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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 03, 1936
Page
11
Brief items from surrounding communities interest readers with quick updates on local happenings. A column of short notices highlights small-town events, changes, and community quirks likely to engage residents of the area.
Harrold Johnson of Thornloe visits Limehouse to see old friends and reports good crops. Ry W Johnson recovers at home. Mills and Billie visit the village. William Miller and family spend Sunday with his parents R Marshall. Olive Marshall and family spend the weekend at their home. Girls Lookout Club hosted a concert. Farewell party for Ben McHaig. Daytime village quiet with children back in school.
Erin Dr J M Abbott holds a $1.00 Alberta Government Prosperity Certificate dated August 5, 1936. Mrs Walter Winterberg of Buffalo visits. Mr and Mrs W A Burchill and son Charles return from Ottawa district. Lightning strikes Rev H H Merner's garage during Sunday storm with minor damage. Arcott Brampton Erin changes father son roles in business. Mrs David Knight with daughters Clara and Pearl visit Brownsbury Quebec for ordination services of Rev Elmore Young at Willsburg and Hel Yountain Baptist Churches.
Campbellville residents welcome home after a motor trip north. Roy Donaven moves into a house vacated by Mr. Rhodes. McPhail and Easterbrooks of Winnipeg renew ties. Evelyn Vansickle visits Toronto. Campbell Lodge hosts a progressive euchre with prizes to Mrs. Calvert and Mrs Readhead. Mrs. Weir of Hamilton visits. McPhail to Lis tavell for an aunt's illness. Afro and Harry Chisholm return from Nova Scotia. Crawford Manhon leaves for Kitchener to teach. Ruth Well visits uncle W L Mills in Carlisle.
Ospringe School reopens with Miss Mary Martin of Woodstock in charge. The building gleams with fresh paint and a new fence. Nearby visitors include Mr and Mrs F Brydon, Mr and Mrs T Smith of Adiston, and Miss Martha Harris of Owen Sound.
Ballina and Miss Phyllis Foreman of Toronto spent the weekend at her home here. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Irwin, Mr and Mrs Scott and family of Toronto, and Mr and Mrs Culp who spent the weekend with friends at Proton. Minnes Ruby Bernice and Blanch returned home after a month in Proton. J Soper Mr and Mrs Wm Evans and family of Acton, Mrs Barbara Soper visited Morriston. The Women's Missionary Society met at Mrs Sterritt’s home with guests Hoev and Mrs Presswood and Mr Presswood delivering an address on missionary work. In Borneo N E Mrs Masales of Georgetown spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Peter Ferguson.
Georgetown notes show Mrs Charles Wilson assisting Miss Varrison on the Public School teaching staff during illness. Municipal meetings will no longer be held at Public Office with police court moved to Val auditorium. Mr J a l Smith of Stewarttown returns after illness, while visitors include Miss Martha Burwell of Toronto and Misses Connie Ruth Mull from Cleveland. Visitors Mrs D S Jenkins and Betty Jenkins depart to the West. Mr E Fleck recovering from a leg injury after a Merriton accident and hopes to be out soon.
Eden Mills Jr and Mrs George Ramsey of Indiana visited in the home of John Ramsey. Mr and Mrs J D Lowrie Miss Innes and Sinster Bile and Mrs W Early spent the week end with relatives in Stratford. Mer George Grisdale Brampton called on trends in this neighborhood on Sunday. Miss Florence McAlpine underwent an operation at the General Hospital Guelph for the removal of her tonsils. All done she will be much improved in health. Mr and Mrs Wert Lowrey and little one accompanied by Mr and Mrs Grover Gallagher and Miss Mona of Guelph visited in the home of Mr and Mrs Jas Mutin Badenoch. Abs Wm Mina is visited with relatives in Detroit. The Ladies Aid of the Presbyterian Church held their regular monthly meeting in the home of Mrs Albert Darthwick with a good attendance. Mr and Mrs John Taylor and family of Flint Michigan spent a few days in the home of Mr and Mrs Robert Borthwick and with Mr John Taylor last week.
Oakville visits include Mrs Colin Campbell of Winnipeg visiting relatives. Dr W J and Mrs Sheridan long time China missionaries sailing from Vancouver to West China with United Church workers. Norfolk Lodge members honor Mr Simcoe for 50 years in Masonry. Mrs Wood receives roses. Wedding at St Jude’s Oakville: Emma Hayhoe wed Randall Roory. Scoote and Daubney family departures to England. Lake Simcoe disaster claims four lives. Wilfrid Robbie Robinson known in Oakville.
Sunday callers at the home of Mr. John Hurlingham included Mr. and Mrs. John McCullough and two sons from Sault Ste. Marie and Mr. and Mrs. Tates from Toronto. Miss Emma Cripps visited Acton friends and hosted Toronto and Acton guests last week. Mrs. Jack Airdrie and children returned home after six weeks visiting relatives in Welland and St. Catharines.
The Rockwood Continuation School lists student results across subjects with notable mentions for Harold Bridgman of Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute. Community notes cover church groups, relocations of families, a funeral in Guelph, visits by others, and the upcoming school year as summer ends and routines resume.
Milton John Storey returns home from Visiting In Milton. Miss Ruth Ein spends holidays with her cousin in Owen Sound. Iartley Cavell of New Toronto sells house on West Mary Street to Thomas Maloreas. Mrs J D Henderson and Joyce visit Winnipeg relatives. Mrs Walter Whitlow and family visit Mrs Coxe. Senior Serge Company moves machinery to Lix towel site. Thunderstorm damages John Cantelon’s Main Street home and water pipe. Cantelon shaken. Gordon Ball and Mervin Timbers in Bronte Palerm o Highway motorcycle crash. Ball injured knee, Timbers minor injuries.
Burlington reports the first batch of water metres arriving with crews installing them this week. Mayor Smith greeted the first metre. A 6 year old boy, George Cable, fractured his arm after a sidewalk fall on Brant Street. Night prowlers caused alarm on Locust Street by attempting to drain gasoline from a car after emptying milk bottles. An auto crash near Beach 28 injures Murray Green, a Milne Coal foreman, in a head on collision with a London driver. A dredge and diver investigated a smooted break in the waterworks intake pipe amid rough winds, finding a 6 inch fracture about 1200 feet offshore.
Stated strays with tag number 74376 to notify Alex near Rockwood. A 1927 Chevrolet Coach for sale described as in good shape with good tires. Real estate ads note several desirable properties for sale and rental houses available, including a six room house on Bower Avenue with possession October 1. Tenders invited for cave troughing Acton Town Hall by Aug 11 1936. Agents advertised for sales opportunities. Various ads offer rewards and products including fox meat buyers, car parts, and oil or engine treatments.
Canada produced nearly 29 million pounds of creamery butter in June 1936, up six percent from June last year. Egg output rose about three million dozen, or 44 percent, with Ontario Quebec Alberta and British Columbia contributing over 20 million pounds, up roughly 25 percent. The text also notes high per capita butter consumption and critiques the idea of a perfect woman.
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