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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

May 27, 1937

Page

5

Socials of Acton and District This Week

Miss Gladys Huffman of Toronto was home for the holiday. Dozens of residents and visitors from Toronto Ottawa Brampton Hamilton and Guelph spent the weekend in Acton and area as social items noted. Engagements announced and weddings planned for June including Beswick Dick and Swackhamer families.

Gladys Huffman Toronto Wis Boyd Clarke Collins MacDonald Hamilton Prudence Cook Kathleen Cook Acton Ivy Kentner Joyce and Kathleen Yoronto Miss Pearl Buck Miilton Sirs A. K. Mann

Acton Wins Over Brampton In Front Page Baseball Feature

Home run by Brown and three base hits by Tyler highlight Acton’s 9 4 win over Brampton. Waterhouse Lindsay Savage Morgan Mochrie Thompson Guthrie add two base hits apiece while Brown Morton Lindsay and Anderson steal bases. Morton earns win over Lambert and Casey, with Caney and Lambert pitching for the Brampton defense.

Brown Tyler Waterhouse Lindsay Savage Morgan Mochrie Thompson Guthrie Morton Anderson Caney Lambert Casey Acton Brampton Pligher Batterles Smith

Break Bad Habits With Sudden Determination

A cautionary editorial urges decisive action against harmful habits. It warns that lingering or half-hearted attempts fail health and popularity, recommending a polemical, forceful approach and a strong, focused effort to overcome vice rather than passive wishing.

Memorial to a Stork in a Norwegian Village

A widow and her son Konrad cared for a tame summer stork that returned yearly. Ship captured by pirates, Konrad sold as a slave off Africa. A distant rescue by the same stork, which carried a message home, led to Konrad's reunion and a village church carving commemorating the bird's life saving role.

Konrad Panat Africa Alave Norway Konrag Wile Auch Stark

Coronation Night in London and Road News from North

A reader writes of the Coronation spectacle in London with decorated streets and a village reception for children. The letter also reports on frost boils delaying roads, ongoing road work, frost and rain conditions, early planting, and northern mining camps expanding transport and employment, plus local fishing notes and farm activity across the region.

Mr. Dills London Buckingham Palace Mollie Mrs. WY Ievers Foxes Wang Thornloe Liskeard Englehart Bickle Crow Red ‘Lake District Val deOr Quebec

Angler Thoughts From a Bush Lake Adventure

The writer notes plentiful fishing this year across many small lakes in remote areas. He advises a good boat, a kicker, and a small crew for portaging, as key to reaching the bush lakes off the highway. Concluding, he signs Cordially yours Yt. W. Johnson.

W. Johnson

Where Does Your Time Go Untold How to Audit Daily Habits

An encouragement to track a week of activities to reveal time usage. The author argues many spend excess hours idling, with imbalanced programs. Reading and various activities draw disproportionate time, prompting honest records to reveal wasted hours.

Puzzle Poem Reveals Clever Young Lady of Festival Fame

A riddle spelling a name through letter positions hints at a famous festival queen. Each clue points to letters found or absent in related words, yielding a final name. The puzzle ends with an imperative to use a coupon.

Oldest Mustard Use Curative History Note

Mustard, valued for medicine rather than seasoning, was tried as a 2 percent cure for scorpion bites and boiled in ale with dried figs for cough syrup. Grinding and sifting into powder became common after 1720 when Mrs. Clements of Durham conducted the experiment.

Clements Durham

Canadian destroyer TOMLCS docks at Montreal harbor

The Canadian Navy adds two destroyers to its fleet. TOMLCS St. Laurent docks at Montreal under Lieutenant-Commander HE Ridwell and is 220 feet long with a 1,600 ton displacement. It carries four 4.7 inch guns, eight torpedo tubes, and depth charges.

Canada Tomlcs St. Laurent HE “ Ridwell Montreal Firat Toussant Mf Covent. Rie HAGE Vancouver FLOM Tha St. Laurent

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