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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 14, 1929
Page
4
OCR shows multiple garbled entries with names Archibald Blah Kingsbury and Martha Jeomshaw in Loving memory. Dates February 8 1920 February 12 1920 February 13 1967 appear. text includes memorial verse fragments and place names Meallowiam Namobhaw and Townships.
Six weeks to Kanter and the Valentine season highlighted by Ash Wednesday and Shrove Tuesday. Reports from Guelph and Acton note local events, church activities, and community chatter as winter wears on with snow and treacherous sidewalks easing. A Knox Church collection supports the Globe's Welsh Miners Fund while residents share news from hospitals dances to local auctions.
Acton district reports a record for concrete paving on the Stratford Roderick Road amid praise for King’s work on Main Street Acton. The Milton meeting of Halton County L O L outlines officers for 1920 and a municipal public notice covers a driving offense case and a series of local events and gatherings across Brampton Milton and Acton.
Neighborhood notes recount a January Dublin Xchao concert at the school with a program of choir, orchestra, dancing, and school children performing a play. Early February events include the Dublin Literary Society at the Gibbons home with piano solos and readings. A February wedding at Mrs McAlpine’s home united Yaobel Scott and Wobl Scott with a large reception. A subsequent gathering honored Jan Muaband’s son Fili and his bride with a miscellaneous shower. Extra items note Women’s Missionary Society meeting in Chalmers Church and Mrs Wright’s return from Detroit.
Classified items request items for barter and sale. Advertisements ask for no phone calls and mark deadlines in February. Tender offers for a half to three quarter ton checky express body Ford Model one ton truck due February 25. Dairy farm for rent with house barn silo and farm features near Brampton Mount Clinton offer term of years.
Creditor notice for John Mann late of Erin Palmer Township asks claims to be sent to executors Joseph Hart and Philip Moore. Court pagination cites Trusts Act and March 18 1929 date for distribution of assets to rightful parties. Creditors must provide full names addresses and claim details by then.
The Acton Bulldog Troop now fields two organized patrols made up of former Scouts. Thanks to the Deantmors Co the troop gains access to a club room to rival any Scout group. W G Mason offers info on forming a Cub Pack if enough interest exists. The Provincial Campfire plan sends 64 Cannila best Battuts to the Jamboree in Mugland with all expenses paid.
Last week in correspondence for the late Robert Thatcher the name Mrs G C Bayne of Guelph appeared unusually. Also noted are travels of Renite K Wellington Smith from Acton to Cornwall Prescott Ottawa and a marriage in Eramoca. Various society events and visits to Toronto and Guelph are listed along with a theatre notice for Four Soons at Wonderland Theatre and a poem by John Gleven McCroarty.
The executors of Albert Edward Nicklin late of Acton, died January 31 1929, invite all creditors to file full claims with names, addresses and details of claims and securities by March 18 1929. They warn they will distribute assets to entitled parties and accept no further claims after that date. Acton Ontario February 4 1920. Executors Minerva Dora Nicklin and Harold Storey Nicklin. By H W On. Farmer, Acton, P O Box 3-3
A Yor bil magazine writer cites New York judge data on 4 060 youths under twenty one charged with crime with 1 002 given suspended sentences and parole to attend church or Sunday school, noting failures and urging church influence to guide youth character and temper temptations.
Pioneer Equipment Company offers farm machinery including engines and cream separators. Items include De Laval cream separators with capacities from 2650 to 1000 pounds, Massey Harris cultivators, London engines, and miscellaneous gear. Located in Woolworth Kirst, Guelph, Ontario.
Acton Agency Mr Wm Wall has secured the Acton and Georgetown District Agency for Spirello. He will call to arrange a pergapal demonstration at your home and pull one of sample models to show.
An auction sale in Erin Township near Oscarpinge on February 22 1925 lists livestock including horses cows pigs poultry and farm implements. The sale offers cash for small amounts and three month credit on approved notes with Rover Hindley as auditor for T R R No 3 Acton Ontario.
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