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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 02, 1969
Page
2
An editorial on Easter celebrating the Christian feast as a world wide event. It frames Easter as rebirth like nature’s spring, recounts Christ's resurrection, and urges readers to embrace hope faith and charity beyond commercialism. It calls for making Easter 1969 memorable and affirms the risen Christ.
A listed set of nine archaic regulations for teachers includes lamp and coal duties, nib making, limited courting evenings for men, Bible reading after school, thrift for retirement, dismissal for married or immoral women teachers, moral conduct expectations, a smoking liquor or barbershop rule, and a five year faithful service pay raise contingent on board approval.
A humorously pragmatic director recalls unpaid roles at a hometown weekly, where most directors earn little yet stake in the paper. He juggles staff, readers, and locals while noting the eccentricities of fellow directors and a rib cracking anecdote from an old buddy.
Summer jobs are scarce as enrolments exceed openings. A government outreach with mailings posters and ads seeks to persuade businessmen households and leaders to hire students. The aim is a more responsible public and to help youths gain work experience and self reliance this season.
A collection of brief, humorous lines recalling an author's reply about his best work being his last tax return. The remarks touch on a wife's indifference to socks, a wife knitting brows, and Toronto as an Indian word for meeting place, underscoring light wordplay and cultural hues.
In the Free Press issue from Thursday April 7 1949 Robert Perry Watson a leading Acton businessman dies at home born on the home farm east of Acton He built Acton Dairy later Watwas Restaurant and Dairy Bar with Mrs Watson and son Tom a popular enterprise Royce becomes township clerk treasurer recalling Actons early telephone era first exchange 1884 682 telephones now. notes on Acton Home and School Association members local building foundations and medical attention talks plus reminders about gardening poultry and Boy Scouts restructuring and a wounded veteran’s return.
Fifty years ago, on April 3 1919, Exquesing trustees formed a committee to study consolidated deals for Esquesing schools. Inspector J M Denyes outlined county conditions showing many small schools under ten pupils and underlined unfairness to pupils and teachers. He urged high school access for all, not just the few.
A humorous diary fragment recalls a man whose articulate stomach narrates moods and mischief. A deskmate teases that the belly speaks louder than his attitude, prompting comic scenes of belches, rumbles, and a quest for calming remedies. The narrator frets about fatigue, food, and sleep as his inner gut essays its own drama.
The Free Press notes excessive youth out after dark and warns of possible jail cells if behavior does not improve. The piece suggests curfew could curb the nuisance. Also reports Cheyne Bros arriving in town to convert Harvey flour mill into a full roller mill. A young man from Limehouse intoxicates himself in town, later found undressed in a barn. Local residents upgrade homes, with Arch McNabb moving to Church and Wilbur Streets. Cons. Graham hosted guests in cells last Thursday.
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