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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 25, 1962
Page
2
The piece argues the blanket $100 charity deduction is unfair as it allows non givers to claim the same credit as donors. It urges replacing with receipts showing exact contributions and removing the blanket deduction to ensure fairness.
The publisher argues Canadian bankruptcy laws are too lenient and allow unscrupulous operators to start anew after stripping suppliers. Small businesses, electricians, carpenters, and plasterers bear the brunt as debts vanish with personal bankruptcies while creditors lose substantial amounts. Strong systemic changes are urged to protect credit and deter misuse.
A New Zealand publication notes that the government has made useful strides in several directions though cautioning it must avoid a back to the wall position. The quote from H. G. Wells is cited as a reflection on life between ages thirty and seventy.
The Acton Free Press items describe Mr W Williams sustaining a deep gash while repairing shoes, church session changes at Knox church with A T Mann resigning after 25 years, Epworth League social trip to Georgetown, a 2 2 hockey tie with Guelph, liquor bottle damage to the newspaper office during Lehman’s conviction report, and Acton residents seeking punishment for the perpetrators. Also notes a 1942 Guelph Acton Wool Combers hockey win 7 0 over Waterloo, council audits, garbage dumping crackdown, welfare disbandment, Limehouse ladies quilting for Salvation Army, and sleighing amid war-time conditions.
A humorous critique of youth obsession with nuclear fallout contrasts with adult complacency. The narrator lampoons morbid talk of radiation, mutational monsters, and doomsday plans while urging a pragmatic, almost defiant outlook. The piece riffs on war, religion, and personal fate, ending with a quip about Khrushchev and Kennedy.
Albert Arthur Harris 1913 1961 died January 10 after illness. Born in Toronto he lived mainly in Acton with wife Vera May Wilson. Enlisted 1942 served overseas. funeral Saturday at Rumsey Shoe maker with Rev D A West officiating. Interment Fairview cemetery Acton. Pallbearers listed.
Milton council considers cutting off all grants to ten charitable organizations amid claims of duplication and favoritism. Georgetown reports Delrex Developments paid 18 654 to settle an old 1958 agreement on industrial assessment versus cash. Burlington mayor backs a 50 000 district study on interrelated municipal factors around Hamilton. Streetsville Township weighs a possible new name to preserve identity amid amalgamation. Oakville council allows Willie Rogers to rebuild his garage as a nonconforming use after a fire, aiding a disabled paper collector.
William W. Jackson of Acton died January 12 at Guelph General Hospital after a lengthy illness. Survived by wife Mabel Sachs Jackson and many children, sisters, and in laws. Funeral January 15 at Rumiey Shoemaker, interment Park Lawn Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Exchange Pulpits covered Acton United Church service and Ballinafad.
The Bannockburn Women's Institute held a January meeting at Bannockburn school with guest speaker Miss Dorofenk from Canadian Wallpaper Manufacturers discussing modern home decoration and coordinated draperies. A wallpaper voucher prize went to Mrs. E. McEnery, and visitors from Limehouse and Ballinafad attended. Also noted was a funeral for Mrs. Robert Roy of Guelph, with services at Fowell Funeral Home and burial in Louis Cemetery, Roy Reeds and others listed as pallbearers.
A dense reading lists dental surgeons and solicitors with office hours in Acton Guelph and nearby towns plus coach and Canadian National Railway schedules. Mentions Dr H O Less, A J Buchanan, C F Leatherland, Acton BRAIDA, and Dave Gohn DC with contact numbers and hours. Includes intercity eastbound and westbound train times and pickup windows on weekdays and Sundays.
Mr and Mrs Alex Patcai arrived in Canada a short time ago and completed their citizenship at the courthouse in Mi croao Hungary with their families in attendance. They reside in Lakeview and are connected to local residents John and his teen son.
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