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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 19, 1951
Page
7
The Financial Post asks Canadians whether MPs should be full time with a suitable salary. Most respondents oppose the plan, arguing it would impair the dignity of the office and reduce it to an ordinary public post.
The article notes proposals to curb session length by limiting time on single subjects and expanding committees to do preliminary work. It argues for parliamentary procedure reinvestigation to include input from business and professional experience while keeping sessions practical.
Wet weather dampened the Wet Glorious 12th parade as Orange men from County joined West York Peel West Wellington and East York in Georgetown. More than 1 000 lodge members and 20 bands crowded the two hour march despite pouring rain led by John Fox of Acton and Otto Wiggins of Peel County. Scheduled speeches by Don Leslie Saunders Gordon Graydon and Stanley Hall were canceled due to the downpour.
A poetic fragment extols nations arriving with integrity under a new world constitution. The verse contemplates peace spreading as a banner unfurls, echoing calls for unity and reform through envisioned governance and order.
A public spirited cornetist and grocer from Acton, John Hill died in the 1930s. He led a local band for about five years, sang in the Methodist church choir, and helped campaigns such as a skating rink project. His unidentified photo last week sparked this remembrance in Georgetown.
Dear Teacher Please excuse Henry for not being at school yesterday He fell in the pigsty and got terribly dirty By doing the same you will oblige his mother
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