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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 31, 1939
Page
2
The Acton Free Press lists subscription rates of 2.00 per year in advance and notes U S rates. It explains address changes and cancellation policy, states advertisers bear liability only for errors tied to proof corrections, and mentions advertising rates on application.
The article urges Acton residents to shop locally for school supplies and clothing as thousands of pupils return next Tuesday. It emphasizes community loyalty, supporting Acton manufacturers, and teaching children civic responsibility during the new school year.
The Acton Fair marks its twenty sixth year as a premier community event with strong officer and director work. Changes since 1939 include more junior farmer competitions and fewer prize offerings for apples potatoes and dressed poultry. The fair highlights crop contests and farm home beautification projects, promoting farm life and strengthening town rural ties.
A reader laments the surprise at judging marks in the Free Press editorial contests and jokes about preferring other tasks, even washing the press, rather than preparing weekly editorial pages.
The narrator recalls school days of geometry and art with disdain and notes a change over time. They admit ongoing dislike, observe some progress, and praise encouraging marks. They advocate continuing weekly columns despite the perspiration and aging it causes.
The article argues for a yearly program to lay permanent surfaces on road sections. It cites Acton Rockwood and Georgetown as models and notes dust control gravel costs. It suggests Church Street Bower Avenue and Mill Street could join the plan to have all roads permanently surfaced.
A Bowmenville Statesman reader shares a tale of a roadside hot dog seller who thrives by signs and word of mouth but loses business after his son warns of a looming depression. The story ends with the father acknowledging a great depression.
Editorial notes discuss daylight saving returns on Monday and the last hour gained, exhibition crowds and Press Day plans, and Canada’s water power capacity. It cites Canada UK fur shipments, concerns about August September disruption, highway potholes near Acton Milton, interest in Acton’s Early Days, Burlington’s new 65000 dollar waterworks funding, and cautions about frequent county council meetings.
Ontario column analyzes Canada’s wartime role with Britain, noting Ottawa’s silence on manpower and conscription while predicting Canada becomes a strategic center for supplying Britain. It cites industry resilience, business optimism, and rising CNE attendance as signs of economic steadiness amid conflict.
A school moment at Rugby recalls Major Barttelot answering a class question with a quip about placing cats in a place. The master then asks where the unusual definition came from and Barttelot explains he cites Shakespeare for the line.
A pair of house finches established a June nest in Okanagan Landing near a bird officer’s home, marking an unusual northward expansion from Oregon Idaho and Wyoming. The five eggs hatched, the young fledged, and adults have not returned. sightings also occurred in Penticton and Victoria, suggesting establishment as a Canadian species.
A list of motor traffic safety rules for both children and adults. It urges not riding with strangers, walking on the left, checking for cars before crossing, giving pedestrians room, and seeking grown assistance for accidents. Drivers are advised to avoid picking up strangers and to drive on the right with caution at crossings.
New figures show Lancashire cotton cloth production in 1937 reached 3,376,175,000 yards of sale goods, enough to form a belt around the world many times over. Weavers earned £59,037,000 in raw materials and produced £84,500,000 gross value, with an average net output of £142 for 173,595 workers, disproving claims of declining efficiency.
An amateur radio operator near the Grand Trunk main line picked up signals from Belfast and Berlin as the International Limited train from Montreal passed by. The distinctive whistle of the streamlined Grand Trunk Western locomotives, sister to CN 6400, was heard 3000 miles away in Northern Ireland and Germany during a three way hookup.
Pictured aboard the Duchess of Bedford are Eire’s first High Commissioner to Canada Mr Hearne Mrs Hearne and their two children Maurice and Justin arriving in Montreal en route to Ottawa where he will assume his new duties.
A compiled directory of physicians dentists veterinarians and legal officials with office hours and locations. Includes Dr J A McNiven Dr E J Nelson Dr W G Cullen Drs Freed and Stevenson Ken Langdon and A J Buchanan D D S F G Oakes P W Pearen D D S and L D S veterinary services and registry officers for births marriages deaths in Acton Georgetown Campbelville Rockwood and surrounding area.
The notice lists daily and Sunday bus or train times labeled Going East and Going West with specific morning and evening departures. It includes items 6.05 am 9.54 am 6.31 pm 8.19 pm and notes exceptions for Sundays and Saturdays.
Gray Coach Lines lists daily eastbound departures to Toronto with times including early morning 5.58 am and evening 8.56 pm. Westbound service runs 9.53 am to 11.53 pm with limited holiday service on Saturdays Sundays and holidays.
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