Social items of the week in Acton and district
Toronto visitors and local visits fill a week of social notes. Residents and guests from Toronto Hamilton Guelph Islington and Windsor attend gatherings, engagements, and hospital trips. Highlights include engagements announced for Margaret Emiline Price Swain and Elizabeth Roberta Michle, with several parties visiting relatives at Acton and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Day
Rockwood
Wanetta Smith
Acton
Toronto
Slats Diary Observations From Ross Farquhar
A diary style recounts a week of small events at home. It notes social visits from a preacher and Mrs Spriggs, humor about a stenographer, money troubles, talk of a devout couple, a Stork myth debunking, and a fire department incident mistaken for a bridge party.
Must Think For Ourselves To Have Comfort Of Mind
A quotes from G. H. G. in Tit-Bits warns that without self directed thinking and a system to control outside influences thoughts become scattered and careless. Relying on others leads to trouble though some influences may be helpful.
Commemoration of Dr Anson Buck and Guests in Toronto
A Toronto gathering honors Dr Anson Buck with a guest list including Mrs J J Hoidge and others from Oakville Hamilton and Burlington. Attendees visit family shrines and homesteads and share supper on the lawn of the great grandmother Barbara Walter Boehm who lived 1755 to 1851.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Hoidge
Toronto
A. & Forster
Oakville
Albert Biggar
J. A. Harvey
Ada ‘Marshall
Trafalgar
J. B. Griffith
Hamilton
Jessie Elliott
Campbell
Barbara
Walter’ Boehm
Buck Family Centenary Event Highlights Dr Buck Legacy
The second day of the P Buck-Howell centenary featured Mrs Colin Campbells organizing skill with a lunch at Village Hall followed by tales of Dr Buck’s medical career. John Buck from Guelph spoke of Buck family history while tours visited Palermo Nelson Oakville and Bronte cemeteries and the Ireland homestead and Mountain Home before a picnic supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P Buck-Howell
Colin Campbell
Joseph MacDougald
Toronto
Professor White
Buffalo
Parker
New York
Buck
Judge McDougald
Judge MacDougald
Dr. Buck
Will MacDougald
John ‘Buck
Guelph
Mr. Buck
Philip
John
Abraham
Peter
Anson
Anson Buck
George W. Smith
Palermo
George Ireland
Ireland
Mountain Home
Panoramic View At Historic Beehm Homestead Recalls Pioneer Era
A gathered group recalls Barbara Walter Beehm’s 18th century homestead. Guests gaze upon a grand panorama from mountainous ground, past woods and fields toward a lake shore, honoring Canada’s pioneer legacy. A prayerful closer underscores the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Walter Beehm
Beohm
Elizabeth Bowman Spohn
Hamilton
Canada
McGowan
Blacksmith Service Prices Displayed by Geo Cowie and Son
A cash only price list from Geo Cowie and Son shows rates for horseshoeing, new shoes by size, bar shoes and rubber pads, tire setting, welding and rivetting, and Fleury plow components. It notes costs for plow shares, mower knives, and tractor shares, with a call to patronage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansinsa Cer Erate Eerr
Halton Wellington League Forms With Local Teams
A new Halton Wellington League forms including Acton Georgetown Fergus and Hillsburg. Officials elected at Hillsburg include President G Cunningham Vice-President E Ryder and Secretary-Treasurer N Hall. Schedule lists games from August 26 to September 23 with home and away matchups and sudden death playoffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halton-Wellington
Acton
Georgetown
Fergus
Hilsburg
Isburg
G. Cunningham
Hillsburg
E. Ryder
N. Hall
Acton Boys
Acton Students Score Strong in Guelph Exams
General Acton pupils at Guelph Collegiate excel in Upper School subjects with Gladys Agar earning low numbers in Lit Hist Alg Geom and languages while Olive Rookes shows solid marks across Lit Hist Alg Geom and French. Esther Taylor earns five Upper School subjects including Algebra Geometry Modern History and French with high standing and tuition at Acton School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Guelph Collegiate
