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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 08, 1932
Page
4
A compact neighborhood column highlights various centers and communities of interest to readers. The piece surveys activities, meetings, and local concerns across several nearby locales, emphasizing community ties and shared events.
Eden Mills reports a well attended Labor Day at Edgewood Park with Zimmerman beating Rookwood by a narrow margin. The Women’s Institute arranged good promt catering. Mesera, Wright and others traveled to St Thomas for a twenty eight person gathering at Mr and Mrs Clarence Boughners. News of Mrs D W Wilson’s death arrived as night fell.
The report notes Hillsburg residents Jessie Lacey Myrtle Hall and Ivan Grey of Toronto were weekend visitors. Services were held in the Presbyterian Church last Sunday conducted by Pastor Goodwill, with Mimosa Disciple Church led by Rev Norman Robertson of Danbury. The community learned of Mrs Alfred Winters death and funeral details for Fred Tovell of Kitchener, and Miss Maude Cheyne visiting Eramosa. A barn fire near Erin destroyed the Barbour property contents.
Mrs. Jas Young celebrated her one hundredth birthday with a large gathering and well attended United Church services. Rev Mr Bennett of Toronto delivered two addresses and the Marphal Quartette performed for friends and neighbors.
The Everton Branch of the Women’s Institute met at Mrs W H Hortop’s home with ten members and twelve visitors. After business, a duet, a talk by Rev J McLeod on trees, a Lucy Usherwood paper, and a flower contest won by Miss E McPhedran were followed by a social hour. Then a series of family visits are noted to Acton, Mimosa, Ospringe, Guelph, and Ospringe households.
Miss Ethel Hurren will teach Kelso School for 1932. Campbell Lodge A M and wives enjoyed a Nelson lawn social hosted by Mr and Mrs Sherwood Coulson with lighted grounds and a Bennett Orchestra program. Rev G Lowe chaired and lunch followed the entertainment.
Wednesday afternoon at Exhibition Park hosted the Sunday School group of St. John’s Church with races and a pleasant time, followed by a corn roast and baseball. Notable visitors include Miss Ella Hamilton and others from Ontario hospitals and nearby towns. The town observed Labor Day with sports and school reopening bringing staff changes. The village saw road improvements on Main Street and the sudden death of Geo. Burgess after being struck by a car near Rockwood. a coroner’s jury will convene to determine the cause.
Last Wednesday afternoon the Community Picnic at the school grounds drew a large crowd for races games and supper. Winners included Merle McCutcheon Helen Aitken Norman McKenzie and many others. ball games saw the Single Ladies beat the Married Ladies 19 15 and the Single Men win 11 to 7. News of local visits funerals and gatherings fills the eventful scene with a note on J Scott Haldane's science-spiritual values statement.
Mr McCaig spends days in Michigan attending a convention. Mrs Stevens of Toronto visited Mr and Mrs George Graham. Annie Airdrie left for Oakville. Alex Thompson visited Hull and Ottawa during the holiday. G A Smith visited Toronto. Maud McOaig visited Toronto. Isabel Smith left for Toronto to resume studies. Mr and Mrs Gamble of Buffalo visited the cottage over the holiday. Several Toronto couples and families visited at various homes over the holiday, including Mr James McCaig in Toronto.
Erin notes report Mrs. J P Bush convalescing and S Webb returning home from Guelph. Evangeline Gallagher of Brantford holidaying with Jean Anthony. Margaret McMillan of North Bay visiting Mary McMillan. Marjorie McQuarrie leaves for St Michael's Hospital Toronto training. L Lewis returns to Toronto after summer with W Foster. J C McKinney in General Hospital Toronto. Alan McDougall moved to Guelph Hospital for treatment. Jean Sanders fractured ankle after falling through open trap door at Mrs Binnie’s home. Little Wilma Thompson improving after lingering illness. Percy Wilkinson of Guelph, formerly Erin, fractured left arm in car skid on Era mosa Road. telephoto pole damaged.
Oakville residents share extended trips with Florida visits and a 4500 mile motor journey. Five cars tangled and one burned two miles east after a morning crash blamed on an errant driver. Local events include horse exhibitions by Geo. E. Morden & Son and visits by Dr and Mrs Wilkinson to Carleton Place and Eastern Ontario. Firemen respond to Hugh Wilsons farm hay field blaze amid intense heat.
An old essay argues that excessive fear of competition signals a flaw in personality or work. People avoid introducing friends to others to prevent being supplanted. The piece cites a young man who gave up a vacation rather than replace a coworker, suggesting the anxious mindset makes success unlikely.
John Christopherson and Victor Smith are away on a hike to Quebec. Mrs J A Carswell of New York visits Mrs Jarvis on Locust Street. Dave Chisholm, injured August 15, is progressing well. Frank Broom and family renew Burlinton ties in town. Judge Munro held a town voters list revision, seventy-one names added. Nelson Township fixed tax rate at 18 mills, one less than last year. Chas Well and brother Robert vacationed at Georgian Bay. Muriel Ghent visited Rochester. Newton Ghent and Miss Blessinger rode there. Wellington Square Lodge I O O F members traveled to Caledonia for the new lodge room opening.
Georgetwon residents include H G Buchanan and Ford visiting F L McGilvray's. Several from Toronto Muskoka Cayuga and New York visit Herald Office and area friends. Aylmer Highgate Chat ham Port Dover and Noranda visitors noted. Knox College Chapel hosted a quiet August wedding Laura Patricia Aylsworth to Kenneth Murney Langdon with only families present. The couple plan a motor trip before residing in Georgetown.
The excerpt reflects on how in disaster one sheds excess to endure, valuing loved ones over wealth while keeping memories. It contrasts Shackleton’s shipwreck choices with a humorous aviation quip about staying grounded, highlighting shifting values and enduring attachments.
The text urges readers to resist habitual objection to new ideas and avoid blocking progress. It cautions that early skepticism can delay great discoveries and daily advances, urging openness to innovation and weighing proposals before dismissing them.
A humorous exchange notes that to reach Trurkman from this vantage point one path is thousands of miles away while the opposite direction is a mere two miles, highlighting a playful misdirection about distance and direction.
An advertising salesman argues weekly papers benefit advertisers but readers stay loyal to hometown papers. The narrator emphasizes the deep ties readers have to local news and the value of coverage of people nearby. The dialogue concludes that merchants miss the strong value of weekly newspapers.
Mil ton residents host visitors from Moncton Rosseau and Pickering while a land roller accident injures Wilfrid Pickering. A dynamite mishap injures Stanley Atkins in Aldershot. An auto crash near Hornby injures Rufus Pell and Mrs Pell. two passengers suffer serious harm. Mrs Thickett fined for intoxication. reckless driving charged against Pell.
Religious services listed for 11.00 a m with the Minister on The Holiest Place and 12 00 noon Sunday School. Evening service at 7 00 p m The Minister speaks on Following in the Distance All services on standard time and everyone is welcome.
Sunday September 1 1932 schedule shows Sabbath School Bible Classes at 9 45 am public worship 11 am and 7 pm The minister notes a thank offering Sunday September 18 aff Miss Whaling of India and the congregation anniversary on October date Always standard time All welcome.
Chas A Lasby of Lot 19 Fifth Line Eramosa holds an auction on Monday September 12 at 1 pm. R J Kerr is the auctioneer. The sale includes 60 head of cattle 4 horses hogs and sheep.
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