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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 30, 1935
Page
4
Died Patterson May 27 1935 Mary Patterson of Puslinch Township in her 92nd year. In Memoriam Lesloo Dealis Joel W Dealis died May 29 1934. Aitken Thomas W Aitken memory tribute death June 1 1934. Messages of remembrance from family and friends appear in the notice.
Rain showers ease worries in Arkell district while Beamsville municipal books face audit. Acton band aids community efforts as Millon and Norval junior clubs visit Acton Y M C A. Local notices touch on counterfeit banknotes and a Knox Presbyterian pastor's move amid a long, curious community column of events.
Mrs Mary Clark widow of Peter Clark of Moffat died at 83 after a life in the Moffat district. Surviving are two sons John and Duncan, two daughters Annie Campbell and Mrs Harry Donaven, a brother Peter McKenzie, and sister Mrs David Dick. One daughter May Murray died in 1918. Funeral from Mrs Donaven’s home, Rev P Mathieson officiating, burial in Crown Cemetery. Grandchildren Mary Clark, Yandel Campbell, Cameron Murray, Harold Donaven among pallbearers.
About 230 Scouts from across the Province attended the Forestry Camp. The Maples group from our locality won the baseball championship and the model camp-site contest. Activities included hikes games talks swimming and a patriotic camp-fire. Each Scout received four or five trees to plant at home and progress on plantings is noted. The troop eyes a summer camp and has begun site visits and preparations.
Stratford resident Mrs. Maury Patterson 60 died at 12 Kent Street after a two week illness from a heart ailment. She was born Mary Storey of Acton and widow of Robert Patterson. Surviving relatives include sister Mrs Lucy Weavers of Stratford and brother Thomas Storey of Acton. Funeral service at St Joseph's Church followed by interment in Dublin Cemetery.
May twenty fourth celebrations drew a large holiday crowd from Toronto to Huttonville. They played ball fished and enjoyed a dance by Ralph Blinkhorn and His Melody Boys. The event proved so popular the band was hired for the season. Halton branch clubs show strong 1935 activity with calf grain and girls garden canning and clothing clubs forming across Milton Acton Norval and Palgrave districts.
Ontario dominates freshwater fisheries with a market value peak around 4 million dollars in 1933, led by trout and whitefish. The province supports about a dozen species, including blue pickerel, perch, herring, pike, and eel, with sturgeon yielding most of Canada’s caviar. Ontario ranks first in marketed value among provinces for inland fishing.
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