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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 14, 1932
Page
5
Acton residents share weekend visits with Toronto friends and relatives. Notables include Mrs Jennie McDougall Mrs Harvey Snyder and Mrs A H Bishop. Municipal Officer James Mills returns after illness. Engagement announced Florence May Babington to Dr Carroll Keith Stevenson with May wedding in Milton.
Preliminary estimates show Canada produced over 227 million pounds of creamery butter in 1931, a record year with Ontario at 75 million pounds up 15.5 percent, Manitoba at 21,078,073 pounds up 33.5 percent, and other provinces reporting sizable gains across the Dominion. Ontario leads. Quebec totals pending figures.
In a lighthearted exchange, locals joke about the type of car Suffin drives. Toon suggests a Regulator as the answer, noting it as the model used by others as a standard. The quip captures everyday humor in the community.
Two congressmen suggest cutting salaries for themselves and other members of the lower house, a proposal that may meet resistance from the rest of the chamber.
A quarrel in a dim room as a couple discusses a dream of death. The alarm interrupts their fear with a mundane concern about cashing an insurance check, restoring reality and ending the moment.
Miss Annie Bessey of Georgetown dies in Toronto hospital at 72. Survived by sisters Jennie Baird and Violet Lawrence. Mrs. Chas Richardson of Puslinch dies. interment at Crown cemetery by Peter Matheson. Mrs. W Richardson born Aberfoyle, 70. George W. Marshall of Aberfoyle dies at home aged 88. funeral at Crown cemetery with Rev. Peter Matheson officiating. pallbearers named.
Word reached this week of the death of Mrs Annie Byars aged 85 at Burnaby British Columbia. Born in Acton she was a daughter of the late Hugh Mant and spent her youth in this community before moving west after marriage. She is survived by her brother Sir Donald Mann a sister Mrs Hamilton and two cousins Mrs Peter McDonald Parks Ave and Mrs McGregor Young Street Acton.
Catharine Ostrander Loree wife of Earnest Loree of Maple Avenue Burlington aged 53 native of Rockwood Ontario. She moved to Burlington two years ago from Grimsby. Survived by husband four daughters and one sister. Funeral at her residence and Stone Church Eramosa Ontario with interment in nearby cemetery.
Lydia Oakes died of heart trouble at her brother in law Wm Dickieson’s home in Eramosa on Saturday morning, aged 74 or 75. She was daughter of Jonathan and Emma Oakes and lived with her sister after both parents died. Survived by two brothers Henry and James and three sisters Mrs Nelson, Mrs Dickieson, and Mrs Irvine. Funeral from her residence to Johnson's Cemetery conducted by Rev Little. pallbearers were six nephews, with relatives from Toronto Woodstock and Grand Valley attending.
Life-long Erin resident Elizabeth Leitch widow of Charles Leitch died Wednesday April 6 in her 63rd year after five years of declining health. She leaves two brothers five sisters and six nephews served as pallbearers at her funeral held April 8 at Burns Presbyterian with interment at Erin Cemetery.
Mrs Corry widow of the late Mr Corry, daughter of the late Charles and Helen Symon, formerly Miss Margaret Symon of Acton, died after a stroke in Montreal while visiting her daughter. She leaves two daughters Annie McLurg of Montreal and Effie Campbell of Sault Ste Marie, three brothers and two sisters. Pallbearers from Acton assisted, with interment at Fairview Cemetery beside her late husband.
A government survey notes porpoises and blackfish as sources of jaw oil for lubricants. Porpoises are fished from Cape Hatteras to Norway and Maine, with jaw oil from their lower jaws and blubber boiled for sale. Blackfish jaw oil also used. larger catches occur off Africa and the Atlantic coast.
Fragmentary OCR reads a diner exchange about tough chicken and a Plymouth vehicle. The clipped dialogue mentions a waitress and a blunt description of the dish as hard boiled or peving stone in a period tone.
A fragmented report notes car trouble and rough dialogue about engine noises and driver caution. The passage highlights mechanical stress, a warning from a passenger, and humor about knee injuries as a coping aside.
Fragmentary note contrasts an old fashioned girl with new trendsetters described as biased. The text mocks shifting etiquette and consumer language, ending with a fragmented call to purchase. No clear event or names are present.
The chairman glanced around the table and whispered to the speaker, asking whether to let the celebrant enjoy the moment or begin the speech now. The scene captures a tense pause before a key address.
Another Acton native was interred at Fairview Cemetery Acton. The funeral service from her brother James Symon’s Willow Street home was conducted by Rev Co Lt Poole BD. She belonged to St Andrews United Church Sault.
Market report details dairy butter creamery prices to shippers and retail, egg quotations to country wholesalers, wholesale vegetables, meats including beef carcasses and hogs, hides and wool prices in Toronto, grain prices on the Toronto Board of Trade, and hay and straw values. Prices quoted are delivered on track and via truck in Toronto.
Edson R Wayte argues merchants should invest in newspaper advertising to reach Mrs Average Householder who carefully compares values. He notes modern ads deliver better value per dollar than late 1920s efforts as shoppers seek right prices and trusted sources before spending.
Dialogue shows Rastus apologizing after learning his wife has died, with a terse reply indicating she is dead. The exchange reflects a somber moment between two speakers, capturing a slice of life phrasing.
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