Acton Canadians Share Holiday News Across Town
The column lists numerous Acton residents and visitors from Toronto, Detroit, Vancouver and beyond, noting holidays, returns home, hospital updates, and family visits. Highlights include Mr Arch McTavish from San York, Mrs Wansbrough and children visiting, and Miss Helen McEachern returning to Toronto after weeks at Wasaya Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobbie Rumy
Muskoka
Halliburton
Arch. McTavish
San Yorth
Mint A.beclean
Acton
Helen McEachern
Toronto
Wasaya Beach
The Realities Of Waves in Labor and Wages
Joseph Lister B Rutledge analyzes wage demands versus real buying power. He notes average real wages rose from 1930 to 1945 while profits grew little, and profits retained rose to protect business and workers. He argues there is no vast profit reservoir to fund higher wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Lister
Rutledge
ISK
Executor's Sale Of Various Farm Equipment August 23 1948
Instruction from Mr. Sam iscordingly to sell by public auction at 1 p.m. on Saturday August 23 1948 at Lots Con 10 Trafalgar Two. Items include a W-4 International tractor a Scuttler Derrick farm wagons plows binders mowers hay rakes and numerous tools and supplies. Terms cash with clerk day of sale. Thompson Clerk Hindlew Ettlett auctioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Trafalgar
Betrooum Suites
Engagements and Upcoming Weddings in Rockwood Area
Mil ton and Acton couples announce engagements. Dorks Hillison to John Hill, pending early September marriage. Marjorie Christing to Johan Aten Tarsavall, only son of Mr and Mrs Robert Tarewell of Acton. Doris Irene McKersie to William Earl Barber, Presbyterian Church Rockwood, September 2 at 2 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zind
Anglican
Women’s Mission
F. West
John Hillison
Milton
Dorks
John Lle
Bob
John Harria
Acton
Alvin McDonald
Marjorie Christing
Johan Aten
Tarsavall
And
Mire
Robert ‘Tarewell
Rupert McKersie
Rockwood
Doris
Irene
William Earl Barber
Edwin Barber
Guelph
Presbyterian Church
Free Enterprise Is You and Me
The piece argues that free enterprise centers on individuals like you and me not faceless powers. It cites Canada’s small firms and farms, noting that most industries are tiny and employ few people, and warns that controlling the small risks erasing freedom to dream and work independently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le-Ural
Canada
Famous Bird Collectors Exhibit at Royal Ontario Museum
A fragment describes bird collectors displaying hoarded specimens at the Royal Ontario Museum alongside items like seashells. The text notes a long line and fishing gear suggesting extensive collecting activity without clear footing or larger context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mov
Royal Ontario Museum
Birthrights or a Mess of Pottage
An analysis critiques a 1927 Heverage plan and four proposed social security acts. It outlines costs of national insurance, worker and employer contributions, and benefits including weekly payments and medical services. The piece questions whether state security replaces personal initiative and frames the plan as a birthright sold for a mess of pottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josph
Rutledge
Denke
Marlborough
Churchill
National Insurance ‘Act
Benettis
Hals
How to salvage old paint brushes from a farm
A farmer’s guide outlines soaking stiff brushes in turpentine or gasoline to soften dried paint. After removing paint, brushes are cleaned with mineral soap, warmed water, and dried with bristles straight. Old brushes should be stored dry and bristles aligned to prevent damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde
Edowaith
Abel
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