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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 19, 1939
Page
15
Notices record births in Toronto East General and Peel Memorial hospitals with Morgan and McEachern families. Obituaries note Speight of Philadelphia, Gemmell of Ottawa, Kerr of Acton, and Robson of Acton, with funeral details and remembrance lines from relatives.
A mix of civic notices and social items includes fall safety reminders with bonfires, a limited assortment Christmas cards to be shown soon, tree trimming on Church Street, the Duke of Devonshire Bazaar and Tea at Acton Y from 4 to 6 pm Friday, and Miss Mary Chalmers winning runner up at Cedar Crest Golf Club dinner. Public speaking selections for Esquesing Township are announced for Milton on Oct 30.
Hand knitted sock pattern from the Red Cross booklet. Describes four ply fingering yarn, gauge notes, cast on 60 stitches, ribbing, foot length, heel shaping with 28 stitches, and stepped toe reductions including Kitchener and alternate toe methods. Finishing instruction notes follow for a sleeve-less sweater next week.
The Acton Y Club reports Lloyd Robinson defeats CHA Young for first in the junior Ladder Ping Pong tournament. Seniors sign up for ladders as season launches with badminton volleyball basketball and wrestling plans. Tuesday evenings host basketball drills and gym classes for young ladies veterans and new members.
Mortgage sale under power of sale will offer for land the North East Half of Lot 26, Fifth Concession Nassagawega, Halton Ontario, 100 acres. Auction includes listed livestock and farm implements. Land terms require 25 percent down and balance by mortgage at 4 percent interest. Chattels include horses cattle pigs machines and farm gear. Sale conducted by R J Kerr Auctioneer at Harmoba R R No 2 Rockwood Ontario and by distress warrant.
Radio listeners in Canada and the United States were captivated by a salmon fishing expedition from Miramichi in New Brunswick. The signal traveled from Half Moon to Moneton and into the CBC network with an announcer speaking into a canoe mounted microphone.
A fragmentary dialogue in dialect, with Pat claiming to prove a point. The exchange questions how one might demonstrate such a claim and whether a new mind could match the long-standing wisdom of the old ones.
A man orders beefsteak and chips in a cafe. As the waiter carries the dish, the man places his thumb on the knife edge and remarks that the steak will be tender. He adds that last time he was there he cut himself, implying a past mishap.
General Hugo Viktor Oostermann, commander-in-chief of Finland's air forces, vows to resist Russia's military threat and defend Finland's independence amid Soviet pressure.
Robert Donat stars as Mr Chips in Good Bye Mr Chips at Gregory Theatre Acton. Film follows Chips from young teacher to revered head of a British school with WWI drama and scenes in the Tyrolean Alps and Vienna.
Public Auction at Lot 9 10 Con 3 Guelph Township on Oct 23 1939 starting 1 PM. Sale includes horses dairy cows sheep hogs poultry implements household goods and a 200 acre farm offered with reserve bid. Located on No 7 Highway 2 miles east of Guelph with terms 10 percent down balance in 30 days. Auctioneer Boy Hindley Erin Ontario.
Toronto reports the Shrine Charity Circus at Maple Leaf Gardens October 23 28 with Col Bob Morton producing a wartime all star show led by Clyde Beatty and featuring Beatty's wife in a cage act. Also presented are the Flying Harolds Shorty Fremm and a 15 clown ring lead ensemble.
Lou Gehrig appears at his first civilian job since leaving the university in 1923. He has been named a member of the Municipal Parole Commission of New York and plans to study criminology and penology while brushing up on crime.
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