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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Feb 15, 1934

Page

5

Toronto visitors and local families gather for weekend

Besinett of Toronto visited his mother and sister last week. Jean Corinne MacDonald of Hamilton visited this week with her sister Mrs. Yinsent. Laura and Marjorie Hall spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs W R Ernstie. Gusiph an WwW Baldwin of Sault Ste Marie was a guest of Mrs. Robert Bennett and Miss M Z Bennett.

Mibes Mies Besinett Toronto Jean ‘Corinnne MacDonald Hamilton Ao Yinsent Wiases Laura and Marjorie Hall Mrs.w. R. Ernstie Gusiph Baldwin Sault Te. Marie Robert Bennett

Make Canada More Beautiful Through Gardening

An EE Experimental Weekly News Letter urges improvement of unattractive areas in Canada by gardening. It promotes planting flowers and shrubs, discusses early cabbage as a money crop, seed sowing timing, hardening off, soil quality, and recommends Golden Actae variety. It also covers seed supply planning and cleaning seeds, plus a baked honey apple recipe.

Canada Division of Horticulture Dominion Experimental. Farms

Man should be a sounder thinker than his women folks

A newspaper man obituary quotes a 19th century gender view that men should form opinions for women. It recounts a belief that thinking was hard work and that women required male relatives or husbands to think for them, noting the era’s clinging‑vine stereotype.

Relief accounts paid by requesting council continued

The council lists relief payments for December and January to multiple individuals and entities including RS Simms, F Coon, J B Mackenzie, milk and seed supplies, and various local vendors. Items include lumber, seeds, and municipal supplies with small cash adjustments, plus tax refunds for 1932 and 1933. The meeting approves by law for road expenditure in 1934 and adjourns to March 12.

RS Simms Eimnms F. Coon Robert Esley Vivian Seee J.B. Mackenzie C."nixon J. A Bllott Hilson, Cassidy M. McLaughlin Ucbganyoutizian W. Holingsworth A. Cord Esa Eet P. Wagstaffe Arthur Norton J- Sharp Walter Nelson Zak Povelied Mary Cardinell Lotus Boronsitnt Geo W. A. Wilson L. L. Mullin N. A. Robinson G.W. Murray L. &. Mullin W. A.‘Wilson Board of Health Dr. Stevenson G. W. Murray

Fragments Capture Tense Street Scene Dialogue

The readable lines show two callers debating housing versus living in a car and lacking guests. A character dismisses panhandlers and jokes about police leaving cards. The exchange hints at social tension and urban hardship.

Eramosa Council Auditors Report and Motions

Auditors report notes the cancellation of a Workmen's Compensation Board payment partly payable by the township. Treasurer and Collectors bonds approved and handed to the Reeve. Approval given to cancel a rural contract. Ontario Unemployment Relief Fund funds relief work on township roads totaling 1125.00 with two thirds by relief fund and 40 percent by Highway Department. Accounts for payment approved at 469.72. Council adjourned to March 12 at 1.30 pm.

Anderton Press Guelph Mesra Lush Storey Workmen's Compensation Board Stewart H. EP. C Ontario Unemployment Relief Fund Relief Department Highway Department

Gregory Theatre Showcases Thelma Todd Comedy Night

At Gregory Theatre on Monday February 19 the program features You Made Me Love You a sparkling comedy starring Thelma Todd and Stanley Lupino plus Nothing But the Tooth, Little Miss Mischief novelty acts, and dinnerware items.

Thelma Todd Stanley Lupino Little Miss Mischief

Obituaries From Erin Township and Acton

Two long time Erin Township residents pass away one after another. Marion Cree wife of Peter McLaren dies at home with funeral service scheduled and Coningsby Cemetery interment noted. Mrs Mary E Clarridge Atkinson dies at 90 one of Acton’s oldest residents. funeral at Churchill United Church with interment at Pairview Cemetery Acton.

Marion Cree Peter McLaren Erin Coningsby Cemetery Mr. Grant Ospringe M. F. Cree Ailsa Craig James Gavin Erin Township A. McEachern Annie Cree Acton Edwin Atkinson Mr. Burton Inglewood A. G. Clarridge John Mclean Robert Kerr Arthur ‘Thompson Geo, Rosell

Examination dates set for 1934 pupil assessments

The timetable covers Junior and Senior divisions from June 25 to July 11. High School Entrance exams run July 3 4 and 6 with various papers in English, Geography, Arithmetic and more. Earlier and later dates are explained by temperature, school board wishes, and wartime adjustments.

Weda Meteorological Office

Swords for Wedding Cake Ornaments Mentioned

A brief exchange notes interest in swords for a wedding cake. The military contact asks whether cavalry or infantry matters, and the groom replies it may not.

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