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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 10, 1938
Page
1
Local residents share weekend visits and greetings as families host relatives from Chatham Guelph and Toronto. Engagement announced Evelyn Young Williams to Dr John Alexander Jevack Scott with marriage planned in April.
Mrs William McFadden and family express deep appreciation for kindness and sympathy shown after the death of their husband and father. The thoughtful acts will be gratefully remembered.
Mrs Wm Sprowl expresses deep appreciation for neighborly acts and kindness during her husband’s illness and after his death. She thanks friends for sympathy shown in many ways and the support she received.
The Department of Mines and Resources in Ottawa with Oxford University input studies wild life cycles to explain population fluctuations. A yearly questionnaire gathers data from traders, trappers, and officials in the Northwest Territories on caribou, musk rat, snowshoe hare, rabbits, owls, and sledge stags, linking fur shortages to native distress and possible control of wolf-like cycles.
A witty exchange from an English head waiter who quips that his position forbids arguing but would choose a grammar if forced to a choice of weapons. The line underscores class and etiquette in service amid a humorous moment.
Friday program offers comedy dates and nuts act Crime Doesn’t Pay and Behind The Criminal cartoon for a grand night of entertainment. Foxy Hunter Chapter 7 of Tim Tyler’s Luck also showcased.
A Scotsman golf player paused to pull a handkerchief and dropped false teeth. The caddie returned them, the man insisted they were not his, and Maggie interjected about managing meals between rounds.
Fragmentary lines show a visitor asking about a place for rheumatism and mentions enlisting for overseas duty. Budds and Budds—The thread hints at branches of service and personal experiences but lacks clear events or names.
A playful exchange where a teacher asks why soap is used and a pupil expresses curiosity about its purpose. The vignette centers on everyday hygiene and learning moments in a classroom.
The passage recalls a meeting where Dohn McCormack asks Caruso how the world’s greatest tenor feels this morning. Caruso replies with a witty rebuke asking when McCormack became a baritone.
Multiple obituaries from Nassagaweya Township and Guelph recount deaths of Weatey Taylor at 62 Allan Avenue Guelph aged 73 74 and long time contractor with Taylor and Taylor. John M Bennett of Saskatoon. Elizabeth Prester Kingsbury of Nassagaweya. Barbara Eleanor Currie of Guelph General Hospital. details include family survivors and funeral arrangements.
Obituary notices recount the deaths of Miss Errett Currie of Ospringe and Thomas Evan Price of Exquesing Township. Currie, tied to longtime Calgary residence, died in Ontario with a Calgary connection. Price, a former Acton Municipal Officer, died in Hamilton after service in France. Funeral details list relatives and pallbearers across Canada and the United States.
William Sprowl died last Friday at age 84 after a life in Esquesing and Acton. He was born in Peru near Milton to John and Jane Sprowl, married Annie Watson forty five years ago, and resided on Lake Avenue. Survived by widow, one brother James of Esquesing and sister Mrs John Kinnard of Guelph, he was a Knox Presbyterian Church member and active in local affairs. Funeral services were held Monday at the home and with a church service.
Interment at Fairview Cemetery Acton followed a service led by Rev. HL Bennie. Long list of local and visiting mourners from Ontario and Michigan attended. McFadden 68, retired Beardmore Co. employee, survived by wife Mary Hooper and five children. Pallbearers named. floral tributes from family and company groups.
The piece presents a riddle style history puzzle referencing battles and figures in a World War II era context. Clues point to events in France and Europe, with hints about commanders, troop movements, and a final solution tied to a coupon.
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