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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 14, 1938
Page
8
Fragmented obituary items note the deaths of Mayers on July 3 1982 and July 10 1887 and a memorial for Edward Tyler who died July 17. Messages express enduring loss, love from family, and hope of meeting again in a better place. Other lines mention Alvin and family.
Civic Holliday will be the next summer holiday. Wheat is being cut on nearby farms. The harvest is on. The bathing beach remains popular. Public bodies are taking holidays and councils meet monthly. The Blue Springs sign was corrected to Blue Springs. Tar Pars Pares mailed to summer addresses. Wm Everist fined $5 and costs for speeding. Hollyhock broom admired at R J Kerr. Two Pars Passs gains a new correspondent for Glen Williams items. Mill and Main street guide damaged. painted strip planned. Curve signs aid drivers. Mason Knitting expands to meet demand. Wm Woodward fined $10 and costs for failing to report a Dominion Day accident. Scout leaders will attend Blue Springs camp near Acton. W J Oakes buys Willow Street residence and plans move.
Obituary notices recount the deaths of Edmund Spain Dunn and Daniel H. Young in Acton. Dunn, aged about 73, long served with the Canadian Pacific Railway and was active in Knights of Columbus. Young, in his 75th year, farmed in Erin Township before moving to Acton with his family and later lived on Martin Street. Funeral services were held with Christian rites, and interments noted in Fairview Cemetery Acton. Willard Alexander Buchanan, age 45, CPR veteran, died after an illness, with funeral from his parents home. He leaves wife Hilda Mair, two sons, and siblings. The Grand Valley Star and Vidette records the community losses and funeral attendance across surrounding towns.
A speaker describes a suit whose materials come from Australia Britain and Britain again but assembled in New York as he laments economic ethics and the oddity that many profit from goods not paid for. The dialog satirizes global production and moral concerns.
The Manitoba government has assured the assistance of A. J. B. Gray, Supervisor of Ontario Municipalities, and colors him as a member of a three person committee to investigate Winnipeg's financial affairs. The panel will review city finances and report findings.
The Halton and Peel Jersey Picnic at Lindsay Brothers Trafalgar Township attracted about 200 Jersey enthusiasts with breeders from York and Ontario Clubs. President Ward Ruddell welcomed guests before M. Meek of the Ontario Milk Control Board spoke on milk as food and the need for education.
A fragmented exchange shows a wife accusing her husband of neglect. She chides him for letting her light the fire, claiming the act deepens her love while hinting at a cooling of affection. No further context provided.
A fragmented scene shows a tense exchange at a card game. One player questions the others about the meaning of lumps amid hands, while another apologizes for an action. A romantic aside hints at a partner’s interest in the game.
The council discussed site arrangements at Rockwood for a fire hall and adjusted rates per Ahod A. Dylan No. 6. Ex-Warden Gimne McLean sought county support to designate Wellington as a TB tented area. A payment of 1,340.55 was approved, and the meeting adjourned to Monday at 7:30 pm.
Jamia Humphrey and his wife with three children rode from Brampton to Acton on a 1600 mile trek seeking work after leaving Stella rton Nova Scotia. They faced many blow outs on the way and planned to continue travel at night toward London Ontario to reach mines.
Local letter from R. W. Johnson in Thornloe details community life. He praises editorial call for legible farmer names, recalls painting a large mail box, and laments vandalism. He describes a two acre garden with carrots beets parsnips onions peas strawberries and blueberries, upcoming potatoes and harvest, plus dry weather and a busy construction camp with radio towers road work and safety concerns.
A three week search for 40000 dollars in gold concentrates stolen from the Dome Mine at South Porcupine ended with Otto Pabro and Nick West captured in a tourist cabin at Lowell Late in the Timaygumi forest reserve. Police say Ruddy’s tip sparked the trail and the blueprints of the arrest.
A red-haired seven year old from Leeds England arrived in Vancouver aboard the Continental Limited. June Boen, an orphan, traveled with relatives' support and said she had a fine time despite homesickness. She will be seven on July 30 and will continue by train with Kenda a Vancouver Inland man and wife who accompany her to Vancouver.
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