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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 04, 1934
Page
9
Notices of Births Marriages and Deaths are inserted without charge. In Memoriam lines honor the dead with per line poetry. BORN DICKSON Terra Cotta Sept 26 1934 to Mr Mrs George Dickson a son. HUMPHREY Williams Acton Sept 29 1934. IN MEMORIAM WANSBROUGH Oct 3 1929. LANE Oct 8 1933.
Thanksgiving holiday observed with school holidays for Teachers’ Convention. Fire Prevention Week upcoming. Waterdown to host an anniversary service at Rev Poole’s church. Frost record set Sunday night. O M C A building active gathering spot. Government Building cement rear wall being torn up for re-lay. Acton customs officer exams held with five applicants. Milton advances in baseball, facing Chatham today. Appleby School athletes highlight Martin Beardmore with multiple top finishes.
A columnist suggests a waiting wall for troubled youths to vent complaints, likening it to Jerusalem's Wailing Wall. The concept would spare families by giving youths a dedicated outlet to lament and then return home ready to be pleasant.
A humorous exchange ends with the assertion that the world and its beauty did not arise by chance. Kepufr contends with a proponent of chance while admiring a supper salad, and his wife adds that her salad is especially fine. The passage argues against chance as the creator of the universe and preserves a tone of cautious wonder.
Mrs Richard Hubbert life long Campbellville resident died at her home Friday after a lengthy illness in her seventy fourth year. Survived by husband Richard Hubbert two sons David Renfrew Frank Brantford three daughters Mrs Kenny Burlington Rita and Kathleen Campbellville. Funeral held at her home with services at Freelton Catholic Church.
Rev. John Patten reviews the British and Foreign Bible Society's 1934 Popular Report. The work emphasizes translating the Bible into mother tongues, its global and Commonwealth reach, and the heritage it represents. It warns of neglect and calls for expanded support and worldwide distribution.
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co of Canada Limited reports sales and profits for the first nine months of 1934 well above the previous year, with earnings sufficient to cover dividends. President C H Carlisle salutes the workforce, notes long service among factory staff, and memorializes late vice-president C B McNaught for his contributions to industry and government service.
A humorous exchange shows a planned evening with wives with one proposing a parking place. The other asks where they will leave them, signaling a lighthearted, collaborative joke amid social chatter.
Miss Irene Hall daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Hall Georgetown wed Frederick Norman Mathers son of Mr and Mrs F Mathers Caledon at St Georges Church of England Rev W G O Thompson officiated The bride wore a long white crepe gown with lace sleeves and veil Her sister Miss Annie Hall attended in pink organdie A flower girl was Gloria Bliss Toronto After a trip to Western Ontario the couple will reside in Hamilton
Martha Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs William Foster of Norval Station, married Ernest Clarence Shaw son of the late Dr and Mrs George Shaw of Tweed. Rev Boyd officiated as the couple left for a trip to Stoney Lake and will reside in Toronto after their return.
At St. Andrew's Hillsburg Margaret Currie Carmichael wed Hugh Mercer Jackson in a ceremony led by Rev. T W Goodwill with Elmer Jackson singing during the register signing. Guests toasted at a reception then few plan residence on the groom's farm east of Hillsburg. A second wedding followed at the Mitchell home in Kitchener with Olive Auffin becoming Mrs. W Harrison Ebbage in a white silk chantilly gown. The ceremonies featured floral entourages, a Lohengrin Bridal Chorus, and family attendants including the groom's sister Agnes Ebbage and little Beverley Shoemaker as flower girl.
The ceremony featured Mendelssohn Rondo Capriccioso as guests congratulated the bride and groom. Mr and Mrs Mitchell and Mr and Mrs Sinclair greeted the newlyweds in burgundy Chantilly lace and plum velvet outfits with floral corsages. A reception followed with a lace tablecloth cake display and lilies of the valley. The couple departed for a motor trip to Washington DC and New York, wearing navy ensembles, and will reside in Barra Castle apartments.
A fragmented dialogue features a poignant exchange about great men and beautiful women with a sharp quip about sailors and whalers. The exchange ends with a pun asking which sailors never laugh, answering whalers.
Paris scientist Professor Louis Roule of the Museum of Natural History proposes that salmon ascend rivers not by instinct but by a blind search for oxygen. He notes salt water has less oxygen than fresh and warm water holds less than cold, so as salmon spawn they gasp for air and follow oxygen up the streams.
The Ottawa Journal lauds small-town editors including Lindsay Post for thoughtful editorial writing. It calls for more rural papers to share views on life beyond party politics, arguing such editors inform communities and enrich national discourse.
H. P. Hill K.C. spoke at the 100 Club in Ottawa about Stewart Derbyshire the first elected member for Bytown in 1840. Derbyshire an Englishman who joined Lord Durham’s staff then stayed in Canada edited a Montreal small newspaper and is praised as upright and honest by Hill amid reflections on his campaign and tenure.
Stephen Clague sued the Winnipeg Jockey Club for damages after an accident on the race track left him crippled. He was posted to watch boys near a pole park signboard and ran after them when they swarmed toward danger. A racing car struck him as he neared the inside rail. the court ruled he caused his own misfortune by leaving his post.
Government statistics show Canadians are high meat eaters who also consume fruit. The report notes per capita averages of about one fifth of a barrel of apples one quarter of a box of oranges and less than a third of a stem of bananas per person.
The Dominion Government runs wireless stations to keep northern Canada in touch with the outside world. Bases include Fort Smith Resolution Rae Simpson Norman Bedd Bay Aklavik Herschel Island Coppermine and Chesterfield in the Northwest Territories, with links to Dawson Mayo in Yukon and Edmonton Alberta.
A Chicago bandit robbed Miss Gladys Raymond at gunpoint taking her purse and a $250 diamond ring. When he demanded a kiss, she slapped him and he fled.
A playful riddle notes the letter T sits in the middle of water, forming a visual pun about isolation and letters. It treats the idea as a light wordplay moment rather than a factual event or narrative.
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