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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 07, 1934
Page
8
Local note reports Oakville travels to Aston for a bell game Saturday afternoon amid dry conditions. Also mentions public school students preparing for Halton County Field Day at Milton with over 900 entries starting at 10 00 a m Daylight Saving Time. Mrs Carr of Rockwood united with Miss Cripps.
The article shows bantam and juvenile baseball results from Thursday May 31 and Saturday June 2 including Giants, Cubs, and Juniors games with scores such as 15-11 and 0-0-1 innings. Battery pairings include Elliott Woods Papillon Lambert Rambert Ryder Holmes Cook Louttit Bayliss and others. A Lucky Number Winners section lists names and basket prizes donated by local businesses.
Sunday evening at Acton Branch the Canadian Legion with Lome Rifles detachment paraded from Frederick Street club rooms to church. Led by Acton Citizens Band under C W Aafason, the service featured Pastor G R Easter with Rev Z McAlpine and Legion chaplain. Hymns included O Valiant Hearts and Christ in Flanders Fields. Easter preached on the prophet's dream of peace amid today’s wars and profiteering.
Election officials announce voting times from dawn to five in the afternoon and seven to ten in the evening Standard Time. The ballot box will be opened and votes counted at seven o'clock ST in Oakville on June 19, 1934.
A Flower Service is arranged at the United Church on Sunday June 19th with Bertie Speight assisting and Bertie Gaheon and Billie Vincent singing a duet. Doris McDonald, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Meena kid, passed third year exams in home economics. Local chapters report new initiates and meetings with entertainments and preparations for upcoming events. The Acton Citizens Band held an open-air concert. Waterloo Musical Competition selections were performed. Convocation at the University of Toronto conferred Master of Surgery on Dr Harold Mowat. his family attended. The Basket Picnic planned for June 20, 1934 at Curran Park Brandon invites Peel and Halton residents. Dublin Branch Women’s Institute met in May with talks, readings, and plans for the District Annual at Ashgrove on June 12.
The address argues agriculture as Ontario's priority and credits the Henry government for farm improvements. It highlights livestock and crop advances, new markets for farm products, and widespread hydro electric service in rural areas with extensive loan programs totaling nearly 1000000. It notes Halton County benefits from rural power districts and subsidies.
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