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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 31, 1949
Page
2
A letter reflects on Acton’s evolution from hamlet named Acton in 1844 to a village since 1873 and now proposes town status. The writer notes population exceeds 2600, growth since incorporation, and hopes the change preserves community spirit, co operation, and village virtues amid expansion.
The budget cuts taxes by nearly 370 million and removes 750000 from the income tax rolls. Illustrative cuts include singles from 320 to 235 dollars at 2500 income, 835 to 700 at 5000, and 2253 to 1960 at 10000. Married filers also see sizable reductions and refunds for those dropped from the rolls. Special taxes on soft drinks candy and gum are reported removed, hinting at five cent prices returning.
The fifteen per cent travel ticket tax is removed along with long distance telegraph and cable taxes. Jewellery cosmetics and toilet preparations taxed at twenty five per cent fall to ten per cent and luggage handbags taxes drop ten per cent. Pens and pencils taxed at thirty five per cent shift to ten per cent. Taxes will apply to manufacturers' price, not retail. Liquor and tobacco taxes unchanged. Abbott calls it the little man's budget benefiting every Canadian family.
Rotary clubs across Ontario including Acton plan the Easter Seal Campaign to fund the Ontario Society for Crippled Children. Since 1947 the drive supports polio tuberculosis rickets congenital and accidental crippling with hospital care appliances and aid. Acton Rotary urges residents to buy seals with tax receipts issued. Merrywood on the Rideau Camp is sponsored by the society.
The piece criticizes Ontario margarine policy and provincial grants while urging readers to include savings interest on income tax. It warns that butter substitutes may threaten prices and laments municipal taxation shifts. It questions provincial budget excise tax implications and warns against government tax meddling.
Acton's March notices report James Barry taking horse clipping work, Halton Post Office gains in revenue and money orders for 1868, and Acton postal revenue and estate sales figures. George Brovel buys Thomas Agnew estate shop and stock. dress cutting school opens with home or business lessons by J C Sligh. Archibald McTavish recovers from a broken leg, resuming business. Marconi wireless tests begin with successful results and signor Marconi leading the trials.
The advisory committee for the new arena project chose the Park as the logical location after a meeting with the Council. Royal City Lodge and Guelph group visited Lodge Wood green No. 302. Telegraph and Boy Scouts sessions highlighted regional ties. Arch Black, 75, of Christie Station, died after being struck by a CPR freight train. Died Allan near BalSinafad in March 1920.
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