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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 07, 1938
Page
8
A brief memorial note recalls Elwood Babe Akitt, died 1036, remembered by grandson Lloyd and by Grandpa and Grandma Akitt with love. The family notes two years since the passing and that he lives on in their hearts.
Local items note planning shifts for Woodside Reunion on July 13 with a rescheduled council meeting. Customs receipts for Acton’s first quarter total 16 355 35, lower than last year. Several Acton teachers pursue summer courses. A stray deer startled Park officials, leapt into Fairy Lake and swam to farm properties.
The Brownridge family gathered for a seventh reunion at Thos J Brownridge's Halton County farm in Canada. Relatives from Toronto Niagara Falls Buffalo and Missouri attended. Sports included Barnyard Golf and a softball game won 21 to 13. The event honored ancestry, with officers elected for the next gathering and thanks to organizers led by Mrs Emma Brownridge and Mr Fred Arthurs.
About one hundred and eight members and visitors attended the ninth annual picnic of the Peel and Halton Old Timers Association at the Exhibition Grounds in Brandon on June 3, 1098. The day featured welcome remarks by W. J. Crealman and Rev. J. B. Prencis, music from the Huskers Orchestra, greetings from Gordon Graydon and Hughes Cleaver, and prizes for distance, youth, and leading contributions. Readings noted rust resistant wheat from the McMurchy Brothers with a sample bread served at supper. The 1938 picnic is planned for Brandon Manitoba with a bountiful lunch and final thanks from officers.
Old-Timer near Aaskatoup and local residents report extremely dry weather, crop setbacks, and pest outbreaks with grasshoppers. Farmers speak of feeding 100,000 families and reliance on government aid while noting drought harming hay, corn, berries, and roads improved by calcium chloride on the New Liskeard to Barton stretch.
A mother scolds her son Tommy for messy hands at tea time. He apologizes and says he will be ready for gardening immediately after tea.
Velaria Hate Ouro allied with flowers and ferns framed a June ceremony for Tacra Hou and Robert Kirvy of Brindala. Rev. B. FP. Andrew officiated as Mr. Dredge and Anitah Blank hosted sixty guests after a wedding feast in a church adorned with pink and white roses.
A wedding at Palaley Memorial Church in Chialph united Mildred Irene Poster and Allan Marl McCullough of Guelph. Officiated by Reverend Murray, the couple left for a short honeymoon and settled at 45 Kramom Road, Guelph.
A humorous fragment shows an American in a Pearls restaurant attempting to order in French. After a long menu recital he mispronounces phrases and demands a single meal, prompting the waiter to shrug and the patron to insist on a sane speaker.
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