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Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Mar 22, 1934

Page

6

Local Remarkable Family and Hospital News

Residents of the district host and visit relatives from Listowel to Toronto as many families gather at Parental homes in Comber and Amesdale. Dr. and Mrs. Palmer and others visit Brantford and Montreal, while P L Wright undergoes treatment in Christie Street hospital. An engagement between Kathryne Ferguson and W Irwin Stafford is announced for May.

Air. P Kathryne Peter A. Ferguson Burlington W. Irwin Stafford Toron%s George Stafford Ottawa Stafford

Gratitude as a Social Virtue and Personal Wealth

A reflective piece argues that no one owns gratitude and that expressing thanks elevates culture. It cites examples of those who uplift others being rewarded, and notes wealth follows beloved, social personalities who cultivate gratitude toward their environment and the universe.

J. Otis. Swift New York: World-Telegram Mab Salix J Babylonica Staraihe

Death of D. D. Campbell Former Acton Resident

Word reached Winnipeg this week of the death in Winnipeg on Sunday March 4 of Mr. D. D. Campbell a former Acton resident who kept keen interest in his hometown. Born February 12 1850 in Nassagawega Ontario he moved west in 1878 to Thief River Falls Minnesota then to Point Douglas Manitoba. He helped settle Manitou and later farmed and ran livestock and rubber business with Gordon Ironside and later with Fares. He became a general cattle buyer then moved to Winnipeg in 1908 as shippers agent for the Dominion government resigning in 1913 to work privately until his retirement in 1931.

Winnipeg D. D. Campbell Archibald Campbell Scotland Acton Robert B. Campbell Winnipeg Free Preas Campbell Archibald Ann Campbell Nassagawega Ion Copunty Ontario Thief River Palls Minn Red River Point Douglas Manitou Manitoba Robert Ironside Gordon Ironside Fares Iron Gordon and Ironside Canada Prairie Provinces Winnineg Dominion Govt Cout Rte Ife Sar

Obituary of Robert Rogers with church ties and Winnipeg family

Robert Rogers had longstanding religious ties with the Presbyterian Church and served as an Elder. He married Christina on April 16, 1879, in Morden, officiated by Rev. William Borthwick. Survived by five children in Winnipeg, the funeral was held at A. B. Gardner funeral home and burial in Old Kildonan Cemetery.

Ontario J. Acton Bellville Grand Trunk Railway System Charlotte Jenéls Hay Belleville Joseph Hay Portland Robert Hay Vancouver Hay Howan Park United Church Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen Ross Craig Queen Street Wear Toronto Park Lawn Cemetery Policite Robert Rogers Eilp Presbyterian Church S J. Andrew’s Church Manitou St. Augustine's United Church Winnipeg Christina,shcrine William Borthwick Morden H. F., Mustard London Margaret “Campbell John M. Archibald Robert L A. B. Gardiner

Nature as healer and guide in urban life

Dr. Cr. C. Jefferson praises Nature as a great physician and rest-giver, arguing that city life breeds cynicism from constant tragedy and disruption. Heaults that Nature offers steady, sane relief, free from delusions, while Joubert adds that God is knowable without forced definitions.

Nature

Acton Letters Oppose Murray Memorial Spending

Readers debate the Murray Memorial project urging restraint on funds and proposing alternatives. They argue a new rink and facilities may become white elephants and call for reallocating money to child shelters and libraries.

Murray Memorial Annie Bino Taxpayer Bob Acton Valaga Halton Wellington

Extensive Credit Auction Sale Holstein Cattle and Farm stock

Public auction conducted at Lot 16 Fifth Line Eramosa one mile north of Eramosa Road three miles north of Rockwood on April 3 1934 at 1 pm features livestock harness grain and household effects. Listings include bay Clyde mare and stallion grey Percheron and numerous Holstein cattle calves heifers and cows with varying ages and freshening dates plus hogs poultry grain hay harness and farm implements. Auctioneers J Kerr and D Clarge Acton.

ME. V. Lasby Fifth Line Eramosa Eramosa Road Rockwood Berksow Alaska Jorge Massey-Harris Mason’ & Risch

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