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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 09, 1937
Page
7
A poem says the sportsman places integrity above victory. He accepts defeat without cheating and gives rivals fair chances. Facing hunger or failure, he endures with a grin and refuses cowardly acts, for losing honor is worse than losing a prize.
Recap of local events from December 1917 includes weather with subzero mornings and a heavy snow storm on December 5. Old school trustee William Johnstone resigns after seven years. Four trustees to be elected at the annual election. Community farewells for the Cobers near Ballinafad as they move to Acton. Pred Wright hopes to return to Canada after 32 months in a war zone near St Albans England. Daughters of the Empire host a social for retiring reagent C H E Smith and present a Prayer Book. Halifax blast destroys half the city, leaving 25 000 homeless. Communities form committees to aid victims. Births include Livingstone boy in Acton. Marriages noted Wells Clark in Toronto and Moore in Hamilton. Elizabeth Leslie Moore passes away in Acton at age 70.
A reminiscence of two Acton hill villages, the quiet life, and the vanished golf course. It details the hill village with shuttered homes and idle fields, and traces the old golf links on the Wilds property later replaced by Beardmore tannery buildings. It recalls residents like George Wilds, Wilson Ramshaw, and Henry Alma Burns Grant, and notes local land transfers and family ties shaping Acton’s development.
The Lands, Parks and Forests Branch reports six months ending September 30 1937 show an eight percent rise in motor visitors over 1936. Alberta parks lead gains with Elk Island at 50 553 visitors, Jasper at 4 592, and Waterton Lakes near 9 020. Prairie parks Riding Mountain and Prince Albert also rise, while Point Pelee tops all with 254 530 visitors.
A wedding ceremony faltered when the bride could not reaffirm her authority. The parson asked for lasting commitment and the bride blurts out that the groom will. The moment halted proceedings as onlookers faced an unresolved union.
In a bustling street scene Charlotte shares an apple from a box with a grocer who recognizes the Grimes Golden variety. The vendor eyes a chance to buy the apples for three large restaurants as Glen and Charlotte discuss their next stop and the wardmore affair fades from memory.
Article from The Buffalo Illustrated Express dated July 1 1001 notes a push by Toronto physicians to establish tent hospitals for tuberculosis patients. It cites support from doctors and the Provincial Medical Carrier of Health Dr Urygeo, with plans to borrow tents from the Militia Department and fund care for the tuberculous poor through the National Sanatorium Association at 223 College Street Toronto.
Young men enrolled in the Dominion Provincial youth training movement study trades in Branford Ontario moulding and machine shop settings. The program, sponsored by federal and provincial governments, aims to prepare unemployed youths for skilled industrial positions while a veteran tutor guides on farm machinery.
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