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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 28, 1939
Page
8
John McLean longtime Acton resident died at his home on Maria Street September 28 1989 in his 73rd year. Funeral private at home then United Church Ballinafad with interment at Providence Cemetery Erin Township.
Leaves show autumn colors while Acton prepares for Thanksgiving and enacts effective store hours next week. By laws appear elsewhere and residents are urged to complete shopping before new hours take effect.
In Milton fair coverage, many features are arranged for a big weekend event. The report includes notes on a gun-related court case, a postponed Continuation and Public School Field Day due to rain, local speeding fines in Acton, and construction progress on a new home east of Acton. Also listed are a Grey Coach Lines update on currency, an estate auction for John Rea of Eramosa with strong animal prices, and the obituary of Mrs. Ernest W. Sigsworth of Acton.
Henry McMaster and daughter visit relatives from Portage-in-Prairie. Crown attorney W. J. Dick recovering after surgery at Galt Hospital. W. T. Barnard underwent appendicitis operation at Guelph General Hospital and is improving. Annie Elizabeth Hall engaged to Allan Edward Bush with marriage planned in September. Mrs Tcles and Mrs Harris returned from Bruce Peninsula trip. Thomas Hayward postmaster at Orton dies aged 52 after long illness. service held at home parish and interred at McKee's Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. widow, two daughters and a son mourn his loss.
James D Coleman of Cedar Valley British Columbia died suddenly while walking from his farm toward Mission City. He leaves five brothers and a sister including D C Coleman of Montreal and Dr FE Coleman of Ottawa. born in Carleton Place Ontario, he earlier farmed in Acton and Maple Creek before settling in the west.
The speaker argues World War will lift Canada’s national purchasing power and production. Employment and farm buying power rise, prices inflate wealth for farmers, and tax measures won’t stop the productivity surge. Yet the cost is ghastly, with millions dead and wounded in prior wars, totaling massive losses and expenditures.
A dialogue shows a golfer testing a boy helper as he counts five six and three forming eleven. The caddy confirms the numbers and the golfer agrees the boy will do. The scene includes garbled bits about writing on a bottle and worries over the horse and husband.
Ottawa reports Wallace R Campbell president of Ford Motor Co of Canada named Chairman of the War Supply Board of Canada. R C Vaughan named Vice-Chairman. Both serve without salary. Board will buy needed supplies and ammunition for the Allies.
Nelson Ontario residents may take part in the annual winter Short Courses organized by the local branch of the Ontario Department of Agriculture. Courses include Home Economics for young women and Agriculture for young men, likely in January 1940. A canvassing committee will survey district interest and collect names to register participants.
Antiw ar campaign leader Armand Calinescu the Romanian premier and strongman was assassinated in Bucharest. Earlier plots against Calinescu and King Carol were reportedly thwarted.
A man with a large dog chats with a friend about the animal's bird detecting abilities. The dog sniffs nervously, suggesting a bird beneath him, while a passerby asks if a bird is in the pocket. The owner reveals his name is Partridge, prompting the quick witticism.
The by law closes hardware furniture bakery groceries and clothing shops from 7 PM to 5 AM Monday to Thursday and after 10 PM Friday, with holidays and December 10–24 exemptions. It sets penalties up to 50 dollars plus costs and allows court enforcement. Runs from September 30, 1939.
The Acton Village Council enacts By-law 730 under Section 82 of the Factories Shops and Office Buildings Act. It requires certain shop classes to close on Wednesday afternoons in specified months, with time windows varying by season and penalties up to fifty dollars plus costs for breaches. Passed September 25, 1939.
A cartoonish scene shows a store clerk and a customer trading barbs over a nickel and a dime. The boy slices cheese with a knife and halves it, then leaves with one half, declaring the clerk unable to offer value.
Erin Mundell and family spent time in Ottawa for business. Lloyd Hillock and son Wilber of Cleveland visited relatives. Norman Barbour recovered from a illness, improving. Milton Rowan family of Cleveland returned home after visiting Mrs. Wilson. FP Arscott builds new shop. foundation finished. structure rising. Catedon Agricultural Society held 77th Fall Fair September 13 with keen competition and record entries and strong gate receipts.
Mr and Mrs John Near of Acton and Mr and Mrs Henry Near visited Hillsburg. Miss Margaret Robertson of Guelph spent the weekend with her mother Mrs D A Robertson. Chase Booth family of Alton visited L W Cheyne. Mrs J Thomson visited her son and daughter in Fergus. Elias Cheyne of Orton called on Wm Cheyne. Anniversary services at St Andrew s Presbyterian Church drew a good crowd with Rev Mr Lindsay as speaker. Rev T W Goodwill, longtime Hillsburg pastor, has accepted a call to P E I and left for his new charge.
A Windsor Star analysis by Ww. L. Clarke surveys British dominance a quarter century after 1914. It notes George VI ruling more earth than his father did in 1910, Britain owning ships, investments totaling over 18 billion dollars, and extensive sea routes, cables, and exports. The piece ends with the adage what we have we hold.
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