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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 14, 1932
Page
4
Local columns highlight various community happenings across nearby centers. Readers learn about events, small developments, and items of broad local interest tied to regional neighborhoods and civic life.
Mr and Mrs Wm Sharpe and Gordon and Pred visited. Mr and Mrs Wm Foster and family were also mentioned as being there on Sunday.
A sequence of social notices from Galt and surrounding towns lists visits by Mr. and Mrs. Gibson, Miss Lilian Oliver, Mrs. Shepherdson and others from Guelph and Buffalo. Attendees at the District Annual Meeting at Watson's School included Mrs. Loree and Mrs. Robertson among others. The Mission Banc picnic at the church and various weekend visits to the Robertson home are noted.
Mr and Mrs Fred Gilmer and sons spent the holiday at Creemore and Wasago Beach. Charles Brockford left for Guelph College to attend the Summer School. Families visited Port Dalhousie and Lansing Michigan. R McLeay of Port Credit and others visited W E Willson. Mrs McLeay sang a solo at the United Church. W M week at Knox Church featured Rev Ross Cameron. W M S of the United Church enjoyed a sunny afternoon at Mrs H C Dayfoot’s grounds.
The United Church Women Association hosted a successful garden party in Exhibition Park with a varied recital led by Rev. W W Taylor and performers including C LeRoy Kenney Elsie Bush King and Ida Roszell. The week featured Sunday services at St Johns and the Presbyterian Church with Rev Roland and Mr Milroy assisting, plus a WCTU meeting at the Presbyterian Church and a well attended United School picnic with games and sunshine.
Local residents travel for vacations and short trips. E M Panter enjoys a temporary six week journey up England and the Continent while Miss Grage-Byers saltes from New York for two weeks. Mrs Shipley leaves for Strathroy to spend a month with her parents. Mayor Moat and Mrs Moat attend the centennial in Orono. Edward Brown becomes principal of the Lower School at Appleby, replacing J G Williams who retired. David Sargent and Cameron Hillmer canoe trip via Orillia, Couchiching and Severn waters. Helen Hashek returns from New York for vacation with her parents. Oakville L C members attend Stewart town parade. Lunau family vacationing at Fenelon Falls. McIlveen and Chief Kerr fish Lake Simcoe trip.
The column lists visits and comings and goings in Milton. Mrs Brownson of Chicago visits her sister Mrs J L Tuck while Mrs White spends a month with her nephew Fred Talling at Fenella. Dr Frank Cantelon joins the Hamilton General Hospital staff. Marshall White spent the weekend with cousin Fred Talling. Dr and Mrs Fraser McColl of San Diego visit local Dr and Mrs H A McColl. Grace Church Sunday School held its annual picnic at Soper Park, Ga. A Chambers buys Guft's bakery in Port Perry. Mrs James McLennan of West Mary Street faces serious illness. St Clair Lodge No 135 G R C A F and A M hosted their ladies and guests with a social and program featuring visitors from Guelph Toronto Bronte and Campbellville.
Ezra Care returns home from Faigland hale and hearty. Regional visitors include Mrs. W. R. Campbell from Long Island and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ladle from Fit Michigan. Six week West trip begins for Mr. and Mrs. Brownridge visiting Manitoba Ontario and Pennsylvania. An intern candidate Annie E. Wood departs for Vanderbilt Clinic. F J Tarrant and Betty visit Calgary relatives. Firemen drill team praised after Dominion Day in Elmira. Jack Loosley rescues after canoe overturn on the lake near Roseland with aid from John Cotter and A Goulding.
