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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 09, 1936
Page
5
Community greetings and visits as residents travel from Toronto and Kitchener to Acton. Announcements include engagements for Jessie May Young and Allan Watson, and hoped for speedy recoveries for Marguerite Symon after surgery.
Neighborhood notes describe visits by Mr. and Mrs. A Moody and others, a Women's Missionary Society meeting at Mrs. A Gilbertson home with Meditations for Holy Week, and a summer charge by Mr. S Johnson from Knox College. Ladies' Aid social at J Milne home included games, contests, and quilt awards plus an address and birthday presentation for Mrs. W Gilbertson.
The Everton Young Peoples Society led the service as Rev A P McLeod was away. Attendees prayed and songs, with minutes read, and plans for a social at Easter discussed. Dorothy Church and Albert Alton led the program with talks on sacrifice and giving oneself to Christ. Visitors from Toronto Acton and other towns joined at the home of Mr and Mrs Jas Hepburn.
In a lonely glen in Sutherland Scotland the smallest school in the Beltish Empire was built to meet Parliament rules limiting child travel. Three children of James McKay, a shepherd, are the pupils who walk three miles to the school each day.
John A Brown reports success of a No Smoking in the Arena campaign at Calgary's artificial cerona during the Alberta Benler playoffs. Officials, police, and attendants enforced the rule with signs and loudspeakers, benefiting players and spectators.
Deary Parr Puras cites Lord Inverforth’s views on moral law guiding economic action and humane governance. The piece notes his shift from business to public service, his cleanup of war waste saving Britain millions, and his refusal of a salary. It also mentions Alberta politics debates on salary cuts and local oil, wheat, and diamond jubilee plans.
Milton J Storey of Cleveland visits his mother at the AYUton Inn. A three act play A Family Disturbance was staged by an amateur cast under J Mouslyn Bearen at Princess Theatre for Milton Fire Brigade. Galbraiths return from St Petersburg Florida after two months abroad. Alexander Acton suffers a broken hip after falling on Halton Jail roof. he is taken to Guelph General Hospital. Dr C K Blevenson treats the injured man.
A Negro tells his minister he has got religion and will lay aside sin and pay debts. The exchange shifts from religion to business as the minister questions sincerity and the speaker replies with a practical digression about business. The dialogue captures street vernacular and social force in a casual encounter.
Notice requires all Acton residents to clean cellars drains yards and outbuildings remove dirt manure and other substances posing health risks by May 11. Sanitary Inspector will begin inspections that day. Reeve H H Harrison urges constant disinfection and clear premises.
A public auction on April 6 1936 at 1 pm on Walter Lambert’s farm Lot 3 First Line Erin two miles north of Highway 7 four miles west of Acton offers a dual purpose cattle herd horses and 50 acre lot. Items include Shorthorn and Jersey cows with calves, steers and hogs york sows, Implements such as a Deering mower binder and wagons, harness and farming gear, grain and hay stock 400 bushels oats 60 bushels barley 50 acre lot available with reserve bid water year round and cash terms with no reserve on stock and chattels.
The Acton School Musical Festival showcased numerous solo and duet performances across age groups with winners including Gertrude Morley Muriel Smith Ronald Gates and Milton Georgina Gastle and Marian Fox. Local schools and organizations donated shields cups and medals to support the event.
A brief exchange reveals a bedridden patient and a concerned speaker acknowledging a seven week illness and a crash. The fragment hints at health struggles and social contact after a long absence. No additional names or concrete events are provided beyond the scene's mood.
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