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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 23, 1926
Page
6
Mr Harry Peach of Rockwood will hold a clearing auction of all household effects on Saturday September 25. A prior notice seeks a young man to work in a grocery store and offers items like a heater stove with pipes. The ad requests applications in own handwriting and mentions a Free Press format.
Fall and winter coat fashions arrive in a timely economy sale at Guelph’s Big Store. The Duve tynes and Suedenes in navy blue red claret and tan offer trimmed fur options Mink Opossum Coon Opossum and Fitch Opossum. Women and misses can save dollars on these affordable choices.
Lovely crepe frocks in sizes 16 to 46 priced from 19.75 to 27.50. Stunning cloth frocks in Charmeen and Poiret twill at 16.95 19.75 and 24.50. Wool faille frocks sizes 16 to 42 priced 10.95. Flanifiel frocks sizes 16 to 42 at 5.75.
The itemized sale lists velvet hats and velvet combined with silk at 4.95. Felt hats priced at 3.95. Velour hats offered at 4.95 and 5.50.
An 1851 letter to Rev John McLachlan shows Acton and Boston churches inviting him to pastor their congregations. The correspondence includes a formal call, a pledge of support, and a long subscription list from Boston Church members confirming payments toward his stipend. The note also seeks burial details for Mrs. McLachlan’s mother in the old cemetery, seeking any remembered plot location.
A long list of visitors and social weddings fills the notes from Toronto and surrounding towns. Names include Mrs A Somerville, Mr Jordon Lawson, Miss Mae Wilson, Mrs James L Warren, Austin Hield, Norman Wrigglesworth, Mrs T Barter, Claude Precious, Mr and Mrs Harold D Mullaney, Rev Mr Marsh, Miss Genevieve Clarridge, Mrs Fred N Coffey, Reginald Barnes, George Brunt, Eva, A Roadknight, Miss M Walker, Rev R B Zimmerman, N F Lindsay, and others. Reports mention travel between Toronto, Ash Rrove, Acton, Guelph, Milton, Bracebridge, and Long Branch, plus a presbytery meeting, a normal school departure, a Toronto funeral, a wedding in progress, and a bridal event.
After a Knox Church choir rehearsal on Thursday evening the members went to Mrs W J Reid's Main Street home. Mr Fred J Balt presented Mrs Reid with a fine comport and candlesticks. Relatives and friends gathered for a social evening and lunch before the Reids move to Toronto. They have lived in Acton for nearly twenty years and will be missed.
The United Free Church of Scotland sends Rev. James Harvey D D as overseas delegate for a Dominion and World Service programme. He will open a conference in Mansy Hall Toronto on October 6 with further sessions in October and November across Ontario and Quebec. The visit highlights Canadian interest in missionary, educational and social service work by the United Church and its leaders.
Rev. Mr. McLachlan was inducted on August 20 1861 and served nearly ten years before resigning February 4 1861. At the annual communion twenty one names joined the roll. He was followed by Rev Lachlan Cameron who served Beaverton many years and was buried in Viat town cemetery.
The United Church holds quarterly sacraments on Oct 3 with a pre communion service on Oct 30 led by Rev. N A Hurlburt. A mother and daughter banquet on Oct 8 features speaker Jeasie McPherson of Toronto and Acton birthplace. Ontario dairy cattle judging team to compete at Detroit National Dairy Exhibit. Wallace Bros of Acton win at the C N E Toronto Exhibition. other prize winners listed. New Toronto Citizens Band honored by Town Council with medals and bandmaster tribute. Trafalgar Township barn fire at Omagh destroys Gordon Robinson’s farm buildings with $10,000 loss and $4,000 insurance. Florida hurricane fears affect local residents with relatives in Miami and Allapottah. Head-on collision on Acton Cross Road causes damage but no serious injuries. Burlington Gazette marks editor Harris’s 28th year as publisher with public service roles. York Township opens a new high school. John M. Warren oversees box of records and papers from various local and church sources.
Dr Gollop announces purchase of Dr Currie’s Ottawa practice focusing on periodontia and pyorrhea treatment. He begins in the second week of October and thanks Acton residents for five years of patronage during residence in the area.
A motor tour by editor and party explores western Ontario and Michigan, detailing routes from London to Talbotville and Cedar Springs, along highway No. 3 to Lake Erie shore. They describe gas lighting pumps near farms, Shigkerna crops, and Cedar Springs landmarks, with impressions of towns, scenery, and the Erieau and Rondeau areas.
The Acton Fall Fair drew a large crowd despite fair weather easing attendance for farmers busy with post harvest work. Exhibits in flowers culinary displays and ladies’ work impressed while horse shows and livestock attendance remained high. Improvements to park entrances and buildings were praised and premiums will be listed next week in the Free Press.
W A Allan owner of The Lodge road house on the Toronto Hamilton highway near Lorne Park faced charges for liquor on his premises on September 11. A Brampton court convicted him and fined 200 dollars plus costs after a raid by provincial officers and local constables.
Atton Produce and Grocery Company owner C. K. Browne formerly manager at Acton Co-Operative store has opened a new business in Lelsh man Block. Browne is known as a careful buyer with new stock expected to draw wider custom as Acton shoppers come from farther away than in years past.
A Detroit River region correspondent notes a shift in Halton and nearby counties toward tobacco with fields of tall green plants and barns showing modifications. The crop, harvested in 90 days and shipped to England for cigarettes, drives farm improvements and a peach district nostalgia as Leamington’s tomato canneries emerge amid heavy rain and clay soils.
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