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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 22, 1948
Page
2
Port Hope replaces old sidewalk rules with a new by law requiring residents to clear snow and ice within 12 hours after a storm, or by 8 p m if the snowfall ends between 6 p m and 8 a m. The town foreman clears roads within 24 hours and may bill noncompliant residents. fines up to 50 dollars or 21 days in jail may follow court action.
Fredericton study warns property taxes are unsustainable as the main municipal revenue. It notes wartime debt relief and rising property values masked issues, with delinquency and foreclosures growing. Proposes to maximize remaining revenue sources and shift some public health and welfare duties away from municipalities.
The province's liquor policy under the liquor central policy fuels daily headlines of tragedy. Reports claim INTONICA ONE beverages drive murders and widespread intoxication.
Reports from Goderich and West Montrose describe a fatal stabbing tied to a party and a drunken brawl with multiple deaths. The murder trial details that bootleg hair tonic and wine were consumed before the slayings. The column urges Ontario to reassess government control of intoxicating beverages after numerous tragedies.
Before the London ministers met nine in ten sensed the conference would fail and create two hostile blocs. Debates split between balancing democracy and communism and strengthening the Western bloc, but experts warn only a change of heart among ordinary people and leaders can sustain freedom.
Canadian price fight sparks political noise but the Financial Post notes much is strategic. Households hold power to curb one dollar cabbage by choosing what to buy, while wage demands and rising money supply drive food costs. Producers warn range resistance and higher output as remedies.
February Sundays occur this year and won t again for years. The piece notes upcoming municipal budget decisions by council for 1948 and the cost to meet ratepayer demands. It discusses margarine as a cheaper butter substitute and mentions butter prices from 72 to 79 cents per pound. It also thanks readers for the Free Press new size and reports on the Old Boys Reunion fund deficit and partial recovery.
In Acton, Lawson handled a new Wilson weigh scale sale for Beardmore Co. and Acton Tanning at Mill and Wilbur. A severe January thaw thunderstorm lit up skies. N Brown Limehouse shop burned. Acton Hockey vs Rockwood slated for Friday with Sc admission. Wm Jackson’s Everton barn struck by lightning destroying tools grain and hay. Free Library by law passed after council readings.
The January 26 1928 issue notes heavy snows hindering buses on blocked roads. Acton curlers enjoy winter on Georgetown rinks as 85th Acton Baptist Church anniversary observed with Rev McCrimmon sermons. Also reports North Battleford visitors, and obituaries for Robert Reid aged 92 and John Clark aged in his turd year at Brampton hospital.
Public auction conducted by Hindley and Elliott on January 24 1848 at 2 pm at Lot 7 Con 2 Trafalgar Township Highway 25 three miles south of Milton. Lot of Guernsey and Holstein cows heifers calves a purebred bull and other dairy cattle offered without reserve. Cash on settlement day with clerk. R R Ford clerk.
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