23 Jan 1930
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 23, 1930
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR shows church notices and names: United Church’s service theme, youth groups, and weekly prayers. Mentions Knox Chumgul Acton, Rev Dr MacGillivary, and community gatherings on Sundays and Mondays with limited details.
Church listing shows pastor and contact details with prayer meeting schedule. Mentions Mayday 4.20 p. a and children related items. Reflects a fragmented OCR of a church notice with multiple names and locations.
Fragmented classifieds include job inquiries poultry buy requests clothing and auction notices from Acton and Montreal. Entries mention poultry pricing cleaning supplies and watch auction details with dates and addresses but many lines are garbled.
Friday and Saturday January 24th and 25th are set for a Bargain Festival featuring sensationally low prices. The event promises new, overstocked, and regular stock items marked down across departments for quick clearance before stock-taking.
Rev A C Stewart delivers moving farewell sermon at Warewell Church service marking end of his pastorate. Congregation high attendance, prayers, and gratitude expressed as he notes the joyful trust in Christ and urges support for future ministerial work amid severance of ties with neighboring churches. Community honors his ministry and looks to the new call in the city.
Beardmore C pushes annexation to Acton and requests permission for new entrance gates at Wallview Cemetery. Council debates boundary changes, street taxes and town boundaries while residents urge joining Meadsdovore Croacenh to Acton. A farewell event marks removal of A O Hthwart and family to Toronto with community tributes and gifts.
The United Church Men s Club event featured Mr. Chares A G Matthews of Toronto with a program of melodies and local film clips taken at the Acton Wall of 1035. Attendees heard a moving recount of Milton and Acton curling a hockey match, plus a Victorian era relay tale and a tribute to local families.
A farewell note thanks the community for nine happy years of support. It mentions individuals and groups including Upton Bulldog radar dog Beaute, W. G. Mason, Rev. P. A. Bawyar, and the Olbenia Committee, praising widespread goodwill and faithful service. The letter then references local sports results and a mix of names and teams with brief game notes.
Nassayaweya Council convened to welcome new councillors and approve administrative changes. Four new appointees and reorganized accounts were among the actions, with Olen appointed to a key stewardship role.
A garbled mixture of town notices, council actions, school matters, and early 20th century sports results. Items reference acts, deputations, road funding, police, and ongoing league hockey with teams such as Wanderers and Rangers. Also notes on community unions, dances, and agricultural society finances.
A garbled 19th century style record shows a town meeting held on the first Monday of January in year 1000, with named figures such as John Marshall and Willan Wren. It notes elders, wardmasters, and a scolding incident about a neighbor’s dog and a tense threat to a grandmother, reflecting local governance and social disputes.
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