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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 29, 1937
Page
8
The column lists notices of births marriages and deaths without further details from the page. It reflects a compact presentation common to local papers of the era.
At the home of Arthur Aylen Rockwood Ontario on Friday April 23 1937 Annie Patton widow of the late Robert Reuben Stumpf in her 69th year.
April showers bring road repairs near town and ongoing drainage notes. Ontario election rumors denied. Highway funding of 7.3 million dollars planned. Sammy Brunelle returns from County Festival with a silver medal. Duncan Marshall to speak at Halton Shorthorn breeders meeting in Milton Saturday.
Canada’s 1935 fisheries employed over 85 000 workers with more than 70 600 in primary catching and landing. About 15 000 worked in canning and processing plants including salmon lobster and sardine factories. Atlantic Coast workers total about 56 650, with 2 500 in freshwater fisheries in Quebec and New Brunswick. BC had around 17 000. The Pacific region, inland fisheries, and other Atlantic sources provided the rest, with 8 750 in offshore Newfoundland and Quebec outlets.
The council passed a consolidated nuisance by law after readings and public notice in Time Fuel Paris. It also discussed road repairs, a fence at Pionzera Cemetery, and a plan to stock first oil gravel for future road work.
A lively musing recalls balmorals wool petticoats red rose rouge and wood ash barter with tinware. The narrative hints at wspiring items like jeg o muttan Meeves and grandmothers crafts, calling the reader an old bird.
The text notes that workers and farmers who cling to yesterday’s gains lose confidence as the world moves fast. It stresses that old customers drift away and habits change, so a business must advertise and seek new trade to survive in a changing market.
Frank Marshall died Wednesday after two weeks with illness in Esquesing. He married Irene Elliott the prior Saturday in a ceremony conducted at Acton United Church. He leaves his wife, parents, a brother and sister, and many friends. Funeral Saturday at Acton United Church, interment Fairview Cemetery. Pallbearers named, service by Rev. E Milton Morrow and Rev. E Brillinger.
Pat tended his dying wife who warned he would be haunted after she died. Weeks later he sought a new marriage. The priest reminded him of the vow, and Pat grimly replied that the woman’s violent words would drive her deeper into the grave.
A compact reflection on fortitude and steadfast faith. The piece urges staying power through hardship, noting that resolve and endurance strengthen the soul and help men endure bitter days with steadfast trust in God.
A girl asks Have you an ear for music and Na replies with a deadpan quip. He says one ear serves for telephone use and the other as a pen rack, a dry joke on listening and writing.
In a brassbound note, J. S. Coleman reports Acton Fair President visited the Premier's farm with Press Association ties. The piece notes commuting traffic, including Calgary bound trains and private cars, and cites a 1936 income of about 1,142,000 from 7,690 acres with 64 producing wells.
The Colors Giants of Guelph and Wisburgy seek entry to form an eight team group, awaiting executive decision. A May meeting in Milton will consider the proposal as several teams show interest. With better weather activities like ball practice, tennis, and bowling can resume around the 24th.
Toronto plans a record attendance on opening day May 6 at Maple Leaf Stadium as Howley leads a rebuilt Leafs team facing Baltimore Orioles. The club, with Davis Mulligan and Sullivan, aims for a strong season after new ownership and a young veteran mix.
The passage urges daily joy and constant happiness from work. It promotes an optimistic, buoyant attitude, seeking cheery, inspiring thoughts and casting away worry. Emphasizes mental sunshine and intelligent optimism in everyday life.
A humorous exchange recalls the question of why Adam became a man with a child’s reply that if he were made a baby there would be nobody to muss him. The remark reflects the naivety and wit of youth in a medieval or early modern classroom setting.
Pat staggers home from a drinking party and hurries to work in upside down pants. While carrying a brick-filled lid up a ladder it breaks and he falls. The foreman asks about injuries and Pat jokes he had a terrible twit, unharmed but embarrassed.
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