Social News Notes Visitors and Village Guests
Several residents are listed visiting relatives and friends over Easter and weekends. Laure Wiles visits Master Douglas Russell. Isabel Switeer is home from Pasley for the holiday. Mrs. Jennie McDougall of Toronto visits Acton friends. Arnold and Rydal travel for business and family gatherings. Miss Olive Robinson returns from Wilting to Waterloo. Anne MacDonald returns to Waterloo after vacation at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne MacDonald
Waterloo
Sixty seventh wedding anniversary celebrated at Arthur
Mr and Mrs G B Stephenson of Arthur Ontario celebrate 67 years of marriage dating from 1867. They lived in Peel Township and Arthur with business as a general merchant. Now in retirement they travelled to Texas Vancouver and other places and their family included John L Stephenson Alf Stephenson Rev G Stephenson and Mrs Rev W E James.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Stephenson
Arthur
Ontario
Eva Adams
Drayton
Ontari
Texas
Vancouver
Stephenson
Mars
Peel Township
John £. Stephenson
Alma and
Wrayton
B C
Alf. Stephenson
G. Stephenson
United Church
Kamehouse
Building Discussed at Public Meeting
A town council meeting debated costs and plans for a new building project. Speakers cited figures from 1 350 to 2 550 dollars for site, plumbing, and siding, while discussions touched on surplus funds, Hydro relations, and community impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. King
R. J. Kerr
Reeve Thetford
R. J. Ramshaw
King
Ontario
W. A. Lasby
Hydro
Acton
Reeve
E. Jones
Mr. King
Councillor Jones
Ship's Sixth Sense Aims to Warn in Thick Fog
A new safety device using three megaphones emits a high pitched whistle that can alert pilots to danger up to half a mile away in fog. It claims to locate a two person rowing boat at 800 feet and a sailing boat at 1,350 feet, with a steamship detected at 1,850 to 2,160 feet. The system uses two ear devices to triangulate direction and a third whistle for the warning.
Saying You Do Not Know
The text urges honesty about ignorance as a sign of learning. It cautions against bluffing and pretending to know things one does not, noting that saying I don’t understand is not dangerous and should lead to asking questions.
One Use Salesman Demo Sparks Curiosity
A street salesman extols a flexible comb claiming it will endure any treatment. He demonstrates bending and twisting while a listener asks if hair can be combed with it, prompting intrigued reaction from bystanders.
Entered Into Rest In Prominent Guelph Family
Death notices from Guelph record Mrs Frank Nunan who passed at St Josephs Hospital after 74 years. Born Mary Hese Ryan in Orangeville she moved to Guelph in 1885. Survived by husband four daughters two sons and relatives worldwide. Also outlined are deaths of Robert E Wilton aged 67 near Bolton and Samuel Dolson long resident of Mount Pleasant with a large funeral cortege. John H Hilts of Guelph dies at 8 McGee Street in brief obituary with service and burial details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guelph
Frank Nunan
St Joseph's Hospital
Orangeville
Nunan
Mary Hese Ryan
Patrick Ryan
Mrns
Albert Wyndham
Paria
France
Arthur Waton
Hollywood
California
Frances
Homewood Sanitarium
Marguerite
George Numan
Gregorian University
Rome
Italy
Harry
Robert E. Wilton
Bolton
Mr. Wilson
Alston Township
Henry Wilson
Samuel Dolson
Mount Pleasant
8. D. McClure
Norval Cemetery
Ewan McDonald
Norval Presbyterian Church
M. D. McKinnon
Mt. Pleasant
Township Relief to Be Stopped April 30 1934
Township minutes record motions to end relief on April 30 1934 and dispense with unemployment relief vouchers. The council approves payments for road sheets 124.08 election expenses 2.00 and related accounts, with adjournment to May 11 1934 or on call of the Reeve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crimie
W. Gallagher C. Rs. Adams
J. Hilson
W.A. Wilson
L. L. Mullin
L. Mullin
W. A. Wilson
G.W. Murray
N. A. Robinson
Dra, McColl & 8Yer
J. ©. Cook
GW. Murray
Canine Sagacity At Bolingbroke Hospital Remarked
