Local Personals Chronicle from Acton and Nearby Towns
Mrs G A Dilla and Prances visited Tries in Toronto this week. Miss Margaret J Macdonald of Toronto spent the weekend at her home here. Rev J W McLeod of Toronto visits parents in Acton. Engaged Catherine Pearl McEneery Acton to Stanley Morr Erin. Marriage planned early April. Reeve C H Harrison and wife trip to Vancouver. John Mann left for Truro after three months here. Mr and Mrs Dorrington of Alton guests of ex Warden and Mrs A Mason. Mr Ivan Kirkness Port Eyding stayed a couple days at home. Mrs J J Kerr hosts visitors. St Catharines couple with McDonald Earm. Elsie Herder St John’s NL spent Sunday with Macdonalds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Kirkness
Port Eyding
Mrs. Dorrington
Alton
Elsie Herder
St. John's
Newfoundland
Mrs. Alex. Macdonald
Church Street
Catherine Pearl
William McEneery
Mra. McEnery
Acton
Stanley Morr
J. H. Sinclair
Erin
Golden Jubilee events highlight Vancouver celebration
Vancouver hosts its Golden Jubilee festivities marking 1886 founding with sports, pageants, Shakespeare and Indian villages in Stanley Park. July peaks include Coke broaths, Burns dinner at the Empress with Mrs Gwen Dowar and Major Donald Cameron. Guests from South Africa Australia the United States and London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Stanley Park
Coke
Empress Hotel
Victorian
Gwen Dowar
Empress Dining Room
Ypipe
Donald Cameron
South Africa
Australia
United ,States
London
England
Top Coats in Latest Styles and Fabrics Display
Men find a wide range of coats and fabrics including fancy tweeds worsteds camels hair checks plaids stripes mixtures and neutrals. The selection features grays browns tans blues and greens in the newest patterns.
Musical Festival Contests Highlight Week's Events
The festival features 11 groups with 125 local pupils, including Milton Acton Burlington in rural and urban solos for boys and girls. Adjudicator Mr E Broth eour will judge events Saturday morning and afternoon, with choirs from Acton Milton Burlington Central and Oakville Central entering 35 voice to 60 voice choral categories and Acton School submitting 37 entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Brotheour
Ylimehouse
Dublin
Nassaga~weya
Limehouse
Nassagaweya
Naxsagaweya
Acton
Acton School
Urban Girlss
Actton School
Milton
Burington Central
Oakville Central
Burlington Central
Coronet to Decorate 1937 Auto Markers in Ontario
Ontario car markers for 1937 will bear the imprint of two coronets. Backgrounds will be military scarlet with white lettering. The scheme reflects coronation colors and plates are produced by Ontario Reformatory inmates at Guelph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Guelph
Canadian Retail Sales Rise in 1034 Gains Lined to Higher Wages
Canadian retail sales reached 1 943 480 000 in 1034, up 9.4 percent from 1033. Salaries and wages rose from 170 847 000 to 166 187 000, with proprietors’ pay excluded. End-year stocks on hand totaled 140 667 000, up 0.8 percent from 1033.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Sulphur Heat and Industry Link Across Many Sectors
Sulphur figures as a key cheap strong acid in diverse fields from artificial fertilizers to petroleum and iron and steel. It drives pulp and rayon production via sulphite and carbon disulphide, supports black powder and dyes, and appears in fumigation, bleaching, and acidproof cements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron and Steel
Thomas M. Beck
Chicago Tribune
Boxwood in Bible History and Colonial Gardens
The article traces boxwood as an ancient plant linked to Bible history and English gardens. It notes its long aging and reproduction timelines, its English origin, and its spread to America with colonial gentry using boxwood in estate gardens to reflect refined temperaments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond M. Ponwell
Philadelphia Voquirer
England
Europe
Bath
Surrey
Boxley
Kent
America
Philadelphia
Aretocracy
de Signa
Temperatures Stress Trees In Drought Study
A Missouri Botanical Garden bulletin reports trees in drought showing stress as temperatures reach 69 degrees or more. Measurements on 16 American elms reveal moisture drops below 50 percent trigger leaf fall and potential death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Miasourd Botanical Garden
