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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
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Canada
Tomlcs
St. Laurent
HE “ Ridwell
Montreal
Firat
Toussant
Mf Covent. Rie
HAGE
Vancouver
FLOM
Tha St. Laurent
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Charles Landsborugh
Lucy
Edwards
Mrs. Jas. Chalmers
Wingham
Mars
Rosewarne
Ottawa
Mrs
Fred Hilton
Pigtu. Moffat
Terrebonne
Mrs. E. Thetford
Markdale
Harald Swackhamer
Jennie Matthews
Wm. Robertson
Sars
P. Sayers
Minnie Gibbons
Mr. Jos, Barrett
Reeve
GC. HL Warrison
E.G. Black and Family
Mrr. S
Mr. Charters
George Evans
Winghan
Prank Havill
Oakville
George Havill
Warold Anderson
Afr
Mrs. S. Husband
George Gibbon
Toronto University
George Mason
Dorothy McPherson
Mary Chuluers
Loon Lake
Peterboro
David Williams
Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin
Callal On
Arthur Gaimble
Rev
E. J. Gamble
Sirs. Gamble
Calstorville
Beth and
Marlon Thompson
Oir
A. T. Brown
G. A. Dills
Alice Macpherson
Alter, Pa
Clanche Frookes
William Hulty
Joan
Blanche
Nell McNabb, Jr
Frank van Wyck
Syracuse
Vera Landsborough
Margaret McAllister
Guelph
Wm. Landsborough
Cameron Ramahaw
John McGregor
John Nicolon
Marlette
Mich
Charles Landsborough
Laura Reid
Jewte Coles
Barbara Phi
J. Campbell Carrie
Chatham
Do AL Amfacrae
John
George G. Emery
Ror. Arnold
Margaret Arnold
Southampton
Norman Masales
Jackson
Audrey
Air
Garvin Missules
Nring
Tt ‘Hiring
Kovonto
Robert Alurvin
Clayton Beswick
Annie Alberta Beswick
William Dick
New Castle
England
Witan Melrose
Wiliam 2. Wilson
Campbellsville
Worthy Edward Burcombe
Edward J. Burcombe
Eden Mills Presbyterian Church
Cook
John Courcer Cook
Daniel Cook
Exquesing Township
Glen Willams
Henrietta Clark
A. F. Clark
Pickering
Yda Cook
Enid Cook
Jack
Bowmanville
Clifford
William
A. G. Clark
Margaret
R. A. Hutchinson
Whitby
Pred
Frank Nunan
Board of Education of
Hits
Kirkland Street
Church of Our Lady
Lo O'Clock
George Nonan
S.J
Pather Nolan
Pather Willard Kelly
Mr. Nunan
Separate Schools Board
Nunan
Guelph Council
Knight of Columbus
John Nicolson
Afarlette
Sandrich Parish
Shetland Islands
Lfe
Michigan
Nancy Whitley
Malving Black
Ontario
First Presbyterian Church of
Dun-Edin
Murlette
John Nicolon, Jr
Shenangoah
Iowa
Daughiter
James C. Juht
Ontsis
Utah
James Cawood
Lansing
George Wallace
Clothes Shop
Yonge St
Ryrie-Birks
St. George’s Square Guelph
Dodsworth
Sinclair Lewis
Walter Huston
Ruth Chatterton
Mickey Mote
Merle Oberon
Bran Ahermne
Vox News
Camille
Dunas
Robert Taylor
Greta Garbo
Novelty
Pictorial
Taperton
Allison Dynart
New Brunswick
Ir. Dynart
Mary
Dysart
Maritime Province
D. G. McLellan
Prop
Oxford
Pallant’s Shoe Store
Fred H. MacDonald
Montreal Pier