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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 08, 1925
Page
2
At 10 a.m. Sunday School and Bible Class are held. The 11 a.m. service features the minister with the subject That Most Excellent Gift. Evening at 7 p.m. the minister speaks on Obeying the Higher Call. Strangers leaving address with the ushers will be called upon by the Pastor.
Church listings show Sunday School at 9 46 p m and prayer meeting at 8 p m with Pastor J McDermott of Toronto announced. Also invites all to hear gospel and attend Monday combined prayer meeting with welcome extended. Foxed in local notices.
The Village of Acton Halton announces posting of the voters list as of June 27 1926 for federal provincial and municipal elections. Voters may inspect the list and appeal errors or omissions by July 18 1925. H N Palmer Clerk of the Village of Acton.
The Acton council met Tuesday with full attendance. The Finance Committee urged payment of arrears and presented a 364.56 bill list including general and waterworks items. Members discussed removing a blacksmith shop, installing a gas tank, extending Wilbur Street sidewalk, painting the waterworks tank, and thanked C. A. G. Matthews for advertising sign designs.
Three stock salesmen and a fourth, Melvin Gayman, appeared before Police Magistrate H. P. Moore at Milton Court House seeking bail of 60 000 linked to a 1924 25 conspiracy to defraud investors in Flanagan Smoke Consumer and Fuel Saver Co The crown noted the seriousness of the charge and bonds of 10 000 each were posted by the defendants and three friends In Welland and Halton Erin Trafalgar townships the case scheduled for a preliminary hearing tomorrow at two o clock at Milton Court House.
The Police Magistrate fined P Warden ten dollars for intoxication in a public place after a June 30 appearance. He admitted two moonshine drinks at a St Patrick house, paying a quarter each. W J Courtland of Rockwood pleaded guilty to leaving a car engine running and was fined one dollar. An Owen Sound youth faced a ten dollar fine for refusing to turn off to the right on a road. The Garden Party of the United Church at Lerra Cotta is announced for next Tuesday with a seed program to follow.
The Glorious Twelfth parade in Acton features Orangemen with the Kitchener contingent and a Citizens' Band procession. Wedding bells toll for Miss Alva Harvey and Mr William Thompson and local business moves are noted as James Fairbanks sells out his Chippewa bakery. A Sunday work stoppage over highway paving is reported, plus a high-spirited Saturday Band Concert and Flower Show planning, with church activities and faith themes featured in sermons.
A jumble of visiting relatives and friends is reported in Acton with many locals hosting or visiting in Toronto Detroit Hamilton Brantford Oshawa and Bowmanville. Several residents return home for weekends and holidays while others undertake trips to Buffalo Buffalo and Blyth for leisure and family gatherings.
Rev. R B Zimmerman arrives as the new minister in Acton. His first sermons draw a large congregation with a direct dignified style and clear faith energy. He is youthful yet seasoned with nineteen years of pastoral work and pulpit experience.
Acton and area residents joined the Dominion Day celebration to support the Boy Scouts camp fund. A parade, softball match between Acton and Rockwood ladies, Maypole drill, athletic events, and a concert filled the day with fun and community support. The event, led by the Acton Citizens Band, raised funds for the Scouts summer camp near Huttonville.
Miss Phoebe Amory of Toronto High School of Commerce is promoted to second form. Several Acton residents and families including Mr. and Mrs. George Waterhouse and Miss Lorna Kennedy visit Belleville and Acton connections as others travel between Guelph and Toronto hospitals. A missionary Miss Ruth Neilson receives a posting in Victoria BC, and Mrs. Margaret Glassey and others visit Mrs. R. Bennett in Lake Avenue with extended family arrivals.
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