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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 24, 1936
Page
14
The verse celebrates the September season noting violet hedges lighting sumac and pale blossoms. It recalls spring and summer memories while greeting autumn’s glow and the robin's song with an emphasis on September as the fairest month.
A Ginger Farm chronicle laments flies in rural and urban schools invading meals and learning spaces. It urges trustees to install window screens and screens for doors, arguing the cost is small compared with education taxes. The writer recounts attempting a fly spray with formalin and warns against misuse.
Oliver N Warren’s diary spans Sunday to Saturday with daily vignettes. It mentions bathing, nerves over a crush, a town trip, a witnessing of domestic life, political talk about elections, and a note on fords and steam, all in a childlike voice.
A national movement coordinated by Dominion and Provincial agriculture departments and the Canadian Council on Boys and Girls Club Work promotes farm life education and better practices. In 1935, sixty four teams from thirty two clubs competed in six projects at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, with 30 282 members enrolled in 1 900 clubs across Canada, up from 1 215 clubs and 31 142 members in 1931.
A 1516 issue recalls the previous week’s dairy butter price at forty cents a pound and local events such as C C Speight’s grape fanolas exhibit and a favorably regarded poultry shelter. Private Frank Taylor, of the 45th Battalion, is noted as having died in service. The 164th Battalion at Camp Borden faces inspection for overseas service. A marriage, Erle White to Alfred Butcher, is recorded at St. Alban’s Church Acton.
Canada posted a new monthly gold production high for June with 316 670 ounces, IL 4 per cent of world output. May production was 308 942 ounces and June 1935 output 186 003 ounces. First six months total reached 1 767 509 ounces, up 16.3 per cent from a year ago.
Nigeria shows a recovery with higher trade for 1995 and the prior year, led by rising West African prices. Canadian imports rose about 33 percent, especially motor cars and parts, while the country moved from seventh to fifth place in sources.
A reflection on greatness not through wealth or status but through honest purpose. True greatness lies in self knowledge, regular self examination, and steady obedience to a right rule, regardless of others opinions or actions.
A comic exchange shows a daughter seeking a princely match while a cautious father frets he might only provide a baseball pitcher, movie hero, or champion pugilist as a husband. The humor hinges on social hopes and paternal protection.
Canada built canals to link portages and reduce loading costs, with the Welland and Lachine locks among early works. By government control ten canals opened about 1 946 miles of waterway, costing over 240 million dollars, handling 30 000 passes and about 19 million tons of freight annually led by agricultural products and mined coal and oil.
Canada hosts a shipment of 1,500,000 Wungaiyan wasps collected in Mhingiry by two Canadian National Express workers. Discovered by Dr. K. Morris of London's Institute of Entomology, the wasps, named Lirrium Sortifier, are intended to prey on crop pests. Arrived cocooned in London from Budapest and ship across the Atlantic by steamship.
Shopper jokes about size while a shoe salesman replies there are no shoes that are large on the inside and stay on the outside. The exchange highlights humorous limits of availability and a witty misunderstanding.
A blind newlywed couple in London captivates neighbors with their independence and grit. Mrs Smith shares how they manage housekeeping and daily tasks without outside help, showcasing resilience and mutual support.
Charles E. Catruthers reports on Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith who despite blindness pursue a normal married life in an apartment. Neighbors watch their daily routines with fascination as Mrs. Smith manages the home, sewing and reading while Mr. Smith works daily.
The Acton Free Press invites readers to subscribe for complete news reporting and editorial features every Thursday, answering What’s the News and helping readers keep up with the Times.
Readers lined up as subscriptions for all magazines were accepted at The Free Presa Office with staff noting broad interest and steady demand for periodicals across the community.
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