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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 02, 1931
Page
5
Visitors to and from Acton over the holidays are listed with many Toronto and Brantford connections. Names include Eugene McPherson Roby Clark D Robertson James Noble and Frances Hurst among others. Local residents entertained relatives in Montreal Toronto Oshawa and Grand Valley while travel and hospital notes appear for Clara Hi Lantz and Raymond Loyas.
Long roster of teachers and staff listed with multiple promotions and trials. Names include Nino Braido William Buchanan Gilbert Romp Kathleen Sweeney Bruce Pargeter Douglas Smith Norman Whighit Allan Letsman Jamie Della Van Wyck and many more. Various staff promoted to Junior Heco and Senior Primer with numerous on trial notes.
Lorne School held a June 30 picnic at Edgewood Park with pupils and parents enjoying a hot afternoon of games and races. events included girls and boys footraces ages 6 to 12, three legged races, wheelbarrow races, and a hat race. Miss Hurst, the teacher, is leaving for Toronto and received a radio lamp from students. address and song followed before a feast at the well-laden tables.
Canada fur production for the year ending June 30 1920 shows total value of 12 208 547 dollars with fur farms contributing most of the value. The silver fox leads at 2 716 264 dollars, minkrat at 1 781 651 dollars, white fox 1 238 017 dollars, beaver 1 026 033 dollars, and mink 1 010 108 dollars. Ontario tops provinces with 2 031 774 dollars, about 24 percent of national value, followed by Quebec Northwest Territories Saskatchewan and Alberta with over a million dollars each.
The article argues that acidosis is misnamed and not about any body becoming acid. It warns death from actual acidity is unlikely and stresses balancing cold-producing foods with alkaline foods. It highlights green vegetables, fruit, and milk as helpful, naming apples, milk, tusk, melons, oranges, potatoes, asparagus, beans, carrots, raisins, lettuce, celery, and slim flag foods as alkaline producers.
Two sons and four tiger.
Dublin School pupils and families enjoyed an annual picnic at Blue Springs Park with good weather and numerous events. Winners included Mabel Burkholder and Mary Robertson in youth categories, Elmer Ruddick and Mary Young in older ages, plus several race and prize winners. The event featured a clothespin race, favorites like Thres-legged and Back races, and a bountiful supper. Teacher Miss KH BE Young received credit for organizing the successful outing.
British painter Edwin A Ward created a Mark Twain portrait for Alfred Harmsworth without his consent while Twain visited London. Harmsworth later repudiated the painting, though Ward recalled Twain praising the humor of the American author and revealed Harmsworth’s prior misgivings about Dickens.
Two young ladies aboard a crowded tramcar mistook a passerby’s hand for their friend’s and stood holding it for a stretch. When a startled realization hit, they released and the man offered his other hand with a smile saying where is that other one in a strong accent.
A visiting clergyman captivates the Ultle folka during a children's service by asking what they should save money for. The children respond in unison, To go to Africa, imagining ten million square miles without a single Sunday school.
Toronto quotations show wholesale prices for dairy Butter eggs poultry and vegetables, along with hides wool grain hay and straw, potatoes and current live stock prices. Entries list creamery butter churning cream poultry cuts calves hogs mutton lamb hides wool grain and feed values, reflecting market ranges and dealer quotes.
The Publications Branch of the Department of Agriculture at Ottawa reported a 25 percent rise in annual mailings to farmers for the year ending March 31 103. It sent 5 207 108 bulletins pamphlets circulars markets reports and similar materials, including 2 117 026 direct bulletins and pamphlets, 3 134 275 copies of Reasonable Winds, and 1 063 724 market reports. The effort disseminates research results from the Department’s branches to Canadian farmers.
In a brief, clipped exchange, Mrs. Diggins answers a question about her husband’s black eye by noting he has just been released from prison on his birthday and wishing him many happy returns.
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