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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 24, 1948
Page
3
Northern Ontario residents warn visitors about the deadly risk of bush fires. They describe widespread destruction and historic losses, urging careful lighting and full extinguishment to prevent repeat tragedies during holidays in the northland.
An editorial argues that Socialists won less than a third of the vote in recent elections and by defeating them with promises is insufficient. The piece urges non-CCF parties to offer freedom for individual initiative and a future without regimentation and heavy taxation to win support.
Ten years ago Northern Ontario mining towns boasted strong prosperity and high employment ratios while tenacious optimism persists for future exploration. Today mining activity looks steady but wages lag behind other sectors as costs rise and ore profits narrow margins.
The text notes mining towns in Northern Ontario, including Cobalt, remain hopeful about future growth and continued status as producers of high rank. It praises fine buildings and good homes, projecting ongoing industry and development as the region remains young and expansion continues.
A visitor describes New Liskeard and Haileybury showing diversified Northern Ontario industry. He notes wood processing plants turning logs into building fittings and matches, with a modern repair facility nearby, and predicts more local manufacturing. The market focus includes England.
A sales plea for a good cheap car echoes a public wish as buyers seek larger vehicles amid rising taxes and production costs. Industry notes no deliberate size increases, while forecasts focus on cheaper operation and future car development.
The piece laments slow highway repairs especially frost damaged No 7 east of Brampton and critiques scarce cross city cooperation. It notes overlong safety bulletins and the impracticality of distant death notices and urges direct mail or telegram submissions.
The carpenters began work on Mr Geo Mullholland's new front at Esquesing. Strawberries sold at record lows for June with four cent basket prices last week. Two more bank barns were raised at Erin Lot 3 Con 3 and Lot 26 Can 4 Esquesing. Acton's public library to open Monday July 4. Farmers Institute excursion to Guelph on Saturday with 35c and 20c for children. Robert Blyth reeve of Guelph Township gored by a bull. amputation feared.
The Free Press notes Acton Women’s Institute summer meeting with about twenty five members at Limehouse Institute. Entrance exams list fifty two pupils with twenty one from Acton and the rest from rural district schools. Boston Presbyterian Church Esquesing marks the 108th anniversary. A June wedding in Alton unites Rose Druscilla Morris and Arthur William Lane. Collard Stewart marriage occurs at Anton y June 23 1928. James H. Allen dies at Guelph General Hospital in his 58th year.
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