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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 24, 1939
Page
5
A long list shows many residents and guests visiting Acton and neighboring towns this week. Names include Harold Elliott Comber Qian Wanetta Smith Helen Ostrander W. Hall and G H Brown, with Toronto Brampton and Hamilton connections. Several health and wedding notes appear amid social calls and visits to friends and relatives.
The Agricultural Societies Branch of the Ontario Department of Agriculture releases 1939 fair dates for Ontario towns including Acton Brampton Canadian Nat Fergus Bracebridge Caledon Orangeville Western Low Cooksvile Galt Mount Forest Arthur with September and August windows from late August to late September.
Perth County Council debated economy measures opposing cutting the provincial legislature as wasteful. They supported retaining the current assembly and urged savings elsewhere, discussed rail grading of hogs and farm marketer policies, and considered funding for Milton road upkeep and Nas sagaweya forestation plans. A reward was issued for chicken theft and a road reconstruction agreement with Georgetown was approved.
Mr and Mrs F L Freudeman hosted a dinner in Forest Hill Gardens Kitchener to announce the marriage of their daughter Marion Elizabeth Betty to Norman Dryden son of Mrs Dryden Acton and the late Dr James R Dryden of Guelph. The toast and bridal decor highlighted the affair.
A short list of practical maxims offered to readers on achieving contentment. The guide urges choosing happiness, making the best of one’s lot, not overreacting to events or others opinions, living in the present, avoiding grudges, staying social, avoiding post mortems, helping the less fortunate, and keeping busy.
Major E D Mackenzie, Comptroller of the Household of the Governor General of Canada, sails from Quebec aboard the Empress of Britain returning to England after eight years in Canada. He plans to take up duties as manager of the estates of Lord Derby and previously served under the Earl of Bessborough and Lord Tweedsmuir.
Official figures show 69 percent of losses, totaling over 1.8 million dollars, occurred in dwellings from April to June due to preventable causes. Smoking alone caused 14 percent of fires, costing about 235 thousand dollars, while calls for greater household safety emphasize personal responsibility to cut future losses.
A mistress questions a holidaying servant about frequent visits to Madame Tussaud's. The servant explains his father is in the Chamber of Errors and it feels homely to go there.
A curious shopper reports seeing trousers in an ag shop window labeled Impossible to Beat. The message hints at a bold marketing line while a child asks if the parent can buy them.
Halton Calf Clubs will be represented in the Ontario Exhibition calf competitions. Holsteins have earned two firsts, two seconds, and a third in five years. Jerseys two firsts, two seconds, and a fourth in four years. Shorthorns two firsts and a second in three years. Participants include Ward Brownridge and Bruce Reid of Georgetown, Ross Maxwell and Donald Peer of Milton, Bever ley and Kenneth Ella of Rockwood, Fred Ruddell of Georgetown, and Frank Millar of Freeman.
A special Holstein Show open to Halton County will be held with the Milton Fair on September 30. A strong prize list is prepared, 75 to 100 head expected. The County Club enters a herd in the Inter County class with cattle from Georgetown Hornby and Milton breeders listed.
The article notes that the share of Canadians living wholly or partly on others is still just under half. Using government reports, it tallies relief recipients and workers in sectors like prairie wheat farming, coal mining subsidies, CN Rail employees, public hospital patients, pensioners, and some dairy workers.
A humorous exchange questions the ventilation of cheese with a clerk and a customer debating hole placement and a proposed Umberger vent solution.
A humorous dialogue where Mrs Miggs asks if her husband sees much of home and Mrs Muggs replies that he seems to see everything double due to his frequent returns.
A light exchange shows Mr and Mrs Maris bickering over an alarm clock and a pretend telephone, highlighting domestic humor about neighborly appearances and everyday gadgets.
Office dialogue plays on recurring tardiness as an office boy quips about common justification. The exchange hints at workplace culture and timing frustrations in a light, humorous tone.
A husband jokes about paying for a new dress saying he cannot, and the wife responds with a cold retort that she did not marry him to receive financial guidance. The exchange reveals tension over money and plans.
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