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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 16, 1936
Page
8
Deaths and memorials announced for Robert Stark Agnes Anne Brownlee Jean Dredge Flora Ellen Holmes and Gladys Scarrow with dates January 1936 in Esquesing Nussagaweya Guelph Campbellville and family memorials noting relatives and in memoriam entries.
Georgestown and Milton announce second nominations for vacant council seats with events set for Monday and next Tuesday. Readers invited to submit items and notices. Also mentions sunshine days, hockey entries in USA, a Toronto arson, and local social notices.
List of upcoming sales including executors sale for John Bilton with farm stock and implements, mortgage sale of Charles Darvell Farm near Acton, sales for Robert Wilson Eden Mills, Cecil Lose, surplus stock, and J N Crown adjoining Acton with York shire cattle.
A playful dialogue has Mary asking if Sandy is generous and Maggie quips that as a spender he would be the president of the Anti- Liter Society. The exchange pokes light fun at Sandy's money habits with a witty twist.
Miss Agnes Brownlee died at her nephew Wesley Warne’s home in Guelph on Friday morning in her 83rd year. A lifelong Churchill Congregational member and the last of Robert Brownlee’s children, she was mourned by relatives including sisters who predeceased her. Funeral services were at Churchill Church with Rev. Cheapchase of Guelph and Rev. Stephenson officiating. interment followed at Ballinafad Cemetery. Attendees came from Toronto Norval and Acton. Pallbearers were Robert Warne, Robert Kerr, Wesley Warne, Archie Kerr, John Buck and W. Cook.
GB studios secured two top stars, George Ariss and Walter Huston, to appear in Transatlantic Tunnel a future drama. Ariss plays the English prime minister and Huston the U S president though neither resembles real figures. The film will be shown Friday at the Gregory Theatre with Richard Dix and Leslie Banks leading a cast including Helen Vinson, Madge Evans, C Aubrey Smith and Basil Sydney. Separately Royal Canadian Mounted Police raided a Hamilton operation in Guelph uncovering a major still hidden in a military hall on Empire Street. Two men Joe Angelo and Carretta Carmano were arrested and charged with possessing the illicit setup including a 3800 gallon and a 1400 gallon vats, an 500 gallon daily output was estimated, with a large mash stock and purification equipment seized.
Acton overwhelmed Georgetown 10 to 3 as Ezard and Lambert led the scoring with multiple goals. Georgetown, despite late rallies and penalties, could not close the gap while Acton built a commanding lead through the first two periods and held on in the final frame.
Canada saw 25.29 million dollars spent in theatres in 1934 a 15 percent rise from 1933 with attendance totaling 107.716 million led by Ontario 45.747 million Quebec 24.466 million. Average per capita movie spend reached about 2.3 dollars with urban areas showing higher attendance due to convenience and theatre proximity.
Fragmentary report claims Haile Selassite's troops were effective in removing a peril described as Wallan on Noxacorn. News editors consider a new front page subject as they seek a fresh lead for tomorrow. Noxacorn mention appears linked to Brown's Drug Store.
Fragmentary description notes a peculiar man named Shtapson with a verbose nickname Pen derbag. The text mentions regular evenings at home, about two or three per week, and a scattered, cryptic tone.
Acton and Guelph traded goals through a feisty game with multiple penalties. Norm Morton scored twice for Acton, Beattie and Lindsay added goals for Guelph, while Shirk and Holloway stood out in a high tempo clash.
Yeldt McMillan Kamer wings with Meron and Gemmel as alternates Sloan Kelly Cousin and Beattie listed. Referee Werner Schnarr from Kitchener noted.
Acton fans will see the Guelph Intermediate team in two games at Acton Arena on Friday and Monday. Georgetown travels to Oakville tonight while Guelph meets Acton tomorrow and Monday. injuries and illness dampen Gibbons Greer and Holloway shows.
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