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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 06, 1963
Page
9
An analysis notes rising water recreation but warns drownings from falls remain common. It contrasts swimming skill with safety knowledge and presents Dominion Bureau of Statistics data on typical Canadian incomes and taxes, highlighting tax burden across income groups.
A Toronto area supermarket chain reports sugar sales up 30 percent weekly in its 27 stores since January. The cost of living index rose to 132.3 in April from 130.2 a year earlier, showing a 1.5 percent annual gain and suggesting no need to panic despite rising prices.
The revival of the Halton Peel League opens with Acton vs Brampton. Reeve, Rev J C Wilson, and A T Brow onlookers as Acton loses 10 to 7. Umpire Dr. Lake oversees the game amid community gathering and church refreshments.
The Acton Baptist church annual meeting elects officers including deacons C O Plank S Cripps H M Reid and D F West. Rev J B Ostram chairs. Mrs Rev G R Foster of Brandon attends. War Service League reports eighty five messages from soldiers. Pilot Officer Rev Finney writes from India.
Toronto Township council discussed a $200 million Metropolis Peel proposal uniting Portgate Toroate Township Streetsville Brampton into a core and second city, starting with 1,000 acres south of Highway 401 and a 49 000 population target, amid mixed local reaction.
District 12 Toronto Milk Producers held its annual ladies night on May 28 in Stewarttown. President Alexander chaired the meeting, with P A McArthur Betensen of Ontario Agricultural College as guest speaker discussing farm management goals and decision making to improve husbandry. JW Pauley reported on Toronto area milk markets and outlined a milk promotion program featuring a portable milk house for demonstrations. A safety film The Safest Township Anywhere was shown, and the event included music by Kerr and his orchestra, followed by lunch arranged by John Burd and the Carrier Borough association staff.
A playful column delivers tongue in cheek marriage counsel from an older era. It mocks gender roles and presents comic tips for husbands, urging firmness with wives, maintaining rights, and portraying domestic life as a social wager. It ends with a bemused reflection on young men heading toward domestic duties.
A bridge bidding analysis explores how six spades could be reached from a complex hand. East shows the ace of hearts and diamonds while West bids spades and Hearts are discarded, illustrating how slam was possible with accurate signaling. The article lists weekly winners: fiew, Mgr., Jack Hooper second, Tom Warnes and Reg Williams tied, Miss Q Logum, Miss Hewron third.
The Canadian Tax Foundation reports that the 1957 average Canadian paid $1.22 in taxes to all levels of government. The estimate covers income, property, sales and other levies across the country.
The professional directory lists physicians surgeons and a barrister in Acton Ontario with offices on Mill Street Willow Street Wellington Street and Main Street North. Also noted are optometrist hearing aids specialist and motor coach schedules with contact numbers and office hours.
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