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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 19, 1934
Page
4
Community items concern several centers and events of interest to Readers with updates on local groups and activities. The column surveys neighborhood life, noting upcoming meetings, volunteer opportunities, and keep-informed announcements across multiple community hubs.
About 30 members of the St. John's A P U attended a social at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. English on Friday evening July 13. Music by Bob Martin and a lunch by the Rinky dinks Group 1 accompanied the event. Mr. J. Brown thanked Mr. and Mrs. English. Mr. Goodison Appelbe was injured when a truck struck his car Saturday evening. George Raspin and wife have moved from the farm to Acton.
Mr William Tuck returns from Lake of Bays with Mr Edwin Walker. Mrs N Swaley of Fergus visits with Mr and Mrs William Tuck. H Wardlaw visits Georgetown over the week end. Mrs Robertson and sons of London visit Mrs James Black. Alex McDonald attends Canadian Legion parade at Long Branch. Miss McEachren of Toronto visits brother Rolland McEachern. Mr Taylor and son of Toronto visit Mr Tyler.
Rockwood reports the local W. W. T. U. and Guelph Union met at the Presbyterian Church with games and a lawn tea. Presbyterian WMS held a July meeting at Mrs Arch McNabb’s. Bible readings and duets noted. United Church services in Moorefield with Douglas Facey and local soloists. Visitors listed. Baseball results and social updates, including weddings and Rotary youth activities, are summarized.
Everton Sunday visitors gathered at Mrs. E Shepherdson's home including Ernest and Fred Cooper Miss Holden Miss Bishenden from Toronto and Melvin Stuart with wife and son Bobbie other guests were Mr and Mrs Willam Parker of Guelph John and Alvin McCutcheon and Harry Oakes at Drumbo at the Smith McCutcheon home Lois McCutcheon went to Toronto with Mabel May McDougall visited here Elmer Awrey and son Ivan spent Tuesday with the Usherwood family Ivan stayed for holidays G G Robertson and Mrs George Young attended Mrs Thos Morton funeral in Acton Malcolm McLeod passed Entrance with honors Gordon McCutcheon Acton spent weekend with grandparents John and Mrs McCutcheon Velma Blair and Jean Lambert Acton visiting Mrs P Smith
Aurora visitor A M Kirkwood spent last week with F Brydon. Guests included Lynn family from Batavia N Y and Georgetown. Margaret Cobbe stayed with C Kitching in Rockwood. United Church collection by Miss Cooke. Over a hundred friends honored Elmer and Mrs Fisher at Rockwood Halls with gifts of wicker chairs from K Sinclair and Alex Sinclair. Ospringe Orchestra provided music. McKinnon-Thompson reunion at Hillsburg. James Brydon of Noranda visited relatives. Mrs Hutchison of Whitby visiting M Cooke family. Sam Wilson Jim Higgins Art Pylack celebrated Glorious 17th in Toronto. Phyllis McDonald of Rochester NY visited D Stewart. J Simpson family and daughters of Toronto guests at same home. George Robertson family visited relatives in Oakville. Russell Martin spent weekend with Toronto kin. Wm McKenzie family visited McLaughlin Hillsburg. Edna Cooke passed entrance exams. Mrs Dalton of Cooksville visited L Webb. Webb hosted. Lillian Goethe of Sault Ste Marie a Monday guest of Hazel Webb. Mrs Britton nee Alle Webb of Vancouver renewed old acquaintances. Local Ball Team beat Everton 12 to 9 on Monday.
Mrs andrew Vance and granddaughter Miss Shirley of Winnipeg spent the past week with Mrs Vance's sister Mrs Wm Cheyne. Albert Loggan of Orton visited with Mr and Mrs Jack Somerville. Alex and Will Bessey near completion of a barn expansion. Thomson McKinnon clan held a well attended reunion in Hillsburg Park. A shower at Orton Hall honored Miss Muriell Watson and Mr Lorne Donaldson prior to their wedding. Haying is in full swing and productive in the community.
At a Churchill Cemetery Board gathering trustees were elected including Allan, A J Thomas, Fred Smith, and Arthur Swackhamer. Secretary-Treasurer named.
Rev. Mr. Waddell of Hamilton visits with daughter Mrs. Blake Vannatter. Miss Bessie Binnie returns from Parry Sound. Visitors at Alfred Soper’s included Kent jner Shelbourne, Watson land, Cushnie Toronto, Soper family from Guelph, Acton, Hillsburg. Garden party at J Snow’s last week a real success. Farmers busy haying a light crop. Mrs. Moody Schomber visiting her father on the ninth line Erin.
Local notes report J Stokes selling his homestead on the town line and building a modern poultry house to begin an ambitious poultry business. Wedding bells ring in the hamlet. Mr and Mrs Gray of Toronto relocate to Main Street. C McNally moves to the town line. R J Stringer returns from time with his brother in Novar. Harvest work begins as haying starts. Attendees from Terra Cotta joined the Townsend reunion at A McDonald’s home. H McNally of Glen Williams visited Terra Cotta friends for the weekend.
Mr and Mrs George Ramsey move to the vacant house on his father s property this week after a trip to Kitchener. Chas Black of Kitchener enjoys a holiday at J A Ramsey s. Jas Barden and Jimmie Mack visit Rev M C Gandier in Glen Morris where Gandier s Windsor father died Sunday. Rev A Finnis and Mrs Marsh with Mr Marsh s England father visit local friends Monday. R Goldwin Smith of Toronto visits J Marshall s and Young People meet at Presbyterian Church Sunday. Mrs J Eliott and baby holiday at Gilbertson home Monday evening.
Erin residents Mr and Mrs David Knight quietly marked their twentieth wedding anniversary on Saturday July 7. Relatives visit from Asquith Saskatchewan include Mrs R W Badger and Mrs Wilson. A group from Montreal vacationing with Hazel and Clarence Smith and their relatives. Kathleen Young recovers from surgery and participates in community events. Local Sunday School groups host a joint picnic at Stanley Park with field and aquatic sports.
The relatives of Robt. Bessey known as Bob report the sudden death by blood poisoning in Esquesing. News notes include local ball game results between Married and Single Men, a children’s ambulance incident, and community updates from the Gowdy and Stephenson families with visits and gatherings across Toronto Detroit Schomberg Cookstown and Lake Huron area.
Mrs J M Moore Mr and Mrs R W Douglas and Miss J Claridge holidaying in Muskoka. Mrs Andrew Marlatt and son Oliver of Detroit visited Mrs Marlatt's niece Mrs W H Cole. Mr N B Rixen Bowmanville and Mrs Sweet Toronto spent weekend at Mrs Gault's. Mr R Butchart of Toronto, Georgetown old boy, visited. Fraser McDonald Frank Kentner Norman Marchment Jack and Roy Fouls camped at Wasaga Beach. Mrs J Saunders Miss Lily Saunders and Jack Saunders sail to England for summer. About 260 attended Esquesing Agricultural Fair Board dance in John McDonald's new barn. Ladies Auxiliary of St George's hosted mothers and children of Cradle Roll Department at lawn social. Mrs S Walker presided.
Daylight Saving Time note lists 11 00 a m union services at the Baptist Church with United Church and Baptist groups focusing on The Great Intercessor as the subject of the sermon.
Notice from the Board of Health Nassagaweya Township announces a diphtheria toxoid clinic at Brooksville Hall on Wednesday July 25 from 10 00 a m to 12 noon. Children aged 1 to 14 are urged to receive protection as part of the public health effort. The rest of the notice covers sale of the late Mrs Gamble’s Willow Street property, farm needs, and a card of thanks for Mrs Mulholland’s family.
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