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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 21, 1926
Page
9
The Acton United Church Of Canada Knox Church Acton invites worship led by Reverend A C Stewart with services at 11 00 p m and 7 00 p m Sunday including Sabbath School and Bible Classes at 3 00 p m The Monday 8 00 p m Young People's Guild meets Pastoral visit arrangements announced via ushers and address changes.
A fragment of a Free Press page lists religious events and services at 10 00 Sabbath School 11 00 Mr W J Baxter and 7 00 a m Mr W J Baxter Thursday 745 p m Prayer Meeting and BYU all welcome A found purse can be recovered at Free Press Office Classifieds include sale and wanted items farms real estate Board and Room wanted machine pianos and farm auction and training ads from Brampton Esquimalt Toronto with details on estates and schools
An autumn and winter sale showcases men and women's clothing and home goods at deep discounts. Highlights include suits and overcoats, negligee shirts, trousers, workwear, silk dresses, cloth dresses, flannel dresses, fur trimmed coats, satin hats, gloves, velvet hats, and new York fabrics all offered at October Sale prices.
Knox Church in Acton marked its eighty first founding anniversary and the thirtieth year since the present building’s erection with two services. Rev A C Stewart led, with Rev W J Baxter and Rev R E Zimmerman assisting, music by a full choir and quartet. Rev W F McConnell preached on building the house of God using Solomon’s temple as illustration, urging prepared lives as living stones. A generous Thanksgiving offering completed the day.
A veteran editor and John Cameron locate and restore the grave of Margaret J Bain wife of Rev John McLachlan in the old Knox Church cemetery. The headstone, fallen and overgrown for years, is righted and the marker cleaned revealing the inscription noting her death in 1860 at age 36 years.
Attorney General Nickell resigns amid a front page policy report promising universal liquor permits. Nickell cites Ontario Temperance Act as key to provincial well being and criticizes legalization of ardent spirits. His resignation is accepted and W H Price succeeds him.
Judge Stubbs refused the cafe owner appeal under the Manitoba Temperance Act and doubled the fine to 1000 dollars with six months jail for nonpayment. Sam Sorbara under Ontario Temperance Act got a month in jail and a 100 dollar fine, later halted as crown opposition led to custody. Mercury: Joseph Bollons of the Klu Klux Klan bound over for peace with 1000 dollar securities. Claude Emerson fined one dollar and costs for a stop sign offense. Erin Township shooting defendants pleaded guilty, fined five dollars and costs with guns confiscated.
A fraternal party from Royal City Lodge No 78 Sons of England visited Woodgreen Lodge Acton on Friday evening. The event served to install officers and to play indoor games, with Royal City Lodge emerging as overall winners finishing six points ahead in cribbage euchre and whist. Refreshments followed and the visitors returned to Guelph thanking Woodgreen for hospitality.
Powell McTavish, secretary of the Presbyterian Synod of Toronto and district, is reported stricken with illness as the synod prepares this week to meet at Knox Church in Toronto. The event follows a previous notice of the illness and flags potential impact on the meeting.
Acton and District Choir plans a Friday 7 30 p.m. welcome for a new choir leader at United Church with light refreshments. A Milton Agriculture Short Course meeting is set for Wednesday October 27 at Acton Town Hall. Dr and Mrs Gollop depart for Ottawa where he will practice dentistry. Women’s Missionary Day at United Church is next Sunday with Miss Sadie Edwes of Hamilton Presbyterial as speaker. Pauline Johnson and her poems featured by the United Church Young People Society with papers on Pauling Johnson and a campfire scene. Also reports on the season’s first snowstorm and its impact on Main Street paving. News notes include fire alarm prank warnings, provincial election revising officer meetings in November, and Rev W J Baxter now settled pastor of the Baptist Church. A wet day tea and bake sale by Acton WCTU raised about 32 dollars.
Benjamin Tolton of Guelph dies of a heart attack after a street conversation. Born February 2, 1850, he was a twin to David Tolton of Tolton Brothers Limited. Survived by widow Margaret Yeaten and three sons. Also notes on Tolton family farm history and Acton ties. Also obituary for Mrs Crewson McLaughlin of Main Street, sudden death after illness, funeral at Knox Church with Rev. A. C. Stewart. Burial at Fairview Cemetery.
City council accepted William Cooper's offer to sell a corner lot portion for rounding the Mill and Main Streets intersection. The plan, to extend cement paving and curb and move his building, aims to create a safer traffic corner and improve the street facade, increasing property value and community benefit.
A fragmented program list features various performers including violin selections and vocal solos. Names such as Miza-Bont, Lovell, J. Male, the Féraua Quartette, and Soprano Bolo appear amid garbled text, suggesting a parish or community concert with multiple acts and a focus on good-will and cheerful demeanor.
Ontario to vote on Wednesday December 1 after elections writs issued and dissolution order signed. Premier Ferguson endorses temperance policy including liquor card system, municipal sales and permit required purchases, doctors' scrip elimination, stricter penalties for illicit alcohol, and tax/fee adjustments.
Mrs W P Gamble of Guelph gave an inspiring annual thank offering talk before a large Knox Church assembly. She traced her Acton roots and urged Missionary Society members to seize opportunities for service with concrete points, figures, and incidents.
The Chamber of Commerce discussed progress on a new rest room with $100 pledged by the Council and $26 each from the Chamber, Women's Institute, Sr. LODE, Jr. LODe, and the WCTU to boost operating funds. A Thursday meeting on October 21 will elect officers and finalize details.
The Department of Agriculture in Toronto released standings for potato field crop competitions in 1926. Arthur Griffin and others from Erin and Dooley are listed with prizes ranging from 4 to 20 dollars. The report notes several entries and certified results, with several entries from Erin localities. A separate note mentions a two story brick residence sale by J A Smith, a real estate agent, on the corner of Mr and Wellington Streets.
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