Gladys Agar
Olive Rookes
Isobel Switzer
John Skilling
Esthér Taylor
Acton School
Obituary of Robert C Fowler and town notes from Oakville
Neighborhood News reports the death of Robt C Fowler in Nelson Township aged in his 70s. Also noted are local visits and travels to Chicago Worlds Fair, teaching certificates awarded to Thelma Skoog, water samples rated Class A by Ontario Health, and social visits by Rev J P McQuarrie and Mrs McQuarrie of Lakefield with Oakville connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robt. C. Fowler
Lakeshore
Nelson Township
Benj. Tuck
Ruby Chapman
M. Chamberlain
Chicago
Thelma Skoog
Ontario Health Laboratories
J. P
McQuarrie
Lakefield
Minnie Robertson
Knox Church
Oakville
J. J. Mason
Middle Road
Grace Dampier
Erin
Burlington Social Notes From Muskoka to Chicago
Burlington society pages record holiday trips to Muskoka and Boston with Wiggins Gilbert Wilkenson Tuck Leckie and others. Local officials attend the funeral of Robert Fowler and a fishing trip to Wilberforce is noted along with I O O F district picnic at Dundas. Engagement announced Lenore Edwards to Lawrence Clack with wedding planned in September. Magistrate Barr attends Ontario Magistrates Association Convention in Sarnia and reports a fine gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Wiggins
Muskoka
Esther Gilbert
Chicago
John Wilkenson
Marjorie
Gordon Tuck
Boston
Mass
W. R. Leckie
Kilney’s Bay
Kasche Lake
R. K. Anderson
Bay
Lake
J. Edwards
Burlington Beach
Lenore
Lawrence I. Clack
EB. M. Clack
Wm. Clack
Bath
Somerset
England
W. J. Barr
Ontario Magistrates’ Association
Sarnia
Barr
Chapette
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Wday
Actoniane
Marjorie Hall
Carrow
Bidra Sayers
Misa Hudson
Islington
W.E. Graith
Gladys Wulfman
C.‘G. Elliott
Comber
Marie Kuenzig
Lucilda Graff
Corinne MacDonald
John Bilton
Guelph ‘General Hospital
Norman Scarrow
Mrs. T. Morris
Miss. Jean
Donald Evans
New
Mac McClung
Billie Vincent
Edna, Macdonald
W. H. Speight
Aimee Speight
Moorecroft
Victor Hutchinson
John Graff
Bertha Brown
Fern Brown
Alfred Bishop
Mrs. R. B. Johnston
Delaware
Mrs. Johnston
Mr. C. A. Conway
Nom Kenney
R. N
Bala
Robi. Johnson
Wikderspin
Oshawa
M. M. Nelson
E. J.nelson
Allan G. ©. Smith and
Harold
Fred Day
Messrs
Harold Swackhamer
Chas
Landsborough
Gordon Johnston
W. J. Kelly
Martin Kelly
Rachael
Annie
Midland
Helen McLean
Ballinatad
Wesley Allen
Brock Avenue
D. A. Warren
R. D. Warren
John M. Warren
Alex. C. Gordon
Lymond McCullough
Toronto General Hospital
E. J. Johnston
Little Son
St. Stephen, N. B
Charles Irwin
0. Wood
Roch , N.Y
R. J. McPherson
Ik Wickens
Wm. Andé
Betty
Galt
Wm. Landsborough
Miss L. McNee
Billy Kaiser
Aggie McBride
Anna Wright
Fraser Weartwell
Stuart Wright
Rosetown
Sask
Wm. Fryer
Edward
Norman
Gandy McDonald
Margaret McDonald
Bevott
Mr. Iyer
Hagersville
R. M. McDonald
Murray
Leo Roberta
Bert Stone
Richmond
Hill
Stanley ‘Whelpton
Perrie
Windsor
F. Roney
J. H. Price
Margaret Emiline
Fred J. Swain
J. C. Swain
Millbrook
J. S. Matheson
T. Wellwood
S. Huntsman
Ruth Huntsman
C. Huntsman
Muriel Mills
Los Angeles
N. F. Moore
FE. D. MacPhedran
Elizabeth
Alex. MacPhedran
Everton
Barry MacPhedran
Newark
N. J
Doris Johns
Newmarket
Leslie—and Pearen
William Michle
Ontario
Coleman
Steven's Point
Wis
Acton _ friends
Cole
Slats
Ross Farquhar
Emmy
Dr. Anson Buck
A. D. Savage
Guelph's
Savage
GEO Cowie and Son Mill Street
Edgewood Park
Eden Mells
Eden Mills
New Dundee
Moffat
Women’s Institute
Brampton
New Harmony
Madge Evans
Lee_Tracy
Melody Master
Sal Eilers
James Dunn
Fox News
Janet Gaynor
Saucy
Pert
Irrestible
Henry J. Caeedy
Ming
NEW Baseball League
Apton
Esther Taylor
Neighborhood News
Burlington
Maxwell R. Stark
Rachlin’s
Tyler
Kingsdale
Tyler’ S Service Station
Young Street
Wood’s Grocery
P. & G. Soap
Royal Denby
Barker
Arrow Bus Lines
Milton
Milton Boyne
Omagh
Streetsville
Cooksville
Dixie
Boyne Milton
Burnanthorpe Road
Boyne
Arrow
Exhibition Grounds
Lakeshore Road
H. Wiles
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