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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 06, 1950
Page
11
The notice thanks town and district loyalty to the Free Press on its seventy five year milestone. It credits loyal correspondents and staff across newspaper and printing work and pledges constant alertness to reflect local history week by week.
The Free Press announces a format update marking its seventy fifth anniversary. New Linotype headings in Spartan face and news copy in Excelsior face improve readability. Regular features remain but may appear in new places as readers adjust.
The text reflects on diminished flag displays in Canada and local towns on national holidays. It ponders whether adopting a national flag would revive public pride and flag etiquette, noting past decor often vanished or was discouraged in recent times.
A lightning strike hit Howson Flour Mill, sparking a blaze that consumed the 84 year old three story building. Nearby brigades joined the effort but could not save the mill, with losses estimated over 75000 dollars.
The Senates committees warn against automatic renewals of government subsidies. Every dollar handed out by Ottawa should be scrutinized annually and only continued if the need remains acute. The piece notes subsidies tend to entrench entitlement and risk out-of-control costs.
Editorial notes urge care on holidays and roads, mention Old Boys reunions, centennials, and Canada’s aging, with reflections on war threats and the stock market. It cites bountiful crops, summer travels, fashion debates in Ottawa, fall fair dates, and evolving motoring tastes amid sewer upheavals. It calls for safer driving, growing highway tolls, and questions about educational costs, ending with praise for the Smith Falls Record News souvenir issue for Olde Week with historical pieces valued by the community.
A look back at Milton area life around 1900 notes golf’s rise as locals visit the links, injuries from rebuilding work at a church site, a lacrosse bet race, a new Kinleth Paper Company mill planned in St Catharines with Acton figures among proprietors, and local social rounds.
A quarter mile track on Young Street along with parts of Mill Arthur and Wellington streets inspired interest in horseflesh in Os. The facility was abandoned when a new half mile track in the park was built.
The Acton Boy Scouts depart for a ten day camp at Alton today while the Girl Guides enjoy a four day camp at Stanley Park last week. A firm name change unites Acton Tanning Co and Heardmore and Co with Beardmore Leathers Limited under one brand. No School Nawagawey reunion brings 700 to 800 alumni together in Dublin. Mears Alex McPhail of Brampton and John Irving of Milton are noted as the oldest surviving teachers from 1884 1886 era. The Free Press installs a modern newspaper press this week, completing in time to print. Lucy Lamont dies June 28 in Nassagaweya at age 85.
The committee reported available lots with prices including RN Agnew’s on Main Street 680 by 120 feet 200 and Stephenson’s Southwest corner West Bower Willow 742 by 100 feet 500 Christie and Henderson’s Bower Avenue 732 by 120 feet 400 Mrs Adams corner Bower Willow 100 by 100 feet 500 Reder corner Mill and Elgin 66 by 132 feet 500 A motion opposed purchasing Mrs Adams property at 500 with good title. Congregational Church in Acton to organize March at the new edifice basement. population about 808.
Advice urges savers to keep bonds for emergency needs. It suggests borrowing against bonds through a bank loan with lower rates and monthly repayments. Interest from the bonds can offset loan costs while funds are available for urgent expenses.
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