Community Gossip From Acton and Surrounding Towns
Visitors to and from town last week include Eugene McPtionan home from Toronto, Mrs Alice Macpherson visiting Kilbride, Fred Helm of Brampton calling on Acton, and Emmis Robinson visiting Kenilworth. Hamilton observer Gordon Johnston and W.H. Speight of Toronto visited Acton this week. Erma Cooper of Hamilton and Melvin Drow of Simcoe spent a few days with friends here. Mrs W E Blair hosted visitors from Owen Sound and Fergus. Conway relatives from Trinity College Toronto visited their grandfather in Fergus over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Johnston
Hamilton
Acton
Erma Cooper
Mir. Melvin Drow
Simcoe
Q&j. Abbott Conway
Trinity College
Toronto
Helen Conway
St. Hilda's College
Mar
A. Conway
Ghurah Street
Quiet Hallowe'en Marks Town Festivities
Neighborhood notes report a quiet Hallowe'en with costumed youngsters and door to door visiting. Mayor Mackenzie aims to have the Royal Scot train stop at Georgetown on November 8 if arrangements allow. Local youths are said to be breaking windows in empty buildings. Several residents and visitors from Toronto, Glen Williams, Walkerton, St Thomas and Belfast are noted for travels, visits, and sketches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallowe'en
Mackenzie
Georgetown
Gomé
T Io
Toronto
E. ¥. Barraclough
Eva ‘Winfeld
Glenwilliams
England
J. B. McArthur
Sarnia
Cathrac
Gwen Gound
Cook
Walkerton
R. W. Robb
St. ‘Thomas-Smith
John ‘McBean
Belfast
Galway
Ireland
St. Thomas-Smith
W. G.O. Thompson
Jack ‘Thompson
Billy Bellin
Port Colborne
Mr. Thompson
John H. ‘Thompson
Oakville Community Notes Feature Weekend Activities
Oakville residents enjoyed a festive weekend with a pedestrian friendly George's Square path opening and a lively Halloween parade on Colborne Street. Miss Margaret McDonald contributed a solo at the Lowville United Church anniversary service while the newly formed Oakville Kennel Club hosted a successful dog show with 130 entries across 18 classes. An accident on the Dundas Highway injured George Long, and the aluminum factory on the outskirts is undergoing exterior painting as it operates day and night to meet orders from across Canada. Mrs. Chas Beauchamps planned a trip to Long Island New York and visitors from Wellesley were in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George's Square
Margaret McDonald
Lowville
Chas. Beauchamps
Long Island
N.Y
Oakville Kennel Club
George Long
Trafalgar
Dundas Highway
Munn
Oorners
W. E. Pieiding
Record
Plut
Sowdog
Anghend
Belgim
Etland
Birthday Surprise for Violet White on Eighteenth
A surprise party at Miss Dorothy Babcock’s home celebrated Violet White’s eighteenth birthday. Friends presented gifts as a playful toast to her future, with poems, well wishes, and plans of possible engagements. PALA games, dancing, and merriment followed the presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Vielst
Dorothy
Rockwood Girls Beat Acton In First Schedule Game
Report on Rockwood High School girls basketball visiting Acton after school on November 2. Game featured fast play and strong passing from both teams with Acton forwards highlighted. Refereeing and guarding described as crude. notes on game rules and positions included.
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Rockwood High School
Acton
Muriel Williamson
Joy Peal
Edith Royce
Phyllis Fletcher
Catharine Cummins
Betty Peart
Arleen Young
Alice Taylor
Dot Coxe
Helen Lamb
Local Ice Arena Contract Awarded to N O Hipel Co
Elora Bink 14 signs contract with N O Hipel Company of Preston for a new arena. Work includes water line, ground leveling, and a large steel clad frame building. Price set at 10 300 dollars with completion aimed for December end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox
Elora Bink
Elora
N. O. Hipel Company
Preston
New
Areng
No Offence Subtraction Lesson Sparks Class Confusion
A teacher drills her class on subtraction and asks to subtract 25 from 35. A pupil responds that the idea is bunk, highlighting a humorous miscue in the lesson.
