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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 21, 1937
Page
8
In Memoriam notices record births and deaths with names and dates from Acton Ontario. Several entries list births on January 14 to 18 1937 while deaths include Janet Hunter Angus McEachern and others with family lines. The column also notes multiple Oakley and Coles families and a recent wedding/anniversary context within local obituaries.
Peel County selects David Moran as Warden for 1937 while Wellington County names A C Hadley of Elora as Warden. Local notes report frequent ice making troubles at the Arena and heavy rains swelling a Main Street creek culvert. Miss Jessie Russell wins a Canada Starch Company contest prize for Christmas charity boxes.
County council discusses by laws for 1937 and 1936 audits, appointments to boards and committees, education funding, and road and bridge projects. Names include Gordon, Currie, Blair, Hewson, McNiven, Kerns, Byers, Allan, Hall, Gilbert, Davis. Auditors appointed R. E. Young & Co. for 1936 at $300. Adjourned to Jan 26 1938.
Mrs D C Russell and Miss Jessie Russell will relocate to Port Credit where Miss Russell has purchased and will run the Model Beauty Shop. They have long resided in Acton and Miss Russell has run the Acton Beauty Parlor for ten years. Actonians regret the move and wish her success.
Four outstanding stars headline the Gregory Theatre with the MGM drama Libeled Lady featuring Jean Marlow William Powell Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy. The plot centers on a society girl suing a newspaper for five million dollars prompting the newsroom to enlist a star reporter to save the paper.
In this northern diary entry R R No 1 Thornloe notes rising building in Kirkland Lake Timmins and Matachewan as miners move from Earlton to new camps. He reports easing winter, ongoing log haul to Matachewan with 15 000 logs in a camp and a mill being erected. Weather shifts from mild to bitter cold, sleighing good, and thanks readers for Christmas greetings as the community plans next year’s wood supply and winter work.
Agricultural Representative J. E. Whitelock says seed grain will not be scarce in Halton next spring but may need a few carloads from eastern or western Ontario where 1996 crops were excellent. He notes two year old grain in the county could help, and urges those with seed for sale to contact the Milton branch of the Ontario Department of Agriculture.
Cuthbert jokes about a restaurant sale and mentions prices for two cakes coffee and an overcoat at seven pence. Walter questions the value, highlighting frugal talk in a casual exchange.
Malton Agricultural Societies and Junior Palmer Associations sponsor a special series of meetings in Halton County later this month. Speakers include N J Thomas from the Ontario Agricultural College and J F E Whitelock Halton Agricultural Representative. Topics cover soil problems fertilizers mineral deficiency water and seed grain shortage. Further dates and locations are announced elsewhere in this issue.
The Intermediates and the Juniors in Acton both won as fans react to close games. Gibbons steady in goal for Acton, Scotty Patterson on the bench, and Lindsay’s team prepares for playoff uncertainty.
At the annual meeting Jas Hurren was elected President for 1937 with John Robb as Vice President and Jas H Gibson as Second Vice President. Directors named include A J Lindsay Alex Parry Harold Griffin and others. The society reports a bank balance of 15.53 and plans a fair on Thanksgiving Day and the following Saturday.
Open, operate and manage popular dress shop offering children's missy and upgrading dresses priced from 75 cents to 5.75 dollars. Profitable year round. shop can join an existing beauty shop. Applicants must be well known locally with business experience preferred. Write to Camden Dress Company JA Camden Street Terents.
The Knox Y P S held a Provincial Night with the theme In all things Christ Pre-eminent. Miss Bennie and Miss Stewart led the program with talks by Miss McMillan, Miss Bennie, Miss Orr, Mr. Brownlow, and Mr. Hurst on Christ's pre-eminence in life home social and commercial realms. The meeting ended with a Maypah benediction and social games led by Rev. Hennle.
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