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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 15, 1919
Page
5
The upcoming entrance examinations are now scheduled for July 2 4, with 19th as the deadline to complete the process. The dates extend later than last year and detail a three day testing window.
Halton County institutes plan a summer lecture series led by Miss Duncan of Toronto at multiple towns including Burlington Trafalgar Omagh and Georgetown with talks on practical topics and social exchange. The Milton district meeting and agriculture board event follow on June 19 with tea in the Methodist School House.
A speaker emphasizes doing a few tasks well rather than many poorly and aims for fair, square results rather than overreaching. The message favors steady, focused craft over spreading efforts too thin.
Ottawa May 1 Parliament debated a resolution to validate orders in council restricting intoxicating beverages during and after the war. Sir Thomas White announced support for an amendment allowing wine importation into provinces where sale is legal, notably permitting Quebec to import French and Ontario wines if they meet provincial rules. The measure preserves provincial rights while ending the wartime export ban.
Experimental planting methods show best returns from using large wood potatoes cut into one to two ounce pieces with two to three eyes. Plant in rows 24 inches apart, pieces 12 to 15 inches apart in row, planting depth around four inches though dependent on soil. Depth may increase in heavy damp soils. Over ten years trials show about four bushels per acre gain from deeper planting. Dr. C A Zuyvirn, GQ A C Quulph.
Trade notes a buoyant wool market with Ontario prices quoted around 40 cents. Demand remains steady as the clip progresses with cooperative schemes and dealer offers shaping the sale. The season is described as active after a sluggish period and shipments are expected to be limited.
Mrs Allen McPherson and others reconnect in Toronto visits. Guelph resident Ming Cormle visits Mr A T Keawn. Mrs W Landsborough and Charlie visit Toronto friends. Dr Farmer of Oakville returns from Bermuda to visit his son. Nursing Sister Bella McLachlan, back from overseas, guests of Mrs Thomas Bomnerville. Audrey McLeod returns from four years with her aunt Emma Hawthorne. her father comes home from overseas.
Duncan McGregor died at eighty one on the farm where he was born after a winter illness. He was the son of Donald McGregor of Perthshire who settled in Nassagaweya, leaving a large family and various siblings. The funeral was held at Falman Cemetery Acton with many locals in attendance. Additional items note lectures, school events, missionary meetings, factory shifts, and the passing of Lat Singue lur proprietor of the Anestery Hotel in Guelph, plus various notices on wheat prices and butcher concerns.
The Canadian Trade Dominant urges expanded postwar production across industry farming and resources to maintain export growth. It calls for full employment, higher factory operation, and maximum use of mines forests and minerals while avoiding wartime trade imbalances and ensuring national prosperity.
A contingent of 400 German prisoners sailed from Harwich for Germany on Sunday, with many being young and several middle aged. Leonard Armstrong, previously of Acton, returned home that week after two years at the front and letters from overseas. A message from Camp Dix, New Jersey, confirms the death of Pte. Fro Creamer at 11:20 am, with burial and shipping arrangements to follow. The piece blends wartime notes with excerpts on kindness and daily reflections.
A fragmented reflection on self belief and the power of others confidence. It notes how friends' faith can sustain belief in oneself while doubters surround, contrasting with examples of those who falter yet later prove themselves. The text emphasizes inspiration drawn from trusted support.
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