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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 19, 1931
Page
7
Marriage notice from Belleville lists Myrtle Elizabeth Keller and Thomas Howard Statham wed on November 7 1931 at the Presbyterian Church with Rev Beymour officiating. Myrtle is daughter of H R Keller of Madoc and Thomas is son of Harry Statham Acton.
Christmas draws near with five weeks left and eleventh month prayerful reminders to shop early. Acton stores face a last half holiday next Wednesday while Milton contemplates sewerage votes. Royal Winter Fair attracts district visitors as hockey training continues amid foggy evenings and waning winter mood. Arthur Village expands winterworks with two hundred services while local officials discuss council matters and relief committee plans. A masquerade in Georgetown yields best costumes as Ford garage openings loom and injuries from tannery work improve. Local meetings and memorial wreaths mark community efforts, and Guilty League talks accompany a town hall film night highlighting prevention efforts.
At a special Milton Public School Board meeting Gordon Lindsay resigned after two years on the staff. Lindsay will take a similar role in Hamilton with duties starting at New Year. Also Miss Ivy Jempson of Mission was hired as a teacher with duties beginning New Year. Berlington student Jean Hyslop received a Humane Society parchment for bravery in two summer 1929 rescues. Helen Lappington was saved from the lake when Ming Hyslop helped pull her out and later saved a drowning tourist. Hyslop holds Royal Lifesaving Society certificates and belongs to the Hamilton Olympic Club. Local humor and anecdotes follow, including rural banter about married life and a village parson’s daughter elopement.
A fragmentary comic dialogue shifts through encounters on a crowded bus and street scenes. A best man kiss after five years, a car protruding with mischief, and a tourist asking for autos askew yield a mosaic of social misreads and small urban humor. Names and places are vague, but the tone evokes a bustling late era vignette with brief exchanges and observational humor.
Kerrs list of bales announces a farm stock clearing sale on Friday November 20 led by Wallace Gerrie Speedside with a mortgage sale on premises on Elgin Street Acton and a house and lot at number 10.
Nywares argues that praise for others stems from envy, not luck. He recalls averaging sixteen hours daily for years and notes 12 to 14 hour days remain common. He contends admired traits come from sustained effort, not innate gifts, and that many who envy successful people have not matched such labor.
The anecdote recalls Beerbooms Tree rehearsing The Eternal City with Sir Hall insisting on a dramatic gag involving Constance Collier. Tree notes it was a powerful but recalled as resembling a famous tragedy. Gadfly Charlie Caine asks about it. Tree replies Punch and Judy with a smile.
Regina Leader-Post managing director Victor Iftan notes rising global consumer numbers and better educated populations in South America Europe and North America. He says nations overthrowing old restraints align to new standards of living and that merchants who adapt first will capture business opportunities as demand grows.
A clipped family note celebrates a tenth wedding anniversary with playful banter about a turkey and a husband’s omission. The exchange hints at affectionate domestic humor and a lighthearted home scene.
A playful description of a child named Yee with a curious temperament. Mrs Dill-weally and Mrs Foll-Yea discuss his habit of washing his neck on command, noting he never grumbles. The piece contrasts his traits with being a giraffe, hinting at a humorous coda.
A fragmented report shows MacPherson questioning a companion about staying out late after a show. A penny dropped at a corner and a tuxedo-clad figure nearby are noted in the sparse OCR text.
An economist laments high Sunday dinner prices saying five people cost a dollar. Gill counters with seven costing US cents. Wilts asks how, and Gill explains they remove the trovey to his mother-in-law’s.
The piece argues that those who offer advice without success themselves are most prone to meddle. It warns that people who do well in their own work have no time for unsolicited lessons, calling unsolicited guidance a mark of inefficiency.
The fragmentary dialogue references a postponement tied to a grand potentate and implied domestic conflict. Names and context are unclear, with garbled terms suggesting a dramatic or satirical scene. No concrete dates or organizations are identified in the readable text.
Million Deckert announces a new blacksmith shop next to Boro voy'sa Mill on Mill Street. He offers general blacksmithing with prompt courteous service and invites farmers and locals to patronize the new establishment.
Ramon Navarre Con rad Navel Madge Evans Edward G Mobinson leading a sensational drama sourced from a durid news account. A thrilling, edition packed piece with sensational headlines promises intense scenes and high stakes for the audience.
Acton area mourns multiple deaths including Mrs. Fred Monathan of Stewarttown, Vincent S. Goodeve of Anyox, Geo F. Brown of Port Nelson, and other residents. Monathan survived by husband, son William, daughter Elizabeth, and siblings. funeral at Greenwood Cemetery, Georgetown. Goodeve, 42, native of Grey County, died after injuries. Goodeve family connections listed. Goodeve siblings and relatives named. Brown, 71, longtime Streetsville resident, died suddenly at home. survived by daughters and sons, funeral at Greenwood Cemetery, Streetsville.
Raving over new cleaning tech a French system called the train polisher uses a short nurse tunnel with vacuum brushes on both sides. As each coach passes slowly through the tunnel a polishing brush and vacuum treatment leaves the car spotless and gleaming after journeys.
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