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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 07, 1938
Page
5
Local residents hosted guests from Toronto Welland Regina Windsor and Buffalo over the weekend. Families including the Martins Leavens and Grims visited Acton while others traveled to St Petersburg Florida and Toronto for shows and gatherings.
The family of the late James E. Mc Millan expresses deep appreciation for floral tributes sympathy and acts of kindness shown by Lachlan his son and their sisters. Memories of these gestures are cherished.
Geese migrate north each spring through Manitoba along the Mississippi flyway. The annual movement, beginning in March and peaking in late April, brings millions of birds to feeding grounds near Winnipeg and surrounding areas. The halt lasts about a month as flocks feed before departing for Arctic nesting.
Two men on a northbound train engage in a playful exchange about their lines of work. One claims to be a pepper traveler and offers a handshake, while the other replies he is a salt seller, turning the moment into a light social quip.
Creditors of William Sprowl late of Acton Halton County Ontario who died about March 4 1038 must send full names addresses and claim details to Solicitor Co F Leatherland Acton by April 30 1938 under Trustee Act section 61. Executors will distribute assets to rightful parties and are not liable for claims not received by then.
The Lakeside Chapter LOD held its April gathering in the YMCA social room on Tuesday evening. Two new members were welcomed and plans discussed for spring activities and a program of business and educational items. The evening ended with a cheerful social time.
The twelfth Annual Meeting of the Hamilton Conference Branch of the Woman's Missionary Society of the United Church will be at St John’s Church Oakville on April 13 14 starting at two o clock. President Mrs J A Laughland opens with an evening address. Speakers include Mia Forbes, Miss Winifred Thomas, Dr R G Struthers and Dr W T Brown.
Miss Evelyn Young Williams and Dr. John Alexander Levack Scott were married at the bride’s father’s home in Portst on Monday at high noon. Rev. Andrew Lane officiated as the couple, with Mrs. H Williams and Miss Doris Williams among the party. After a reception, the newlyweds sailed for England from New York to begin Dr. Scott’s surgical studies.
Twenty members of St. Alban's Young People staged a fine program at the Parish Hall. The Blessed Vagrants shows a hard boiled Chief of Police learning mercy on Christmas morning. The Old Candlemaker of St Johns follows a greedily famed craftsman who learns love over mere craft.
The article outlines Peter’s confession of Jesus as the Christ and the necessity of Jesus’s death and resurrection. It presents three conditions of discipleship: deny self, take up the cross, and follow Christ, urging readers to adopt a Christlike, selfless path even at personal cost.
Central electric stations in Canada produced 27,675 million kilowatt hours in 1937, up from 25,394 in 1936, a gain near nine percent. Hydro power growth has driven industrial development while reserves remain ample. 1937 added 167,161 horsepower, elevating national capacity to 6,112,761 horsepower. Time.
The Third Annual Meeting of the Children’s Aid Society of Peel and Halton will be held on April 21, 1938 at 7 30 p m in St Paul’s United Church Milton. Annual reports will be presented and officers elected. Miss Nora Lea, supervisor of the Toronto Children’s Aid Society, will address the meeting. All interested are invited.
Before entering, Sam-Easy asks each girl if she has been putting on weight to assess affordability. The dialogue hints at costs of dining out and social expectations.
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