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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 15, 1932
Page
4
Local column highlights varied community events and notes from nearby centres. Readers gain snapshots of upcoming meetings, club activities, and small civic updates across several neighborhoods.
Mr Samuel Brown of Winnipeg visited his brother Mr John Brown. Mr Chester Plank spent days in Toronto for the UFO convention. Mr Charles Lambert gives calendars to customers. Weekend visitors at Mr Tyler's included Mr George Page of Georgetown Mrs Dean and son and Mrs Pitman. Alex McDonald visited Guelph Saturday. Mr George Elison of Toronto visited Mr and Mrs Alex McCaig. Mr George Graham visited Acton.
Mr Erret Sunter spends days with aunts Mrs George Loree and Miss Margaret Sunter. Mrs George Robertson remains in hospital awaiting recovery. Moonlit nights bring skating by local youth. Mr and Mrs Chas Head visited their parents in the village. Mrs Robert Dampier returned home after attending Mrs Wm Anderson of Guelph who died December 2. Miss Grace Dampier spent the weekend with her mother. Everton Sunday School Christmas concert scheduled for Friday. Mrs George Loree visited Guelph recently.
Mrs W Morton of Wingham visits Hillsburg friends for a few days. George Lacey drove to Toronto last Friday. Miss Margaret Roszell improves after illness. Miss Myrtle Green spends a week with her mother. St Andrews Presbyterian Sunday School to host annual Christmas concert with tableaux and dialogues next week. Four week Short Course planned in January starting Tuesday. Directors for the boys course include Elmer McKinnon President Alvin Taylor Vice President Donald A Robertson Secretary Treasurer.
Catherine Partridge, beloved wife of Arthur Partridge of Brookville, died suddenly December 8 at home in her 66th year. Survived by husband, two daughters and one son. Funeral held at home, then at Warkworth United Church. burial in Warkworth cemetery. Active in Ebenezer United Church and Ladies Aid. life member of Women’s Missionary Society. Also notes Mr Thes McEwan of Moffat with a broken leg and Nellie Kingsbury visiting Knatchdull. Christmas entertainments planned through next week.
Oakville steadies for an outstanding hockey campaign as last year’s stars return and new players join the lineup. Mrs Margaret McHale of Robinson Street departs for Glasgow to spend Christmas with her family. FHppance damages the local peanut wagon slightly at Chisholm and Colborne Streets, vendor uninjured. possible court action. Record, W H Bigger of Trafalgar named director of the Milk Producers Association for Halton County. Inquest into Mrs Roehl death adjourned to December. Harland Merry hosts a bridal shower for Miss to-be Edgar Bulmer.
Ballinifad Mr Cetil Riddler moved to Guelph with family on Monday. Mr Wesley Cook visits friends in Toronto. Mrs Alfred Soper visited Georgetown last week. United Church Echo are rehearsing for a Christmas concert. Many residents attended the Winter Fair at Guelph last week. Miss Oakes of Brighton spent the weekend with her sister Mrs Richard Shortul and family.
Campbellville hosts a large gathering at the King residence last Friday. Crawford Mahon of Kitchener spent the weekend at his home here. Miss Walsh from Toronto visited her sister Mrs Elliot for several days. Mr and Mrs James Lowry of Eden Mills were guests of Mrs John Mahon Tuesday. Miss Margaret McMillan, No 10 school teacher, to present Christmas concert next week. Young People's Society of St David's Church had no meeting due to rally postponement from weather at Knox Church Milton. Friends of Mrs John Blacklock Sr mourn her illness and wish her a speedy recovery.
Miss Mary Strange, a long time Rockwood resident over 90, died at Guelph General Hospital after a quiet life and ties to the Women's Institute. Funeral at St. John’s Church with Rev. Sawyer and others officiating, interment in Rockwood cemetery. Survived by a brother in the West. Floral tributes and attendees included Mrs. D. Johnston of Toronto and Hamilton relatives.
Mrs O J Beazley renews her Georgetown Herald subscription sending regards to old friends. Mr and Mrs J J Gibbons and Mr James Scott travel to Lakeland Florida for the winter. Isabel Thompson recovering from appendicitis at Guelph General Hospital, soon to return home. Sidney G McKenzie fell ill in Toronto then returned to Georgetown for care at Jake Hamilton Hospital.
Mr and Mrs H L Richardson visit friends Welland and Buffalo. W Graham and son Billy of Barrie were weekend visitors with Mr and Mrs W Graham. Mrs Donner and Miss M McMillan of Toronto spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs A C McMillan. Leith family leased Mrs D Gibson's residence. J W Wansborough of Toronto guests of Mr and Mrs G T Scott and is in good health. Palmer Teeter placed second in the Royal Winter Fair two year old colt class. Malcolm McEachemn fell ill at Burns Church service but is recovering well.
Notes from Milton include Sandy Patterson recovering after an operation, Mrs. Allport visiting Mrs. Galbraith, and Hemstreet visiting Agnew. Kenneth Wilson injured fingers on a farm cutting box. Hutcheon sells his business to Adams who took possession December 1. White recovering from appendicitis. Charles Ryan to be tried by judge without jury next week. Tickner siblings relocate to England. Alice Tickner remains in Milton-Champion.
Mrs A Walsh sails from Montreal for Scotland and the O H A grouping is announced. Miss Helene Turner and David Gibson Crawford visit Burlington relatives. Mrs Wm Swift improves after a hip injury at Hamilton General Hospital. Richard Sneath injured in Hydro construction accident with spine and ribs harmed. Burglars steal cigars worth 20 dollars from Wm Marchant store on Brant Street Freeman. Local police investigate the theft.
A Virginia health officer visits a public sanatorium where a farmer delivers vegetables. A patient salutes him and asks if he is a farmer. The farmer admits past farming, and the patient jokes about trying madness, quipping that farming is all hollow.
The exchange features a poet recounting six weeks on a final poem and a painter noting editor rejection. The poet recalls being thrown down stairs by the editor, resulting in a hospital visit and serious injury.
Barbara Brooks notes Hiram Wallace turning 102, a Nassagaweya Township native now living in Guelph. The piece then shifts to mothering and child breakfast routines, stressing rest, appetite, and varied morning meals to boost alertness and growth. It lists breakfast options like baked apple in honey with cream, cereal, whole wheat toast, milk, bananas, poached egg on graham toast.
The Port of Vancouver will receive a 700000 dollar upgrade funded by the Canadian Government. A 3300 foot extension to Lapointe Pier will raise its length to 1100 feet, allowing five large freighters to berth simultaneously, with new grain loading gear already in place. Expansion supports Western Canadian grain exports via Vancouver and the Panama Canal.
The passage urges measuring success by 100 percent efficiency rather than yesterday or coworkers. It compares class performance to a passing grade in dance and warns against complacency from comparing to loafers. It calls for aiming for the best possible effort and continuous self-improvement.
A riddle states a man ran until reaching a goal then sat to search, failed, and fled with it. The missing item turns out to be a splinter in his foot, turning the pursuit into a humorous misdirection.
Religious services schedule lists 11.00 p.m. with the minister and sermon Secret Sins and Personal Cleansing, noon Sunday School and Bible Class, and 7.00 p.m. with the minister on Ruin and Reconciliation. Everyone welcomed.
Market note records hog prices for Saturday at 3 40 per hundred. Local service trucks are available for delivery and transport to stock yards noted.
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