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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 02, 1933
Page
5
A brief column titled Interesting Items Concerning Other Centres notes readers’ interest in events and happenings beyond their own town. The piece highlights small reports and curios from nearby communities, inviting attention to regional affairs.
Mrs William Murray of Acton visited with Mrs McIntosh and Mr Burnside. Master Franklin Dean of Toronto returned home after spending weeks at Mr Tyler's. Alex Thompson visited in Toronto over the weekend. Weekend visitors at Mr Tyler's included Capt Peterson Lieut Moore George Page Cadman and Mrs Dean of Toronto. Mrs Airdrie Sr has gone to Toronto for a few weeks.
Oakville police captured a youth who escaped from Mimico Industrial School. Mrs. M Wright-Orr and Mrs. Henry Cleaver attended the Toronto Legislature opening as guests of Mrs. F A Blakelock. Trafalgar Council led a Good Roads Convention delegation in Toronto. Frank Pullen left for New York en route to Sweden on a six week business trip with Mrs. Pullen. Council and Welfare Board met to discuss relief matters. The ashes of Mrs. Urquhart of Toronto were brought to Oakville for interment at St Jude’s Cemetery. Mrs. O Donnell and sister Mrs. Unwin had lived on Reynolds Street since Mr. O Donnell’s death.
The February meeting of the Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church in Rockwood met at Miss Campbell's home. President Mrs. Robert Patterson led. topics included Tide of Opportunity and a poem The Resurrection Plant. Community notices listed church services in Guelph and Rockwood, local housing changes, and a school play by Presbyterian youths.
Miss Jessie McKay is home from Normal School and confined to bed with flu. Ann Stull returned home after a month visiting friends in Toronto. William and Fred Harding spent Saturday with friends in Schomberg. Mr Norrie has been ill for a week. Samuel Riddler died at his home in Erin on Monday February 27. funeral held today.
Rev. J. W. Kitching of Toronto visited the Parsonage last Friday and Saturday. Fred G Swackhamer left for Vancouver on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. W. McKechnie of Toledo, Ohio visited with Mrs. Swackhamer. Dick Packer moved to a farm near Dresden Ontario. Limehouse friends miss Dick's smiling face. Mr and Mrs Ball and others from Palermo visited Limehouse Wednesday. The Young People’s Class held a social at the Parsonage Friday, electing John Packer president and Dennis Hill secretary.
A valuable fox terrier owned by J. M. McDougall of Guelph line was mysteriously killed last week and the police have been asked to investigate. An item notes a council meeting and social visits, while a carnival at the rink was canceled due to mild weather. A thief tried to break into the Red Indian service station, and a constable heard the crash as the man fled on a bicycle.
Eden Mills reports the Ebenezer Women’s Missionary Society met at the Manse on Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Marshall taking charge and recounting Dr Geo Darby’s diverse work across the North Pacific Coast. Mrs C Darby described women’s work in India. A Bible puzzle engaged members before gathering prayer.
Milton residents host friends from Carlisle Snider's Corners and Port Perry. A cistern burst flooding a barn and injuring a resident. Plans move forward for a Watton Peel ex-Wardens Association. Acton Three Months School players stage a comedy at the Mt Union Theatre with solos by Mrs Poole and accompaniment by Miss Dewar Milton High School Orchestra provides interludes.
Mrs. Henry Simpson spent a few days with her mother Mrs Rozell who has been not well. Andrew Cheyne is slowly convalescing after doctor care. Donald Robertson visited with his friend Billy Cheyne on Sunday. Farmers prepare wood for next winter as warm days hint spring. Alex Binnie rents George Wheeler's farm and moved recently.
Georgetown residents attended the funeral of Hugh Morrison with visitors from Toronto Milton and West Toronto. The town council met past midnight to discuss back taxes and plan sales of properties in arrears for three years as reported by the Herald.
The document lists monthly percentages for classes and students at S S No 10 Erin with several names such as Ruth Cole Viola Shear Lena Cole Harvey Fisher Audrey McIntyre Dorothy Burgess and Willie Thompson. Honors go to Arthur and Margaret Swackhamer Jack McIntyre and others. Frank Thompson is named best speller for the month. E A Hindley teacher.
Erin Nesbitt spent the weekend in Caledon with Mr and Mrs Chambers. Mrs Wilkinson has returned home after weeks with Toronto friends. Reeve Henry Wheeler Reeve Major Justice and Mr Joseph Benham attend the Good Roads Convention in Toronto. Frank McMillan underwent an operation at St Michael s Hospital Toronto. Mrs W J Pinkney has recovered from pneumonia and is convalescing at home. Hockey fans followed the Shamrocks to Durham for the semi final home and away series. Arthur Graham in Mundell bush north of the village sustained a badly crushed leg while felling a tree. Dr H Gear attended.
Funeral services for Dr G B Carbett were held from the family home then at St David's Church with Rev C G Jones officiating. Burial took place in the new Cemetery. Visitors included J M Beattie and Bert Ferris. Mentioned social visits and a featured ad for Mother Graves Worm Exterminator.
A fragmentary diary by Ross Farquhar recounts a week of events in a small community. It notes Ez Flount’s arrest, a girl named Glara Bell Jones winning a kindness essay, a wedding report, and school incidents involving teachers, gossip, and a student’s admission attempt.
A fragment discusses marriage roles and a quotation on nature as God’s garment. It blends a male view of an ideal wife with a philosophical line about nature, reflecting an older period tone.
A list of informal bridge tips covers dealing ahead of others, signaling rotten hands, raising bids, trying several cards, and asking about trump. It urges dummy to guide partners, discuss cards, critique judgments, and even flirt with independent thinking while sharing fellowship and candy to keep cards from skidding.
A motivational note stresses success begins inside. It warns a hopeless student risks poor marks unless mindset improves. The text urges self belief, rejects thoughts of unattractiveness or stupidity, and declares inner change necessary for achievement.
Mr Pai Fong announces he is the new proprietor of the Empire Cafe on Mill Street with fresh stock of candies cigarettes cigars and tobacco now on hand.
The program lists 11:00 a.m. worship by the minister with the sermon fainting by the way. Noon Sunday School and Bible Class. 7:00 p.m. minister speaks on cords of the cross. Monday evening Young People's Society visits Baptist Y P A. Friday March 3 at 4:00 p.m. Women’s World Day of Prayer meeting at Knox Church. Always welcome.
Brick bungalow for sale featuring a Fess oil furnace and two fireplaces in a central location. Contact MRS. MALCOLM McLEAN at 34-11 for details. Pure Jersey cow, fresh and three years old, good milker. Apply to DARWIN CRIPPS.
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