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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 28, 1935
Page
5
A long list of Acton residents and guests share weekends with friends and relatives in nearby towns. Notices include Ruth Gibson in Guelph and Kathleen Beckett in Galt, with several others visiting Toronto, Aurora, and Chatsworth. Also reported are engagements, travel to Florida, and condolences for James Moleman.
The Suyiday evening band concert, sponsored by the Duke of Devonshire Chapter 10 D E, will be held in Acton Town Hall at 8 30 p m after church services. Mrs W Cooper presides. Program includes Old Hundred Selection Norma Garden of Eden Corn Husker The Old Church Organ and Abide With Me God Save the King.
A visiting patriotic woman asks a farm milker why he stays home during the war. The milker replies that milking a cow is no different from any other work, implying his contribution remains essential despite front lines.
A heartfelt tribute page honors a couple's fiftieth anniversary with a sonnet and poem by their children. Grandchildren sign a message of gratitude for a life lived together on a farm, highlighting faith, family, andShared memories.
A new electric device was shown to deter smash-and-grab thieves by triggering shutters and alarms when a thief breaks a jeweller’s window. Experts say a photoelectric system could work with this device, freezing the thief until police arrive. The innovation relies on photoelectric rays to protect windows during attempted robberies.
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Elevator, the largest in its field, marks ten years since incorporation on February 13, 1925 with $100,000 capital. It operates 16 facilities plus a loading plant near the Montane border, serving 1,068 country elevators and five terminals. From 1925 to January 1935 it moved 741,107,000 bushels of grains through country elevators and 62,662,000 bushels via platform loadings, totaling 703,769,000 bushels.
Ontario Securities Commission chief J M Godfrey reports rapid progress wiping out high pressure stock touts and vendor stock schemes. About 40 brokerage offices closed, 100 plus salemen disappeared, thousands recovered, tight rules curb phone use tip sheets and licensing set at 100 dollars. Strong action aims to protect investors and fund genuine mining development.
The creditors of Cordilla Sayers late of Acton widow who died on the Flint day of March 1935 and others must send full names addresses and descriptions of their claims with particulars of securities to Andrew John Murray and George Verbert Crown executors c/o WL N Farmer Acton solicitor by April 14 1935 under Section 61 of the Trustee Act 1925.
The article notes King Prajadhipok's image as a national deity and reformer who adopted Western ideas after a 1931 Canadian visit. It mentions his tutors Mrs Leon Owenses of Nova Scotia, his Banff stay, Siam’s modernization starting in 1851, abolition of slavery in the 1870s, and Siam’s debt and taxes.
In a remark attributed to Irvin S Cobb a veteran American humorist questions if Canada might annex the United States praising Canadian laws and enforcement as a solution to American problems. He suggests the reverse of a century old idea and notes how this would resolve many issues.
Canada houses 1,364,200 telephones, 13.15 per 100 population, behind the United States. Germany and Britain surpass in numbers. but per capita averages vary. The Dominion has 241 telephone systems, 1,537 co op owned, many in Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia. wire mileage exceeds 4,750,000.
Department of Indian Affairs officials believe Canada now has more Indians than at first contact. The last census lists 122 920 red men, but some doubt whether numbers have grown since French and English settlers arrived. Census takers missed those who roamed primeval forests.
Hunilton Board of Control members laughed when Controller Bell described an instance he heard about a wife of an egg seller who owned a relief ticket. She used the $3 to pay for a permanent wave, and her husband reportedly hid their car in the country to avoid suspicion.
A fragment notes small bottles of perfume with directions for mixing sold to Paris. It mentions a man without an address as a value bond and a man with two addresses as a Whertineg, attributed to a George Bernard Shaw quote.
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