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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 08, 1927
Page
6
The church holds morning Sunday school and evening services with themes on curing the world and the folly of despair. A stranger will speak and the ushers will be called upon by the pastor.
FALL FAIR NOTICE Exhibitions at Acton Fall Fair on September 20 and 21. Mail entries early to the Secretary. Entry tickets may be secured at the Secretary's office at Park entrance on Saturday September 17 and Monday September 19. Card of Thanks The family of the late Mrs. Jon Agnew thanks all for sympathy and floral tokens.
An old time drug store advertisement touts a patent remedy by Mrs Sybilla Spahrs for coughs bronchitis and throat or tonsil ailments. The product called Loom Phroats promises money back results.
Public auction of household effects from Mrs Jennie McDougall at 1 30 pm September 10 on Frederick Street Acton. Items include furniture kitchenware rugs linens and more with no reserve. auctioneer R J Kerr contact phone 36 Acton.
A brief listing for Wonderland features a taxi dancer with Jon Crawford and Owen Moore. The program includes a cartoon strip titled None Stop Fright and a comedy titled bodys Fait.
A Paris inspired hat in velvet felt or velour with a brief brim or none at all is the season’s charming style. Pleats and drapes reveal a popular new theme with two special prices at 3.95 and 4.50.
Styles range from sizes 16 to 44 with one and two piece models featuring tuckings self powers convertible collars and new flat necklines. Available in shades of blue red green beige and brick dust with a special price of 7.95.
Acton hosted the Fall rally of the Tape that Younus People'n Dinteret Union featuring contestants from Crampton Georgetown Tes and nearby towns. The Acton team Lena Ruck Nellie Elliott and Bob Anderson won the mixed relay while Brampton claimed the barbecue pennant. attendance featured a Bible demonstration and a crowd at the Baptist Church service led by Rev J Gordon Jones.
The town's schools opened Tuesday with about 400 pupils contacted. Attendance varied by room as classes split, with over 70 registered in the Tough School though only about 62 started. Construction and repairs continued, including boiler work, wind scale floors, planter finishes, and a cement bridge completion to improve Willow Street access.
Local notes show Mr Arthur Lane and Ro Lane visiting, Nellen and Heatrice spending time with friends, Gordon from Toronto visiting Gordon. Cross home hosts, Coldwater guest staying with family, Howard Webster visiting relatives, Merle Stewart from Toronto and Maxine Webwater from Stockwood holidaying at local homes. Garnet Stowal family from Long Branch visited the Craftman home. Annie Black spent days with Toronto friends.
The Rev A Finnis Marsh of den Milla delivered a Sunday evening sermon at the Moffat Church. Ue Wacourae offered helpful remarks and was thanked by the large audience. Mrs Norrish HH Wilson of Nup nugaweyu underwent salt operation at General Hospital Guelph. friends wish her speedy recovery. Elmer Pickett of Flint Michigan visited relatives and friends Narangaweyn this week. Clare Pickett of Flint, Michigan was honored by his parents Wenley and Mel Pickett of Darbyville. Charley McLaughlin, recently working in Flint, returned home to Nassuyaweya with his parents for Labor Day.
A serious collision on Dundas highway near Campbellville involved an American driver Bert C. Thomas from Hartford Pa. and a Campbellville family vehicle. Hatty May Young, 19, suffered severe chest injuries. she and Miss Young were taken to St Joseph’s Hospital in Toronto for treatment. Police charged Thomas with reckless driving after witnesses said the American vehicle repeatedly cut in before overturning May’s car into a ditch.
A brief Public Utilities Commission session notes accounts paid by various suppliers to Hydro Telephone Co and electrical firms. Listed are Acton waterworks and transportation expenses, with amounts totaling around 165.70 and 106.18, plus scattered items from the Acton area and Ontario suppliers.
Mrs Trienda of Mra Rev Jobo Little suffers a broken collar bone after a fall in Toronto at her daughter’s home Mrs Robinson. She aims to travel home as soon as possible. Top of brick walls at J A Little store being repaired with cement coping by John Rice.
Acton residents Took part in the C N E fiddlers contest with Cop MacMillan gaining second award among exhibitors. Winners included Alfred Bishop at the Eden Mills Labor Day event and Gordon Cooper of the name club placing in multiple open races.
The Acton community lights up with visits from Toronto Hamilton Guelph and Detroit residents. Friends and relatives converged for weekends holidays and seasonal travel to Owen Sound Oshawa and Port Colborne. Many engaged couples announced engagements and weddings while residents plan moves to Toronto and other cities.
Beardmore and Com-cup team again captured the city prizes at the Canadian National Exhibition tug-of-war. They faced strong opposition from General Motors, Toronto Scottish, Allan Steel, and Welland, with Toronto Seatiah and Acton teams contending in the Dominion championship. The CN Athletic Organization squad, powered by WB and teammates, won decisive pulls and earned the top honors, though the strain of earlier rounds weighed on them.
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