Community's Social Side of Life Visitors In Town
The Free Press notes a week of visits as Mrs Lillian Frankum of Harriston calls on Acton friends while Mrs J Matthews tours Toronto. Others include Miss Marie Barbour Burnhamthorpe visiting Acton, and many travels to Kitchener, Unionville, Chicago, and Toronto with friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Press
Lillian Frankum
Harriston
Acton
Mrs. J. ©. Matthews
Toronto
Marie Barbour
Burnamthorpe
The History of Carrots Through The Ages
Long narrative traces carrot cultivation from ancient times through the Middle Ages and into modern varieties. It notes Theophrastus and Dioscorides, the emergence of purple and white types, later red mentions, and the eventual dominance of yellow and violet varieties fading before contemporary cultivars. It highlights key named varieties and dates, including 1491, 1692, 1740, and 1840–1880.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theophrastus
Dioscorides
Elsiobosken
Petrus de Crescentis
J. Parkinson
Champion
Rhinsk
Surrey
James
Europe
Asia
Fashionable church scene with remarks on sermon
A fashionable couple observes a church service as a clergyman delivers a sermon. A well dressed mother and her daughter exchange a remark about the sermon, questioning its value and humorously referencing a five cent expectation.
Bell's School honored with painting memory of pupil
In Nelson Township Bell's School receives a commemorative painting from Dr. Harvey Corrigan of Lampman Sask to honor Margaret Corrigan Cartwright 1833 1932. The event features a program by students and a coat of arms presentation by Inspector Denyes while many locals attend and celebrate the school’s history and founders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Bell
Nelson Township
Harvey’ Corrigan
Lampman, Sask
William Agnew
Corrigan
Heron Chateau
Bell’s School
Margaret Corrigan Cartwright
W. Hume
T. Hume
Peter Hartley
Amos Newell
Inspector Benyes
Austin Buck
D. Hartley
Lttle
Roy Ellenton
P. M. Walker
W. J. Hartley
Mae Dixon
Turnbull
H. H. Agnew
J. McMaster
F. Thompson
P. D. Hartley
George Agnew
W. E. McCready
B. Lamb
Laura Reid
F. W. Hume
J. M. Denyes
Henry Brand
A. B. Ireland
Ruth Newell
R Brush
C. Hartley
W. B. Ireland
A E. Stevenson
Laura Stevenson
R. B. Shields
W. W. Harris
R. R. Shields
F. Cartwright
Alice Hume
OC. Blades
A. R. Newell
Harvey Agnew
Ruth Cartwright
M. W. Clements
Gordon Cartwright
Tom Reid
Beatrice Clements
Wilda Prosser
Stewart Miller
Norman Miller
Jon Hartley
Margaret Colling
Marion Miller
Margaret Clartke
Peggy Harris
Donald Hume
Mona Bartlett
May Clarke
Charlie Clarke
Harold Clements
Gordon Hume
H.bell Jefferson
Absolom Bell
Scotland
Charles I
England
Milton
County of Halton
Ontario
Dixon
Clive
Cummings
Page
Ab, Bell
Hannah Bell Jefferson
Toronto
Ontario Academy of Art
Governor-General of Canada
Mildred R.bell
Zanertan Art College
Columbus
Ohio
Whinipeg Business College
Manitoba
Sell
George
Tribute to Canadian scientists and wheat pioneers noted
Lord Bledisloe opened the Cawthron Lecture praising William and Charles Saunders for developing Marquis wheat from Red Fire and Hard Red Calcutts, expanding Canada and the U S spring wheat areas. He cites later Canadian varieties Prelude Ruby Garnet and mentions the milk enquiry by the Standing Committee on Agriculture with 80 meetings and 40 witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Bledisloe
New Zealand
Cawthron
William and
Charles Saunders
Canada
India
Middle West
Prairie
Britain
United States
Standing Committee On Agriculture
Gregory Theatre Events This Thursday and Friday
Gregory Theatre schedules two-day engagement on October 19 and 20. Performances run nightly with doors opening at 7:30 PM. Local cast and crew invite public attendance and note ticket pricing at the box office.
