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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 19, 1925
Page
1
Sunday notices show minister subject The Unnecent Helper and The All Inclusive Gospel with Bible Class and Sunday School times. Also ads announce registered oats seed sale and an auction by Roy Hindley for furniture and stock at Acton, plus framing and cabinet work services by B V Kenyon.
Local items cover postal workload across Canada, Oakville gas plant talks with Whitby, a $200 by law bill dispute, Richard's Landing school fire with rebuilding, Archibald Gilchrist winning a gladiolus medal, and merchants seeking a Dollar Day sale push. Acton fair entry rules, motorist camps, Tibet mission talk, Milton police protection, band concerts, and minstrel show plans round out a busy week.
Tony Seynuk's appeal succeeded on two charges in a Ontario Temperance Act matter. The court voided the first conviction for selling 303 Invalid Port due to lack of public notice. The second charge for keeping the item for sale was also overturned on technical grounds. Remaining cases and potential higher appeals noted.
Social and personal items list residents and visitors over the week end. Names include Ernest Barr Galt Vera Harvey Toronto Bertie Smith Toronto Hi Sutcliffe Watchener Mel Wett Gurney Wingham A Kannawin J McNeugall Toronto Dorothy Burnarde Guelph Lilian and Jeaste McKeown Toronto Mrs Donald McGregor Guelph E Roadknight St. Catharines Ross Alexander Campbellville Brown Toronto Gladys Prest Toronto Lorna Kennedy Mya Cook Toronto H Wallace Mrs W H Walker L West Erin Frank Webster Guelph Ronald Timmins Winniper Mrs W A Lasby Mendelssohn Choir in Toronto Peter A Smith illness Rochester Mayo P Stuart Men delssohn Choir Recitals in Toronto Doris Bows Waterdown John Hopkins Hospital Sick Children's Hospital Miss Fleury Maris Lansing Mrs Fleury remaining Mrs James McDougall Mrs Alles Fleury Miss Sarah McDougall Frederick Street Mrs James McDougall Mrs C R Khapp Church Street reception in Acton Mrs L B Shorey Mrs C A Conway Elizabeth Graham Band Minstrels tickets for tonight and tomorrow.
Wray Smith a former Oakville resident was found guilty by Judge Eliot of stealing $68 from Miss Lydian Whitfield in Trafalgar in February 1924. Smith, who served time elsewhere for theft burglary and forgery, boarded with Whitfield and disappeared after the crime. He was arrested in Toronto, brought to Oakville, and sentenced to two years in Kingston penitentiary. He has a wife and two children, with prior offences on his record.
W P Tolton an 87 year old resident of Waldemar near Grand Valley was found drowned in a jail creek on his farm. He slipped while trying to release ice threatening the foot-bridge and could not save himself. His body was recovered by his son Garfield. Tolton, a 60 year resident, was active in the Disciples Church.
Regular council meeting reviews sixth financial report with payments to Bell Telephone Co and Imperial Oil Co. Fire brigade seeks a motor fire truck. Council addresses slaughter house concerns, tree pruning, tax penalties, arrears, and a by law to close restaurants at midnight. gasoline pump relocation approved with conditions.
A Paisley Memorial Church group staged an old fashioned three act musical in Acton Town Hall last Friday. The drama follows a mother abandoned by her grown children and saved by her penurious son who reforms in the mines of Northern Ontario. Debra Underhill as the mother and Jerry Goaling as the cheerful neighbor stand out. Rev J T Heslop conducted. The piece promotes total abstinence and moral strength.
The Ladies of the Baptist Church will host a homemade bake sale on Saturday afternoon March 21 at 3 oclock in the church classroom. The church also announces its annual anniversary on March 29 with Rev. Charles H. Shutt of Toronto as preacher. The Centry Baptist Male Quartettes will sing and a magic act will be performed.
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