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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 18, 1940
Page
8
In memoriam notices confess a series of obituaries and remembrance lines for Campbell Smith Marshall and others. The items reference dates in April 1940 and include dedications from wives and family. The text shows typical funeral notice language with dates and familial relationships.
Repairs to the Town Hall window frame are underway this week. A road maintenance crew will fix unpaved streets around town. Fire damages a business block on Upper Wynnham Street in Guelph on Monday afternoon.
A general meeting of baseball fans will be held in the Council Chamber on Thursday April 25 at 8 00 pm to organize for the coming season. Fans and players are urged to attend to establish a firm basis for 1940 baseball.
The dialogue shows Horace and Maudine debating trust after a refused advance. Maudine explains she locked the door to test Horace's reactions while noting she can rely on her maid during a three day absence. Mrs Brown and Mrs Jones discuss what the maid is doing, concluding nothing at the moment.
A brief exchange ends with the store manager denying the youth, asking for no failures in his store. The youth claims innocence but is dismissed and sent away with a firm good day.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a quarrel line with a character Mr Newlywed and a boast about Goth. The fragment includes speech puff and broken phrases likely from a serialized tale or legal notice. The readable portion hints at domestic tension and a dramatic demand.
Denmark endures German occupation while Norway faces coastal bombardment. Sweden braces for impending danger with Veteran General O. G. Thornell, Chief of Staff, overseeing defense plans and mobilization efforts.
A large meeting of 21 lodges at Walker Lodge featured remarks by Brothers Dunlop and Tailby with toasts from War. Frank McIntosh and R. McArthur led the Junior Warden toast. Attendees preserved programs showing District Deputy Grand Master and Lodge Master pictures as souvenirs.
Mr. Ivan Taylor of Moffat tested fertilizer on oats under Ontario Agricultural College chemistry guidance. Soil was limey and low in nitrogen and phosphorus, with medium potash. 2 plots half an acre each used oats and fertilizers 2-12-6 and 2-16-6. Early results showed the 2-16-6 plot headed first. yields differed with measurements recorded per acre.
Dialogue heavy exchange shows a married couple trading jabs about each other’s defects. She retorts she already knows them and that such flaws influenced her choice in a partner. The scene underscores sharp wit and domestic humor.
Vague dialogue notes a fatal outcome from an accident with a misheard line about concussion versus conclusion of the brain. The fragment implies a death confirmed in a tragic event, but lacks full context or specifics.
A reader laments failing to win a certain girl’s affection after a week of daily passes without a smile and notes some women seem to lack a sense of humor.
One hundred twenty five delegates attend the Halton WMS Presbyterian annual meeting at Watertown Church on April 9 with theme Christian Stewardship. Highlights include devotions by Mrs Earl Wilson, readings by Mrs J P Kirkwood, a living poster by Waterdown temperance secretary Mrs H Caldwell and a talk by Rev Dr Duncan McLeod on Formosa. A memorial for thirteen deceased members was observed and five bands received Standard of Recognition stars. Officers were elected and a 1940 slate announced with resolutions urging temperance and election stand clearances.
Notice to creditors of the estate of Alexander Kannawin of Acton Halton to send proofs by May 4 1940. Executors James Anderson Kannawin Shelburne Ontario and William Miller Kannawin Toronto Ontario represented by solicitor Co F Leatherland Acton Ontario.
A 1949 letter from a reader thanks The Free Press for mail delivered overseas. The writer notes daily routines, climbing mail backlog, and hopes for better days, describing wartime strain, longing, and gratitude in a concise personal update.
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