Obituary Notice for Mrs Spek Abe Spek
Beloved wife Spek Abe Spek, age 39, died at 39 Street 429 after a hospital search on March 24 1935. Funeral details and further information to follow.
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 04, 1935
Page
8
Beloved wife Spek Abe Spek, age 39, died at 39 Street 429 after a hospital search on March 24 1935. Funeral details and further information to follow.
Snow delays linger in Ontario while Guelph reports uncollected taxes. The Pergus temperance meeting and Acton band concerts highlight community life as warmer weather draws travelers. Brampton Hydro shows a surplus and the year ends with audit notices and omissions in local reporting.
A Dominion Entomological laboratory study in Vineland Ontario shows three oak and hickory plant bugs migrate to nearby peach trees in June. They puncture fruit causing scars and unmarketable fruit, with severe impact near oak and hickory trees. The tarnished plant bug also injures nursery peach trees by puncturing buds, leading to bushy, inferior growth.
Auction notices list items including bales, implements, and farm stock. Events occur on April dates with locations such as York Road Heehpolhousy Yarm and Wumies Mallu Acton. Executors’ sale of late T. A. Jackson is noted.
Arrangements are complete for the District Orange Lodge events in Oakville set for July 12. A dog bite incident involved Gus Walsh’s small pup attacked by a Boston terrier owned by Arthur F. Hillmer. A non-support charge against Vernon Sharpe of Trafalgar Township was dismissed before Magistrate L. J. Bul. Two cars driven by N. Carter and W. Anderson collided at Dunn and Church streets with no injuries. An egg mixup occurred when Miss D. Wells of Toronto, riding with William Danks, had crates of eggs in a crash near Trafalgar and Dundas highways.
Gilbert Dilly known as Gilbert MacLean sings weekly on OKOO Hamilton at 8 45 pm. A chimney fire on Glen road near Myr Darvell’s was put out by firemen. Mrs Hugh Black, recently discharged from Guelph Hospital, returned home. Engagement announced for Helen Rosamond Georgetown to John Kenneth Hamilton. Golden Star Lodge Brampton with W H Thompson visited Orion Lodge Y O FL and conferred second degree.
Notice to creditors of Cordilla Sayers widow of Acton Ontario dated March 21 1935 requires claims with full names addresses and details. Executors Andrew Murray and George Herbert Brown will distribute assets after April 23 1985 and are not responsible for undisclosed claims. Solicitor H N Palmer Acton Ontario attached.
A Dominion Department of Agriculture guide lists several cream and custard pie recipes suitable for use when seasonal fruit is scarce. It includes detailed steps for Cream Pie with meringue, Chocolate Cream Pie, Coffee Cream Pie, Butter Scotch variations, Fruit Cream Pie with dates and fruit, and assorted Custard Pies such as Yellow Custard and Caramel Custard.
Observations from Dominion Experimental Station Lennoxville Quebec show the cool burning brooder stove with an adaptable colony house yields economical success. After hatching chicks stay in incubator until dry, then brooder warmth for 24 hours, with temperature 100 to 110 degrees near the hover. Feeding requires grain, vegetable, animal, and mineral mixes plus clean water, with a recommended starter blend and oyster shell.
The letter column invites signed submissions on public interest topics and local life. Readers discuss courtesy, Montreal residents Horace Nelson and Lloyd Kenney, maple syrup production and a long-ago kettle process, ship traffic to Montreal via the Lachine Canal, and the bustle of foreign freight as the canal and harbor handle spring trade.
A Dominion Fisheries report notes a very large Atlantic salmon run in New Brunswick spawning streams last season with many fish reaching spawning beds. Landings of salmon and trout were higher in 1934, water conditions favorable, and anglers caught over 48 000 pounds of salmon with rods. Commercial production totaled 7 250 cwt valued at 51 650 dollars. Fishermen in camps and equipment investments approach two million dollars.
A reprinted note from The Trade Gazette discusses Canadian turkeys and chickens, praising government supervision and accurate marking. It notes Canadian ducks matching U S quality, with superior packing and gradings, and expects continued demand and possible market leadership in poultry imports.
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