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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 10, 1936
Page
12
A nostalgic verse describes holiday lights and tinsel, snowlit scenes, and ivy, with children guessing hidden treasures. The poem evokes festive joy, sailors on a snowy deck singing to mark Christmas Night.
Highlights from December 14 1916 issue include Mrs W D Smith receiving a life membership from Knox Church Foreign Missionary Society after moving to Toronto. Ballinafad Beef Ring held its oyster supper. Sgt W J Gould reached Quebec with invalided soldiers. Acton area raised 2152 75 for British Red Cross. Limehouse Guild unveiled an honor roll of seventeen enlisted local boys. Pte Jus Milne killed in action November 17. School board reports praise public and high school inspectors. Miss Elizabeth Wilson resigns as third book room teacher. Born Price Acton December 1 1916 infant son to J H and wife. Thomas Wilson Richardson dies at 63.
A safety official urges drivers to keep at least one window open in winter to avoid carbon monoxide buildup from modern no draft ventilation. He also advises taking breaks on long trips to stretch and reduce fatigue.
In a Christmas tale from Mrs. Clarke, Kenneth and Ysabel find a moving box between their beds on Christmas Eve. Inside lies a black and white puppy named Christopher, who leaps out to greet them and causes festive mischief, making him the best present of the day. Santa had noted their wishes in his Year Book, ensuring both toys and a new canine friend arrived.
Botanist E W Hart from Central Experimental Farm Ottawa discusses Christmas decorations and greenery. It traces the tree and holly roots to ancient and medieval times, notes hardy Canadian species like balsam fir and black spruce, and mentions mistletoe and poinsettia usage with cultural context and a closing proverb.
A fragmentary quip quotes a 19th century Scots style exchange about promised reform and repeated admonition. The line contrasts a promised effort with an implied failure to act, featuring a speaker calling another a reprobate and debating mendin in verse.
Two burglars broke into a tailor shop and sorted salts when one noticed a salt marked 75 dollars. The other exclaimed that the price looked like robbery, using a regional expression.
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