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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 13, 1936
Page
2
The Acton BreePress outlines subscription pricing and cancellation rules, implying $200 yearly prepayment, with emphasis on avoiding arrears. It also states ad policy: proofs required in writing, advertiser signed for liability limits, and error correction process. It lists telephone contacts for editorial and business offices.
Town life in Acton shows young people using local facilities for affordable leisure after work. Evening crowds frequent the park, picture show, and sports grounds as Y M C A activities and badminton loom, promising more indoor recreation and community benefit as outdoor play shifts.
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports June to July employment rise of about 25 000 persons. June first to July first gain the largest in fifteen years with 987 955 at work in July versus 963 401 prior month and 934 262 last year. Manufacturing climbs in food lumber pulp and paper mining services and transport while logging dips. leather textile and iron steel show seasonal losses. Ontario and the Maritime Provinces lead in the upward trend across all five regions.
Writers compare improvised diamonds in Kincardine and Maple Leaf stadium to professional parks. They note rough infields and early season neglect, urging observers to consider how small town teams perform on well kept grounds.
Truly National Living near the fair speaks of Canada’s CN Ex position as a national showcase. The 350 acre grounds host nine and a half miles of paved streets with over 2,000,000 square feet of exhibit space. Agricultural prizes total 100,000 dollars while annual staging costs exceed a million dollars. The fair attracts about 2,000,000 visitors each year.
Ontario's Premier Hepburn is praised by many citizens for acting decisively to cancel a birthday celebration that had risks of becoming a disorderly event. He chose principle over politics, defending leadership by example and avoiding a drunken spectacle.
A Provincial editorial notes a dry season limiting garden parties and upcoming fairs. It critiques social credits under Mr Aberhart, questions a fall return of a garbage plan, and laments weekend accidents. It recalls editor Malcolm Macbeth and urges responsibility for pedestrians and intoxicated drivers.
Sunday school lesson outlines Paul’s guidance on restoring the erring, bearing one another’s burdens, and living by sowing to the Spirit versus the flesh. It emphasizes self-examination, humility, and personal accountability, with Galatians 6 as the core text and references to mercy, love, and divine justice.
Birch veneer, three-ply under high pressure and waterproof cement, is used in British aircraft, says Canada National Railways Industrial Department. Veneer is lightweight yet strong. planes require about 3,000 square feet per aircraft and roughly 10,900 square feet of veneer in total.
Central Press Canada reports William Zaychuk, a university educated immigrant from Central Europe, farming five acres of strawberries under straw to withstand subzero frosts. He plans 40 crates daily and 200 cases per day for northern Alberta markets, aiming to expand with grapes plums and cherries.
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