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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 24, 1931
Page
5
The Free Press notes a week of arrivals and departures as residents and visitors travel to and from town. Names include Angus Kennedy of Galt, Nellie Hall from Toronto, Ruby Clark from Toronto, Helen Barber from Stratford, J Evin Gamble and Mery Grindall from Victoria University and Toronto Normal, George Soper from Kitchener, and many others visiting relatives or staying for holidays.
The Acton Legion Poppy Campaign in Acton Rockwood Eden Milla and Grewsons Corners augmented the Poppy Fund by 103 dollars. Donations included Lt-Col Jas Ballantine 10 dollars J MM McDonald 5 dollars T A Binkelock 6 dollars J o Matthews 3 dollars WR Kennedy 1 dollar Rev Bennly 1 dollar R Wallacy 1 dollar J Rameden 1 dollar.
The Family YWorld and Weekly Stir announce a new contest offering attractive prizes to participants who calculate the total figures forming a large Lion. Entries available by addressing the Paris Herald and Weekly Star in Montreal for full rules and copies of the Lion.
The piece argues that true friendship requires generosity loyalty and self sacrifice. It contrasts self centered individuals with those who can place others' happiness first and maintain lasting bonds beyond mere pleasant acquaintance.
A teacher poses a riddle about five children and four latten to share. The mother cannot give equal portions, so the solution hinges on a clever distribution. The boy, Tommy Brown, suggests using potatoes to solve the problem.
Dr Frank Watson heads to Florida with Mrs Watson for two months. J C Russell of Gormley visited Saturday. Mr and Mrs George Begg of Toronto called on friends. Miss Mildred Wreck, student of Mrs J G Graham, Edinburgh and Toronto, etched St Albans Church in Gignwilliams. A silver wedding celebration was held Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Matthew Clarkson Georgetown with dinner at 1 30. Twenty eight guests attended a sumptuous repast.
Mins Young of Acton and her father attended a Monday school concert. Mix Tvens of Toronto visits Mrs. Gale. Mrs Hazol Gmirth of Alma College was a holiday guest at the Parsonage. Lydia Caldwell is home for holidays. Milas Nollam receives compliments on Monday’s school concert. The Presbyterian Church held its Christmas Sunday School concert on Wednesday. The United Church announces a Sunday Behind concert of old time Christmas music with features from the earlier event. Unseasonable weather brings unusual activities for this time. gardens are dug, and summer tasks progress.
Quotations from Toronto markets show creamery butter meat and egg prices for wholesale trade with ranges for creamery No 1 pasteurized and semisalted butter. Poultry eggs and storeage quotes cover fowl, ducks, geese, and hens with Ontario potatoes and grain straw ranges also listed.
A Christmas feature describes Girl Guides celebrating with a Christian meeting in Aston. Readers, including Nesale Rawlings and Edna Winton, attend at Guido Hall while entertainer badges are awarded. Santa Claus distributes gifts as the Patrol of Wonor plans for guides’ friends and the season’s greetings echo nineteen thirty one.
Two women exchange insults and compliments in a confused dialogue. One woman rejects being a prize beauty while the other mocks her upbringing, implying the mother was fond of children.
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