Georgetown Visitors and Local Returns After Week
Dr. Campbell Laidlaw of Ottawa and Mr. R J Laidlaw of St Andrew's College Toronto visited with Dr and Mrs McColl. Mr and Mrs A B Castell returned to Highgate after two weeks with friends. Clarence Anderson of Union returned from Muskoka. Mrs Minnie Coffen Mrs N Hunter Miss Hunter and Mr Wilfred Hunter attended Alfred Travis funeral in Toronto after a vehicle accident Friday.
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Campbell Laidlaw
Ottawa
R. J.laidlaw
St. Andrew's College
Toronto
Mist McColl
A. B .Castell
Highgate
Clarence Anderson
Union
McKay Lake
Muskoka
Minnie Coffen
N. Hunter
Miss Hunter
Wilfred Hunter
Alfred Travis
Herald
How towns become good for merchants in weekly papers
A salesman explains how mail order firms select towns by scrutinizing local advertising. He notes they secretly buy all newspapers, favor towns with strong merchant ads, and rely on the weekly newspaper as the most read local publication.
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Fort Erie
Grimsby
St. Catharines
Allston
Ont
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Pike i
Burlington
5. Houlding
Hewetson Minstrels
Acton Citizens’ Band
McKeown
Nelson &Co
R. J. Kerr
R. J
Acton Machine Shops
McPherson
Albert Loutett
Dorothy Footuite
Margaret ‘Lasby
Helen West
Bruce Pargeter
Win. Hall
Wilmer Davidson
Frances McDowell
Wm. Hall
Joe Lasby
S. E. Griffin& Son
Wm. J. Hall
Ethel Pargeter
Robert Allan, Jr
Hazel Waldie
Esther Taylor
Margaret Harrison
Ted Hansen
Harvey Hassard
Wm. Near
Mrs. R. White
E. Blake White
Lucy Woodley
Toronto General Hospital
N. BR
Ontario Street
Maple Avenue
Freeman — Gazette
Der
John, Brown
Lawrence Cross
Dorothy Johnson
George
Michie
Janet Anderson
Bouquet
Dorothy Cleaves
Lillian
Johnson
Margaret Browny
Gladioli
Dorothy ‘Cleave
Asters
Evelyn, Johnson
Lawrence’ Cross
Zinnias
Julian Johnson
Plymouth Rock Cockerel
Joanna Shornl
Plymouth
Rock ' ‘Pullet
Joanna’ Shorty
Tbs
Georgetown
Pallant’s
Carhartt’s Union
Carharti
MILL
Rice Tbs
SeatWave
Princess
Cilay
Nelson & CO
Mill Street
Acto
Way
Bruce B
Ecuane
errny-Hanly Advertising
Ate
Mil Te
Ronta Ate
Corporation
Newmarket
The
Free Press
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