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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 14, 1945
Page
2
The Free Press announces a planned week of holidays for local industries in August starting the eighth. Aimed at aligning vacations to ease staffing, the plan envisions a Civic Holiday Week with no weekly issue.
A newspaper notes excess voter guidance and political pamphlets after V E Day. The desk is finally cleared as two elections followed and readers gain space to sort through material before voting.
In Ontario a Progressive Conservative majority wins re election while in the Dominion a Liberal government is endorsed and given power. The Liberal and Progressive outcomes show a desire for stable governance and political shifts away from mudslinging. The era calls for negotiation and prudent adjustment ahead.
The piece notes floating votes showing electors lack strong party loyalty and vote with the times. It observes this trend across ridings in the province and across Dominion politics. It calls the elections settled and expects Ontario and Canada to pursue stable, strong governments with clear programs. It also says a stronger opposition could benefit Ontario's government.
The piece discusses déjà vu as a psychic phenomenon and contrasts Rossetti’s verse with theories that memory is an unconscious warehouse of all experiences. It notes possible reptition across lifetimes or a vast storehouse of senses guiding familiarity with places and people during travel or war.
The Financial Post argues that opening gasoline stations on Sundays is essential to revive Canada’s tourist trade, which supports export income to the United States. Operators should coordinate with municipalities or provinces to allow limited Sunday service, protecting Canada’s share in a continental revival.
The piece recalls a notably wet June in 1945 along with V E Day and two elections. It notes gardening delays, forecasts a rapid season catch up, and mentions ongoing road work on No 25 Highway between Acton and Mitton. It urges steps to restore the arena for next winter and free Pegs storage.
Limehouse residents honored local servicemen from the army and air force at a Friday evening event in Limehouse School. Attendees included Alex Wright Norman Latimer Stonard Davies and William Summers who received fifty cigarette packages each. Social activities followed with card winners John Scott and W Benton and extended community involvement noted with attendance at Knox Church centennial services and Limehouse WMS reports.
Courtney Page secretary of the National Rose Society says the Royal Horticultural Battle will stage roses this year with record crowds. He notes that roses thrive worldwide due to cultivation, not soil or climate, and cites his three acre garden at Singward’s breath as proof.
Mr Wo purchased Mr Jas Mackie’s Main Street residence and lot. Mrs Hanrock and Mrs Shepherd spent the weekend here. Mrs J Eaveste remains in bed. Hurledge Andrews wedding drew a large turnout at Union Church. Terre Cotta residents note fevers, visits, and new homes as spring moves forward.
Picture shows a British naval gathering in Algiers Harbour with ships including Rodney Nelson Formidable Dider Maidstone Leander Vienna and Ashanti along the jetty. Several Hunt class destroyers Carlisle Oakley and others are moored nearby as a submarine depot ship and other support vessels populate the scene.
A brief listing from the Veterinary Bureau shows contact details for Hod. Young V S at the Brookville office serving Milton area with telephone number 14614.
C N R timetable snippets show trains listed with times including 6.335 p m 6 40 am 936 pm and 8 19 pm. The fragmentary data reads as schedule entries without complete context or destinations.
A fragmented timetable item lists routes and days for travel. Entries include to London on Sundays and holidays, daily service to Guelph, service to Kitchener on Sundays and holidays, and to Stratford, with times noted like 271 bpm and 1128 pm.
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