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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 18, 1932
Page
8
Acton notices report Oakville band uniforms cost 775 at the Canadian National Exhibition and track meets with Olympic athletes. The CNE opens in two weeks with aquatic sports and a grandstand capacity of 24800. Local council supports funding a seventh line subway. rainfalls, highway signs, and commerce notes fill the page.
An actor in a play paused mid speech as a thunderstorm figure disrupted the scene. The actor blamed the noise on poor timing while a stage-hand quipped the thunder came from heaven. The exchange plays for light comic effect during the performance.
Passengers stumble as a crowded bus loses power and the tall young man offers help to a seated woman. She replies hesitantly, mentioning shaving and a strap. The scene captures a tense moment of uncertainty amid the outage.
City Clerk R. G. Campbell and his wife Mrs Jean Moore Symon marked fifty years of marriage at their home 115 Upton Road after a life of public service in Sault Ste. Marie. Campbell, born 1856 in Guelph, served 29 years in city offices incl. Public School Board chair 1905, later City Clerk, and helped establish the Campbell Public School in 1906. He arrived in the Sault in 1900 and built business ventures earlier in Georgetown before fires, later joining Symon Campbell Hardware. He is a charter Rotary member and active in St. Andrew's United Church, with long civil service and civic roles noted.
Ontario leads autumn wheat cultivation in Canada. The crop tolerates winters well and yields higher than spring wheat, with Dawson's Golden Chaff and O. A. C. 104 as leading hardy varieties. Proper drainage, seed quality, soil fertility, and sowing from late August to mid September are key.
The piece notes Edgar Wallace before his death telling a scribbler friend about the film industry. He praised it as a great business and said he wrote a scenario quickly for a fortune. His friend recalled being asked by a film company to submit work, receiving nine responses after sending four.
A collection of aphorisms and quotes on virtue and society from Beileau Montesquieu Plutarch Budiner Lord Avebury Anon Pascal and C H Spurgeon. The lines urge work over alms, freedom over fertility, and self restraint to avoid folly.
A playful regional dialogue contrasts tea etiquette among English Irish and Scottish speakers. Mrs Kent and Mrs O Brien compare sugar levels while Mr Southern notes the tea lacks sweetness and Mr McPherson questions the stirring.
A terse exchange features a father challenging a would be suitor about marrying his daughter. The suitor Baltor-Er-yer asserts his own violent temper and claims he could provide what she’s been used to, prompting a tense vow from the father.
Milton defeats Acton to clinch the Provincial Championship after overcoming a three run lead. Tyler Gibbons and Waterhouse star with two base hits each for B. D. Rachlin & Co. Acton’s Nicholson sparks debate over calls as Milton’s Houston shines with flawless fielding.
A pastor’s success depends on united pew and pulpit effort. The sermon notes how church growth comes from engaging the congregation and praised the woman of Samaria for attracting others to Christ. It urges young people to bring energy to revive failing churches.
The Division of Field Husbandry at Dominion Experimental Farms finds full bloom cutting maximizes ensilage quality. Five hours wilting improves the product, adding 2 percent timothy or a corn alfalfa mix helps, molasses 2 percent and crude sugar 1 to 2 percent boost quality, salt and lime show or harm results, silo storage three to nine months shows no adverse effect.
In a scrambled exchange, Rose questions Mary about mixing up John and Bill while Mary admits confusion between Johnnie and Bill on a single night. The dialogue hints at humorous misidentification among named individuals.
Girls of the 35 Company of Acton prepare to leave for Rockwood camp at 1 PM on Saturday with Miss McIntyre as Quartermaster and Miss Sutherland supervising swimming. Visitors Day is Wednesday from 3 to 5 PM and campers are told no candy this year, donations preferred as fruit or vegetables.
A seven year old declines walking to the streetcar with Tommy saying they must hurry home for dinner. The brief exchange captures a child’s desire to finish play before meals.
English party of thirty public school boys arrives in Montreal August 5 for a finishing tour. Wheat harvests begin as barley and rye are cut in Manitoba. August peaks in the Canadian Rockies with the Prince of Wales Trophy golf event August 15-20 and Indian Days August 19-21 with Indigenous communities visiting. Nicolas Racz of the Canadian Pacific talks in North America, while new cruises sail from New York and other ports. An Australian New Zealand delegation enjoys a beef dinner on the Canadian Pacific, and Franklin D Roosevelt summers at Campobello Island. Trail Riders plan Mount Assiniboine ascent near Banff with five days of riding, involving twenty American girls.
A historical note urges young people to value their family reputation while not counting on it alone. It cites cases where youths reject their surname yet warns that relying on lineage without genuine effort is a mistake. The teacher or pastor’s endorsement helps, but hard work remains essential.
Sam Riddle discusses the popularity of Man o War offspring while dining with a young woman who recently learned racing. She asks about disarmament, joking that perhaps it is also by Man o War. The scene blends horse lore with a playful quip on current issues.
A client proclaims innocence while possessing fifty thousand dollars to fight a case. The lawyer assures no prison with that money, but the client still ends up in prison broke, illustrating a tale of legal leverage and limited resources.
Riddle prompts a paradoxical wordplay about length and syllables. The question asks which word grows shorter when a syllable is added, implying a clever linguistic twist rather than a literal answer.
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