Sir James Carmichael praised a dog's intelligence at a Bolingbroke Hospital event in South London. The dog entered the hospital, went to the outpatients department, showed an injured paw to a nurse, and a casualty officer treated the wound before the dog was sent away. Bloodstained foot marks were later traced about 200 yards from the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Carmichael
Bolingbroke Hospital
London
Funeral of Margaret McDonald of Eramosa Township
The funeral for the late Margaret McDonald wife of John McDonald was from her son Neil McDonald’s residence in Eramosa Township to Mimosa Cemetery. Rev. J. Robertson and Rev. Dr. Spence conducted the service with pallbearers including two sons-in-law and several relatives. She was eighty six, born in Erin Township and survived by eight daughters, three sons, twenty three grandchildren and one great grandchild, with one sister in Guelph. Her husband and one son preceded her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Hilts
Guelph
McGee Street
Conings~by
Erin Township
Henry
Mary Hilts
Mary. Burt
David Hilts
Sault Ste. Marie
Peter Hilts
Acton
Mr. Cadwell
Presbyterian Church
Hills
Disciple
Fairview Cemetery
Messrs
Fred Denny
Hugh and Cutcheon
Peter Hills
John Thomas
Chas. Havens
John Osborne
Margaret McFadgen
John McDonald
Neil McDonald
Third Line
Eramosa Township
Mimosa Cemetery
J. Robertson
Barrie Hill Church
Spence
Orton
Robt
Davis
Harry Phillips
Alex
Dougald McLean
George Gibson
James Green
McDonald
Eramosa Townshm
Alexander
Vancouver
Mooney
Makawa
Bell
Park River
N. D
Hardy
Toronto
Old wolfhound rescues puppy in Polish village collision near Kralow
An old wolfhound saved a fox terrier puppy from traffic in a Polish village near Kralow. The dog grabbed the pup in its mouth and leaped clear of an oncoming car, then shook the puppy before returning to its rest by a garden gate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kralow
Letter on liquor dangers and memories of Rev Dr Antliff
A 1934 letter urges strong anti liquor views citing Proverbs and government claims of moderation. It recalls Rev Dr J Cooper Antliff, his Acton church ministry, and a memorial address at Acton Town Hall. The writer shares memories of Antliff and his impactful sermons.
Science as an Ordered Pursuit of Emergence Facts
A fragment quotes Sir Arthur Eddington on science aiming to order the facts of emergence, reflecting a view of science as structuring phenomena into coherent understanding. The terse line underscores the quest for causal patterns amid novelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Arthur Eddington
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Marious
Mies
Laure Wiles
Douglas Russell
Isabel Switeer
Pasley
Jennie McDougall
Wm. Middleton
Woodstock
John “Robertson
Arnold
Montreal
Dorothy Phillips and
Margaret Arnold Daye
Robert Swackhamer
Grimeby
Hamilton
Mr. J. Rydal
F. Swackhamer
Olive Robinson
Mrs. Kannawin
Shelburne
Bloodworth
Bille
Bar
John Morton
J. A. Mowat
Jeasse Mowat
Harold Burns
Creemore
T. Albert Moore
Percy Robinson
C. H. Harrison
Western Provinces
British Columbia
Thos. EK. Nicol
Gwelph
Nicol
Gaverkeith
Scotland
Old Country
Western Necropolis
Glasgay
S Aty
Exhibition Park
Lyon Park
George's Park
Instinge Ne
Saint Park
Robert E. Wilson
Samuel, Dolson
Eddie
AD Man
Eramosa
Old Dog
E. Harrop
Gore District
Norwich Union
Canadian Fire Insurance
the Alliance Assurance Co
The
Casalty of Canada Assurance Company
the Merchants Casualty Co
Portage-la-Prairie Mutual
John and
Lionel Barrymore
Myrna Loy
Clarke Gable
Robert Montgomery
Max Baer
Myrma Loy
Jack Dempsey
Walter Huston
Laney Tune
Fox News
Paul Muni
Marty Astor
Javelties
Free Press
Colummn
Acton Fee Parss
J. Cooper Antliff
Antlif
Methodist
United
Primitive Methodist
England
Carlton Street
Dominion-Douglas Church
A. Lloyd Smith
Galta
Acton Town Hall
George Hynds
J. C. Wilson
David Henderson
Moses
Pharoah
Hemans
Nebo
Goll
Mount of ‘Transfiguration
Elijah
Jerusalem
Anti
Harrop
Acton Business Men’s Association
Wood’s
Qur Aim
PL & G
PEARL
Comfort
Kellogg’s
Ibs
Clark
Sockeye
Shamrock
Horseshoe
Buckingham
Stainless_ Sheffield Cutlery
Gar Woods
Norton Motors
Mill Street
Acton, Ontario
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