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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 10, 1935
Page
11
Local residents and visitors from Toronto London Regina and Yorkton gather and travel. Names include Campbell Ottawa Elvin Gamble, McDonald Wilson and Reed families. The piece notes several visits, conferences, and a fiftieth wedding anniversary set for October 15 1934.
Canada shows stronger mineral output in the first half of 1935 with total value up 5.2 percent to $138,836,420 from 1934. Gold led metals at 1,469,631 fine ounces worth $59,084,197, while copper and nickel also rise in quantity and value amid broader production gains.
A reviewer describes the Cartier memorial in Fletcher's Field near Mount Royal, detailing the 70 by 120 foot dais, bronze figures of the provinces, a military tableau, and a bronze ball with an angel. The piece notes the sculpture's endurance against wind and time and reflects on greatness beyond monuments.
A workman complains a brick struck his foot and a nearby observer quips about the plenty of bricks that missed. The exchange captures a humorous fatalistic moment amid a construction site.
A compact reflection noting that talents grow in solitude while character is forged amid life’s trials and upheaval, attributed to Goethe. The saying emphasizes inner development through enduring external challenges.
The Gregory Theatre presents Romane in the Argentine with Warner Baxter in a comedy, Old Gray Mare. Chapter I of Burn Em Up Barnes premieres with Joy friends Nancy Carroll and George Murphy. Also shows Beginers Lueck, A Dream Walking, Fox News, and Men in White successor thriller with Chester Morris and Virginia Bruce, plus Rural Romeo.
Obituaries from Campbellville Acton and surrounding townships note the deaths of Frank A Wheelihan aged about 75, Theresa Duffy Wheelihan, Mrs George McDonald, and Neil McLeod in their seventies. Survivors include spouses children and multiple relatives. Funerals conducted by local clergy with interment at Palmview and Fairview Cemeteries. Community tributes flow from families across Nassagaweya Rockwood Milton Brampton and Hamilton with wide attendance.
A short reflection traces salad from Shakespearean times to today, noting salad’s shift from seasonal makeshift to a culinary staple. It highlights the Dominion Department of Agriculture and a booklet titled "Salads that are Different" as part of public outreach and home economics education.
The piece argues that Social Security, not tariffs, should be the election's central issue. It condemns the autocracy of wealth and calls for democratic control of credit, finance, industry, and commerce to benefit the majority. It stresses family as the nation’s unit and urges broader opportunities for youth, labor, farmers, and merchants.
A political appeal promotes the Reconstruction program urging workers merchants housewives and veterans to support H H Stevens and his plan. It argues fixed hours minimum wages fair competition care for unemployed and relief for veterans to end economic distress.
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