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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 23, 1935
Page
15
Obituary notice for Roxy Swackhamer dated May 17 1935 notes she was the wife of Noble P McLam. The brief item records her passing and identifies the family status.
Community updates include garden and yard work progress, building renovations on Church Street and Main Street, tennis and bowling facilities in use, and a frost advisory. Opening baseball game vs Georgetown, St Alban’s Young People play in Georgetown, and local church leadership news. Nursing school graduates at St Joseph’s Hospital Acton and adoption week events featured.
A writer in the Winni Tribune lauds Str Atul Chandra Chatterjee KC SL KC LF as a leading Hindu statesman and economist. Educated at Presidency College Calcutta and Cambridge, he led India's delegation to the Ottawa Imperial Economic Conference and served as Industrial and labor expert, president of the International Labor Conference in 1927, later holding high commissions in London with broad political support.
The King sticks to the royal rule of not accepting gifts from subjects and staff routinely returns offerings from across the Commonwealth. He refused a long-cherished English collection and bought rarities instead, while remaining wary of stamps and wireless apparatus. The Queen values porcelain and antiques, and the Prince of Wales faced a controversial gift during an African hunt when six women were sent as a "gift," which had to be declined with tact.
The article quotes Professor Cyril Burt arguing that the human brain may be in decline and not superior to Paleolithic brains. He criticizes claims of animal reasoning, noting even clever trick animals rely on trial and error rather than reasoning, learning by trial and error to prefer more rewarding actions.
In Evanston Illinois hotel manager Louis Frederickson sued over 78 goldfish sent by Charles Olson for a hotel tank. Frederickson paid for all but 22 fish died Olson claimed 22 were ash and 78 others. Olson requested 100 back, Frederickson kept 100, magistrate dismissed as the goldfish were indistinguishable.
The St Alban’s Boy Scouts presented Pleur de Lis on Friday May 17 with a crowd in attendance. The program centered on a camp fire with songs, yell, scoutcraft displays, and a one act play The Scouts and the Chicken Thief. L Wheeler of Galt gave a humorous performance and spoke on Scouting as a boys’ fraternity not a military entity. An orchestra provided by Chas Manson enhanced the event. Petrol Leaders Footist and Prank Holmes were elected to represent 1st Acton Troop at the Provincial Forestry Camp near Barr over May weekend. The troop donated its first earned money to St Alban’s Church for use of the Parish Hall.
Miss Eva Nodwell of Fergus spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Harvey Nodwell and family. Mrs Robertson Margaret and Donald attended Barbour Werner wedding in Guelph. A and W Bessey and families visited Alvin Millar’s in Brampton. Mimosa Disciple Sunday School reopened with good attendance after winter closure. Miss Jean Allan visiting Mrs Albert Awrey. Friends glad Mr Pred Muck can be out after winter illness.
The letter notes Terra Cotta resident William Hunter Sr. is seriously ill while friends hope for recovery. Local activity includes Ellwood adding to a Cedar Alley home and various paint jobs on Main Street houses. A fishing report praises speckled trout catches as seeding near completion in Usk. John Presswood roofs his residence and Ernest Martin plans improvements to his fisheries summer home. A university contact, L Rutledge of Hingston University, visits family. Dorothy Ellwood visits Toronto. Atkinson Brow holds a local contract. A long-lived resident, nearly 100, remains active and mentally sharp.
Calcutta based animal trainer Mr Richard Sawade of the Hugenback circus asserts tigers are intelligent and easier to train than humans while criticizing other beasts as treacherous. He recalls incidents during his career including a tiger attack and a pirate of a revolver discharge, and notes he recovered after hospital treatment leaving him with undiminished nerve.
Canadian fur farms totaled 6473 by end of 1935, up 177 from the prior year, with live animal value at 7.5 million and pelts sold worth 3.71 million. Fox pelts dominated revenue, but mink and muskrat farming expand. total fox farms reached 5507 with 109,363 animals.
The new streamlined railroad train features a dual headlight system. A powerful beam lights the track while a bright vertical shaft streaks upward to warn motorists at a distance, reducing collision risk.
Kay's Plumbing Shop Milton has purchased a complete closed in pumping system for emptying septic turis cess pools cisterns and chemical yallets in rural schools and churches KHONE 20SW MILTON.
Readers reflect on Civil War era memories and a 1885 Montreal Artil lery recollection. The letter notes Lincoln guard Smith Stimmel and aging veterans, a May banquet for veterans, and a grand estate auction in the 400 district marked by lavish rooms and stables.
An advertisement urges customers to buy Cress Corn or Bunion Salves at Brown's Drug Store, claiming the products are effective and valuable for foot care.
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