30 Apr 1925
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 30, 1925
Page
1
The Methodist Church at Acton holds an 11.00 a.m. service with the minister speaking on Clocks and Christians. Sunday School follows at 2:90 p.m. An evening service at 7.00 p.m. features the minister speaking on Joseph, a Prince.
The notice lists 10:00 a.m. Sunday School and Bible class with a closing series on Matt Chapter 28. evening service at 7:00 p.m. with the minister’s subject Unto Ma and an additional note on an invasion in the Name of the sword. Strangers may be welcomed. ushers will call upon the pastor.
Classified section shows accommodation for a gentleman with a room and conveniences at a post office box request. Also listed is a two tube radio for sale with contact details. Acton flat rental offers five rooms and bath with immediate possession via W D Talbot Hardware Store contact.
Advertisement offers a 40 page free guide to fast training for big paying trades including automobile engineering electrical batteries welding bricklaying plastering barbering mechanical dentistry. Promises daily pay from six to twelve dollars and urges immediate reply to Homynill's Government Chartered School, 163 King Street West Toronto.
Local notes urge beautifying Fairview Cemetery plots with summer upkeep. A Tuesday play by the Ladies Aid of Knox Church and Mohawk Crossroads will be repeated tonight at eight, admission 25 cents. Aylmer shoe manufacturer eyes larger premises at Ryder Mowat Grove Factory. Nursing class under Mrs Lowe concludes. Acton Women’s Institute praise. Public spaces improved with lower fences, new tennis court lighting, and a one day bowling tournament set for June 24.
The article notes frost heave along the Toronto Sarnia highway near Wardlaw and McCutcheon farms and at a Georgetown crossroad needing quick work. It also describes new rules requiring two lamps on horse drawn vehicles after dusk and reports a local court case for profane language on an electric car. Returning England residents Mr and Mrs Ingrey leave Acton after stay.
The Ontario Methodist Conference meets at Norfolk Street Church and Memorial Hall OAC with sessions at Massey Hall. Opening services include a sermon by Rev J R P Schlater and the Lord's Supper. Banquet speeches, elections, and reports precede the leap to United Church on June 10.
A 1925 football season plan outlines games for Acton and Guelph teams in the Ontario league. Acton aims to defend the Walker Cup won in 1922, with a schedule including matches against Taylor Forbes Georgetown and others. Officials include A Trotter and W B Dean. training set for Mondays and Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. at the park. The Aberdeen Football Club from Scotland will play a Hamilton, Ontario, team in Hamilton.
The Manitoba Legislature honored aging figures in a ceremony marking long lives. W Brevan celebrated his birthday on April 3 while John Jr Booth, a veteran lumberman from Ottawa, marked his 98th birthday on April 5. Canada retains a few dignified centenarians and near centenarians.
The play Dust of the Earth will be staged again at the Town Hall on Wednesday May 20 under the Women's Institute for charity, with proceeds to the Boy Scouts Camp Fund. Acton marks local history as residents eye a 1927 centennial. notable notes include local postmaster shifts and town improvements.
The regular council meeting with all councillors and the reeve discussed dust on Mill and Main Streets. The motion to oil streets was carried down, yet no immediate action was taken, while Scouts received permission to clean the old cemetery and use the park for a July 1 celebration.
The Methodist Official Board outlines officers elected for the year and preparations for a memorable June congregational meeting. J C Matthews was to be recording steward with H P Moore elected district delegate. Various committees and district visitors are named as plans highlight eighty years of church history and the transfer of church property.
Mrs. Robert Campbell of Acton died after a stroke suffered at home on Tuesday. Born in Trafalgar last week she was sixty one, widow of Robert Campbell of Hequesing, long active in Boston Church. Survived by daughter Mrs Giorgo A Flasher of Esquesing, funeral at Whairview Cemetery today at three.
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