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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Apr 20, 1933

Page

8

Obituaries of Christina Cooper Boot and Morris Teeter

Christina Cooper Boot wife of Robert Boot died at home Sol Atthes Breet in Schenner Ontario on Sunday April 16 1938. Morris Teeter daughter of Mr and Mrs Morris Teeter Rockside aged 66 died in General Hospital Guelph on Saturday April 15 1933.

Scott Sol Atthes ‘Breet Sxchener Ontario Christina Cooper Robert’ Boot Teeter General Hospital Guelph Partis Morris Teeter Rockside

Halton area notes include soccer plans and fishing season near

Halton County temperate spring items report Milton relief distribution ending May 1 and first fishing season approaching. Local meetings in Milton and Acton Welfare Board activities, church attendances, and Easter weather noted. Baseball hopes for area towns, road work, advertising results, and a speeding list of community incidents including a hand injury and a grass fire in Pioneer Cemetery. A Hamilton boy is safely returned home with help from Acton authorities.

Conquering a Handicap in Youth of Charles W Elliot

A biographical note recalls Charles W. Elliot born with a facial disfigurement and how schoolyard cruelty hardened him into independence. He chose to disregard criticism when sure of his stance, turning potential handicap into personal advantage and guiding his future assertiveness.

Charles W. Elliot Harvard University Elliot

Community Notes Highlight Visits and Funeral Attendants

Rev A W Downer of Scarboro visited Erin on Monday and Tuesday. Mr Oran Grindy and Miss Erwin of Toronto spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Ray Gran. Mrs Bush, Mrs Hoffman and Mr John Bush of Toronto visited friends and attended the funeral of Geo Rogers Sr. Mr and Mrs F L Richardson visited Toronto to hear Dr D L Cooper speak at Knox Church.

Toronto D. L. Cooper Biblical Research Sociery Los Angeles Knox Church

Burlington happenings and local incidents report

Mr Harry Lorimer returned from St Josephs Hospital after surgery for appendicitis. Vernon Busby broke his left arm playing lacrosse on Brant Avenue. Misses Dorothy and Marion Tuck visited relatives and returned home. Burling ton lodge No 165 A F and A M visited Temple Lodge Hamilton and exemplified the third degree. A fire on St Paul Street damaged little, likely from a chimney spark. Gas disruption during Sunday evening affected town. burners advised off before lighting heaters as safety.

Harry Lorimer St. Joseph's Hospital Vernon Busby Brant Avenue Dorothy Marion Tuck Owen Sound Burlington Lodge No.165 A. F A. M Temple Lodge Hamilton

Miltons police raid uncovers active whiskey still

Provincial officers raided a Milton home near the base line at 2 30 a m and found a still in operation. About twenty five gallons of mash and one gallon of freshly distilled whiskey were seized. Police allege the raid occurred after Constable Cookman detected alcohol odor.

Nelson Cecil Nortin Tansley Valera Pickett Olive Green Cookman Milton Robt Champion

Dispute Over Sixpence Cigar Leads to Funny Exchange

A magistrate questions a thief who admits breaking into a tobacconist shop for a sixpence cigar. The prisoner explains he was placing the sixpence in the safe, prompting a humorous exchange about his misdeed.

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Limehouse Neighborhood Notes Include Weddings and Wins

Limehouse residents report returning from Toronto and Acton. The marriage of Mary Strang and John Laird occurred at the Parsonage on April 8. Miss Grindell's pupils excel in the W. C. T. U. Medal Contest with Myrtle Parnell winning the Silver Medal and Bila McDonald bronze. Dorothy Cleave honorable mention in the junior class.

Gur Limehouse Myrtle Parnell Bila McDonald Dorothy Cleave Inez Scott Harold Brown Helen Devereaux Dorothy Johnson Dorothy Tyers

Oakville Folks Weigh Easter Rail Trip And Local Events

Oakville residents consider a Montreal Easter trip due to low rail fares. In St John’s Church gymnasium Girl Guides entertained parents and friends showing tenderfoot and second class work. Fire Brigade had several runs including a false alarm and a noon blaze at J M Wallace residence. Miss Hagaman returns from Erie Pa. Mossgiel Camp No 58 members enjoyed a visit to Waverley Camp in Toronto. W N Robinson awarded 1500 dollars in a motor accident suit involving Mary Robinson hurt by Dorothy Sutton on September 3, 1931.

Montreal St. John’s Church Girl Guides of Oakville J. M. Wallace Canadian National Institute For the Blind Mossgiel Camp Sons of Scotland Waverley Toronto W.N Robinson J.R. Byers J.R. Byers, Arising From A Motor Accident In Which Little Mary Robinson Dorothy Sutton

Motto of flowers inspires monthly bill gift

An advertisement quips that a parishes member adheres to the motto Say it with flowers. The note notes forgetting nots accompany monthly bill enclosures, suggesting a recurring floral gesture with each payment.

Toronto Wholesale Market Quotations Broad and Varied

Market quotes for butter creamery poultry eggs and meats cover delivered Toronto to country shippers and retail trade. Prices span broilers and chickens by weight, dressed meat wholesale ranges beef to lamb, grain prices at Toronto Board of Trade, hay straw hides wool and wholesale fruit rates for apples pears and other produce.

Toronto Eac Aoea Toronto—Board of ‘Trade C.l.f Manitoba Northern Ontario B. C

Bank Robbery Tales From a Gilded Age Visit

Hiram Horns woggle recounts a visit to the city claiming a banker showed him a thief’s trick. He describes a bank teller with a wet sponge to cool fingers near a safe, saying the man admitted the detail himself.

Hiram Hornswoggle

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