Social:Acton Visitors Tale From the Past Week
Acton residents and visitors are listed from the past week. Georgetown and Toronto guests include Hale, Chas. McLain, George Mason, Elvin Gamble, and Miss M. Liphardt. The World’s Fair in Chicago draws Harrison. Vera Mae Vickers announces engagement to Roy Edmund Denny. marriage planned mid November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Vickers
Acton
Vera
Mae
Roy Edmund Denny
Fred Denny
Tiis
U.S. Tops Platinum Use for Jewelry and Science
The United States is the largest platinum consumer, importing over 10 million dollars worth annually. About 60 percent goes to jewelry and much of the rest to scientific instrument manufacturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
King Edward Allegedly Pioneered British Summer Time
The King and Queen stay at Balmoral while Buckingham Palace undergoes an autumn cleaning. All Palace clocks are reset to ensure punctuality for the Royal household. At Sandringham clocks are kept half an hour fast to provide extra daylight, a custom Edward VII introduced. The late King enjoyed open air sports and favored that half hour ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balmoral
Buckingham Palace
Royal Household
Palace
Buckingham
Marketing Lambs Shows Early Sale Yields Best Returns
A 1932 study traces lamb price declines through June to November and finds early marketed, well finished lambs bring higher profits. Healthy lambs with good feed and clean pasture outperform worm infested or poorly finished stock. oats, bran, and clover pastures aid rapid finish for top prices.
Power interruptions tied to line work near Guelph
Sunday afternoon outages hit Acton Rockwood and Georgetown as crews erected new poles near Guelph. Public Utilities Commission met Tuesday with Commissioners Kerr King and Reeve. The halt was planned. crews expect no further interruptions once poles and line are completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton‘. Public Utilities Commission
R. J. Kerr
L .G. King
Reeve
Thetford
Hydro Department
Chester ‘McBain
King
O. N. R. and Transports
Canadian Brass Co
Hnemen
Guelph
Acton
Rockwood
Georgetown
Farming Does Not Pay Says Rural Letter to Editor
A reader argues that farming for 100 acres yields little return after labor, taxes, and overhead. The piece outlines high start costs from 1833 onward, the long payback period, and the social costs for farmer families, concluding many leave farming for better opportunities.
Auction Sale of Farm Implements Livestock and More
Public auction to be held November 15 1933 at Melvin E Burns farm Eramosa Concession 7 Seventh Line one mile north of Highway No 7 east of Presemway starting at 1 PM. Sale includes horses cattle hogs poultry harness hay grain turnips two Massey Harris implements cream separator gas engine sleighs and more with no reserve and removal after satisfactory settlement. Roy Hindley Erin auctioneer and plane clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin E. Burns
Eramosa
Hmorses
York
Massey-Harris
Anker Holth
International
Roy Hindley
Prisoner Escapes in Guard’s Car from Ontario Reformatory
Russell Wessenger an 18 year old inmate at the Ontario Reformatory escaped Sunday afternoon in a car owned by guard H Sanderson. Wessenger a trusted inmate who tended the ponds was not missed until the evening count and is believed to have driven away shortly after leaving the ponds. He had been sentenced in Kitchener for car theft and had served part of a combined 12 month definite and 12 month indeterminate term. He had been granted parole last April but could not secure a job and thus remained imprisoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Wessenger
Wessenger
Kitchener
H. Sanderson
Asking No Odds to Overcome Handicaps in Sports
A prominent trap shooter with one arm and one leg defies odds, reading his own features in a magazine profile. The piece praises disabled men who succeed without seeking favors, urging readers to abandon perceived disadvantages and aim for success on equal ground.
Gregory Theatre Schedule Intriguing Film and Toy Giveaway
The Gregory Theatre presents Captured on Friday November 3 and Tugboat Annie on November 4 and 6 with matinees at 4 15 and varied prices 100 25 and 150 35 cents. A dinnerware giveaway is promised November 10 with unlikely dates and nights noted.
Presentation To Miss Wilma White at Her Shower
Last Thursday evening the employees of Miss Wilma White gathered at her mother’s home on Mafin Street to honor her before her marriage. They presented a gift shower and offered a warm address praising her decade of faithful service at Hewtson Shoes Ltd and wishing her a bright, peaceful life with her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry” Gibbons
Young Street
Wilma White
Mafin Street
Interesting Work Inspires Real Involvement
A group discusses a friend's writer’s path and Estelle who keeps to a closed room for hours to finish her work. The tale argues interest fuels work. dullness follows uninterested effort and satisfaction comes from meeting one’s task mid way.
Franklin's Rules of Conduct From Benjamin Franklin
Franklin outlines his personal code including Temperance, Silence, Order, Resolution, Economy, Industry, Sincerity, Moderation, Cleanliness, Tranquility, and Humility. The list emphasizes self improvement, restraint, and virtuous living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin
Ellence
Jesus
Flocrates
End of Man Is an Action Not Mere Thought
A compact reflection cites Thomas Carlyle on action surpassing even noble thought. The quotation emphasizes doing over idle contemplation and links to moral energy driving human conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roth
Thomas Carlyle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nan
Hale
Chas. McLain
Toronto
Mra
Robert Garvin
At. C.H. Harrison
Chicago
George—Mason
Awas
University of Toronto
Odir
J. ‘Elvin’ Gamble
Emmanuel College
Ao ‘Brownlow
Louis Brownllow
Mrs. H. Mainprise
Midland
Walter Grant
Joliet, TL
5. H Vincent
E. Liphardt
M. Liphardt
H.F. Christiansen
Ruth’ ‘Nelson
School of Missions
Qutaido
Gudph
the Free Press
Marue
Siti
Pilkington
Robert P. Shanks
Rivers
Man
Hannahsville
Nelson
Trafalgar
Strabane
Brock Road
Alex. Sutherland
Dundas
Hugh Moore
House of Providence
Carliste
Millgrove
Vigorous Temperance Club
Wentworth
Halton
Manitoba
James
Carlisle
Shanks
Kilbride
Lowville
Solomon Cleaver
Wellington " Bridgman
Wpentick
Portage Wa Prairie
Yours
J. 8. Coleman
Montreal
Eddie
AD Man
Philip ‘Gibbs
Annie
Wilma
Dortrive
Hewtson Shoes, Ltd
Estelle
Franklin’s
Wood's Grocery
Eddy
Monarch
Cacn
Libby
Central Garage
Coxe’s Garage
H. P. Lawson
Jas. van Norman
Main Street
Che Arton
Sree Press
Coles—Special Representative
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