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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 16, 1969
Page
2
Sree Press notes the 9.45 mill rise in education costs and an eight mill tax jump, urging ratepayers to accept a budget council struck under strain. It argues education now consumes 63 percent of the tax dollar, up 13 percent, with fixed incomes threatened, and suggests paying off the education deficit in 1969 and reevaluating 1970 distribution.
Town crews have cleaned Acton streets though Lakeview subdivision remains rough. Councillor Earl Mosales says capital works funding will repair roads, while taxpayers shoulder higher education levies. Lakeview fears further delays. Bower Avenue and Church St require rebuilding. council acknowledges multiple major repairs ahead.
Editorial argues stress makes chickens tough by lactic acid buildup. NRC Canada biochemists report two years of tests showing tension before slaughter causes toughness. Dr A W Khan urges humane slaughter methods to lull birds into a relaxed frame before killing.
A heartfelt tribute to a Canadian-Irish grandmother born in County Antrim who raised a large brood with warmth, grit, and humor. She balanced fire and mercy, faced hardship, supported family through debt and illness, and left a lasting, loving presence beyond life.
A playful clipping notes jokes about why dogs have friends from their wagging tails and makes a pun on mini skirts being appealing though short. The tone is light hearted and humorous with multiple one liners.
The 1949 Free Press issue recalls the first long distance call via a new switchboard by Reeve T. Jones and local inaugurations led by A. T. Brown. It notes the system now serves 682 phones, expanding to 800, and mentions veterans, anniversaries, diamond weddings, club changes, local projects, and a founder’s death.
Fifty years ago at an Epworth League meeting the Citizenship Committee hosted a unique Board of Trade banquet followed by a re organization into a Chamber of Commerce. The theme was Acton betterment with J Cheater Matthews the driving force. N F Moore spoke on publicity and advertising, Frank Kennedy on waterworks and civic improvements, and Chas Parker on public library and town hall upgrades.
A lighthearted essay recounts a spring drive past an old stone house and front lawn privy, then surveys Wright’s history of bathrooms from monastic flushing at Tintern Abbey to Roman baths. It notes medieval Latin terms and a 14th century London ban on privies over the Thames, offering a playful social history of sanitation.
75 years ago on April 19 1894 David Swackhamer died at his son’s home in Esquesing at age 87 after a long pioneer life. He came from Beamsville sixty years prior and settled on the set line on land later owned by Ex Councillor Ismond, leaving behind two sons and three daughters.
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