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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 10, 1924
Page
6
Rain welcomed by Tueadway. weather and Jubilee prep dominate town notes. Orangeman events, park programs, and civic celebrations fill the week. Hay harvests progress, Oakville Bridge opens, downtown store decorates for Orange celebrations, and local dances and races planned around Civic Holiday.
Bronte L 0 3 No 267 with Oakville Burlington and other Halton lodges attend an Orange Church parade. Four gang members received nine to twelve month terms for theft and three more were jailed by Kingston Penitentiary. Magistrate Watton sentenced Paterson to two years after a motor accident near Bronte Left with injuries to Daniel ODriver of Toronto.
The Canadian editors journeyed from Cherbourg to Southampton Antwerp and Brussels. They met King Albert at the royal palace and laid a wreath at Edith Cavell’s memorial site, with stops at the Unknown Soldier tomb, Senate Chamber, and Cavell memorials.
Qualph's youths confessed to petty theft and Dominion store robbery before Magistrate Watt. Two younger boys were given corporal punishment. An older offender received a suspended sentence with a farm-home condition. If any return to court, harsher penalties await.
A long list of neighbors and visitors from Toronto Guelph and Acton attends church picnics concerts and services. Local women from the Women's Institute hear Mrs Laura Stephens speak on varied topics and demonstrate cooking and sewing. Community members travel for visits and a mass meeting at Branley Park funds Armenian Boys Home.
Mr and Mrs TH Webb and family hosted guests from Cafnterville over the weekend. Ara W Gilbertson and daughter visit Gall for several weeks. John Sweating of Peterboro and Mrs Hawker of Toronto were guests of Mr and Mrs W Taylor for a few days. Mr Grant of Mimosa spoke at the Sunday School Convention in the church here.
The Nosssgyweya Township Sunday Bohouse 4 plans a pic nic on the Athletic Grounds Campbellvitte with a pro gramme of apurta and a hoped for enjoyable time. Neville, Hann, T A preached first sermon at Ebenezer Church Sunday morning to a large congregation. Haying has begun with a good crop though aprfhia was late. Mr and Mrs Robert Black of Guelph visited Nassagaways relatives and friends Sunday.
Eight year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Milton was hit by a motor vehicle on Saturday evening while standing on the curb near Tiffany Street after stepping into the street to watch for a street car. She sustained painful injuries but no bones were broken and no blame attached to the driver.
In a tense scene Hobby debates his future with his father and mother asking what he will do. The mother vows to name her boy after papa and to discipline him firmly, revealing a dramatic family confrontation.
A partial body of an unknown man was found on the Burlington lake shore Friday morning near a 30 foot embankment. Rumors tie the deceased to a man seen in Burlington in the past three days, with speculation it may be Thomas Keating or Desssaly ward from Orton Town near Montreal. Authorities think the man slept and rolled into the water unconscious and drowned.
Window ads promote Saturday treats for the holiday with Lady Caramels 25 cents a half pound and weekend chocolates 32 cents a pound. Chocolate bars six for 25 cents and Neilson's ice cream offered in brick or bulk with sundaes and sodas.
A farmer urges the use of pure Manilla Rope this season noting it is available in needed weights and sizes at 25 cents per th. He warns against ald rope and inferior quality ropes due to accident risks and claims good grades are reasonably priced at 80.
Local notes reveal confusion over daylight saving timing and business schedules in Acton. Residents and several firms including Halton Glove Inc and Ashe Machine discuss impacts while town officials seek clarity on clocks and standard hours.
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