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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 21, 1935
Page
6
Mire Gould returned from a Florida holiday. Toronto visitors include Miss Evelyn Bhiel and Eugenie McPherson. Local families host and visit across Acton, Georgetown, and nearby towns with updates on health and travel.
The Ottawa business practices enquiry critiques assuming new graduates enter executive roles without training. It cites earlier leaders who started at low pay and learned on the job, arguing for learning periods and fair wages to prevent exploitation. The Financial Post notes the commission must distinguish between essential evidence of abuse and anecdotes about fresh graduates in temporary work.
In a Harbord insurance office Mildred Davidson advances from typist to key bearer and cleaner as Miss French opposes her, while manager Michael Harbord confronts the sabotage and ultimately approves Davidson’s work while planning to marry her.
The Ontario Horticultural Association selects the white trillium Trillium grandiflorum as the province’s floral emblem and plans to petition the legislature to formalize the designation by law. The article traces provincial and national attempts, noting Nova Scotia Manitoba and Alberta already have emblems and recalls early debates dating to 1825 and 1901.
Notice to creditors of Cordlin Sayers late of Acton widow who died March 1 1935 requests full names addresses and descriptions of claims and securities. Executors Andrew Murray and George H Brown will distribute assets after April 23 1935 and not be responsible for unnotified claims. Solicitor ELN Farmer Acton Ontario.
Appreciation for floral design and flower freshness drives a large rise in business last month. The shop invites future orders, stating no order is too small or too large for best attention.
A collage of stage and film items lists Shirley Temple in a theatre piece and Jeanette MacDonald with Marilee Chey uler, plus Anke Fright Cartoon Discontented Canary and Young Wagless chapter. Also mentions Lilly Disney Fox Nuwa Mickey Mouse and Africa contrasts in an Orphans Benefit program.
Neighborhood notes report visits among local residents including Mr. and Mrs. George Halcovitch and Ming Helen Evans of Guelph with Joe Evans, Mrs. Hepburn with Mr. and Mrs. John Bennett, Maud McCall home from Glenllama, Wm Nickel in Georgetown, and Frank Nash of Toronto with Mr. Tyler. Charla Lambert is able to be about again. E Cripps visited Acton and Mrs Bennett led Sunday church service.
A spark from a chimney on March caused a fire that damaged the roof of Joseph Mitchell’s Milton home on the Trafalgar Nelson townline, with damages cited at $300.
The Everton church Women’s Society hosted a St Patrick’s program and tea featuring recitations by Mrs. Georgey Young Dorothy Church Ross Dampier and Charles Stewart songs by the Black family Dorothy Church Anne Jackson J D McCutcheon and Will Jackson instrumentals by several players and an address on The Isle of St Patrick by Rev Roy McLeads. Chairman J D McCutcheon stood in for ill Wm Hortop. Proceeds totaled 54.15 after a penny admission tied to age.
Wilton Lackaye, famed actor, was announced to give an address at a Chicago gathering. After a long lineup of speakers, he stood and credited the Lambs Club of New York as the source of his remarks, drawing tremendous applause.
The article recalls the Master of the King s Musick role under kings from Purcell to Charles II, noting the shift from a bustling royal music staff to a reduced ensemble. It highlights Henry VIII and Henry VIIs trumpet rich 1620 band with lutes rebecs tabors harp and drums as a contrast to later diminished court music.
A partial line from a 19th century market report hints at harsh times. The speaker notes bread and meat scarcity and the difficulty of making ends meet, reflecting tough economic conditions in the era. The fragment preserves a sense of daily struggle with supply and prices.
A garbled OCR fragment contains disjointed quotes about transforming, chocolate, and turning into an elephant, with no clear context or identifiable people, places, or events. The readable pieces mention transforming ideas but lack coherent narrative or verifiable details.
A reflective passage emphasizes hope as a driver of daily prayer and effort. It contrasts the hopeful person who prays with expectation against the hopeless person who doubts. The text urges approaching God of Hope with personal hope to face the day’s work.
Two veterans who had not seen each other since returning from the war sixteen years earlier planned surprise visits to Gruenwalde and Rosenfeld in Saxony. They rode out separately on motorcycles, collided head on at a sharp bend, were thrown apart, then recognized each other and embraced.
Cuban bread is baked only by professional bakers using primitive hearth methods. Modern ovens are absent, and bakehouses house enclosed ovens. Equipment includes mixers dough brakes dough dividers and seals. Home baking is not practiced and moisture loss is higher than in Canada.
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