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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 01, 1940
Page
3
The Acton Free Press in Acton Ontario outlines subscription rates at 2.00 yearly in advance and notes United States pricing. It explains change of address procedures, cancellation preferences, and advertising liability limits, signed by Editor G. Arlof Dills.
Acton Council moved to four instalments for taxes cutting interest costs by 4 percent and saving about 500 dollars yearly. Municipality reports no borrowing for current expenses as the plan boosts pay as you go finances and early tax receipts. Citizens urged to register for national war service on August 19 20 21 with penalties for noncompliance and a call to contribute resources and volunteers.
A letter lauds Halton County Council for a broader view beyond Milton focusing on parks in Oakville Burlington Georgetown and Acton. It disputes claims that Halton Fair is a county financial burden and argues Milton should not rely on county funds for park upkeep.
A local editorial condemns Section 96 2 of the Liquor Control Act as ineffective citing two drunks arrested in Acton over the past two years. It notes one man disrupted a church prayer meeting and was released with a warning, and another trio arrested after abusing girls in the street.
A letter describes a drunken man in Hamilton railway station disturbing travellers and a young man struck in the face. Two others admitted drinking, one pleaded guilty to assault. They were bound over to keep the peace for a year. one already had a suspended sentence. The writer urges provincial action to protect public spaces for families.
Editorial notes urge open living to dodge criticism and promote War Savings Stamps. Acton social life includes a Saturday nightlife reunion and enthusiasm for a potential new local industry. A band’s return is celebrated, bathing safety is urged after several near drownings, and motor vehicle revenues in Canada for 1939 are cited with registration and gasoline tax figures.
The Department of Highways revises No 35 from Milton north seven miles to Acton. It notes gravel sections, rough patches, and urges careful driving. The seven miles closest to Acton remain the roughest, with no clear explanation for the deterioration.
In a united message to Canada's armed forces J J Ralston and colleagues pledge maximum effort. They stress physical fitness discipline and training as foundations and call for rapid provision of personnel and equipment amid wartime cuts and supply challenges. They urge ingenuity and full work ethics to secure victory.
A collage of quotes including J A MacKinnon on law and force, evacuees in Montreal, Dunkirk nostalgia, Shaw on vegetarianism, rate protest by Capt Montague Evans, tax critique as punishment, sailors as tourists, Mussolini 1914, a French soldier on leaders with hearts of rabbits.
The Department of Munitions and Supply says more than 20 percent of the 808 elementary training aircraft for the British Commonwealth IR Training Plan have already been delivered. An accelerated schedule aims to complete the order by year’s end.
A domestic scene unfolds as a father objects to his daughter Emma Jean’s late nights with a young man and his habit of taking the morning paper when he leaves, signaling family tensions over propriety and privacy.
A Royal Navy boarding party inspects incoming freighters at port. Officers examine the skipper’s cabin and ship hull to determine health and seaworthiness. After completion the escorting authorities confirm a clean bill of health, signaling readiness to enter harbor.
Acton listings show Dr E J Nelson and D J Freed and Stevenson Campbellville physicians with office hours. Legal names include C F Leatherland and Kenneth M Langdon barristers solicitors notaries public with Acton Georgetown offices and hours. Also A J Buchanan dentist and vets B D Young F G Oakes in Acton Georgetown Brookville Knox Ave locations and contact numbers.
Time table fragment notes daily schedules with bands and flyer pickups at Georgetown and Guelph. References Acton location with standard time and Sunday exceptions. Mentions specific times such as 8.48 a.m. and 7.00 p.m. with Saturday and Sunday designations.
Bus timetables show eastbound departures to Toronto at 5 58 am 9 01 am 11 31 am 2 06 pm 3 51 pm 6 51 pm 8 56 pm and westbound to Kitchener at 4 53 am 12 23 pm 2 93 pm 2 23 pm 6 18 pm 8 08 pm with daily service to London and holidays observed.
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