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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 30, 1937
Page
4
Residents report family visits from Toronto and Guelph, weddings in Toronto, and anniversaries in Acton. The item notes a funeral attendance in Huttonville, a councillor’s hospital stay, and engagement announcements for Frances Elizabeth Jennings and Lloyd George.
Mrs S W Nelles and family appreciate deeply the kindness of neighbors and friends shown after the sudden passing of their husband and father. The sympathy and efforts are gratefully acknowledged during this line of bereavement.
Just before France barred volunteers from Spain a train at Austerlitz prepared to depart for the Pyrenean frontier. Third class cars housed eager volunteers while a dark youth with black side whiskers watched the scene. A bystander asked if he would go along. He replied he would not.
A Halton County letter highlights three autumn weddings. Anna Gray of Fillabury marries Clarence Patterson of Rockwood in Doartheater Ontario with family and clergy present. Beatrice Lane Morrow of Limehouse weds Edward Morrow of Brampton at a Georgetown home with family attendance. Berniege Isabell Bracken becomes Mrs Stanley Robinson at Acton with a reception and plans for a Toronto residence. Additional notes describe community political commentary on Hydro policy and fiscal debates.
A whimsical account describes masses of tiny canary fish producing musical sounds from the sea. Florida drummer fish mimic drum beats, while crawfish and Indian cat fish are noted as fiddlers with eerie, wrapping tones from their dorsal spines.
The notice states creditors must send claims to Alvin Fisher the executor of Hiram M Fisher deceased by October 15 1937. It asks for names addresses and particulars of claims and securities if any and warns of distribution after that date.
A schoolroom scene shows a teacher suspecting a student named Jimmie of eating candy or chewing gum. Jimmie confesses he is solking a prune to eat at recess, revealing a playful misunderstanding.
In a terse tale a narrator recalls losing a lover after a coin toss with a rival in front of her. He mentions using a twenty-dollar gold piece and a line to test loyalty, a vivid contrast of gambling bravado and romance.
The statement highlights reduced motor license charges and hydro rates, a one mill cut on local taxes, full funding for Old Age Pensions and Mothers Allowances, provincial highway costs, increased township road grants, and abolition of the amusement tax. It claims Halton County’s savings exceed six hundred thousand dollars and urges voters to back Hepburn via Blakelock and Thomas A. Blakelock.
Friends and neighbors gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs Norman Weit to bid Lauretta Moore and Norman Weit farewell before their departure to Cannington Ontario where they bought the Cannington Meat Market. The evening featured cards crokinole a purse gift and a musical sendoff with the crowd wishing them happiness in their new home.
Miss Bernice Bracken and Mr Stanley Robertson were feted at the Bracken home on September 20 with a 75 guest gathering. A program featured readings, a cornet solo, and a folding address from the Dublin Literary circle praising the couple. Gifts were presented and well wishes extended for a long, happy life together.
The poem Autumn Pair was judged the winner of last week's Pugzize Poem contest. Jean Aitken of Ro Ro No 3 Acton is urged to claim the prize by calling The Fare Press Office before 4.30 Saturday after Avon. A second poem appears on Page Four of this issue.
Doris Cripps, a student, sustained minor injuries after being struck by a car Thursday afternoon while returning from school. The motorist stopped at once and Cripps received medical treatment before returning home.
Georgetown community news covers visiting Salvation Army members from New York returning after holidays in Limehouse. Public School opens with unchanged teaching staff except Miss June Frank replacing Miss Alfsen. Guelph Baptist Church hosts 200 delegates with R J Kerr addressing Fair Directors. Mayor Gibbons seeks treatment at St Michael's Hospital, Toronto. Visiting Dr and Mrs Smith from Dunnville join Stewarttown residents. Dr Smith preaches at local harvest services.
Eleven daughters of Bill Sargent manage a remote ninety mile from Darwin lease. The family sustains itself entirely by farming, milking cattle, making butter, growing tobacco and cotton, maize, vegetables, fruit and groundnuts. They raise cattle pigs and poultry and process their own meat.
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