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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 17, 1948
Page
8
Fragmentary notice mentions Memorians and poetry additions with names Netheee Barithase and Mesihs inserted in the vine without charge. The text appears to be an oblique historical or literary reference with unclear context and purpose.
Obituary notices honor Roland Elliott and other relatives, with memorial verses. Birth announcements record births at Acton Nursing Home on June 1 1948 and June 36th 1948. A marriage notice lists Phyllia Allden Fryer and John Macdonald Tracy wedding on June 12 1948 in Acton.
Dreis notes next holiday and market updates as strawberries come on. Grain elevators near completion at Lindsay's Mills. Road work and dust control urged. Gregory Theatre remodel progressing for two stores. Blow Foundry walls finished in Acton with steel and crane due. Oil boiler at No 25 Acton Mil ton this week. Hansen returns from Norway for a family visit before a trip home. Armand Braida and Ray Arbie earn year degrees at OAC Guelph.
Queensland beekeepers advised by the Department of Agriculture to raise hives on two foot stakes or enclose with net barriers to deter nocturnal giant toads. Toads up to 8 inches long raid hive entrances at night, using long tongues to take hundreds of bees. one specimen’s stomach contained about 100 bees.
The article notes that January February and March were unusually healthy, with the general death rate the lowest ever recorded in England and Wales. The provisional death rate was 12.3 per 1000 of the population.
A Warner and Swasey advertising pamphlet argues capital investment grows productivity. It uses household hammer and nails to illustrate how pooling savings funds factories and machines enable workers to earn higher wages through profits, stressing workers’ stake in profits as well as wages.
The regular Acton Rotary dinner held Tuesday at 12 15 at the YMCA. President Amos Mason presided and all committees reported orders for the Rotary Fair on July 1. Tom Jones and George Mason, new members, were inducted by Frank Oakes and welcomed.
JAS B TARZWELL directs sale at his Erin farm on the 7th Line two miles south of Hillsburgh Wednesday June 23 commencing 1 PM. Items include horses and harness cows poultry implements bees furniture farming gear and real estate parcels with details on acreage improvements and terms.
A Metropolitan Life Insurance study notes US and Canadian life expectancy rises in 1947 reaching 66.14 years, up from 66.13 in 1946, and significantly higher than 1911-12. The piece comments on work and life balance with a playful Seattle anecdote about goldfish on a streetcar.
The undersigned sell by public auction at Queen and Charles Streets Milton on Saturday June 26 1948 at 1:30 p.m. A Washing Machine Spartan mantel radio GE refrigerator Rangette vacuum lamps couches chairs tables rugs and more in new or near new condition. Cash settlement day of sale. Auctioneers W. Randall and Clerk.
Immencing at 1.00 o'clock DST FAMA Y June 25 1948. Holstein cows and heifers bred to herd sire Pioneer Lodge Sovereign with calfs at foot. Pigs 20 weanling pigs. Horses and harness include bay mare and bay horse. Implements include McCormick Deering Hay Loader Massey Harris tools. Household items include a cream separator dining room suite and farm implements. Terms cash on day of sale.
Mackenzie News notes summer returns with Sec ond Line and addresses dusty Acton roads. It promotes a $32.50 investment to add 2 inches of granulated rockwool in a 24 by 32 attic for summer comfort and winter fuel savings, and mentions Saturday dances at Acton Park Pavilion sponsored by the Y's Men's Club.
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