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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 20, 1936
Page
5
Acton residents and relatives across Ontario and Michigan are noted visiting family and friends in Toronto Welland Muskoka Brantford London Hamilton Guelph Erie and Detroit. A May engagement is announced for Olive Johnstone to Ray Smith McDougall with a September wedding expected in Toronto.
On Monday evening a Miguel Hansons shower honored Misa Irene Dunn a bride to be at Mrs. Peter Sayers home Church Street About fifty friends enjoyed games and cards Many useful gifts were received and refreshments served as they wished the bride much happiness.
A grass fire started near the Currie home at Crewsons Corners, about twenty to thirty feet from the residence, threatening extensive property. It burned over a field of stubble and caught on fences before neighbors from Acton helped contain it, preventing damage to buildings.
A notice to patrons states examinations will be held on Thursdays Fridays and Saturdays each week in August with appointments available. The Lens Grinding and Repair Department will operate as usual.
The listing showcases a slate of entertainments including Alice Brady in a comedy, a Colored musical Piesta De Sants Barbara, and acts like Rex and Rinty. It notes stars such as Johnny Downs, Shirley Deans, Robert Taylor, Irene Dunn, and cartoons like Early Bird and the Worm.
Lilian Muny and Warold Clayton Swackhamer were united in marriage at the home of Mr and Mrs Stephen Scott Tillsonburg with Rev Wray L Davidson officiating. Guests, ceremony details, luncheon, and plans for a future home at 788 King Street East, Whitby Ontario after September 1.
A large audience at Blakelock heard speeches by Mr. Hughes Cleaver Ottawa representative and Premier, praising pre election promises. Attorney-General Arthur Roebuck pledged hydro rate cuts and a balanced budget as Liberals promoted school tax law and provincial highways funding. Northern visitors arrived with greetings from the Empire.
Social notes from Woodstock region recount Mrs Scott marrying Harold Swackhamer of Hamilton formerly Acton. Alma College Alumnae hosted honors for Miss Irene Mabet and Miss Mary Scott with plates and recipe showers. Mary Scott feted prior to her August wedding as J A Rush staff held a surprise party.
The wedding of Irene Mary Agnes Martin to Ernest Ralph McClellan took place Wednesday at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Brampton officiated by Rev. H. M. Coulter. The bride wore ivory bridal satin with a long train and bouquet of bouvardia and lily of the valley. They plan to reside in Port Credit after a reception and trip through the Adirondacks.
The Town Hall undergone repairs including ceiling plaster replacement in the auditorium and rear council chamber, re plastering of the main entrance, and removal of the balcony. Brickwork is being repointed and new eave troughing is planned for the building.
Rural Ontario shows about 5 000 new Hydro contracts for farm and hamlet dwellers this year with an 80 contract target for Acton Milton and Guelph rural districts. The Ontario Hydro Commission expects calls to exceed the 5 013 rural contracts forecast for the year as offers of reduced rates and free power for laundry and sanitation boost uptake.
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