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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 09, 1918
Page
8
Local items celebrate Mothers Day, gardening efforts, and community projects. Mentions include a public social at Limehouse, potato work, garden growth, a barber starts in Georgestown, and a tax note on essentials. Also covers letters to mothers, school events, and local acquisitions.
The Deestrick Skule and Methodial Sunday School Orchestra staged a lively three hour program in Blue Ribbon Hall Erin under the Erin W C T U. A large crowd filled the 400 seat hall and over a hundred tickets were sold for standing room. Local talent including Mr Neil McNabb as the old school master and D Robertson with Lauder songs drew hearty applause. Receipts totaled about 240 dollars with free admission for Acton workers and a tea served at the close.
New tramway schedule to take effect tomorrow with specific west and east bound times. Reports on library collection for The Rainbow and funding by Acton schools. Community events include a St Albans social, memorial service, and local incidents of confiscated liquor, a horse accident, and a fall. Sugar preservation guidance issued by the Food Board during wartime.
DREN highlights a wide stock of gentlemen's accessories and furnishings. The ad emphasizes being well equipped to serve customers with the favored items in this category.
Miss Margaret Kennedy was home for Sunday and many Toronto visitors came to Acton over the weekend. Local residents, including Mr. and Mrs. Henderson, Mr. McDonald, and Mrs. Minor, hosted relatives and friends from Guelph, Toronto, and Vancouver, with postnuptial receptions and community gatherings mentioned in detail.
GHB introduces sleeping cars with modest interior, mahogany finish, and carpeted aisles. Features include smoking room, kitchenette, running water, and two-person berths. second class passengers can use three cars and dining car during meals. Trains depart Toronto Union Station at 10 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays. reservations via A. T. Brown in Acton and General Passenger Department at 68 Ling Street West Toronto.
The article details a hymn composed by the late Rev J Vv Smith Tre D O for a Methodist communion service at Acton Church. It notes the hymn honors the heart of God with phrases about boundless grace and the gospel call, praising divine strength and constancy. the text appears in a new book and is used for choir performance.
Mr and Mrs J A Lambert of the Mount Forest Representative spent Monday with Mr Malcolm McLean. Their daughter in law Mrs Norman Lambert and children plan to go to Winnipeg in a week. Sixty years ago the Lamberts lived in Acton where Mr Lambert was a Pars Party foreman. they noted Acton’s late improvements.
Mr Harvey Rath of St George says goodbye before Ciokhaki duty and reports to Brantford camp today. Corp W Dumas, once in Prince, visits Mr J J Keanedy. Corp Duman is a chum of Pvt Joo Kou Hedy. Pvt Thomas Fryer, son of Samuel Fryer, wounded months ago, is at Seafom Sunex with hand injuries likely ending use. he may not return home this summer. Tro. John Wilson of Burnta at Soldiers Convalescent Home in Guelph, suffering trench feet from prolonged exposure. doctors say years to recover. Sgt Martin Moffat of the Loyal Flying Corps visits Acton and heads to Minneapolis with hopes of return next month. he earned the Royal Flying Corps badge for twenty-five hours of solo flying. Ernest Wonton, son of the late H L Won ton, of Guelph and Acton, earns the Military Cross for gallantry under fire. Lieut W G Worden, MLC, awarded the Military Cross. formerly Acton student, overseas since August, wounded in Ireland and recovering.
Two hundred Hamilton moulders strike demanding raises from 4.50 to 6.00 dollars per day. The walkout halts moulding operations at the plant as workers press for higher pay and better conditions.
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