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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 26, 1939
Page
8
Notices of memorials and deaths appear with multiple names and places. Memorials list Ramsden Bast Memorial Hospital Muncie Indiana and family details. Hilts Beswick Unsworth Oakley notices mention Ballinafad Ontario Hollywood California Guelph General Hospital and other relatives. Oakley memorial includes Georgina Harris and Albert Oakley with family references.
Nine fall fairs in Wellington County will receive grants of $150 each this year. Wellington County plans to spend $160000 on its county road system this year. An early pre payment tax plan is now in effect.
A column contrasts merchant accountability with government indifference. A faulty department store job is corrected and paid, yielding customer satisfaction. By contrast a taxpayer seeking information from a government department receives no reply, illustrating low responsiveness to unsatisfied taxpayers.
A Western exchange features a rugged man boasting about killings and carving notches on his revolver butt. The stranger counters that the killer has not done much, noting the inconsistent tally on the firearm.
Seances L. B. Pearson is shown at his desk after assuming duties as the new Secretary to the Canadian High Commission in Vanier. He will hold the rank of counsellor while serving in Ottawa.
Mrs James M McDonald longtime Acton resident died Thursday at her son J M McDonald's home on Church Street in her eighty fourth year. Born Melissa Isobel Moorehouse in Merickville Ontario she was predeceased by husband who died in 1896. Surviving sons John M of Acton and Murdock O of Tecra Haute Indiana with one son Jas Edmond deceased. Funeral Saturday at her son's home with Rev E G Baxcer and Rev H L Bennie officiating. Interment Fairview Cemetery Acton pallbearers Legionnaires and flower-bearers named.
William B. Unsworth longtime resident of Hollywood California died Saturday after a brief pneumonia illness. He was born in Georgetown aged about eighty years and leaves a widow two daughters Alice J and Mrs Monroe Merrill of California two sons W Preston of Victoria B C and J Bradley of Toronto a sister Mrs James T Daley Cobourg and a brother J Arthur Seattle. Interment was in Glendale California.
The Acton YW Badminton Club hosted the Garrison Club of Guelph with doubles results in both ladies and mixed events. Attendance declined but interest focused on upcoming Track and Field Club formation and a January 30 meeting at the Y.
Acton Library drew 180 readers during a Saturday evening opening spanning an hour and a half. A reader traveled eight miles from the district to borrow books, highlighting the which night was notably wintry and busy for librarians.
Shirley Temple headlines 20th Century Fox feature Just Around the Corner at Gregory Theatre Friday. The studio hails it as her best picture yet and one of its most entertaining hits, with Temple delivering her brightest, happiest screen moments.
On Monday evening January 16 a miscellaneous shower honored the recent marriage of Mr and Mrs Fred Brooks. Banockburn Literary Society members hosted with instrumental by Mrs Margaret Brown and Mrs Ada Finlay a reading by Mrs George Tyler and a formal address presenting gifts and best wishes for a long life of happiness and prosperity.
Action Juveniles beat Georgetown 5 to 4 on Saturday at the Arena as Guy Cooney and Margo scored key goals. The night before Georgetown defeated Acton 10 to 1 on the ice. Georgetown led 2-1 after the first period and struck again in the second before Acton rallied.
A mistress notes a negro maid taking empty grapefruit skins home and jokes they make her garbage can look stylish. The maid admits the habit with a sheepish grin as the exchange underscores social dynamics within the house.
A committee of experts honored Hedy Lamarr and Ruth Starrett for screen and advertising work. The Viennese star Lamarr, now brunette, was highlighted as a leading glamour icon. Starrett, noted as a model in advertising campaigns, shared the distinction.
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