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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 15, 1934
Page
5
A sequence of social visits and family happenings from Acton and nearby towns. Notables include visitors from Toronto Stratford Huntsville and Hamilton joining local families for weekends and evenings. The note closes with Edna Gibbon’s engagement to George Mason and a January wedding planned.
By laws show motions to pay road sheets 1817.06 and to place collector’s bond with Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corp. approval to rescind By law 800 and read a new borrowing bylaw for ten thousand dollars. The council adjourned to meet December 15 at 10 a.m. or call of the Reeve.
L W Goetz resigns as Local Master of the Supreme Court of Ontario amid changes in Wellington County. He also held roles as local Registrar, County Court Clerk, and Surrogate Court Registrar for six years and will join a Guelph law firm following the death of William Kingston.
The obituary items report the funeral for 76 year old William Thompson of Georgetown, with burial at Hillcrest Cemetery Norval, and note his death in Guelph two weeks after his wife. George Stovel of Guelph, a 69 year old shoemaker, died suddenly of a heart attack at Cork Street home. his funeral is at Herbert Tovell funeral home with service at three, burial in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Two bachelor cronies meet after five years. One asks about marriage and domestic chores. The other confirms a change in status with a brief reply.
The Gregory Theatre presents a lively program featuring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O Sullivan in a family friendly show. Pepper Pot performs Stolen Melody, plus Chapter 7 of The Wolf Dog for audience enjoyment.
Eric N Holden of 3 Fern Avenue Tor onto drove south on No 16 Highway north of Caledon Saturday night and narrowly escaped serious injury when passing another vehicle and crashed into the rear of a parked truck driven by Fred Pedrie of 377 Markham Street Toronto. Holden’s car was smashed and rescuers pried open the rear door with a crowbar to reach his luggage.
A humorous exchange features two girls comparing their suitors careers. One says her boy is a grocer who knows prices. the other says her boy is a tram conductor who asks her to sit closer, playing on their different professions.
The Free Press invites signed letters on general topics, may publish pen names if noted, and requires letters be brief and received by Tuesday to appear in that week's issue. The page notes the paper does not necessarily endorse opinions and reserves space for multiple voices.
A Montreal letter recalls Remembrance Day observances and two minutes of silence at eleven, linking personal bereavements from World War I to the broader memory of service. The writer mourns Warren, John Moore, and others, notes a church ceremony, and argues nations must honor their worthy dead.
A Financial Post survey portrays the Canadian West as a resilient, next year driven region. Manitoba profits from wheat yields and durum premiums while mining activity rises. drought hits southern Saskatchewan but northern yields suggest higher prices. Alberta sees improved returns despite some poor weather, hogs and beets profitable, oil prospects loom, and British Columbia benefits from lumber and mining with better fruit sales and receptive overseas markets.
A quirky exchange pits a doctor praising onions for health against a skeptic who asks how such a secret could be kept. The witty dialogue highlights practical skepticism and traditional remedies in a light moment.
John D. Rockefeller Jr. recounts a moment with his father over Shakespeare. The elder Rockefeller urges him to take action and heed the tide that leads to fortune, shaping the lesson with a practical response.
A woman recalls her husband being dismissed from work after his design approach was deemed unsuitable. The brief exchange suggests his slant on furniture and modernism led to his departure from the job.
A newspaper printed poems a poet wrote to a girl who sued him for breach of promise. The editor notes the publisher’s stance and the public reaction to the literary publishing amid the scandal.
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