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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 28, 1934
Page
5
Various visits and greetings as Acton residents and guests travel from Toronto Kitchener Hamilton and Buffalo to spend weekends holidays and events. Engagement announced Vera May Hurst to John Lawrence Frowe with wedding planned in July.
Acton falls to Oakville 10-2 in a repeat loss. The schedule lists games Saturday and Monday with Milton hosting Acton and Oakville visiting Georgetown.
A compact collage of quotes on life faith and longing from various authors. Notable lines credit Bovee Emerson and Prentice with insights on ambition friendship and prayer alongside a Breton mariner prayer and a Russian proverb. The collection presents timeless maxims on human conduct and belief.
In Auckland, Lord Bledisloe, Governor General of New Zealand, argues for aggressive immigration to grow the Dominion’s population and boost domestic production. He proposes training settlers to cultivate wasteland, supply two thirds of sustenance, and reduce export competition for farmers. He notes the Dominion’s ample resources can support a larger population with shared financial burden.
University of Pennsylvania museum reports well preserved remains of an early Eskimo culture found by an expedition near the Columbia Glacier in Alaska. In a mammoth cave used as a burial vault, 10 skeletons, stone axes, lamps, shell pendants, woollen armor fragments, canoes, a paddle, and whaling lance blades were discovered. One body’s face was preserved and identified as a very young woman.
British scientists plan a three projector setup atop Jungfrau to emit powerful light rays toward Mars. Using Morse code and infra red beams, they aim to signal daily for six months, coordinating times with observatories worldwide for best reception.
Dr George W Crile told the American Association for the Study of Goitre that goitre signals high mental activity. He claimed it affects those who use their brains extensively and is not a thyroid gland disease. The frontal lobe drives the condition, he argued.
Councillor Mrs Stevenson of Cambridge speaks at the National Union of Guilds for Citizenship arguing the English ideal is a cottage with a garden. She notes Cambridge provides three bedroom cottages with kitchen bath and garden from 192 to 265 per week. demand is high with families on a waiting list and cottages costing about 1,200.
Article notes that sunlight delivers 175 watts per square foot and a 30 by 30 foot roof receives heat at about 200 horsepower. It suggests enough gamma light on the deck of the Atlantic Simers could drive them at full speed.
A Waterloo Ontario reader learns that Emmanuel Doering, once a dentist and doctor in Johannesburg, is the namesake of a vast East African farm called Waterloo Farm. The owner, a 70 year old settler, runs 17 000 sheep and 5 000 cattle, while learning Kikuyu. Doering now lives in England after retirement.
Ontario appeal court at Osgoode Hall dismissed Nick Freeman's appeal against a conviction for keeping a common gaming house. The case framed a game called mixed change and skill as a form of gaming for gain, with judges affirming its legality under the statute.
A proposed Channel to Paris sea water pipeline encounters a legal hurdle. Customs rules bar removing seawater from the sea, dating from an 18th century salt law not formally repealed. A century old prohibition still blocks bringing sea ashore in France.
Harold Lake of The Daily Express left notes proving he wrote the popular song I Hear You Calling Me. Journal editors recalled he earned 15 dollars for the song and later said he earned more for an article about it than for composing the tune.
County Council debates guaranteeing a Burlington debenture of 120000 for a water system. Opponents warn it may set a risky precedent for borrowing power, while supporters cite county aid as beneficial for progress. By law readings proceed with third reading delayed for Acton’s absence. A separate discussion covers equalization and 1934 assessments for Halton area municipalities.
Hedges vary by plant type with many varieties tried at Ottawa's Central Experimental Farm. Deciduous hedges are trimmed around June end to allow new growth, while evergreens are pruned later. Regular annual trimming prevents loss of shape. a tapered base is preferred to resist snow and keep the hedge from becoming bare at the bottom.
A lighthearted exchange in a park leads to a playful misunderstanding as a boy asks for a kiss and the girl replies with a pun about being pie. The boy answers with a witty comeback about a sour tart.
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