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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 22, 1934
Page
8
On February 22, 1984, Acton was mentioned alongside Alexander in a fragmentary note about a Thursday event. The readable text is sparse and does not reveal a clear outcome or full context.
A mixed regional digest notes weather headlines, a minor fuel trend, and sport notes. It reports Mitton firm expanding staff, Mr C R Knapp shifted to Hanover, and Mrs Charlotte MacDonald fracturing her left wrist. It recalls the Acton Baptist Church opening thirty five years ago and mentions Canadian Cooking School features plus rising Acton skating crowds. It also cites Nova Scotia apple trade, world wool output in 1933, a Radisson snowmobile claim, and a Brampton dentist with a damaged dental plate iced to his face.
Gelby Abbey in Yorkshire, founded by William the Conqueror in 1069, will not reach completion until 1935 when the two western towers are added. Modern underpinning enables secure foundations and completes the original plan, yielding a Norman nave with eight bays, transepts, a decorated choir, and a richly windowed clerestory.
A reader from Montreal recounts quiet October talks at a church assembly, recalling Limehouse and Rock quarries, names like John Meredith and the Smith boys, and praising Rev Lloyd and Dr WJ Clark. Coleman signs the letter detailing connections to the Somervilles and Dundas Banner papers.
A 1932 Canada report notes tea as the favored drink with imports totaling 40,417,747 pounds. British India and the British Isles supply the majority, followed by Ceylon and Japan, while coffee imports show Jamaica and Brazil as top green suppliers. The report also highlights global spice trade links, with Canada exporting wheat flour and goods in return.
The Preston team overpowered rivals to win the group after a tight finish. They beat New Hamburg 4 3 despite lineup changes with Acton subbing in and Mader and Cinciura sidelined. The coach hints at plans for a 1935 edition as the season nears closure.
Mary Robertson of the Blue Deck won the Captain’s prize for outstanding attendance good conduct and leadership. A new feature includes folk dancing with local instructress. Openings remain for recruits ages eleven to fifteen. Hockey schedules mention Harris Cup Acton Georgetown Milton Burlington and Oakville with Oakville’s imports noted. Oakville Intermediates travel to Oakville for a Lakeshore game. a Tetum game may be arranged to avoid past disappointment.
A vicar’s wife visits parishioners and remarks on Widow Giles’s cottage. She notes the late husband’s supposed comfort, but Mrs. Giles insists he died badly, saying he was half-way under a bus. The exchange highlights social perceptions of wealth and tragedy in the parish.
A brief, whimsical note questions daily breath and oxygen while invoking names like Johnnie Witrogen in a light, probing tone. The fragment hints at a science themed or playful dialogue about life support and air.
Commemoration events mark Jacques Cartier’s 400th landing in Canada with delegations from France and Britain in Gaspe and other Quebec ports August 19 to 36. Cartier’s voyage began in 1534 from St Malo, crossing to Newfoundland, Bell Isle Strait, and Gulf of St. Lawrence before planting the cross at Gaspe. Three Rivers also celebrates its 900th founding, noting its 1634 establishment and current industrial prominence with 22,000 residents.
The Canadian Department of Fisheries tests crossing Landlocked salmon with Atlantic salmon to improve stock. In Chamcook Lake, two crosses were released as fingerlings and marked for later recapture to compare gameness and quality, distinguishing offspring by parental cross.
A London market offers copper engraved sea charts by a small group of Admiralty engravers in Cricklewood. Forty master craftsmen, many linked by family ties, carve minute copper marks for five years apprenticeships. One chart still unavailable, the Gibraltar chart, as surveys note the rock distorts the compass. Application to work on Spanish salt is refused.
A patient asks to see the doctor but the attendant says he stepped out. The exchange suggests the doctor will not be back soon and the patient queries when he might return.
A sermon urges youths and all readers to take defeats, temper, and temptations seriously. It warns that laughing off losses or confessing sins lightly hinders earnest effort to overcome temptation and live a Christlike life.
Wholesale dairy and meat prices quoted to trade include beef forequarters 7.10 to 9.00, hindquarters 9.00 to 13.00, hogs 9.00 to 10.00 cwt, lambs 13.00 to 15.00, mutton 3.00 to 8.00, and special prices for carlot Ontario potatoes at 1.15 to 1.30 per barrel. Hides, skins, wool and hay and straw quotes follow, with grain and wheat quotations on the Toronto Board of Trade and shipping-point prices for Ontario and Manitoba. Current live stock prices also listed.
A resident named Brown reports burglars broke in at night and took items but left, deciding it would be cheaper to return in the morning to buy back the goods at reduced prices. The incident highlights cut price tensions and burglar strategies observed in the area.
An excerpt shows a tenant’s arrival and comment on a space described as a bedroom, followed by quotes from Franklin D Roosevelt Chesterton and Hugh Walpole on politics organization and civilization. The text intertwines domestic imagery with public discourse.
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