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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 03, 1952
Page
2
On Dominion Day 85th anniversary reflections note Canada as a young nation built on diversity and mutual respect. The piece celebrates progress in natural resource development and urges all Canadians and newcomers to contribute to a thriving, tolerant future.
The Free Press celebrates its 78th year with no holidays missed, noting the editor's four decades with the paper. The community gratitude is extended to subscribers, advertisers, correspondents, and printing customers as the office redecorates and adds a new folding machine to improve service.
The piece argues that the foot and mouth outbreak exposed the danger of provincial embargoes on western livestock. It credits Agriculture Minister Gardiner for realizing the need to keep inter provincial trade free, contrasting his earlier Dairy Products Act push with the current situation.
Halton County prepares to officially open Halton Centennial Manor a modern home for senior citizens located in Milton. The facility is furnished staff hired and ready with expansion room. The project reflects county cooperation with Peel and Brampton recalling joint ventures and shared facilities.
A reminiscence contrasted with modern conveniences notes hot summers, a wood stove in the summer kitchen, washboards, cellar cooling, garden produce, and Grandma's neat summer print dress as persistent memories of Canadian summers.
A brief editorial note reflects on the past festive days and wishes readers well. It observes kind weather aiding the holiday weekend and mentions casual, personal reflections without specific events or names.
A Brantford Advocate excerpt describes plans for synchronized continental phone dialing blackouts and Burlington style numbers, plus early 20th century hopes for universal direct calls. It also recounts a Caledon Hills cave tale of a possible treasure and local sports notes from Oakville and Georgetown clergy marking a 40th priesthood anniversary.
An Ontario note references the Highways Traffic Act limit on overcrowding and warns drivers to avoid blocking controls or interfering with vehicle operation. It discusses penalties for careless driving and the need to prevent serious accidents.
Community notices list Bethel Baptist Mission with Pastor John Jones at SLC A building side entrance showing July 6 services including Bible School and morning worship with an evening service. Also mentions Dr W G C Kenney and Dr D A Garrett as physicians in Acton and area, dental and veterinary services, rail and coach schedules, and local business ads and volunteers serving Acton Ontario.
Mil ton week in council notes equalization rates for county expenses show TraFalgar Baquesing Nel non Novxagaweyn Milton Acton Burlington and Georgetown listed with small figures. A wedding of Dr J M Bell and Ada Hoods noted with attendants. Dr Bell’s dental office to close two weeks for travel.
The piece describes an Orangemen of the Jeen order at Georgetown on Sunday evening for a duress parade by the L O L with the Lorne Scattiata Wides bound for Long Branch. It also notes a church hemorrhage case at St Joseph's Acton and a county league loss for Georgetown after a Saturday beating.
Within two years all British submarines will carry a new marker buoy that rises to the surface. It features a cruciar reflector a visual reflector a radio transmitter for distress and an automatic telescopic mast. Tests began after the January 1950 sinking of the Tractilent.
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