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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 02, 1950
Page
2
Acton citizens welcomed a 34 mill tax rate down from 69 as revised assessments and town expansion reshape finances. Debenture payments forWaterworks and the arena end this year, sewer costs to replace them in future bills, improving the financial picture despite earlier low assessments. Residents now see a clearer link between rate, assessment, and municipal projects.
Bowmanville Statesman argues against mandatory retirement at 65, championing continued work for healthy seniors. It stresses the value of belonging and productivity, criticizing social security rules and social science that push elderly citizens to retire.
A report from the Ontario Secondary Teachers' Federation annual assembly notes that intangible factors such as personality and teaching ability are hard to measure, while arguing against paying for personality as undemocratic and harmful to morale. The committee identifies objective merits justifying scheduled increases beyond the minimum.
A discussion argues that personality and teaching ability can outweigh sheer academic credentials in selecting principals and recognizing high quality teachers. It notes boards struggle to differentiate based on non academic qualities. A Financial Post survey shows municipal spending outpacing revenue since 1945 with large growth in urban areas.
National Health Week 1950 highlights progress in Canadian medical science through the first half of the 20th century. Life expectancy rose markedly. infections and infant mortality fell due to pure foods, nutrition, vaccines, early diagnosis, and new treatments. Tuberculosis and pneumonia are better controlled, yet cancer, arthritis, heart disease, and hypertension remain challenges requiring doctor guidance and personal health responsibility.
The piece notes Easter on April 9 and Lent beginning February 22. It remarks that rural roads are exceptionally broken up this January, disrupting schedules more than the severe winter did for school transportation.
The Montreal Gazette warns that current interest on the national debt now exceeds the entire budget from twenty years ago. If revenue falls while spending rises, the government may be paying one dollar in every three just to cover interest, a point scarcely discussed.
Snow shovels needed this winter. A new bank installed electric light and telephone. January proved good for farmers with stock deliveries. Grover Holmes active in debt settlement. Deaths: Mrs Beardmore wife of Alfred Beardmore. Peter John Husband aged 54. Mrs Coleman of Rockwood in her 70s. Letters from AE Nicklin mention Moore and Wood Gould in Halifax en route to South Africa. Wm Brown underwent tumor surgery on Main Street with favorable progress.
In Halton County the historic Norval grist mill was destroyed by a major fire early Tuesday. Loss estimated over 100000 dollars. Attendance exceeded 1300 at the Georgetown Acton hockey game, with capacity in the new arena. Reeve Morden of Trafalgar named Halton Warden for the second time. A night class plan drew a school board meeting to assist non English speaking residents.
The piece argues that people possess inner resilience to endure extreme stress and hardship through crises. It cites survival tales at sea and icy waters, noting endurance extends beyond physical trials to mental and emotional ones. It ends by stressing life insurance as a safeguard for families when a breadwinner dies.
Fragmentary forecast notes from Weathenia Daily show irregular timing with entries on Saturday and Sunday. References to temperatures or conditions are unclear. The readable items indicate scattered weather updates for Guelph with inconsistent timestamps.
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