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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 26, 1939
Page
15
Births and deaths listed from Acton and surrounding townships with names such as Elizabeth Anne Ritchie and William M Agnew. Notices include Robertson at Victoria Avenue Acton and George Wilson Lane Cobourg along with John McNabb near Rockwood and family connections.
Acton Scouts and Cubs plan a Sunday morning parade to St Alban's service while First Acton Troop and Wolf Cub Pack hold their annual Apple Day on Saturday. Hagersville defeats Galt Picards for the OBA Intermediate B Championship with a 1 point final score. The Red Cross Acton Branch charter has arrived and a first meeting is set for next Tuesday evening.
The Halton Branch of the Ontario Garage Operators Association held a dinner meeting October 12 at the Victoria Lunch Rooms Burlington with good attendance. J L McKindley branch president led a brief business session discussing the insurance adjusters agreement and other topics aimed at advancing the association. Executives of the Inter Provincial Automobile Association attended and spoke on the LA A policies. Meeting adjourned to meet in Milton in November.
John McNabb of Eramosa Township dies after a brief illness at age nearly ninety two. A Rockwood farmer and Presbyterian Church member, he leaves three sons and a sister, with burial in Rockwood Cemetery. William Robertson of Acton dies at Victoria Avenue home at seventy, after a brief illness. A life long Esquesing Township native, he leaves wife Miss Jessie Waldie and several siblings. funeral at Knox Church with private home service, burial in Fairview Cemetery.
After supper Mr and Mrs Jones discuss a rumor that the Highbys will surrender the large home they moved into a year ago. Mrs Jones recalls talking to Mrs Highby and questions the claim while Mr Highby references mortgage talks confirming the idea.
A parliamentary candidate defends growing more wheat to feed mankind. A heckler shouts for hay, and the candidate replies he will address the issue in due course while emphasizing food supply.
A playful exchange imagines what happens when a fever falls to the limit. The doctor jokes that the person ends up with cold feet, turning a medical scene into a lighthearted pun.
A vintage shop ad highlights low prices on chocolate spread McLaren's Nut Crush 4 Lily White corn syrup Mother Parker's orange pekoe tea Benson's corn starch Dundee marmalade herring in tomato Branston pickles Drinkmore coffee and other grocery items with apparent unit prices.
L W Brockington chairman of the CBC board for three years resigns effective at month end. He will retire to focus on his law practice.
The Acton Y plans a bean feed on November 4 as Senior and Junior Ping Pong ladder challenges exceed fifty games. Frank Terry coaches basketball on Wednesdays at 7 PM, while a badminton demo by Maurice Margesson impressed 25 attendees. Twenty six girls joined a gym class for calisthenics and games. The Junior Boys class forms Yonik teas led by four leaders, Bob Pearen Jim Marshall and Sarg Hassard.
A large masquerade party at Woodside School Friday night honored prize recipients across age groups. Winners included Wilma Butler as an Indian Girl, Jack McIntyre as a young boy, Joyce Leitch as a fairy, Donald McIntyre as a boy, Miss Margaret Brown as red cross nurse, Frank Freeman as Uncle Sam, Dorothy Burgess and Jack Ferguson for best couples costume, Eileen Johnstone as Halloween spirit, and Howard Switzer as absent minded professor. Lunch followed judging and dancing continued.
At the Ontario Agricultural College last Friday 165 teams from 315 clubs competed in Swine Foal Grain and Dairy Cattle projects. Halton was represented by George Fisher and Alton Breckon in Swine, Herb Reid and Angus McNabb in Foal, Jack van Goozen and Bruce Reid in Grain, and John Vansickle and Fred Bell in Dairy Cattle. A banquet closed the event with remarks by Minister P M Dewan and President G I Christie.
The theatre erupts when patrons demand the author appear. The manager struggles with the playwright near the curtain, insisting the writer go forward and apologize to the crowd for the incident.
A late President Wilson raconteur recalls a college faculty meeting about student misconduct. One professor demands punishment stating God gave us eyes, while a kinder colleague suggests mercy noting also that weepful eyes.
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