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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 18, 1923
Page
6
Obituary style brief listing multiple names with ages and dates from early 20th century notices. Includes McCulla Witwon Forster Hindley Currie and MacPherean with ages ranging from infancy to elderly years. Reflects death notices and memorial inscription style from old newspapers.
A fragmented 1920s era note describes heavy snow and slow roads, with talk of a new high school, spring building plans, and local events. It mentions streets, shovels, birds fed, and a town meeting for the Hank Union Fire Insurance Company.
A local report lauds the honesty of children who return lost purses and valuables. It cites a Thuraday incident where a businesswoman’s lost purse with twelve dollars and a cheque was recovered by a widow’s son, who refused reward. Other cases show mixed responses as few purses are returned. The piece urges teachers to reference such acts to inspire students.
The annual Vestry meeting of St Alban’s Church, led by Rector H. G. Lo Halikh, D. D., reported growing congregations and higher communicants. Finances exceeded $800, improvements were made, and parish support via envelopes rose with eight families remaining outside the system. The rector praised officers, noted strong cooperation, and highlighted plans for 1923, with The Acton Anglican aiding parish success in 1922.
The report cites Western Canada wheat crop estimates around 57.6 million to 394.9 million bushels with threshing costs. It notes 1810 and 1922 figures showing crop sizes and rising labor costs, with 1922 production listed at 492,435,300 bushels and total production rising accordingly.
A fragmented birthday poem wishes a cheerful young lady many happy returns. The verse speaks of growing years, radiant hours, fragrant days, and prayers for sweetness, offering blessings and goodwill in a nostalgic period voice.
The Acton skating rink hosts a grand carnival and moccasin dance on the last day of January. Details and prices appear in the advertisement. The report notes a small blaze near a house and mentions Brown's drug store displaying an English locomotive model, created by gardener A H Bishop. The piece ends with musical imagery describing bells and twinkling stars.
A local update notes a favorable report on the Glen Athletia funds and a treasury balance. Citizens express thanks to Harraclough for printing efforts and to Redumpat for service. Several residents including Mr Joe Jumbin and Mrs Alger Crippa are mentioned in community notices.
Disjointed OCR notes describe an inaugural town council gathering with references to incidents, a library board meeting, and a planned purchase of books totaling five hundred dollars. Mentions Pavia family and a Florida trip, with unclear dates and several garbled phrases.
The community notes the death of Mrs Alex J Currie, wife of J I Kirkwood, eight years of marriage, with noting of future weddings. Several land deals are pending in the district and farm ownership may shift in coming months. Farmers seek a blacksmith for Osprings as the area’s agricultural prospects attract many youths toward agriculture in Oakwood.
The village by law to obtain hydro electric power was carried by a large majority in Campbellville with only three votes against. The town will be electrified within weeks. The obituary notes Mia George Nerrlish, whose funeral service was led by Rev. Casamore at Eben Exer Cemetery with six grandsons as pallbearers. Relatives from Detroit, Guelph and Montreal attended. Earlier, mourners from Nawkogwey attended J W Knowles funeral in Rockwood.
Jack Miner drew a large crowd to the town hall to hear a lecture and view pictures on attracting wild geese and ducks with kind treatment. The event followed the death of John Strachan, longtime public school principal in the village.
The case before Judge Judas Elliot at Divieton Court involved RR Mcriunald Limy uae and J Trotter over a small wood load alleged one year ago. The court heard both sides and the judge ordered Trotter to pay $2 to the plaintiff and $7 in costs plus his own fees.
Tender for Contract will be received by the undersigned until February 1 for bituminous pavement rehabilitation projects including segments from Black's Corners to Meayon and other linked routes. Specifies bond and guaranty requirements, minimum bid guarantees, and submission details with officials C A Robbins and G G Greig noted, Ontario.
Newly elected council opens with appointments to audit and health boards, by law to borrow 16,000 for current expenses, ward representatives named, fees fixed for clerks and health inspectors, and a plan to collect culvert fees with writ orders. Budgeted accounts list numerous contractor payments for gravel, lumber, and drainage work. meeting adjourns to February 27 at 1 PM.
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