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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 11, 1949
Page
10
Acton ratepayers given chance to approve larger sewer and disposal plant expenditure in December 1945 after earlier 164000 vote failed to secure bids. Officials note long neglect risks and emphasize financial feasibility, urging careful study and turnout.
The Financial Post notes Canada and Britain have advanced turbo-jet transports while U S manufacturers lack civilian models beyond the drawing board. It argues Americans are adapters and producers, not sole pioneers, urging equal recognition of shared scientific progress and brainpower.
Northern hay crops promise bumper yields easing provincial supply gaps while rains tackle power shortfalls. Business failures rise with limited capital and tougher competition. analysts cite high liabilities and inexperience as causes. Civic plans hint at a 1950 town reunion.
A fragmented reminiscence from 1899 notes farmers threshing, tax instalments due in September and November, improvements to John Agnew’s Main Street property, a deep well being dug for Mr. Stephenson, and local building work by Deartmore & Co. The piece also mentions a wedding at the Wenee of the bride’s parents and a marriage in Acton.
In Acton during August 1029 Rudolph Kowalski of Acton entered into a local trade. J O McDonald prepared excavations for a new house at the corner of Marin and Agnes Streets. Mrs Altes Arthurs of Winnipeg visits Acton relatives and friends. Knox Church held a motor drive to Bruce Head with about 15 participants. Dorian Hor Alba at St Georges Georgetown won a Saturday event. Jessie Young, daughter of Mrs and the late AV Cinkinith of Shelburne, related events. The Lawson family notes W Graham Lawson aged x1, with remarks on mental health indicating a mild insanity form noted by local writers.
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