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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 08, 1938
Page
8
The poem contrasts two types of men in your life the welcome friend and the stranger you would rather not know. It notes that thoughts reveal the real you and asks which person your heart trusts. The message honors the value of choosing a true friend over deceitful pretenders.
Acton parish raised 215.50 for Catholic Army Huts. Pte William Douglas of the Railway Construction Corps in France returned home after being twice wounded. Capt Rev T A Arthurs died of pneumonia in Havre, a Knox College graduate who served in China with the Labor Corps. H P Moore resigns after forty years with the Board of Education, effective March 1 1919. R Given buys the McCullough farm lot 17 tenth line. Died John Mollane at Acton. William Roy Johnson dies in Guelph at 28.
Canada enters a robust winter season with skiing rising as a premier individual sport. Across the country Canadians and visitors pursue snowshoeing skating bobsled curling racing and hockey amid mountains lakes and national parks. Ski clubs organize downhill slalom and jumping events with well equipped rinks trails and cabins available from December through March.
Old Acton garden lovers Mrs Charlie Symon and Mrs Secord are recalled through vivid descriptions of their flower beds. The piece traces the Symon home and garden, local rivalries, and the shift of land to new owners as towns grew, ending with memories of Parry Sound life and family movements.
Queen Mary tours Hartwell House near Aylesbury and inspects Regency furniture and period pictures. Chief items include Louis XVIII exiles bells and private royal possessions once kept in the rooms they used, with Hartwell House noted for its Elizabethan front and historic ties to the Lee family since James I.
A historical note explains that beer rooms began in 1934 and were set to close at 11 p m during daylight saving. Daylight saving caused periods of 12 o'clock closings province wide, due to local decisions and border-area votes. The Ontario Temperance Federation argues that 12 o'clock closing arose from accident of daylight saving and not merit, urging critique of current policy.
Dr Harrison F. Lewis of Ottawa records a southern mockingbird near Gaspe on an inspection tour. The bird appeared healthy among northern evergreens, its northern drift possibly from Atlantic hurricanes. Only two prior Quebec records exist near the Gaspe Peninsula, both near the St Lawrence estuary. If the bird survives winter, residents may hear its song next spring.
The article recalls how pennies once bought more and how fashions and goods were harder to find compared with today. It argues advertising expanded markets, lowered selling costs, and boosted demand, letting merchants offer many items at lower prices. It notes the shift in merchandise and business methods over decades.
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