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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 15, 1933
Page
5
The Community's Social Side lists numerous weekend visits and family gatherings. Residents from Toronto Stratford Detroit London Rochester and Winnipeg are noted visiting Acton friends relatives and hosting at various homes and events.
17 month old Gordon Reid was seriously injured when a Brampton driver M F Fullerton backed a truck over him in the Reid yard. The child was playing under the wheels and the driver drove away unaware of the accident until reaching Brampton. He was taken to Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children in serious condition.
The account recounts a two day lake trip with Henry hosting at a screened in cabin. Meals feature trout and brewer tea as the group paddles, camps, and braves mosquitoes. They fish at Trout Lake and Stoney Lake, spot a beaver and moose, endure brush beds, and return to Sundridge with a 65 fish tally. The piece closes with Hoover's line on fishing as a state of mind and merry companionship.
A southern man stays with friends in Yorkshire after catching a chill. A hostess bakes a Yorkshire pudding to cure him, but he reveals he wore it on his chest making light of the remedy.
The speaker contrasts a man who can sing but won't sing with the idea of sending him to Bing. He then says it is the man who cannot sing yet will sing who should be sent to Sing Sing.
The excerpt reflects a Broadly moral reflection on observing others faults with sympathy. It emphasizes considering the struggles temptations and hardships of a single heart. The speaker seeks to leave the erring soul in the hands of Providence rather than judgment.
A tale recounts Mrs. Scott at her first ball game enduring her husband’s commentary. He cheers with a new straw hat, nearly striking a spectator. He explains the fielder’s catch as the point of amusements and miscommunication in the stands.
A Galveston man advertises a mule for sale prompting a friend in Houston to telegram the buyer’s intent. A donkey inquiry is followed by a boy's mispronounced lesson on mules. A preacher botches a biblical line while a teacher is sought for elocution aid. Dominion Entomological Branch prepares to guard Canada from pests during Regina’s grain exhibition in July and safe stored product insects.
The Halton Conservative Association met in Milton Town Hall with LeRoy Gargent presiding. Officers for the year named include W S Davis Oakville president, Samuel Kirk Georgetown vice president, Geo E Elliott Mitten secretary, and Lloyd Dingle Burlington treasurer. An advisory committee was formed and M P Dr R K Anderson reviewed Parliament and noted strong trade gains since the Ottawa Conference.
A CN train carried 19 people from Mountain Road near Eden Manitoba to Grimsby Ontario. The Laba and Romak families, Austria born, will start fruit farming near Grimsby. It was the children’s first train ride.
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