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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 29, 1937
Page
4
A holiday trip to Tilden Lake with Mr J Roper and family and weekend visits by Mr and Mrs Edward Ryder of Acton. Mire Soper hosts Mr and Mrs Dan Campbell and other friends during a Sunday gathering.
The Ebeneser Church garden party in Nassagaweya drew a healthy crowd on Tuesday evening. A varied program by Acton Citizens’ Band and the Bob Wilson Concert Co featured Bob Wilson Jean Simpson Phyllis Henney and Tom Nelson with Rev Frank Lawson and Rev P J Lawson giving brief addresses. Local socials list visits by Mrs Dyer Vera Fletcher Detroit and Thomas Nightingale Winnipeg among others. Threshing machines begin to run this week signaling a busy farming season.
Ro-Tri-Blw campers returned to Guelph Saturday afternoon after a two week outing led by Rev. N McLeod of Brampton. Local social events followed including a Sunday school picnic at Swastika Beach and a Women’s Institute lawn social hosted by Mr and Mrs Pred Hamilton. A mix of visitors and locals gathered for music, refreshments, and updates on friends like Mrs George Adams who is home but confined to her residence.
Ospringe and surrounding towns report improvements in Mr N's condition after a major operation at Guelph General Hospital. Eleanor King of Orton spent time with grandparents A and Mrs Rapite. Jean Kirkwood of Guelph visited Brydon home for the weekend. Hasel Webb attends a New York summer program. Mrs R D Burrows convalesces at home after surgery at Guelph Hospital. Women’s Institute members met at Mia D Thompson's Coningsby with Regan of Toronto discussing Health Education.
Limehouse Miss Welen McCowan, pupil of Mrs. Wm Gowdy, takes First Class Honora in Grade II Theory History of Music. Congratulations to her and her Toronto-born teacher Wilfred Garnham who is visiting Iatz. Several locals enjoy holidays with friends and family as notices report church service changes and medical treatment journeys.
The funeral for Mrs. Robert Wilson took place Thursday afternoon at the Presbyterian Church in Eden, with a large turnout and tributes from grandchildren and church members. Rev. S Johnston led the service with Rev. H L Bennie assisting, and Ms. Norma Anderson Wilda Gilbertson Marie Gilbertson sang.
Lt Col G E Matchett of Hamilton Ontario excelled at Bisley England winning the Duke of Gloucester prize and the Grand Aggregate with a gold cross and medal. He also claimed the challenge cup in the all comers aggregate as the coronation meeting concluded.
Mil tions residents visit Winnipeg Montreal and Ontario relatives as Milton Town Council proclaims Monday August as Civic Holiday with a 200 grant to Halton Agricultural Society. A kitchen stove fire at Robt Deforest’s frame house caused damage while Milton enforces a new dog by law after three roaming dogs appeared in police court.
Residents and guests from Walland Georgetown Niagara on the Lake Toronto Petersburgh Guelph Acton Amlek Alberta join Rev Jirkweeda and W A Husa at local church functions. Prairie drought conditions in Alberta are noted as of concern.
The Georgetown town work improves the town’s look with repairs and projects. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Roy Jones and others from Toronto Bradford and Los Angeles, while a wedding in Toronto and a serious accident involving P W Cleave are mentioned. The accident left a jaw bone broken, he was moved to Guelph General Hospital and is progressing as well as can be expected.
The item notes Pam Robinson studying in Germany for a year after a Montreal visit with her parents. W J B Kay returns home from Hamil Hospital improving daily. Engagement announced between Ella Ruth Harria and Robert Wallace with August wedding planned. Water works report heavy pumpage over a million gallons. Thieves steal from Wm Cannen store with a small sum and cigarettes. no clues found. Mr Pred Branaghan to take over plumbing branch in Johannesburg. Branaghan family to England then to South Africa in September.
A historical excerpt reflects on leisure as scarce perfect happiness found only in solitary moments. It contrasts easy pleasures with duties and notes the tension between restful respite and engaging occupations like philosophy and study.
A candidate near Vaalwater follows a misleading local custom to reach a meeting on the OCroconile River. He asks a farmhouse for directions and is falsely told to stay on the road, leading him to wander ten miles off course. Investigating reveals the woman at the farmhouse steered him to disrupt the opposition.
Readable fragments depict a dialectal dialogue about upbringing and events before a boy was born. The lines suggest a social or familial interview or reminiscence with emphasis on fault and inquiry, framed in a near historic vernacular.
Oakville reels after a brutal killing as Mia Keetley of Toronto confesses to murdering her five week old baby daughter with an axe and is jailed. Separately the community awaits a new post office site at Colborne and Navy Streets as Ottawa approves a $6,000 purchase. other notes report a large veteran parade and local incidents.
Acton Creamery offers First Grade Cream with 24 cent delivery and Faun priced at 26 28 and 20 cents. The shop is located at Mill and Main Ave.
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