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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 04, 1939
Page
16
A jumble of small items described as coming from a pocket includes a jackknife, marbles, whistle, shell, half devoured sucker, penny, bird wing, pencil, sling shot, bottle tops, pebbles, toad, and brass items. The note evokes a childlike collection of trinkets and curiosities and a playful catalog of everyday objects.
Community notes report trout fishing success and local sales, church visits, and a Great War Veterans' Association address led by Major Niven and Secretary Turley. Elections at the Women's Institute elected Mrs George Havill as president, with officers including Mrs W M Collier and Mrs George R Agnew. Also mentions demobilization of forces in Siberia and Egypt and a homecoming reception for Pte Charlie Morton. Acton shipping of potatoes exceeds 4 000 bags to United States. Obituary: Robert Young dies at Lot 12 Second Line Erin in his 70th year.
Canada’s 1938 bird banding added 32 226 records to official files plus 815 recoveries. Since 1923 more than 300 000 birds have been banded and about 25 000 recovery records added. International cooperation with the US aids tracing migration and life history of banded birds.
Roses headed the indoor grown cut flower sales in Canada for the year ending May 31 1938 with 12 133 824 sales worth 744 518 while gladioli led outdoor cut flowers with 1 044 775 sales valued at 54 175 Total floricultural and ornamental nursery stock value for the year is reported.
In a classroom exchange, a teacher asks Janey to name Napoleon's nationality. Janey confirms, and the teacher replies with approval, highlighting a successful answer in the moment.
The column recalls old Acton residents and places along Church Street near John Street. It mentions Johnnie McKee, his store near the Barracks fire, Nellie Dempsey, the Burrows family readers, Richard Burrows’ temper and a facial scar, and later residents including the Wordens, Wiles and Huards. It preserves local lore of farms, small trades, and moving houses over decades.
A patient with chronic bronchitis consults a doctor who warns of the illness's potential for easy treatment. The physician then reveals his own fifteen year battle with bronchitis, delivering a lighthearted twist to the consultation.
An amateur singer asks why tears form while singing. A singing teacher replies that ear stuffing with cotton can help reduce the tear reflex during vocalization.
The budget speech delivered Tuesday by Finance Minister Dunning outlines a 1940 fiscal deficit of 60 million dollars for the year ending March 11, 1940. It details tax relief for firms, a 10 percent expansion of capital expenditure for construction, three years of tax exemptions for new metallic mine developments, removal of a 3 percent excise tax on most imports, higher excise on spirits used in vinegar production, and tariff adjustments including elimination of duties on radio tube parts and a tax on crude rubber and tin. Dunning expresses no fear for solvency and urges leaders to expand production and employment.
Noted changes in seventy eight tariff items largely confirm concessions in the trade agreement between Canada and the United States. No sales tax changes, no changes in exemptions, and no changes in miscellaneous excise taxes.
Halton Holstein Breeders Club moves to stage a Milton Fall Fair exhibit focusing on Halton County cattle. The club backs a top Holstein display, with township committees to supply representative exhibits and a breeding program discussed by Byron Jenvey.
A silent, tense dialogue unfolds as one character accuses another of not speaking. The other replies they have nothing to say, prompting a direct question about marriage and a rejection or acceptance that remains unclear within the fragment.
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