04 Oct 1934
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 04, 1934
Page
1
A cool day did not deter a good crowd as Public and High School students competed in events from ages 5 to 14. Winners included Margaret Smith Kay Chapman Dorothy MacArthur Jack Blow Roderick Ryder and Hector Lambert with many races and field events across girls and boys divisions.
The page lists participants and results from various events including Standing Broad Jump Hop Step and Jump 220 Yard Dash and relay races. Notable names include Douglas Maplesden Cyril Jacque Jack Blow Laurie Atkinson and Mary Young among others. The event features students across both boys and girls divisions with multiple disciplines such as shot put high jump and bicycle race.
The commission approved lease matters with the Ontario Hydro Commission and authorized sale of the building lot. Accounts for hydro and waterworks materials were ordered paid. A pipe pusher purchase was deferred and arrears were reviewed for disposal.
Progress continues on the Murray Memorial Y M C A project with the front section completed for Saturday service. Steel girders for the rear sections and joists worked in, bricklayers delayed by carpenters, cement tile and Roman cut stone delivered for gym and entrance, full bricklayer staff expected soon, brick colors approved and door windows frames ready.
Readable lines note events across dates October 5 6 8 with entries for Erin Georgetown and Streets. The fragment mentions fairs and village gatherings scheduled the first weekend of October across multiple locations.
A humorous exchange between two freelance writers about the editor of the Paragon. One asks if the editor accepts much of their work and the other jokes that the editor would not accept the inevitable. The dialogue mimics light newsroom banter and playful critique.
Sunday services in Acton united United Presbyterian and Baptist churches for Rally Day. Mr A T Brown led the Sunday School in the United Church and died during the service while Rev C L Poole spoke on a Century and a Half of the Sunday School Movement. Baptist Church held a baptismal service with two young ladies. Knox Church held prayers and praise with readings by Mae Roney and Vernon Agnew and a sermon on Our All for God. Over thirty scripture prizes were awarded.
The list records winners of Eaton Trophies and Shields across Halton County schools in 1934. Names include Kenneth Bullard S S No 7 Nassagaweya winner of Brookville Silver Trophy for books and Edna Robertson for Nassagaweya book, with shields awarded to S S No 7 Nassagaweya and others.
Balance in bank shows 162.50 dollars with receipts and interest noted. The fragment indicates a financial statement for the Acton Legion Poppy Fund, including welfare balance and total receipts.
A report from Acton and district describes injuries from a ground accident to James Laurence while tending a sick horse. The item also lists Dominion government appointees to farmers debt legislation in Halton, Peel, Wentworth, Hamilton and Wellington. Other notes cover a fatal dredge incident near Waterdown, burns to Oscar Graham, a child hit by a car in Toronto, a Milton car collision involving Bert and Charles Jones, a work-related wrist break, and Milton Fair attendance with a baby show and a minor electric train accident.
Acton celebrated the corner stone laying of the Murray Memorial Y M C A building on a damp Saturday with about four hundred attendees. Wm A Murray, brother of the late J A Murray, laid the stone with a silver trowel, and a metal box of documents and coins was sealed inside.
Two Shakespearean plays, The Taming of the Shrew and Macbeth, are part of a Town Hall Acton event. The Taming of the Shrew centers on Baptista, his daughter Katharine the Shrew, and Petruchio’s vow to make her obedient. Macbeth follows the murder and ambition plot aided by the Weird Sisters and Lady Macbeth, ending in tragedy.
Trustees met Tuesday with Chairman J. M. McDonald presiding. A Welfare Dept letter on free children’s books was filed. The High School received approval to use Settler's Elementary Chemistry II text if in use. Purchases for oil music and supplies were approved. Finance reported several small payments totaling 127.00, adopted. A Musical Festival awards plan for High and Continuation School singers was set. Field Secretary LaTrobe was invited to present safety lectures with films in Town Hall.
Mr. G. A. Dills received notice from the Assistant Provincial Secretary that by Order-in-Council dated the 2nd instant the Lieutenant-Governor, by commission, appointed him a Justice of the Peace for the Acton district. He may begin duties immediately though the formal commission arrives in about two weeks. He will hear complaints take information issue summonses and warrants and may try minor cases if requested by the District Magistrate. He may not charge fees except for affidavits not connected to Criminal Court proceedings.
Local notices list events from Ospringe Church annual fowl supper on October 17, to St. Alban's baking sale on October 6 and a parish hall dance on October 12. The Fifth Girl Conference in Milton October 27 with guest speakers Mrs. Donald McLenan, Miss Florence Eadie, and Miss Ethel Chapman is announced for later venue details.
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