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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 17, 1936
Page
8
Notices of Births Marriages and Deaths insert this column Died Annie Murray Wright widow of David John Gilderman at the home Eden Mills Ontario on Tuesday December 15 1936 in her 78th year.
A mixed roundup of local items notes shopping days until Christmas and Christmas ads. It mentions school getting an unexpected holiday on the King's birthday and residents urged to check advertisements for gifts. Mileposts include house construction on Willow Street and a fire loss replacement in Esquesing Township.
The Cedarvale School report for Erin Cedarvale lists November marks with students like Walter Smart 60 percent, Elizabeth Sim 46 percent honors, Colin McCallum 785 honors, and Thelma Hardy 80 percent honors. Teacher Margie Thomson notes additional scores and names several students across Jr and Sr levels with honors indicated. A supplier ad urges readers to visit Hinton's Store for Hodlery and boxed garters listing gifts and Men's Dress Gloves.
A series of obituaries details Margaret Stringer Townsend of Erin Township and other local residents. The notices name survivors, church affiliations, and interment sites like Glen Williams and Fairview cemeteries while noting funerals led by local ministers and family connections across Acton Nassagaweya and surrounding towns.
Wealthy Toronto minting promoter John E Hammell finances production of a novel carburetor designed by Charles Pogue in Winnipeg. The device, tested under guard near Toronto, allegedly runs a stock car for 200 miles on gasoline though plans remain secret and a prior theft attempt has been reported.
October border movement shows 1 246 709 visitors admitted from the United States to Canada versus 1 183 643 a year earlier, a change of 63 066. Highway and ferry travel accounted for 1 176 663, train 62 476, boat 7 630. For ten months in 1936 almost one and a half million more visitors than 1935, with total border admissions at 44 509 407. The article notes eased entry procedures and reduced red tape encouraging international travel.
A small blaze in the clothes closet of G. W. McClintock manager of the Bank of Commerce in Georgetown destroyed a $2000 seal coat and damaged several other garments. Firemen extinguished the fire quickly with little apartment damage. Cause unknown as Mr and Mrs McClintock were at home.
Limited schedule talks hint at a three team group with frequent appearances as teams head to NY in two months. Mild weather delayed an exhibi tion game in Preston and may affect upcoming Acton and Treston fixtures. Jones' Boys won 6-2 against Storey Glove Co. as Arena activity slows. Group No 7 matches shuffling while North field exits stall. Candy specials highlight Westminster Chocolates at Hinton’s Store.
A reflective meditation on how sorrow and loss reshape character. The passage argues privation later reveals new burdens and chances, as the removal of a home’s shelter forces growth and new influences, likened to a banyan spreading among related lives.
An amateur dramatic society staged a show in Australia with a scene invoking a king at the theatre. A misheard line about a royal "house" vs "household" prompted a joking remark from a member in the boxes, and the actor retorted with a quip about departments and houses.
An elderly country couple on their first London bus ride grow uneasy as the conductor calls out St James and St John. The man frets to his wife about getting off while she urges him not to show ignorance, joking about the dangers of being called.
An article from Health Canada warns against over clothing in winter and stresses keeping a baby or child not perspiring under layers. It urges minimal regular clothes and outer garments to adjust for temperature and activity, detailing diapers, shirts, dresses, stockings, mitts, sleepers, sleeping bags, and outer wear choices.
A laundress recounts a tense exchange with Mrs. Jones about divorce and television autonomy. The dialogue hints at social tensions and demands for credible references in a domestic dispute.
A fragmentary report describes a dialogue between a lady passenger and a driver identified as Charabasic. The passenger remarks on a scene as “exactly the heaven” while the driver speaks in a drawn out rural dialect about the moment and being attentive.
Fragmentary obituary text lists names such as Doupall Ho Sayers George Finney Jr and Crawford relatives and friends sending floral tributes from grandchildren and spouses. The legible parts reference multiple families from various regions with unclear relations.
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