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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 06, 1950
Page
22
An excerpt from the Free Press recalls a column about Acton settlement life printed in a 1939 book. It notes the book Acton’s Early Days compiles these early life vignettes and traces editors, readers, and later interest in bias and records related to the period.
Fragmentary OCR details a 19th century march by a Halton Battalion unit amid Fenian raids. Mentions officers, equipment issued, green tents, and villagers affected by troop movements and dress. Ambiguous names and places in garbled prose.
The town faced a housing boom with about five new avenues erected to meet demand. Officials aimed to support expansion through store contracts and a planned straight-away course for horse use, maintaining a course wide enough for three to four horses abreast over years.
Oysters were first publicly served in Acton at the Oyster Parlour of George Stoddard. The parlours were in the house once owned by the late Mamle Masales and now owned by Neil Patrick.
Augusta and Mrs Charhle Yean loom in a garden pageant near Mall and Main. Lelia Hick Corellis and the Cute cere Berveds steer display. Sverre von Viether arranged her banded flowers. Symon's garden rivals with a law fence drawing visitors to admire blooms and shrubs.
Fragmentary notes describe a street name change from Once Farm Lane to Bower Ave and reference a past house, farm, and nearby church site with vague landmarks on Maan Street opposite a church building.
A derailed wagon and a railroad crossing caused a house on Young Street to be dragged onto the main line. Workers attached chains and a few bores hauled the structure free, and by 3 o clock the dwelling was moved onto Milk Street. The incident disrupted the noon to afternoon train activity and drew dispatches over the wire.
Local brigade fights a large fire near a cordwood yard south of Centre Street. About 2000 cords of wood reportedly burned causing noteable damage. Fire Chief Greer led the crew and the stakes were described as heavy as the blaze consumed wool storage nearby.
A student named Alf A Baird attempted a school day jailbreak by jumping freights at Acton station with turnips in hand. He fell under a tender wheel losing both legs and died at midnight. The incident is recorded as one of Acton’s saddest events. July 9 1975 notes shade trees being torn up on Promenade Ave.
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