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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 19, 1951
Page
2
Music and children highlight Acton’s push for decentralization. A Sunday Citizens Band concert in Wartime Housing drew a good crowd as residents envision more concerts in Crescent and other east end neighborhoods to reduce long walks to parks.
An old advertisement touts cars at two hundred dollars. The piece argues many are accident risks and should be removed from service to protect public health, proposing liability proof and funding from unsatisfied creditors to ensure deregistration of unsafe vehicles.
A text urging renewed commitment to honest labor cites Marie Beynon Ray and Thomas A. Edison on the value of work. It discusses indifference, clock watching, and the impact of shorter hours while noting a forty hour week for rail and freight raises costs that the consumer may bear.
Bowmanville Statesman argues against a law guaranteeing universal income. The piece contends money alone cannot create buying power and production of goods and services is needed. It warns against laws promising wealth while people remain idle as the economy needs real output.
Canadians should display native symbols and pride rather than American flags. Visitors seek a distinct Canada with proper hospitality and honest branding, not pseudo American names for businesses. Promote Canadian history and a genuine national identity to ensure tourists feel welcomed and fairly treated.
Editorial notes present a humorous take on economic downturns describing a recession as a period when you tighten your belt and in worse moods you have no belt to tighten. If you have no pants to hold up it becomes a panic.
The 12th parade drew 600 700 Orange Order members with 18 lodges five bands and many bandsmen. Glen beat Guelph in lace race and Milton beat Acton in baseball. The crowd exceeded 4000 as Briantd on Mechanics Band led the musical section. A midafternoon life saving incident and a July 14 obituary for William Magales are noted.
A July 1931 item from the Whayadaj Free Press notes a softball game at Vidton County where Georgetown defeated Acton 10 to 1. The article mentions John Crawford leading the Acton Orange walk and a fifty four year parade, plus injuries and local events including Knox Church relief efforts and a farm accident. Helen Lindsay Sutherland dies at Limehouse after a long illness.
An outdoor guide notes mosquitoes and black flies are common nuisances in Canada but poison ivy can be avoided by recognizing its three-part leaf arrangement. Poison ivy is the sole native Canadian plant with three leaflets and white fruit, often confused with Virginia creeper which has five-part leaves and blue fruit. The text mentions alternate leaf arrangement and potential use of infrared photography for forest surveys.
Funeral held July 11 in Acton for Donald Dan McDonald of Esquesing township who died July 8 in Guelph General Hospital after illness. He was born near Brampton, lived in the district, survived by wife Violet Donovan and seven children, plus two brothers and one sister. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery Milton. services conducted by Rev R H Armstrong and Rev A Calder. Pallbearers and flower bearers listed.
A readable fragment lists a Sunday timetable with Sunday School at 10 00 am Morning Worship at 11 00 am and Evening Worship at 1 00 pm Identifies a church calendar but lacks additional names or locations.
Directory page lists doctors surgeons veterinarians and real estate firms in Acton Ontario with addresses and phone numbers. It includes Willoughby Farm Agency Wright Real Estate and Insurance and a help-wanted note seeking farm property listings from 50 to 400 acres and small holdings. It also shows rail schedules and daily transporter timetables for Georgetown to Kitchener routes with various stops and service times.
Financial Post reports a new liquid cheddar cheese product that remains stable without refrigeration. It is produced in homogeneous form and packed in sterile sealed tins for dairy and baking industries.
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