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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 23, 1933
Page
12
Local readers are invited to explore updates from various centers and communities. The column surveys activities, events, and concerns across neighborhoods, emphasizing reader interest and civic engagement.
The Women's Institute met at Mrs Jas Barden's on Wednesday with good attendance. President led usual business. Readings included Our Pilgrim Fathers by Mrs Robertson. Music by Mrs J Wilson and Mrs J C Webb. A piano solo by Mrs J Roberts followed social time. No delegate to Toronto Annual Convention. Mrs J Marshall visited Fergus. Miss A Fulton with Waterdown friends.
The Knatchball Group of the Women’s Missionary Society met at Mrs. Wibert Darby’s home with Mrs. J Marshall chairing in the president’s absence. Ten members attended with one associate helper. A temperance paper was read and donations for a needy bale collected at Mrs. Alfred Wilson’s. Mr. and Mrs. JA Darby and family visited Dundas relatives. Christmas Concert at Pinegrove School Nassagaw ay 6 8 No 7 on Thursday December 14 admissions 100.
District Deputy Governor Lloyd Dingle visited the Brampton Lions Club with members from the local den. Miss Konkle received gifts on the eve of her marriage. A car crash at the high level bridge injured Frank McGrath and his son William, with William requiring hospital treatment.
Jack Jenkinson, who recently fractured his hip, is improving nicely. Miss Ruby Tennant was moved to Toronto General Hospital this week and we hope she will be with us again soon. Miss Elizabeth Bonathan visited her friend Miss Mary Bludd of Gilen Williams on Sunday. Mr. Percy Bailey spent the weekend at his mother's home.
Miss Benita Post stayed with Dr and Mrs Waddington in Forest Hill Toronto. Mrs Kerrs group hosted a luncheon for eight. John s Women s Association held a 26 guest luncheon at Miss Belle Robinson s home. Oakville High Rugby beat Saltfleet 14 0 in snowy field. Babe Gelbert of the New York Rangers visited with his wife at the Tiley home. Oakville Machine Works adds a 27 by 30 foot cement block addition, finishing in two weeks. Mrs Ryland New hosted a bridge for St Johns United Church Women s Association with about twenty tables.
Report from Caledonia notes the Institution and Induction of Rev. P. A. Sawyer at St. Pauls Church on November 3 with the Archbishop of the Diocese and ten district ministers in attendance. It also mentions a church sketch by an Oshweken resident and local social notes including skating on the river and a newly formed High School hockey team led by captains Kitchener Head and Jack Royce.
Sickness circulates in the Ospringe area with blood poisoning in Master David Castleman and favorable news on Mrs. Fred Baptie after a Guelph General Hospital operation. Erin’s Gordon Garner fills in at the local school for Miss A. Foreman as illness keeps her away. Roy Hindley reports a successful Melvin Burns sale. The annual Ospringe Presbyterian Fowl Supper drew a solid crowd despite cold conditions. Audrey Wright of Toronto entertained, Acton musicians impressed, and Rev. H. L. Bennie spoke on mosquitoes with a one act comedy providing hearty laughs.
Miltons residents Mrs. Sandy Paterson and daughter Jayce visited friends for Remembrance Day. Wilfrid Hall remained ill under nurse care. Vittoria Schiizzi faced liquor for sale charges and was acquitted. P D Shorey reported cottage break ins. eight cottages looted possibly by hoboes. Milton teachers honored Shorey and others with gifts. social at Shorey home. John Hilson charged with perjury and jailed. another Milton Heights resident sentenced to three months for an unspecified offense.
Mr Wore Kentner of Shelburne visited his uncle Alfred Soper. Mr and Mrs Henry Preston of Glen Williams visited on Sunday at the home of their parents, Mr and Mrs Wm Mitchodok. A large group attended the funeral of Mrs Campbell in Toronto last Thursday. Mr M Campbell is improving and able to be up and about. Mr Dan Campbell visited friends in Clinton during the week.
The Bannockburn Bustlers' Club held a Friday meeting on November 17 with a programme including instrumental by Margaret Brown, selections by Fred Anthony and Wm. McDonald, a reading by Ada Sprowl, and community singing followed by dancing. The Bannockburn Women's Institute met November 15 at Miss A Cree's home with readings by Mrs. Fred Anthony and Miss Kathleen Beckett, a solo by W. J. McDonald, mouth-organ by Melvin McCullough, violin by Frank Freeman and Harvey Fisher, and lunch before card games.
Mr Holcovitch and his brother visited Niagara Falls for a few days. Mr Tyler traveled to Toronto on Saturday. Church service will be held Sunday at 11 00 a.m with speaker Mr Hayes of Georgetown. Sunday School at 10 o'clock. Mrs Ingles and family visited Mr Burnalde. Mr George Holcovitch returned from Guelph for the weekend.
Georgetown items report W J McKethrile and Mrs McKethrile visiting Limehouse and Georgetown. Samuel Kirk improving after ten days in bed. Claude Burnside recovering well from recent operation at St Michael's Toronto. Georgetown High School won 6 1 over Milton High in rugby group play. Terra Cotta man jailed two months for keeping Minor for sale. Credit Lodge A F and A M hosts guests from Port Colborne Fergus Toronto Mt Dennis Oakville Brampton Hamilton Acton. Relief committee notes few transients refuse work to earn meals. Public urged to avoid aiding able bodied workers who refuse employment. Hersid.
The Dominion Veterinary Director General cites iodine deficiency in winter feeds as causing goitre in young animals with thyroid enlargement. A preventive measure is giving iodide of potassium to pregnant dams. Suggested dose: dissolve iodide in water and administer daily to small breeds, with larger doses for cows.
Mose explains wireless telegraphy with a rambling proverb about a dog and distances from Cincinnati to Cleveland. The piece then notes honey from clover and buckwheat as suitable winter bee feed.
Erin residents hosted relatives from Scotsguard and Toronto during a weekend visit. George Short injured his right foot trimming a tree in D L Mundell’s bush and will be off duty for a period. The Erin Agricultural Society and Shamrock Hockey Club meeting granted rink use for the season with sub letting and management conditions.
Postponed Acton United Church Choir concert due to unavoidable reasons. Sunday service to feature Rev. Atkins of Ballinafad. following Sunday a returned missionary from China will speak. Women’s Institute Convention attendees report a Toronto trip and multiple sessions. Local updates include farm logging, weather talk, hospital visitors, and upcoming Christmas program at the school.
Miss Myrtle Hall and Minnie Hal visit from Thunder Bay area while Mrs Rathburn visits Maude Cheyne. Alexander Barr takes a short post at Swartz's Dairy in Toronto to assist his brother during the Royal Winter Fair. Bert Herron of Elora visits Will and family. The community offers sympathy to the Bessey family on the death of Wesley Bessey aged 35. Interment at Huxley Cemetery after services at his home. L W Cheyne and wife visit Fergus to see Archie Thompson. George Tarzwell ill after a stroke. wishes for a speedy recovery.
The Dominion Department of Agriculture pamphlet 143 argues Canada has surplus grains and roughages but weak markets for unfinished cattle. It urges finishing cattle with available feeds to fetch home and overseas premiums, reducing losses and improving the national cattle trade. It calls for fewer unfinished cattle and more well finished cattle to meet market demand and profit.
Canada ships small seed potato lots to Argentina with strict arrival deadlines. Main crop must arrive by mid October, while early seed should reach by December 1 for second planting. In Rosario Mendoza and San Juan yeild two crops annually, south of Buenos Aires, with planting August September and digging December. Other districts rely on a single October planting and March harvest.
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