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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 05, 1935
Page
8
Births and deaths announced with names and dates including McPadden Hyndes Wear Cleave and Scarrow family memorials. The column records marriages, a hospital death in Victoria B C and obituaries with family tributes. Includes dates November 1935 and multiple family names.
Local notes report on cold weather and snow in the district this week. Acton prize winners N G Lindsay and Robert Kerr & Bon at the Winter Fair of Guelph with Hackney horses. Sonny Boy owned by Kerr and Son won reserve senior and grand awards at the Royal Winter Fair.
The Tobstera catch in the United States is mainly sold alive for higher prices. Annual live catch exceeds 17 million pounds with about an equal amount imported from Canada, accounting for about 3 percent of total imports. Canada supplies roughly 8 percent of canned lobster imports, with most live and canned lobsters originating from Nova Scotia New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.
A garbled exchange features Welshmen trading quirky lines about better beer and self praise. The text shifts to a bizarre ad about VOXACORN sold at Brown's Drug Store as a supposed quick divorce remedy.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Weary asking for apples and the Farmer’s Wife replying with a sparing remark about time and borrowing. The quirky exchange hints at rural folk speech and a rustic scene.
A humorous exchange where a man quotes a remark about his wife refusing to bathe. The wife counters that she would rather be a lemon than a beech-nut, highlighting playful insult and dialect.
Dialogue shows tension as soldiers joke about a recruit’s bookkeeping, bayonet quip reveals habit, and a civilian question about marriage sparks confusion. Fragmentary lines hint at miscommunication and practical jokes in a military setting.
Miss Margaret Hynds a native of Acton and sister of the late George Hynds died November 18 in Royal Jubilee Hospital Victoria BC at eighty seven. She had lived in Victoria thirty two years and was formerly Matron of the Protestant Orphanage in Winnipeg. She leaves adopted son Frank Brundridge Toronto sister Mrs Robert Fawcett. Funeral held November 21 from Thomson Funeral Home, interment Colwood Burial Park.
The notice recalls the deaths of Mrs. Wm. McArthur of Erin and Mrs. John Near of Orton with funeral details and survivors. It also reports the passing of Edwin Cleave of the Acton district, noting his England birth, long farming life, and survivors. The obituaries reflect church ties, burial arrangements, and local attendance.
The Alma Grant obituary from St Marys Journal Argus recalls a long life from Acton Ontario born August 8 1859 who died after a London hospital operation. Survived by wife Mary Elizabeth Taylor two sons Albert and George three sisters and a brother plus twenty one grandchildren and one great grandchild. He was active in Avonbank Knox and St Marys churches and attended a 1933 fiftieth wedding anniversary with wide local recognition.
Mr. Geo H Bishop of Ottawa and Kitchener trained designer leads in house design room. The Bishop Flower line emphasizes fresh wreaths sprays and funeral pieces crafted direct from designer to customer ensuring quality and personal touch.
K R No 1 Thornloe writes of delayed letters due to storms and seasonal mail routes. He describes summer mail via Train No 47 to Toronto and winter delays requiring horse transport, along with local weather, wood cutting, threshing, and timber supply. He details education, women's institutes, church services, and a community Christmas outlook.
Nova Scotia ships the largest spruce exports among Canadian provinces to Great Britain this year, totaling about 115 million feet, with New Brunswick at 103 million and Quebec at 5 million. The growing value of Canada’s forest by products drives increased conservation focus from governments and industries alike.
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