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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 12, 1934
Page
11
Local notes list visitors and callers from Toronto Woodstock and Creemore visiting friends and relatives for Easter. Names include Laure Wiles Douglas Russell Isabel Switeer Jennie McDougall John Robertson Arnold Swackhamer Rydal Olive Robinson Anne MacDonald and families. Clergy and couples from Toronto also traveled west for a three week trip.
Arthur Ontario couple Mr and Mrs G B Stephenson mark 67 years of marriage dating to 1867. He 91 she 86, after a life in Peel Township Arthur and business in town. They traveled widely later years, supported church life and raised a notable family.
Residents discuss costs and scope of a proposed community building with figures for lot, plumbing, moving, and contingencies. Officials explain funding and governance while attendees weigh the project against other local needs. The meeting ends with thanks and a vote of appreciation to the chairman.
A new safety device uses three megaphones to emit an automatic whistle and act as ears to detect danger in fog. It reportedly locates a two person rowing boat at 800 feet and a sailing craft at 1,350 feet while a 538-ton steamer is found at 1,850 to 2,160 feet. The system relies on sound to pinpoint direction and distance.
The piece urges honesty about not knowing as a path to learning. It warns against bluffing and pretense among youth and encourages admitting confusion and asking questions without fear. It emphasizes that understanding grows from acknowledging gaps in knowledge.
A carnival pitch features a salesman extolling a famous flexible comb that withstands bending, hammer blows, and twisting. A listener asks if it can really comb hair, highlighting skepticism and skeptical inquiry.
Multiple obituaries from Guelph area detail the deaths of Mrs. Frank Nunan at St Josephs Hospital in Guelph aged 74, Robert E. Wilton of Bolton aged 67, Samuel Dolson of Mount Pleasant district, and John H. Hilts of Guelph aged around retirement. Surviving relatives, burial plans, and funeral arrangements are listed with church affiliations and initials for pallbearers. The notices reference families Ryan, Wilson, Dolson, Hilts and local institutions including Bolton United Church and various Presbyterian churches.
Council minutes describe motions to stop Township Relief on April 30 1934 to pay road sheets unemployment relief and election expenses. Decisions include filing accounts from Dra McColl & Syer and adjournment to May 11 1934 at 1:30 p.m. or on call of the Reeve.
Sir James Carmichael praised a remarkable dog at a Bolingbroke Hospital function in South London. The dog entered the hospital through the front door and guided staff to an injured paw, leading to treatment in the outpatients department before being sent away.
The funeral of Margaret McFadgen McDonald widow of John McDonald was held from her son Neil McDonald’s home in Eramosa Township to Mimosa Cemetery. Rev. J Robertson and Rev. Dr. Spence conducted services. pallbearers were Robt Davis, Harry Phillips, Alex and Dougald McLean, George Gibson, and James Green. Born in Erin Township she lived most of life in Eramosa. Surviving eight daughters and three sons, twenty three grandchildren and one great grandchild. Her husband and one son preceded her.
In a Polish village near Kralow a fox terrier puppy played in traffic until a large wolfhound moved into the road and carried the puppy to safety. The dog then shook the pup softly and returned to its nap.
In a 1934 letter from Acton, the writer urges readers to resist strong drink citing Proverbs and warning that alcohol harms individuals and families. The note laments liquor’s influence, stresses medical prohibition, and warns against government claims of respectability. The piece also recalls Rev. Dr. J. Cooper Antliff and his Acton connections.
The quote frames science as an effort to organize the facts of emergence. Arthur Eddington suggests scientific work seeks orderly understanding of how new phenomena arise from underlying systems.
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