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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 27, 1937
Page
4
Neighborhood briefs note happenings in nearby communities of interest to readers. The column highlights small events, local personalities, and upcoming gatherings across area centers, offering a quick snapshot of regional activity and community ties.
Oakville The King Paving Co awarded seven miles of highway paving near North Bay. Oakville votes 49 mills tax rate for 1937, down from 60. Magistrate McAveen fines Charles Candy of Toronto ten dollars for reckless driving. Miss Charlotte M. Tanner named principal of Westwood Public School succeeding retiring Mrs. Phoebe R. McAskill. Subway construction under CNR tracks to proceed as Dominion Railway Commission confirms funds.
Limehouse marked Mother's Day with a pageant The Boy Who Shares at United Church led by Mrs S Kirkpatrick Miss Gwen Hip Rev Geo L Stephenson Alex Wright and Billy Futchle The Girls Look-Out Club held a play Sauce for the Gander at Presbyterian Church with Norval and Union Church youths Violin and vocal solos and a Hessians evening followed by a Mission Band dress transition ceremony Margaret Kirkpatrick joined the Mission Band A large audience enjoyed musical entertainment at Greenock Public School A bright holiday drew visitors to the village with many in travel and social visits across town
Ballina and Mr William Harding spent the week end with friends in Toronto. Mr Joseph Soper spent the holiday with friends at Brampton. Mr and Mrs George Evans and family of Wingham visited on Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Cameron Mc Enery. Mrs Barbara Soper spent the weekend visiting friends in Acton.
Milton figures include Milton MP Robertson buying Gordon Home, Frank R White elected Taxis Group mentor in Listowel, Peel-Halton ex wardens plan Milton banquet next fall. Fire damages Miss Hadley home. Brampton unit extinguishes blaze quickly. Coronation tea at Mrs Gowland’s, John Milton Chapter LODE event. Fourth Perm Agricultural Class tours Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph. Professor Buchanan guides campus visit and farm tool exhibits.
Georgetown Citizens Band becomes the Regimental Band of the Lord Scots Regiment of Halton Peel and Dufferin. The move grants a unique Dominion status for the musicians. Other items note Toronto visitor Mrs A N Frith, funeral in Charlotte and a chimney fire at Mike Lorusso's Fallege View.
Rockwood Field Day in Rockwood Park on May 24 featured a United Church Young People’s Union softball tournament with Acton Everton Eden Mills and Rockwood. Eden Mills won the final 6 6 over Rockwood. Umpires were Jack Locker and Charles Davies and Rev W J Taylor organized races and jumps. The day noted improvements at Soldiers' Memorial with painted WWI trophies and a new coat on the flag pole.
Erin Messrs D Lelleh and George Saunders spent the weekend fishing for speckled trout. Benjamin Hite Awrey died April 27 at Outlook Sask, aged g4th year. Reuben Salmon leaves for a June mission in the Peace River country Northern Alberta after two years in U of T BA program. Norris Sinclair, Elda Smith, Wilbert Smith and Frank McAlister visited Leste McAlister Roy Smith at Stoney Creek. D F P McLaren gains possession of 150 acre farm in Erin Township after Ontario Agricultural Development Board settlement.
The Ospringe group held its fourth meeting at Miss Marjory McCutcheon’s home with ten members present. Demonstrations on posture and stitches were given by Nellie Webb Edna Cook and Mary Campbell. Members plan to finish dresses by the next meeting and visitors from Cleveland Ohio and Roy McPhail of the West attended last week.
The Burlington Firemen's Drill Team drills weekly on Thursdays in preparation for the Georgetown tournament in August. They will not enter a senior lacrosse team this season, and talks with lacrosse leaders in Hamilton did not yield an entry. Postmaster D. Ghent and son moved to the new Post Office, Mary Edwards injured when a car door flew open and she fell. Isaac Balmer lost his car with six bee hives. police found the car abandoned on another street.
A brief exchange between a boy and his father as the child asks who digs the gardens in heaven. The father reassures with a steady reply that there are indeed beautiful gardens. The line reveals a quiet moment reflecting faith and wonder.
A long society notice lists numerous visitors and greetings from Everton Priday to Mrs Mary Reid of Poronte and Ardour on her seventieth birthday. Names include Roths, Hall, Shepherdson, McKay, Awrey, Benham, Parker, Jestin, Reed, and others from Guelph, Toronto, Lindsay, and nearby towns. The piece notes attendance at a birthday tea and a funeral at McKee's Cemetery.
A Canadian press photographer captures the Hindenburg erupting in flames above Lakehurst New Jersey as the airship plummets toward the ground crew and mooring area. Readied figures and a collapsing mooring line frame the chaotic scene in this on site coverage.
The text urges examining self-confidence, contrasting those who trust their abilities with those who sabotage themselves. It argues confidence grows through hard work and victories, while fear or superstition weakens resolve, and emphasizes building belief through disciplined effort.
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