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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 08, 1934
Page
5
Fragmentary notice records a bereavement for a husband named Sos, identified with Mary, with unclear spelling and locations. The readable bits indicate a mourning item in a historical obituary style.
Weather shifts and seasonal changes appear as a running thread with daylight saving plans for Guelph Brampton and Toronto and frost damage to potatoes reported in nearby areas. Local government sessions in Milton Orillia and Acton are noted along with infrastructure work and a welfare board meeting addressing local conditions.
Wholesale prices for poultry products list egg grades and pullets with varied rates, including Grade A large and pullets, and “A” Grade quotations. Dressed meats, farm and rabbit prices, and white ducklings are noted with weight bands. Grain quotes show No 1 to No 3 Northern wheat and buckwheat, plus Ontario and Prince Edward Island potato prices and live stock bid ranges.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at Mia I suppressing a statement about wanting to be a close friend and holding his hand during an evening moment. The wording is unclear and may reflect a private remark captured in a diary or interview.
Parkview A C group reports a successful Wednesday session at the president’s home. Members vote to continue activities and arrange programs for upcoming meetings with a special Oxmeeting set for Tuesday evening in club rooms.
Social news notes list local residents spending weekends in Toronto visiting relatives and returning home. It records health updates, visits among the Mowat and McKinnon families, funerals for James McFadden and Lewis Laird, an operation at Guelph Hospital, and a birthday gathering for Mrs. John McKinnon with multiple relatives attending.
A pithy line about the optician's daughter, noting that two glasses and a spectacle of herself became a sharp social quip.
Friday March 9 features The Fugitive Lovers with Robert Montgomery and Madge Evans plus Walking the Dog novelty and Beanstalk Jack cartoon. Saturday March 10 offers Duck Soup with the Marx Brothers and Use Your Imagination. A future Paddy with Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter is teased.
The meeting features objections to the chairmanship, a pledge to stay, and reliance on County Council advice. It covers option terms on Mr Lindsay’s Mill Street lot, hydrant and by law issues, and plans to draft building sketches before submitting to the Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario for sanction.
Judgment by Judge Munro of Milcom finds Wm Coulson still a Trustee after arrears dispute in Nelson Township School case brought by Samuel Nixon and James Weatherall. Coulson paid taxes before court. George Elliott notes recent School Act amendment on unpaid taxes fuels litigation. Ontario officials discuss emblematic flower for province at horticultural convention. committee to study options for next annual report. Canada’s provinces Nova Scotia Alberta Manitoba already have flowers under legislation.
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