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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 06, 1954
Page
3
A recollection notes forty years of daylight saving in Canada and its ongoing time chaos. Alberta and Prince Edward Island ban summer time, while many towns shift between April and September. Local districts struggle with uniform train schedules and store hours, and a universal workable solution remains elusive.
The article argues that taxpayers should scrutinize school levies and debenture costs, noting councils levy taxes but schools set their own raises. It highlights fixed municipal charges and urges attention to the tax levy summary on bills to understand overall costs.
Opinion piece argues towns should regulate door to door canvassers with licenses and mayor or police chief letters of recommendation. Highlights Dundas rules requiring permits for selling magazine subscriptions and warns against unscrupulous peddlers, calling for municipal protections for citizens and merchants.
A column celebrates Mother's Day as a vital influence on history and daily life. It urges respectful, simple gestures and a flower to honor mothers, noting even great figures credit their mothers for shaping who they became.
A reflective column recalls early subway histories in London and New York and contrasts them with Toronto’s 41.3 miles of underground lines. The writer admits mixed enthusiasm, recalls practical annoyances of early subway travel, and weighs urban transit against countryside travel for leisure and joy.
The Victoria Colonist claims CBC's TV division cost taxpayers at least 15 million dollars for plant and service, excluding buildings. It argues many programs could be received for free from American stations and that TV owners, through receiver taxes, partly finance this costly entertainment while distant viewers also foot the bill.
A look at weekly newspapers serving Canadian communities, their role in chronicling local life, and the challenges of editors, printers, and advertisers. Across Canada over 700 weeklies document local events and keep hometown readers connected, proving resilience despite decline in daily papers.
Georgetown's old transport firm sold last week as Hornman Snyder ceded ownership of the 33 year-old business to Scobie Transport Ltd. Snyder will exit May 1 but will work with Scobie in running the Georgetown operation. Bronte Council rejects water system changes for Trafalgar sewage, while Oakville-Trafalgar Hospital plans a 99-bed addition costing about 1.6 million dollars, with 1.38 million from debentures and subscriptions. Oakville council seeks federal help against pounding lakeshore waves. Burlington Fire Department dispute ends in plan to meet and discuss pay rise. Milton aims to attract a new 100-employee industry, with the unnamed 114 year-old firm to relocate there. Milton-North Trafalgar Planning Board approves a 10-acre Henderson subdivision with 336 lots and a 66-foot road allowance to connect Bell Street and Barton Street extension.
A front yard solution favors annuals along the foundation to avoid blocking windows. Flowers keep height manageable and add color, fitting modern homes with large windowed facades. Dooryard gardens replace trees for more sunshine and harmony with house colors, as architecture seeks brighter indoor light.
A conversation shows Hank insisting his brother cannot read or write and wants him to pay taxes instead. The exchange highlights literacy barriers in tax assistance and family pressure to handle financial tasks without understanding.
A local directory listing doctors dentists real estate agents lawyers and veterinarians with office addresses and telephone numbers in Acton Ontario. Includes travel timetable snippets for eastbound and westbound services and signals a six year service period for a funeral home and local teaching and insurance services.
In Milton hall with a packed audience Thomas A. Blakelock P.P. was unanimously chosen by the Liberal Progressive party to contest Halton county in the upcoming provincial election. A new Liberal song sheet circulated among the crowd as the meeting closed. Daylight saving time discussed by Acton school board with concern over local timing confusion. Arrow coach service starts between Acton and Milton on line two. advocates seek provincial highway status. Fishermen reported only modest catches May 1. season luck poor amid unsettled weather. Limehouse stone quarries active. most stone sent to Toronto. Town hall concert supported the local baseball club, with Dr E J Nelson hosting and Mr C Mason directing the band. secretary E Coles credited. In Guelph oratorical contest Miss Thirza Gandier Eden Mills won second prize in the senior group for tone and delivery.
In 1904 Acton youths pranked streets after lights went out, singing outside Knox manse and disturbing a local minister. Meanwhile local real estate activity surged with several notable property sales: Commercial Hotel to J J Hall for about 3000 dollars, W J Humphries’ Church St. lot to David Elliott for 700, Thomas Perryman Jr property to Donald McGregor for 900, Brock St. brick cottage to Charles Mason, Agnes St Quittner property to Norman McLeod for 550. The Busy Store expanded delivery to 30 minutes and Goodeve Co showcased new cut glass in a lit plate glass case attracting crowds.
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