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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 04, 1931
Page
5
Week of visitor arrivals and departures in Acton area. Toronto and Detroit residents traveled to or from Acton for holidays and family visits. Several engagements and upcoming weddings announced, with plans for June ceremonies in Guelph and local churches.
Reports say Mt Merapi in central Java and another Merapi in Sumatra both erupted on the same day. Lava streams engulfed villages and forced evacuations while a German climatologist in Sumatra perished in a crater flow. The name Merapi derives from the Dutch for fire throwing.
Obituaries report the death of Janet McKinnon Burt at her daughter’s home in Burlington after a long Erin Township life. and the death of 12 year old Kenneth Croweon of Wellington Street Guelph from illness. Funeral services were led by local pastors with many family and friends in attendance.
Mrs William R Mullin longtime Acton resident died after a year of declining health at her home on Arthur Street in Acton. Born Martha Florence Scott in Erin Township she married William R Mullin fifty years ago and farmed at Exquosing before moving to Acton seven years ago. Surviving are four children Bert Budbury Councillor Lorne Mullin in Esqueaing Mrs Cornell Olriin and Mrs N Mekinchorn Waterloo. funeral held Tuesday conducted by Rev H M Bonde at Knox Presbyterian Church with interment Fairview Cemetery. Expressed tributes included a broken column and wreaths from family and local organizations.
In a reminiscence about leaving the city for the countryside a visitor notes the space and scents of rural life invite fear and delight and enable a clearer view of truth. A long reflection on Arkell resident’s 10th birthday and memories of pioneers frames the piece.
A speech extols community loyalty as vital to the city’s success urging residents to spend money locally. The piece blends civic boosterism with a humorous golf aside and then shifts to a page of market quotes for Toronto Butter Poultry Eggs and wholesale meats plus hides wool grains and potatoes.
A list of individuals and families including the Guerson, MacEachem, Mullin, MacGregor, Bolster, Daly, and MacEachem clans, along with Principal Alexandra School, Waterloo, and Knox Church Ladies Aid in Acton and surrounding areas.
Brampton Conservator argues specialty versus commodity goods and the perverse effect of mass advertising. It cites motor cars and razors to show how firms spend millions to manufacture demand, ultimately making consumers pay for ads and products. The piece questions the ethics and economy of shifting value and urges a reassembly of market values.
The Thames waterfront from Tower Bridge to the Tibury Docks hosts major docks including London and St Katherine Docks. Cargoes span wool, wine, rubber, ivory, drugs, and fruits with thousands of tons moving yearly. The Royal Victoria Albert and King George V docks extend along the river, with the King George V entrance lock as a key feature of the vast enclosed dock water.
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