Birthstone Joke In Father Of Seven Riddle
In a playful exchange a daughter asks her father about birth stones. The father, father of seven, quips that he is unsure but guesses it might be a grindstone. The dialogue blends family humor with wordplay on stones.
Wife Belief Sparks Mock Quip in Private Exchange
A brief dialogue shows a man teasing about his wife believing many things he would not tell her. The exchanged line reveals playful suspicion of truthfulness and trust in a domestic moment.
Father Buys Used Car From Old Mother Joke
A brief humor exchange asks what happens to an old motor car. The mother wonders aloud, and the daughter asks what becomes of it. The punchline reveals someone sells the worn vehicle as a used car to the father.
A Canadian of Former Days at Montréal Cemetery
A reader’s column recalls the Café Des Neiges with its vast Montreal French Catholic cemetery. The author visits Sir George E. Cartier’s family plot, notes the bust and inscriptions, and reflects on Cartier’s life and the 1914 centenary statue in public display.
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Café Des Neiges
Montreal
George E. Cartier
Fathers of Confederation
Dundas
John A. McDonald
House of Commons
George
London
Bain
West Flamboro
Sir George
Acton
Lady Cartier
Josephine
Premier McDonald
Cannes
France
Canada
Quebec
Three Rivers
Notre Dame
Ghureh
Canadas
Maritimes
North-west
Coleman
Milton man Robert McJennett dies after noon
Robert McJennett of Milton dies Monday afternoon. He belonged to Knox Presbyterian Church and the Sons of Scotland. A Conservative, he is survived by his widow and six children: William in South Africa John and Edward of Woodstock Thomas and Robert of Milton and Mrs Geddes Aberberry of Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McJennett
Milton
Deteased
Knox ‘Presbyterian Church
The
Sons of Scotland
William
South Africa
John
Edward
Woodstock
Thomas and Ropert
Gedire” ‘Abberry
Toronto
Widow Mrs William Taylor remembered for family roots and service
Funeral notices recall Elizabeth Nesbitt who married into the Taylor family and lived on Church Street Acton. She farmed near Speyside for years, cared for the Mills household, and was a Knox Presbyterian member for over two decades. Surviving siblings Arthur Nesbitt Wiarton and Mrs Elijah Dennett Markdale attended the service led by Rev H L Bennie. Interment was at Fairview Acton with many relatives and friends from Brantford Georgetown Toronto Wiarton Brantford and Brampton among attendees.
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Church Street
Taylor
Elizabeth’ Nesbitt
William and
Ann Nesbitt
Brant Township
Brock Avenue
Arthur Nesbitt
Wiarton
Elijah Dennett
Markdale
Knox Presbyterian Church
H. L. ‘Bennie
Fairview Cemetery
Acton
Mestars
Andee
Quigley
Brantford
Kaufman
R. Quigley
Toronto
Mothersill
Vint
Georgetown
Alfred Wright
J. Mills
Cecil Wilson
Ashgrove
Hume Currie
Stewarttown
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Eugene ‘McPtionan Wes
Alice Macpherson
Kilbride
Fred Helm
Brampton
Ales Emmis Robinson
Ontario
W.H. Speight
H. B
Mrs
8.W. Davey
Owen Sound
Mm. W. RE. Blair
Lacy Edwards
Emma Robinson
M. Cudbert
L Bell
P. Wallace
P. Watson
Bis. W. Middleton
Jas. Dobie
Fergus
Neighborhood News
Oakville
Violet White
Sweetie
Pala
A. T. Brown
E. J. Hassard
Gregory
the Man
Broadway
Hollywood
Alice Brady
Madge Evans
Mickey
Fox News
Eddie
AD Man
Free Press
Theodore T. Munger
William Taylor
Wood’s Grocery
Red River
Grannhted Sega
Remembrance Bay
Nature
Maxwell R. Stark
R. O
Rachlin’s
H. Wiles
Mill Street
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