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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 09, 1937
Page
2
A damaged OCR notice from The Acton Free Press outlines advertising rates and cancellations. It notes that errors in published ads are limited in liability and requires written corrections signed by the advertiser. The piece lists editorial and business office contact details and an editor’s name.
D. Leo Dolan, director of the Dominion Tourist Bureau, told Ottawa delegates that tourism into Canada reached 15 million visitors in the first nine months of the year and could approach 19 million for the full year if the trend continued. Enquiries rose 42.7 percent from 1936, with 75 196 inquiries and a 4 000 reply questionnaire showing average daily expenditures of 5 40 for motorists and 7 02 for rail, boat or bus arrivals. average stay was 13 days.
The article notes Tim Buck, recently jailed for previous activism, nearly won a Board of Control spot in Toronto elections on Monday. It argues voters favor practical results over conservatism and suggests rising impatience with slow governance, appealing to radicals like Buck or Aberhart for action.
Canadian apple shipments to the United Kingdom reached 336 180 barrels and 211 456 boxes by October 7 1937, up sharply from the prior season, while apples won top prizes at the Imperial Fruit Show in Birmingham for multiple varieties including McIntosh Jonathan and Spitzenberg. The industry yields about ten million dollars annually with major growing regions in Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario and British Columbia. the bumper 1937 crop stood at 5 070 600 barrels compared with 4 115 200 in 1936.
A letter to the Dominion Provincial Relations Commission advocates uniting Canada's provinces into four or five regions to reduce government overhead. It suggests merging Maritime, Prairie, and western regions, with Ontario and Quebec as possible pairs, and notes County Councils and shared services as examples of beneficial unions. It cites Chorley Park closing as a precedent.
Brampton Conservator summarizes insurance statistics on longevity marriage and finances. A 20 year old has even odds to 69, life expectancy rose 26 years in a century, 75 percent of this year’s children reach 50, 25 percent reach 73. A 20 year old’s sweetheart may outlive him by three years, job chances exceed four in five, and a typical life leads to about 2000 dollars yearly standard of living. Nine in ten marry within five years, divorce risk four in five after marriage, and fewer children are reared today. If married at 25 with a 22 year old wife, silver anniversaries are common.
Toronto voters backed an early election date in a record poll but favored restoring the New Year schedule. A heavy early snowfall warns drivers to slow down and take care for safe travel.
A Sunday lesson explains conscious fellowship with God through Jesus Christ. It defines fellowship as knowing God, walking in light, and being cleansed by His blood, with emphasis on denying sin and living in truth. The text cites 1 John 1 and Revelation to illustrate eternal life and the eventual new creation.
An excerpt from Slats Diary by Oliver N Warren chronicles a week of personal musings. The narrator notes weather, holiday thoughts, a classroom scene with Octogenarians, jokes about Christmas, and a visit to Jones house. He comments on daily moods and a curiosity about a Buffalo Bill show.
Mullingham, described as not a skilled sportsman, misses at easy marks during a deer shoot in Scotland. He asks an attendant who bore the fault, and the attendant blames the gun and the stag’s trotting, while insisting the stag stood still long enough.
A Scottish landowner once planted eight young livers from the Continent in a hothouse. All but two died, yet those survivors rooted and thrived. The harsh climate transformed them, foreshadowing the district’s famed forestry. The piece notes noble Christian character forms in unlikely settings.
The text speaks of seeing God face to face, living in divine unity, and God dwelling with people. It envisions God wiping tears, quenching thirst from the river of life, and granting inheritance to those who overcome, anchored in Alpha and Omega and God’s truth.
The four ton equestrian statue honoring the late Earl Hat was dedicated after an eight year dispute over its fitness. One critic called the monument monstrous and did not attend the ceremony due to ongoing quarrels from the original design. three models were prepared before final approval.
Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor General of Canada, inaugurates the Junior Red Cross Calendar campaign to raise funds for hospital care. An audience of English, French, Greek and Chinese children receives a friendly greeting and reassuring smile as the event kicks off.
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