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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 08, 1946
Page
2
A traveler recalls two malfunctioning Barrie parking meters on Main Street causing signs to rise without coin digestion. The writer questions court conviction viability for such faulty devices and notes a contrast with reliable weighing and gum machines.
The article describes the summer intrusion of young visitors into a household with older residents bracing for disruption. Adults endure interruptions as grandchildren relatives and children demand games stories and playful antics, transforming the home into a lively scene with dolls clotheslines and makeshift performances.
A $100 million Northern Ontario pulp mill program drives new towns near Port Arthur with Marathon and Terrace key sites. Projects aim to convert forests into sulphate pulp, boosting regional demand for food and manufactured goods and signaling a major shift in the province's forest based industry.
Editorial and civic notes remark on everyday life in Acton including holiday passings and production resumes. Unemployment claims drop from the prior month while May benefits fall. new homes rise near Acton amid material scarcities. References to Guelph building permits and Saskatchewan liquor profits appear amid commentary.
A million ton slagpile at the abandoned Crofton smelter near Victoria will be used to manufacture mineral wool for insulation, agricultural tile, slag brick and insulated building blocks. Experiments test making from slag an anti acid eroding surface material.
Gold mine found last fall near St. Athanase in Kamouraska County has 20 percent auriferous mineral per ton. Quebec mines department officials investigated the discovery and plan continued chemical tests and spring research work.
A playful exchange has a scientist asking a pharmacist for a prepared monacetic acid ester of asticyclic acid. The pharmacist corrects him, suggesting aspiriat, and the scientist admits difficulty recalling the term.
In Kenogami Quebec the mayor and the entire municipal council have been re elected by acclamation in Lake St John district. The exchange includes a playful line about ancestry and origin as Mrs Kelly claims to come from a line of Donahues “that spring from Nobody.”
Dr W G C Kenney announces office locations in the Syresa Block and MID Shast area with associated contact and scheduling details. The notice lists office hours and directions for patients seeking consultation and services from Dr Kenney and staff.
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