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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 25, 1954
Page
2
A reader criticizes provincial taxation embedded in municipal bills, noting that every gallon of gasoline, liquor, beer, and police fines funds provincial coffers. The piece argues government grants and subsidies mask real costs and that municipal budgets rely on state revenue, urging readers to understand the true flow of funds and administration costs.
The wartime market shift is over. With postwar growth continuing, prices rise but the path to a thriving standard of living lies in tougher work hours and greater production. Canada must boost efficiency, develop resources, and accept sharper global competition. Climate of optimism remains as markets rebound.
In an era of keener competition, a rise in door to door salesmen and glib callers is foreseen. These itinerants push give away proposals that initial scrutiny will reveal as unsound. Only safe course is to buy from local merchants who stand behind goods and services.
The piece argues pedestrians are a minority group ignored in winter and spring as roads are kept clear but sidewalks remain inconsistent. It calls for a Pedestrians Union to press for sidewalk maintenance and funding alongside roadwork, noting budgets favor road upkeep and new streets over sidewalk repair.
Handful of paragraphs urge local residents to donate Easter Seals via the Rotary Club to support crippled children in the town and district. It notes growing needs, braces, and appliances for growing kids and frames giving help as a practical Easter message of renewal.
The Sydney Post Record blasts lax driver license grants amid a surge of highway tragedies. The Powassan News flags April 1 postal rate hikes and penny postage becoming nickel. North Battleford News-Optimist laments a misread town event about a city hall and livery stable. Kamloops Sentinel notes an intoxicated man fined for refusing a hospital date and clothes removal.
Jim D notes that Acton and surrounding areas show 2683 unemployed or on short time, with 819 on short time. Despite rumors of collapse, employment offices report not a severe downturn, expansions in Acton industries and shared jobs from Malton, Ford, and Guelph GE plant easing the picture. Travel for work remains common.
Otto J Hardwick former Pee county warden died instantly when his car left the road and struck a concrete abutment near his Bolton home The Erin Advocate notes he was also known as a promoter of amateur sport in the area.
Sunday March 28 1954 features 1000 am Sunday School 100 am Morning Worship with Ordeal and Outcome 700 pm Evening Worship with Life of Jesus scenes and faces from other years 1900 am Sunday School 1100 am Morning Worship 700 pm Evening Worship 815 pm Prayer meeting and choir rehearsal drama festival April 2 8 pm with three plays Acton Cheltenham Hillsburgh.
The Acton council weighs a continuance of partial exemption for W H Storey and Son Ltd and notes a basing of assessment. Henderson calls Ontario school funds safe in Dominion hands. Spring millinery sales at Henderson & Co and HR B Scott. Shorthorns sale draws a crowd. Collector Graham reports 1903 taxes nearly collected. The Acton school history notes the first dwelling used as a school and later buildings through 1861.
In 1934 Acton school colors the choir under Mrs Moore prepares for an appearance in Toronto on April 4. The piece notes local figures debating Murray Memorial Building projects and records the 1934 Legion officers elected at Acton branch. Also covered are a fatal hit and run involving Provincial Traffic Officer Russell Lemon, the Storey and Arnold glove company merger anniversary, and a hockey finals upset with the Crescents defeating the Majestics for the Patt trophy.
A local listing presents miscellaneous names and roles including D J Armstrong chiropractor and Olive M Lampard music teacher, with deadlines and contact details. It also lists accounting firms Gerald Candler Alfred Bishop and a Canadian National Railways timetable with daily and weekend departures and flagstop notes for Georgetown and Guelph.
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