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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Apr 16, 1936

Page

5

Holiday Visitors and Personal News Grip Acton Scene

Acton residents kept busy during Easter holidays with visits from Toronto Brampton Guelph and London. Numerous relatives and friends including Harold Ghilling Robert Geott Pearl Wallace and Pearl families journeyed from distant towns to spend the weekend at Acton homes and with local relatives. A funeral for Thomas Quinn was held at Walkerton Cemetery after a car accident.

G. J. Switzer Howard George Thomas ©. Quinn J. L. Guinn Guinn Fonthill Walkerton Cemetery

Farmer Becton Plans Overnight Bread Making

After supper Farmer Becton declares fatigue from poor bread and resolves to bake the next day’s supply himself. A visitor offers help as the two head to the kitchen at midnight, one carrying flour and the other a drum of yeast. The farmer’s wife frets about the bread in the oven.

Becton Boston

Ontario Plans Simple Provincial Income Tax System

The Ontario government outlines a pay as you go provincial income tax to be filed with the Dominion form TI-1935 or TY A-1035, with April 30 deadlines and four instalment payments. The plan uses federal tax processing to reduce administration, with municipal taxes phased in later and exemptions for individuals and dependents specified.

Ontario Queen's Park Minister of National Revenue Ottawa Federal Income Tax Department Postmastern Mitchell Hepburn Department of National Revenue Hepburn

What are you doing now an exporter

Dialog exchange shows Sam questioning Bo about his job and Bo replying he is an exporter, humorously noting the Bleeping Car Department fired him.

Sam

Cutting Her Looke D My Nance and the Stock Exchange Crash

Fragmentary dialogue references a stock market crash and implied financial hardship. A speaker teases another about wealth and remorse, with hints of personal tension and financial strain surrounding a character named Nance. The readable text is sparse and lacks clear event details.

With Gimlet and Claw Hammer Sports Column Notes

Badminton and hockey headlines from Acton Georgetown Brampton and Guelph. Acton Continuation School invited to Waterloo College Invitation Games May 2. Brampton elects officers with Ernie Cole as Vice-President amid local league chatter about ACTON MILTON GEORGETOWN BRAMPTON clubs and veteran Durham players.

Georgetown Acton Guelph Milton Brampton Acton Continuation School Waterloo College Ball Club Ernie Cole i

Miner and Wife Prove Relation in Immigrant Clerk Test

A miner and his wife travel to America. On arrival the clerk, reading the passport, questions how to prove she is his wife. The husband answers in Scots, offering ten pounds if she cannot prove otherwise.

America Anid Geordie

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