29 Oct 1925
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 29, 1925
Page
1
Minister Rev R E Zimmerman announces communion at 11 00 a m Sabbath School at 2 30 p m Missionary Day and 7 00 p m sermon titled The Most Fraxcellent Thing in the World Young People meet Monday at 8 00 p m for a pageant The Challenge of the Cross Prayer and Praise Thursday evening at Tae
Minister A C Stewart M A Manse Willow Street 11.00 a m service The Minister subject Historical Series on Book of Amos No 2 An Appeal for Justice 3.00 p m Sabbath School and Bible Classes 7.00 p m The Minister subject The Power of Prayer Strangers leaving address with the ushers will be called upon by the pastor
Community notices from Acton include church schedule with Sunday School at 9 45 a m and services at 11 00 a m and 7 00 p m led by Pastor James W Boyd The Lord's Supper will be observed after morning service Prayer and praise meetings are set for Thursday and Monday evenings A list of local ads follows offering a ram lamb rooms to rent a light horse for sale grain prices and housekeeping rooms plus stenographer wanted and Hosiery Mills agent appeal
Friday listings show The Night Club based on After Five with Raymond Griffith Vera Reynolds and Wallace Beery in comedy Sundown Ltd with Our Gang. Felix Cartoon screens. Saturday features In Love With Love with theater program details and cast notes.
Regular L O D E meeting at Mrs Wm Cooper home on Tuesday November 3 at eight o'clock outlines church services and social events. Community notes include sermons at United Church, bake sale at Baptist Church, voter list showing 1 267 Acton residents, and various church society activities with concerts, showers, and a Thanksgiving Armistice Memorial Service at 11 o'clock on Monday November 9 in the Town Hall and Fairview Cemetery with pageantry and namelist readings.
Mrs John Thompson of Erin died after a paralytic illness. She was 69 and widow of John Thompson. Funeral was in Guelph conducted by Rev Roy Frid, then Ballinafad United Church service by Rev N Waddell. Interment in Ballinafad cemetery. Survived by George Thompson, Mrs John McEachern, and Mrs A B McLean. Pallbearers were former neighbors.
The Band sponsors a Halloween parade starting at 7:15 pm from the Band Hall. A marshal will lead the procession with masqueraders walking in twos and fours. Judges will award prizes for best costumes on Main Street between the Government Building and the Hydro Shop. Citizens are urged to decorum and avoid crowding contestants.
About 150 neighbors gathered at lot 32 Esquesing last Friday to bid farewell to Mr and Mrs David McEnery before moving to Acton. A musical program and address honored them as loyal Ballinafad Church members with arm chairs presented as mementos.
The annual meeting at the Band Hall elected A Mason as Bandmaster and G A Dills as President for 1925 26. Officers spoke brief words urging cooperation as a banquet followed the business session. The Band reported a healthy surplus of 234 and one of its best years yet with many musical activities and community support.
Miss Ettie Dins and several others returned home for the weekend from Toronto and Guelph. Locals hosted visitors from Georgetown to Dundas, with weddings, anniversaries, travel, and hospital news reported. Roy Johnston finished a 3000 mile motor trip before praising Ontario as home.
Mr and Mrs Jon Mershall celebrated their fortieth wedding anniversary in Nassa Gaweya with family and neighbors in attendance. Elnora Rudd presented congratulations. Marion Anderson gave ruby pin to Mrs Marshall and fountain pen to Mr Marshall. Neighbors gifted ruby ring and ruby tie pin. Mr Marshall noted family unity and changes over 40 years. The couple’s longtime ties to Nagsagaweya township were noted.
The 65 bushels per acre wheat yield on 19 acres grown by Robert Watson in Vaughan Township York County yields about $1,500 at current prices. The local paper notes voting procedures, polling places, and a wedding at Acton Parsonage with Eva May Kennedy marrying John Edwin Kennedy of Detroit. It also covers a Young People visit to Milton, a Chinese labor battalion memory, and a note on Captain T. A. Arthurs honored on Acton’s Soldiers’ Monument.
Peter A. Smith of Acton resigns after a 52 year career in tanning. He managed Meassra Beardmore & Co. at Brace Bridge, then the Acton tannery for 12 years. He helped advance oak and hemlock leather production, served as Bracebridge mayor, and acts as Hon. President of Acton Chamber of Commerce. His resignation takes effect next spring.
Bail charged Willam Way Moore of Georgetown with unlawfully holding Milas Sills guardian for Mark Varey children in Detroit. Bailiff sale of Varey chattels to recover rent. Milan Sillo claims her belongings and children's clothing held a month post sale. Edwin Peardon pleaded guilty to reckless driving at Milk and Malt Streets. magistrate fines total 15 dollars.
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