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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 09, 1933
Page
5
Obituary notes Mr Ed Ralph of Main Street Ineton dies in his sixty year. The death of Jane Campbell is announced with misprint and the phrase beloved in her sixteenth year.
A collage of Acton notes reports February costs for relief at 1605 dollars and February transient shelter counts, a skating injury, a carnival crowd, and March forecasts. The Free Press invites reader news and outlines Acton Fall Fair planning, new features in The Free Press, and shop guidance with a humorous edge about matches restrictions.
The event kicks off March 23 in The Fort Paris inviting community participation and local competition. Participants will register at the venue and compete for community recognition and prizes.
Erin Rev A W Downer of Scarboro visited Erin friends last Wednesday. Mrs T Cook and Miss McMillan visited their sister Mrs D Barbour. Ed Bingham recently operated on at Guelph General Hospital and is convalescing. Arthur Brecken of Pickering College Newmarket visited Mrs R G Overland at the Evergreens. Thirty five Melville Church Caledon young people visited Erin Dusted Church for a program of solos readings quartettes and a humorous dialogue Why We Never Married followed by games and a social hour with juice.
Burlington community updates include Mimmine and H L Ferrey ending a Bermuda trip, funeral attendance for Geo Magin in Aurora, Councillor Barrett's healing, Mrs C Andrews celebrating her 89th birthday on Burlington Avenue, and the death of Fred T Armstrong in Hamilton General Hospital. A by law allows tax prepayment discounts of 49 percent for 1933 based on last year’s rate. Also a 35th wedding anniversary surprise for Mrs Fred Blessinger near 23rd Avenue.
Two Ontario figures pass away. W B Brownlow of Toronto age 70s with roots in Guelph dies after long service to Local Machinists Union. survived by Edith John Mildred George Charles. John F Richardson of Lowville dies at 67 after a heart ailment. long time Nelson Township clerk and Halton road advocate leaves widow daughter and son. funeral in Oakville area.
Acton delegates attend a large temperance convention at a spacious hotel hall. Chancellor Whidden critiqued domestic cocktails while Robert Corradini stressed youth education on alcohol harm. Government officials received petitions calling to bar liquor facilities amid economic strain and tax pressures.
In a brief exchange at a diner Walter remarks that tips are forbidden here and evokes Adam and Eve with apples to underline a moral restraint, while a patron responds with a playful blessing. The odd line hints at a local quip or running joke about tipping norms.
A long quotation on Opportunity as a swift, near, and teachable force urging action and faith. The note hints readers seek chances, not wait for flashy luck, and mentions a $10 prize in a weight guessing and silhouette sketch contest noted in another column.
Wholesale price quotes for beef, carcasses, calves, hogs, lambs and mutton are listed alongside grain quotations from the Toronto Board of Trade. Ontario wholesale fruit and potato prices are provided, with live stock price notes and a store salesgirl anecdote about an umbrella tested for strength at a department bureau.
J. M. Savage Acton's Fish Store on Mill Street opposite Barr's Grocery lists special prices on fresh seafood for Lent. Highlights include Georgian Bay trout, white fish, haddock, cod fillets, salmon cuts, smoked fillets, and halibut with cleaning and boning offered free of charge.
The article traces the Greyhound’s long history from Egyptian frescoes and Greek coursing to Roman sculptures in the British Museum. It notes royal patronage from Canute to Charles I and a 1853 tax of 22 shillings on greyhounds to restrict ownership to the aristocracy.
Milton Tra Lott and family move into east half of A L Chambers house on Queen Street. Clarence Wilkinson of Toronto visits his parents on Court Street. Relief Committee reports 49 dozen families removed from relief this week. Town to banquet March 10 at 6 30 pm in Town Hall honoring P L Robertson and his book on The Gold Question. John Mulro Chapter I O D B holds annual meeting at Mrs R W Phillips home electing officers including Honorary Regent Miss Bastedo and Regent Mrs Book with several officers and councillors named.
Dialog excerpt shows a girl admiring flowers and a boy replying he will pay it off tomorrow, highlighting a light domestic exchange. The exchange underscores a small personal debt and tentative plans, framed in a nostalgic, intimate tone.
Bold claim describes Persian Balm as a cooling fragrant lotion that soothes roughness from weather and gives a rose leaf texture. It is recommended to soften and whiten hands and to enhance the finished appearance for every woman and dainty user.
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