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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 30, 1937
Page
11
A reflective piece mixes a verse about starting happiness with demotic recollections from Acton Pair and Mill Street. The author recalls friendly gatherings, old road-building memories, the tannery era, and evolving local infrastructure from a fall day through street updates and industrial shifts.
The writer recalls a once busy tannery area and its changing use with machines replacing labor. He describes homes moved from the hill and various improvements by Torrance Beardmore’s family who later relocated to Toronto after Knox’s death from infantile paralysis. The piece ends with plans to continue recalling Torrance as a boy next week.
The British ship Discovery has installed a six foot high galvanized steel trap in Capetown to catch live fish for aquariums and scientific study. It will be lowered into the ocean to snare rare specimens during its Antarctic ocean life investigations, with a fifth cruise planned for year end.
A Scottish patron discovers a note left beside his plate in a restaurant and tells the waitress he will settle the matter with a match. The odd wager highlights a playful dispute over a missing item and a light hearted challenge.
Acton Fair prize awards continue with horse classes led by Archie Kerr and W. O. Moffat. Livestock honors include best heavy horse Hewson & Bon and top cattle entries by J. A. McAllister Geo Mack Norrish and S E Griffin & Son, with numerous Holstein Jersey and Aberdeem Angus categories and prizes for calves herd and dairy groups.
The record of classes lists SHREP and RAM entries from Clarkson Son to J. E. McKinnon, W. Clarkson, and J. K. Featherston. Best Flock and Best Ram awards highlight Long Wool and Oxford Downs winners, with HOG SPECIAL and POULTRY categories led by J. K. Featherston and W. J. Alexander respectively.
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