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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 11, 1938
Page
1
On Monday in Acton a Safety Lane test sponsored by Halton County Garage Operator saw 1535 cars checked. 82 earned the yellow approval, 33 were perfect, and many of the rest applied to fix faults. Tests covered lights horns wipers alignment brakes and tire wear with skid marks noted on Young Street.
An ideal summer evening in Acton last Thursday featured a baseball garden party organized by Acton Ball Club. Local artists and the Melody Boys Concert Co presented a balanced program with tap dancing by Ruth Maaters, Barbara Vincent singing, Chas Lansborough on cornet, Art Wright in comedy, Vivian Monmn and Murray Pallis in songs and piano, and ventriloquist Bill Davis. Intermission offered Acton Citizens' Band under Bandmaster Perrott, and a well attended refreshment booth run by the Women's Institute.
Dr Charles Ross of London Ontario has been named Executive Secretary of the Canadian Society for the Control of Cancer, a development of the George W Memorial Cancer Fund raised during the Jubilee Year. He will tour the Dominion early in September in connection with the new post.
Acton Juvenile Ball Club defeated Georgetown 8 to 4 in a three game series opener. Lorne Masters sparked a rally with a fifth inning bunt as Acton pulled away with three runs in the sixth. Highlights included Chuck Tyler homering and a standout unassisted double play by Habe Allan.
A fleet of four lane trucks transfers Force Electric Products equipment and stock to the new Acton plant. Stock shipments have begun from Acton as operations proceed smoothly. Key personnel, including Mr Harold Force, relocate to Acton, with completion expected on Monday.
Acton Public Utilities Commission met Tuesday evening with Commissioner C Hansen Reeves, others present. An Ontario Hydro Commission letter discussed rate considerations while the board noted the site would be reviewed later. Ajax Engineering Co. won the contract to repaint the water tower and rebuild the frost nasing, with specifications to be presented by Superintendent Wilbon and accepted by the company.
Two weekend crashes in Acton district injure no one seriously. On Saturday a Hespeler ball team van swerved to avoid children, rolled three times, ending in a ditch. driver William Poses injured an eye. Cars carrying George Watson and Arthur Gamble collided Sunday evening. Brown's vehicle rolled into a ditch. Laverty of Rockwood was a passenger.
This week the Free Press issues four pages to allow staff a holiday and handle rush work. The lime size is reduced from eight pages, some regular features of Tin. Freer Paris are deleted but will return. the change is temporary.
Acton defeated Oakville 13 to 3 on Saturday to clinch a playoff berth while Milton beat Hespeler 5 to 4. Acton piled up 17 hits off Gordon and Carter struck out 9, with Lamb Morton Waterhouse and Morton among the standouts as Oakville left runners scattered. A rain delay and umpire absence troubled Milton Acton games. Georgetown looming as the decisive result that could shift Acton in the standings.
The Acton Citizens' Band directed by Bandmaster Perrott performed at Parry Lake bathing beach Sunday. A varied program including marches overtures and sacred pieces delighted Cruzans despite the heat with Comet solos by Chas Landas adding to the appeal.
In Acton Park last Thursday evening Mr and Mrs Percy Brown now of Brandon Manitoba hosted sixty former friends. The gathering marked twenty six years since the Browns left Acton for the West. Their son Mr Arthur Brown attended as a guest. Group photos were taken and the couple spoke of changes and improvements since leaving Acton.
Guelph and Fergus players visited Acton to contest club matches. Acton fell to Guelph 8 to 6 in men’s doubles while ladders and mixed events produced mixed results. Fergus visitors later beat Acton 9 to 7 with even doubles and balanced mixes.
Fire swept through the Everton Post Office and General Store early Friday morning, gutting the building and causing damage estimated in the thousands. Postmaster John Beliski and his wife escaped through an upstairs window as neighbors fought the blaze with a bucket brigade.
A power interruption at the Guelph Reformatory last night halted work and enabled three prisoners to escape from a painting crew. Guards pursued along nearby highways as the fugitives fled into the bush, with an assumed path toward Toronto.
Funeral services for the late C J Hamilton were held at Erin with more than 1 000 attendees. The home and graveside rites were conducted by Reverend John Lindsay of Whitby, with pallbearers including John Timile Herbert Lyons and James Gilleapie. Burial occurred in Erin Cemetery with mourners from multiple towns such as Brant, Toronto, Jerney City, Cleveland, and Guelph.
Rev Mr Eldriddge and Mrs Bid Diedge travel from Vancouver toward Ontario in 1935 to spread their gospel. They plan to walk from place to place delivering religious messages, spending the summer in Ontario and Indiana Gaans, and continuing until they can return to China for their mission. He is described as an interdenominational minister.
The Eramosa Township council met on Monday at 7 30 PM in Rockwood Town Hall to decide on reestablishing elections on the fourth Monday of January. They approved by law for the river question to be deferred until clearer action by all parties, granted $2000 to the Eramosa Plowmen, and $500 to the Rockwood Horticultural Society, and authorized $1539.50 in payments before adjourning.
Miss Nellie Anderson reports severe flooding in Kobe Japan with heavy rainfall for 42 hours. Destruction includes bridges washed away cattle and dairy buildings ruined as residents endure rising rivers and landslides while awaiting relief and transportation to town.
D Arcy Hinds senior registrar asks Attorney General to approve retirement to occur in October on his 70th birthday marking the end of a long Ontario Supreme Court tenure.
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