Miss Jessie Marlo of Stewarttown spent the weekend with her parents here. Our coal plant is still doing a brisk trade. Wedding bells ring in our hamlet again. Mr E Huntley had a serious accident washing a glass jar and needed stitches. R J Stringer returned home after a visit with Acton friends. The Simpkins and Edith left for England. Townspeople attended Townsend reunion with good reports. E Simpkins has moved to Milton for work. Fall wheat cutting will begin as a bountiful crop forecast. Our baseball team wins several games. J McBride is ill but hoped to recover soon. Citizens attended the Orange celebration at Brampton. Young people enjoyed a Belfountain dance. Terra Cotta Orchestra provided music. The oil sprinkler visited Monday and oiled Main Street.
Erin residents host numerous visitors including Norman Duffield Jackson and F W Benham. Anna Foreman returns from Bigwin Inn. Phyliss Foreman plans Jasper Park holiday. Local redecorations at Town Hall proceed as John Leighton begins Rural Route 1 mail duties. Evelyn Matthews injured by a farm dog during bathing. dog held for hydrophobia check before possible destruction.
Barbara B Brooks presents party timing and menus for bridge suppers emphasizing food before play. Techniques include luncheon or 7:30 dinners with minimal dishes, plus sample menus from chicken salad to pastry.
Mrs John Mackenzie died at her Milton home on Foster Street after two years of illness. She was 52 and active in the Ladies Aid of Knox Presbyterian Church and John Milton Chapter. Surviving are her husband a son John D and two daughters Marjorie L and Marie E all at home. Funeral held Tuesday.
The Markets Intelligence Service reports a 40 percent increase, 2,014,969 pounds, in officially branded beef sold in Canada during the first four months of 1932. The rise reflects the Beef Grading Service policy, with high quality branded beef appearing in major cities including Montreal where about 125 stores feature branded beef and an estimated 30 percent of branded beef is sold there.
A man back from France recounts an Apache snatching his notes in Paris. Gendarmes chased the thief who leaped into the river, prompting a listener to quip Guilty but in Seine.
A Canadian sailor from the Prince Robert climbs one of the British Empire’s tallest flagpoles before the Law Courts in Vancouver. He ascends 210 feet despite wind, ties himself for safety at the top, then descends amid cheering crowds.
The snippet references Jimson in the hospital with a Dizzy Blonde seen dancing last night, prompting a quip about his wife. This reflects a salacious tone typical of gossip columns in the era.
United Church of Canada Acton service led by Rev C L Poole at 11 am with subject Coming on the Kings Business Great Conference. Sunday School at noon. Evening service withdrawn in July August. Knox Church Acton Presbyterian minister H E Bennie available at Willow Street. Sabbath School 9 45 am Bible Class, 11 am Invisibility, 7 pm Rev C Graham Jones Campbellville preaches. Always welcome.
A collection of short inserts includes for sale or rent offers at 42-4-BOX 45 Free Press Office, five acres of Timothy hay for James Gamble at Bell Telephone Office, a large swarm of bees free for the taking, assorted fall vegetables for sale on Ransom Street, an extensive household effects auction by Kerr Auctioneer, and a Post Office lobby hours adjustment by Acton boxholders with mail access until 8 30 p m by order of Postmaster J C Matthews.
The Canadian Government exports 28 000 Atlantic salmon eggs from New Brunswick to California’s Big Creek hatchery under an exchange deal. The eggs were cooled and kept moist during travel with ice and moss. Watering occurred in Montreal Edmonton and Vancouver and on arrival California reported excellent condition. California supplies Canadian steelhead eggs in return to bolster Pacific stocks. Observers will study success of this Atlantic salmon migration as a sign of a different family compared with Pacific salmon.
Two Eskimo wives joke about husbands returning home late with one saying he did not get home until half past January. The quip relies on a play on words about months and lateness.
A humorous fragment shows a child and mother in a domestic scene. The mother frets about a medicine bottle she did not shake, while the child cheerfully promises to perform handstands. The dialogue captures light family banter and playful miscommunication.
A brief dialogue shows Steve praising New York skyline and modernity while Rube notes the appeal of seeing how things work. They muse on a biting dog tail as a metaphor for making ends meet.
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