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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 13, 1928
Page
6
A collection of births marriages and deaths listed with names places and dates. Entries include a Toronto birth at Howard Park Unit and a marriage in New York and notices of several deaths in Ontario with ages and locations.
The report notes George’s win in the big swim to satisfy a crowd of admirers. Other items mention weather for the Fair, brick work on a mystery block by Mr L Starkman, a poor elderberry crop, and local sports and church notes.
Douglas Patranks appears at Wonderland Theatre Wednesday night in The Gaucho United Artists picture of gauchos pirates and conquest set on the South American pampas. A romance of unusual forces and spectacular appeal unfolds amid frontier conflict and intrigue. The opening prologue precedes a dramatic capture of the shrine city under a dictator.
The new gasoline station planned by Leslie J. Ayles and Wilbert J. Guild west of the village nears completion with tanks and standards installed. Residents share a busy week as locals visit Guelph and nearby towns, and neighbors report various visits and moves ahead of the project.
Local exhibitors from the district, including Telfer and Th, Ailton Weal, and Meelhter, won in the four year old Clydetutate stallion and Shorthorns classes at the Toronto Exhibition live stock exhibit. Awards went to Yor Shorthorns, Amon and Back of Moffat, for Roan Banner, and Timee A. McKinnon Hillsburg for Ronny Chield. Other top placings included Amor & Wack with Kiblenu Chief, and Mary ower Gemdred and Rosebud Prin chav in heifer classes. The Piercecheron horse entries by Clarer unby and Nellie Grey scored, while Hugh Stodary and Grey Ber teak also earned placings. In Hillsburg, A. GC. Stewart preached anniversary sermons at Hillsburg Presbyterian Church.
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