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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

May 20, 1937

Page

7

Jove Fondly Remembers Lottie Through Remembrance

A heartfelt note honors Lottie with memories that linger daily. The message speaks of love, loss, and enduring affection for the departed name.

Lottie

Acton News Highlights Local Events and Plans

Victoria Day notes and summer planning drive community chatter. Basebe opens in Acton, mowers resume operation, and local tax and liquor figures surface. Obituary for Mr Frank J Jackson, Brampton. deer sighting near Peter Mecysnac farm. Mother's Day services held. High School grants announced. funeral home renovations update. Acton Fair directors plan 1937 events.

Stranger helps man with ram on roadway fence

Alan stands in the road holding a ram by its horns while a passerby asks to hold the beast. A masked stranger agrees and thanks the man, recalling the ram had attacked the other companion an hour earlier and the two men part as the animal struggles away.

Alan

Women win Kansas City home modernization contest

In a Prosperity Improvement Committee event in Kansas City Missouri four old houses were revamped with a $1250 limit. Women claimed three of the four top prizes by proposing radical exterior and interior upgrades including new roofs wiring and hot water heating. Winners received substantial labor and materials value and the projects reportedly doubled property values.

Kansas City Mac United States Prosperity Improvement Committee Permand

Warning to motorists on new speed limits in Ontario

Ontario Minister of Highways McQuesten announced May 24 adoption of revised speed limits allowing 30 to 40 mph in towns and rural areas. He warned drivers these are maximums under ideal conditions and urged caution, courtesy, and attention to pedestrians and other vehicles at all times.

Toronto T. 3B McQuesten Ontario McQueste

Paddy Wanders Through Odd Tale On Old Road

A garbled local voice recalls Paddy wandering along a path near an elm grove and meeting a stranger. The fragment hints at a joke or warning about travel to Ireland and a hint of a pushy hitchhike moment.

Contractors urged to adopt sales methods from auto dealers

The article compares automobile sales tactics with contractor outreach under the National Employment Commission's Home Improvement Plan. It argues contractors should actively canvass, use loan programs to overcome money objections, and treat home improvement as a cooperative effort to stimulate demand and improve Canadian homes.

New Dominion National Employment Commission Canada Press of Canada

Bathing Costumes Prompt Confusion at Shop Window

A shopman debates bathing costumes with a customer, insisting the material shrinks only when actually in the water. The exchange hints at wartime rationing and practical concerns about fit after swimming.

Shopman

Puzzle Poem Hidden Name Reveals a Famous Dame

A cryptic verse asks to extract letters from clues in a puzzle to spell a renowned woman. The riddle hints at a famous dame whose fame endures in song and lore, with a line about "-.-" and a gas-related ending phrase.

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