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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 13, 1936
Page
5
Local residents and visitors are listed returning home for weekends and holidays. Names include J Campbell Curris, Doris McDonald, Charlotte Marshall, H F Mowat and Margaret, R J Anderson, and Mrs E F Collier. Updates report Rev H Caldwell improving at Knox Avenue and Mrs W Patterson recovering at St Joseph's Hospital. Betty Johnston convalescing after appendicitis and ear infection.
A Miss B Stephen son writes from Lakeland Florida about a delightful trip through Jacksonville to Lakeland with sunshine and blooming citrus groves. She notes three inches of snow in Atlanta, observes oranges grapefruit and strawberries, and sends best wishes to Acton friends as temperatures stayed near zero.
Saturday night meeting at the Y worded a new badminton club with four officers elected. President Miss Mary Chalmers Secretary Dr. P. W. Pearce Committee Miss Dorothy MacPharecon Jack Reid and Dr. A J Buchanan. A Mr. Butler of Guelph Y.M.C.A. may be invited for coaching. Plans include ladder tournaments for singles and an elimination doubles event.
Group Alpha staged a musical and literary program Tuesday featuring a fish tale sketch, a ghost Walk-This scene with four living ghosts Olive Rogers Miss Canon Allie Taylor and K Chapman appearing as stage fright winds and thunder faded.
Auditors certify 1935 tax collection totals of 21 022 89 with outstanding 34 608 50 and arrears 13 155 44. Council approves stone crusher purchase, township reorganization plan, warble fly campaign, road superintendent delegation, relief labor vouchers, and penalties on 1995 taxes. Voting and budget actions include voters list print, horticultural society grant, and memorial plot upkeep. Meeting set for March 6.
Mrs Hanna Reynolds celebrated her ninety third birthday on February 1 at her daughter Mrs Alex Webb’s home in Galt. Her grandfather Nowell Matthews was the first white settler in Wellington County arriving near Elora in 1877. Reynolds was born in the first log cabin house in Guelph. She comes from a family of ten with brother James Matthews a boxmaker at Acton for seventy years and nephew Mr J C Mathews now in the area.
John Flynn of Exquesing Township died at age 70 100 Humber Avenue Buffalo after a two month illness. He left Exquesing thirty years ago moving to Kitchener then Buffalo sixteen years ago where he ran a general store. He is survived by his widow Rose Parsons four daughters Gertrude Angela Leona and Mary Mercedes two sons Herbert and Edward F and two brothers Joseph and James. Mass was held at St Bartholomew Buffalo with interment at Mount Olivet Cemetery. The bereaved extend thanks for the sympathy shown by friends both in Buffalo and Acton.
Gilbert Creamer a longtime district resident died last Wednesday at a Hamilton hospital after a six year illness He was seventy seven born in Glenvale to Abraham and Margaret Creamer He married Jennis Morgason 34 years ago and leaves six daughters two sons and a widow The funeral was held Saturday at his daughter Mrs Frank Romphy home conducted by Rev Grillinger Interment at Fairview Cemetery Acton Pallbearers included Mexica Jack Creamer Frank Romphy and others Relatives from distant places attended and condolences were extended to the bereaved The poem section features domestic verse about the home and nationbuilding
The National Safety Council notes that owning and driving in Italy is challenging. Costs include home taxes and gasoline at twenty cents per quart, plus stringent checks: health exam, reading and writing test, road skills test, oral traffic rules, and a police certificate. Only after passing these steps, and paying most fees, can one drive, even at eighty cents per gallon.
The Halton Peel region council debates preserving old records from 1849 and 1853 1873, considers borrowing limits up to 100 percent, and reviews appointments to the Mothers Allowance Board plus minutes printing tenders and school trustees. Members approve committee reports and pass By law 685 for 1936 road expenditures.
The hero in Basil slings a tale confesses that a man's first duty is to himself not to fix others. He admits chasing others' faults while neglecting his own and argues true welfare starts with personal restraint rather than judging neighbors.
A rough dialogue shows a daughter accusing the father of not having enough clothes for a day of hunting while she asserts readiness. The exchange hints at domestic tension and a rural setting focused on hunting activity.
A tense incident in a store centers on a boy grabbing a candy stick and repeatedly demanding it. Mr. Wenzel pleads for the boy to stand still while holding the jar, as onlookers react to the child's insistence and the shopkeeper’s attempts to calm the situation.
The passage argues leisure should be valued for constructive use rather than wealth or status. It envisions diverse activities from reading and nature study to arts, crafts, research, travel writing, service, and public citizenship. Leisure becomes creative, elevating highest values through personal expression.
Two exhibition matches featured Bradshaw delivering a sharp play for Clarke's as Woods faced a busy day against the visitors. Morton sparked scoring, Gard defended, and Lind say challenged as Mooney and Norm Morton connected on attempts. The game ended tied at seven all with penalties and a close scramble. Referee Joe Kentner oversaw Acton versus Clarke's and a door joke closed the notes.
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