Acton Fall Fair Draws 3000 Despite Threatening Weather
About 3,000 visitors attended Acton's two day fall fair, with poultry hogs sheep and beef cattle strong entries. The midway and arena featured rides games and performances while a donkey baseball show drew laughs. Winners included top in freckled face and distant attendees from Scotland and England.
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Acton
Mdway
FL A. Lashley
Ontario Fall Pairs Association
Awe Tors
Ray Everdell
Halton
J. Stewart
Stan Hall
M.P P
Women’s Institute and Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary
Friendly Circle Resumes Meetings After Bazaar
The Friendly Circle resumed regular meetings on a Wednesday in September. President Adamson welcomed attendees. secretary's report led to evening business and a bazaar plan. Devotional was led by Mrs Jean Johnston with hymns sung and prayers offered by Mrs Versa Bean and Miss M Bennett.
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Mee
Adamson
Jean Johnston
Palm St
Heten Waterhouse
Versa Bean
M Bennett
Branches Touching Hydro Lines Deemed Dangerous In Acton
Hydro superintendent D Mason labels branches touching or overhanging town lines dangerous as Public Utilities Commission weighs overdue trimming. Commission wary of 950 trimming cost, Mayor Tyler proposes local labor and hydro supervision to cut costs. Additional items include truck purchases, insurance questions, pole orders, water meter dispute, and planned equipment upgrades.
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Hydro
D. Mason
Public Utilities Commission
Acton
E. Tyler
Hydro Department
Commission
Atosmee Amorrior
Taney Ak
Oncom
R. F Bean Ltd
Chassie
Onsur
Power outages blamed on wind and tree branches
Wind toppling branches caused multiple power cuts across town. Hydro crews repaired lines and restored service by morning after outages Sunday and Tuesday, with a downtown brief outage on Bower Ave and similar incidents affecting several areas during the night.
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Jasning
Lnes
Hydro
Bower Ave
Council Debates Second Well Site Amid Water Reserve Concerns
Monday council discussed water reserves after a Third Line well yielded less than expected. A by law to authorize a $2500 second site with a $250 down payment passed with two dissenters as officials weighed need, cost, and future water supply against alternatives.
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Actons
R. N. Brown
E. Footitt
Fuotitt
E. Tyler
Reever
Stewart
Ro Thompson
Daylight Saving Time Ends This Weekend
Standard Time returns to hand back one hour as clocks are set back between midnight Saturday and sunrise Sunday. The change affects most areas this weekend with officials advising to adjust clocks then.
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Treel
Three Acton Girls Win Dominion Provincial Bursaries
Three Acton high school students Nancy Lambert Mary Braida and Ena Jennings won Dominion Provincial student aide bursaries for the current school year. Braida plans zoology at Guelph Collegiate this year Jennings attends Teachers College in Hamilton and Lambert is in grade 13 at Acton High. The awards are limited in the county and many compete without success.
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Acton High School
Dominion
Nancy Lambert
Mary Braida
Ena Jennings
J. Guelph Collegiate
Teachers’ College
Hamilton
Acton Free Press Draw Winners Named At Fall Fair
The Acton Free Press announced Saturday afternoon’s lucky draw winners from the fall fair. Town residents and nearby district winners like Mrs J Fisher and Garnet Bruce will choose prize colors or initials. Letters will be sent to all winners to confirm printing details and delivery.
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Acton Free Press
Ted Tyler
J. Fisher
Georgetown
Garnet Bruce
R.R
Arton
Bob Frank
Acton
Mary Kirkness
Howard Masates
Donna Barfoot
Rockwood
Rae Reibling
W A
Nielson
Ton
Albert Young
Franklin Armstrong
Fergus
Herbert Jordan
E. M Perry
Free Press
Free
Full Time Shop Use Discussed by District Boards
The North Halton High School District Board and Milton Public School Board discussed full time use of shop facilities at Acton and Milton High Schools for two grades of public school pupils. Acton and Milton boards will advertise for a shop teacher, potentially starting this term. Budget items included mileage for Mr Brown, a Maurice Poster appointment at Acton High, and several transportation and construction plans.
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Acton
Milton
Milton Public School Board
North Halton
High School
Accor Ith
Brown
Maurice Poster
Acton High School
Paster
oCateglate
Tutinn Fae
Transportation Committee
R. S Adame
Barnett
Masonic Church Service Held at Knox Presbyterian
The annual Masonic church service was held Sunday evening with Rev RH Armstrong in charge and delivering the sermon. Members of Walker Lodge paraded to the church and returned to their Lodge rooms afterward.
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Knox Presbyterian
RH Armstrong
Walker Lodge
Color Slides Of Trip To West See Color Slides Of Trip
The Duke of Vevonshire Chapter Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire held its first meeting of the season at Mrs G W Masales home on September 14. Members arranged for tagging at the Fall Fair and heard a talk on the Top of the World while viewing color slides of Thule and the Arctic circle. The chapter plans to supplement a fund for standards downtown and Mrs Veldhuis presented pictures of a West Coast trip with commentary.
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Duke of Vevonshire
Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire
G. W. Masales
B Mowat
Thule
Arctic Circle
Mays
Night School Courses Set by Acton Board
The North Halton night school committee outlines 11 courses for Acton Milton and Georgetown high schools beginning in November. Acton volunteers include Mrs. Beatty and George Bowman with Keith Barber as president. Applications will be published in Free Press. class sizes start at 15. Courses cover clothing, commercial shop work, painting, metal craft, leather, boxing, millinery and more at slight costs.
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Acton
Georgetown
Richards
Frank Cowan Insurance Co
Searty
Hegh School
Milton
Messrs Forgrave
Carrie Cash Pills Hall
Beaumont
Pickett
Rose Carbert
North Halton
Lloyd Minshall
Department of Education
W. Beatty
Miss Wilkin
Claude Cook
George Bowman
Ted Hansen
Cliff Sutton
Keith Barber
Muckart
Free Press
Aly 10
Mission Band to Begin Explorers With New Baby Unit
The Circle opens its fall season with meetings at Mrs. Ralph Tripp's home. Leaders announce a new baby band for ages three to five led by Mrs Wally Gordon, a six to eight Mission Band under Mrs R Costerus, and Explorers with Mrs John Chapman as counsellor. Prayer, devotions, and reports precede a social tea.
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Bue Depaces
Rea TS
Cirele Mel
Ralph Tripp
Charles Landsborough
William Morris
Landsborough
Guelph
R Costerus
Kitchener
Mission Band
Wally Gordon
Wall
Ro Costerus
John Chapman
Bolivia
Africa
India
Two Area Crashes Cause Damages Worth 425
Two accidents in the district damaged vehicles totaling 425 with no injuries reported. A 3 truck event near a bridge involved Dona't Currie Limehouse and Glen Williams as another car struck during reversal. A separate collision damaged a car driven by David Tos, and a Georgetown crash left a vehicle in a ditch on Seventh Line near Stewarttown.
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Dona’t Currie Limehouse
Glen Williams
Myrtle Reid
Glen W.l Lams
David Tos
Georgetown
Stewarttown
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