Drouth
Tim a Thopalolo: A Samoan Marine Worm’s Monochronic Life
A Curiously described large worm near Samoa and the Wil tylands is said to hatch in November and die twelve months later. Each generation matures simultaneously, ascends coral reefs, and surfaces to release eggs on a moon-influenced day, forming millions of organisms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tima Thopalolo
Samoa
Wil Tylands
Collier's Weekly
Hockey upsets and local hockey notes from Acton area
A rambling sports column covers Boston Bruins’ defeat by Toronto Maple Leafs and local junior hockey details. It notes Acton and Guelph juniors, Whitby series, Maple Leaf Gardens venue hints, transfers for Halton baseball, boxing gym scenes, and youth sports at the Y. The piece teases next columns and the Open date for Guelph St. Michael’s final.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Bruins
Toronto Maple Leafs
Boston
Guelph
St. Mike's
the Gardens
Maple Leaf Arena
St. Michael's Buwera
Floods Around Montreal Damage Property Usher Officials
Floodwaters near Montreal caused extensive property damage and forced residents to upper floors. In Otterburn a 65 ton transformer ripped from its chain by the Richeleu River highlights the severity of the flood’s impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Iite
Dlore
Weloell
Otterburn
Fur Bearing Animals Show Century Cycle Pattern
The Hudson Day company notes a multi decade cycle in fur bearing species including alusrata, mink and red fox. The periodic rise appears across the northern United States and the Canadian Northwest, starting far north and moving southward with the same period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson Day Company
United
Biatea
Canadian Northwest
Columbus Links to Palow and Seville Memorials
Fragmentary account notes Columbus visiting a village named Palow near Saville as part of his voyage to discover America. It mentions a statue and a Columbus tomb in Seville Cathedral, described as the world’s third-largest tomb with a bronze-reborn sarcophagus and four figures representing ancient kingdoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Port Yew
Spain
Palow
Saville
America
Halo crown forms for sacred figures and rulers in medieval lore
The halo or aureole appears around divinities and sacred personages such as the Deity the Virgin and Christ, with a square variant for living rulers like kings emperors sultans and other monarchs illustrating its diverse forms across cultures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel Hromley
Weaterly
IL 1
Tm Collier's Weekly
Ay the Wash Hour Incident Earns Narrow Escape
A confusing fragment describes a person falling over fifty feet with another asking if hurt and a third replying no. The readable text implies a near miss during a crowded area but lacks clear names or locations.
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G.A. Dilla
Prances
Tries
Toronto
Margaret. J. Macdonald
Mrs
Rev
R. J. Kerr
T. Bell
St. Catharines
R. M. McDonald
John Mann
Truro
N.S
Reeve
C. H. Harrison
Western Provinces
Charles A. Wadson
D.S.C
Yar
RNG
Q- Boat
Active _Club International
Hotel Vancouver
Nayal York Hotel
Mark
Queen City
British Columbia
Far East
Japan
C. A. Cotterell
Wrntlukh Columbia
Canadian Pacific Railway
Orient
Mrr
Kobo
Victoria
Canadian Pacific
North Atlantic Conforsnes
Wilbura Yaird
Dominion
Quebec
Vidtayla
Domlalon
Yonge Street
Ryrie
Tolo
Boya’ High School
Burlington
Bealto Miusscolini
Vialy
Travel
Holland
France
Germany
Norway
Italy
Vimy Ridge
F.L. Wright
Mull Street
O'Shaughnessy
Wallace Beery
Jackie Cooper
Aphewg
Broadway
Pat O'Brien
Frank Mc ¥Lugh
Jean Muir
Fox News
API
Ecstacy
Holy Land
Loretta Young
Henry Wilcoxon
Howse
Actons
Fergus News Record
Durham
Acton ‘Tanners
Board of Strategy
Georgetown
Whitby
Oshawa
Maple Leaf Gardens
Hamilton Tigers
Witler
Miareso
Teronto
Halton County
Bill Ecclenhall
Bill
Paul Barber
Ula
Biletin
OLA
Tubnill
Acton Beauty Parlor
Mill
Bergross
Choice Rice
Aylmer
Perth
BEC
SOC
W. Nesatt
Proprieto
Hsions
Shh
All-Union
Tip Top
Chooga
TIP Top Tailors
Tress
Aton
M. Pallant
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