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Gregory Theatre
Milton Neighbors Report Visits and Plans in Holiday Round
Eunice and Edna Stevenson returned from Detroit while W Galbraith family visited Curries for Thanksgiving. Nelson L Pickett just back from honeymoon and living on Court Street. Mrs Finlay Joyce recovering from appendectomy. Mrs James Willacott home from East holiday with John Oswald Stover family. Toronto visitors Cowdrey Downes guests of Stover. Hollinrake family from Toronto Hamilton ER Saskatoon in Milton Friday. W Merkley tearing down old curling rink planning four frame houses. George J Cudmore Milton announces Frances Melvina Cudmore engagement to Allan O Clements with marriage slated for October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eunice
Edna Stevenson
Detroit
W. Galbraith
C. Currie
Nelson L. Pickett
Court Street
Finlay Joyce
Mansewood
James ‘Willacott
John Oswald Stover
East
ER. C
Saskatoon
Sask
Tax sale note and holiday visitors in Erin district
Erin mites Gas Nurse attended a tax sale at ph last week and bought a lot at Brisbane. A string of visits follows with Mr. and Mrs. Chisholm Fort Erie and friends from Cookstown Montreal Toronto Hillsburg and more. Mrs J G Burt of Hillsburg injured herself falling from a table while fixing curtains and is convalescing. The Erin half holiday was discontinued on the last Wednesday in September. Various guests from Flint Michigan Cleveland Ohio Elora London England Georgetown Moorefield and Kincardine visited local residents during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mites
Brisbane
A. Chisholm
Fort Erie
T. B. Perigoe
C. Perigoe
Winnifred Perigoe
Toronto
John Scott
Florence
Mamie
Gertrude Hamilton
Ross
O. J
London
England
Margaret
Minnie Young
Thos. A. Young
Georgetown
Geo. Drow
Olive Stricker
Moorefield
W. J. Young
Advocate
Notice to Creditors Herbert S Dyer Estate Rockwood
Notice to creditors of the Herbert S Dyer estate in Rockwood asks all claimants to send full particulars to the Administratrix by November 20 1933. After that date assets will be distributed to those with recognized claims. Solicitors Howitt Howitt of Guelph represent Rose L Dyer Make Rockwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert
Dyer
Rockwood
Carpenter
Rose L. Dyer
Make
Howit É& Howitt
Guelph
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Coy
Galt
G. H. Lants
Kincardine
A. J. Buchanan
P. W. Pearen
Miss Pearl
Wallace
Leura Scott
Kitchener
Mrs. J. Kennedy
Mrs. G. A. Dills
Mary E. Macpherop
Waverly, N. Y
Mrs. J. T. Mackere
Miss Lottie Mason
Mn Ray Agnew
Chicago
A. G. Matthews
Masters Bily and Graham
Messrs
H. R. Wansbrough
Harold ‘Wansbrough
Bronday
R. H. Wensbrough
John McNiven
John and
Kimberley, B. C
J. A. McNiven
A. C. Stewart, Mac, Katherine and
Grace
George Roszell
Carl Higgs
Huntsville
James McFadden
Otto McFadden
Bracebridge
W. McFadden
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Chronicle OF the Carrot
Bells School
Courier-Posta
Cress
A. T. Brown
E. J. Hassard
Wood's Grocery
Rai
Proctor & Gamble
CALAY
Evi
Sea
Barker
Gordon St
A. D- Savage
Savage Building
Hall, Acton
Maple Leaf Merry Makers
Gregory
Voltaire
Paris
George ArHss
Pitts and
Todd
Footsteps IN the
Benita
Hume
Fox News
Robert Montgomery
Helen Hayes
Neighborhood News
With George Arliss
Acton High School
Central Garage
Coxe's Garage
H. P. Lawson
Jas. van Norman
Main Street
Erin
Maxwell R. Stark
R. O
Rachlin’s
E. Coles
Herbert S. Dyer
T. J. Campbell
Erin *Y
General Insurance
Frederick L. Wright
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