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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 07, 1953
Page
3
The piece honors mothers with quotes about motherly influence and notes Mother's Day should rank beside Christmas in significance. It argues Canada’s development lies in manufacturing, warns urban sprawl strains, and urges new plants to grow in smaller centres to spread prosperity and reduce social “ulcers.”
Halton County residents reflect on income tax, government support, and the flow of money through the post office. Census figures show 13 163 children receive family allowances averaging 6.50 monthly, and about 2 400 seniors over 70 receive 480 yearly, circulating funds locally amid tax debates. The piece notes improvements in 1953 and praises the post office in a small community.
Healthy Canadians and swelling metropolises push growth of industry and population. One third of Canadians live in areas over 100 000, with Montreal and Toronto housing a large share. Ottawa reports 30 percent of manufacturing investment will go to 14 centers this year, while Montreal and Toronto attract one sixth of expansion spending. smaller towns like Kitimat Leduc Beaverlodge Lynn Lake Burnt Creek Bathurst gain attention.
The article notes growing household gadgets including a television camera that can project images from different rooms onto the TV screen. It argues husbands should be careful with gadget purchases and highlights automation in stoves, refrigerators, washers, and heating, with margarine color mixing remaining manual.
Saskatchewan shutters a Moose Jaw woollen mill due to losses marking the sixth government operation closed since 1944. The piece notes prior Regina tannery and shoe factory closures in 1948 with losses of 155 763 dollars and questions state run health care costs in exchanges with Manitoba and British Columbia.
Mil Street Lot H remains mired in negotiations over opening a street on years of tax and title struggles. The town sought to gain title, while Barr and Seynyck properties complicate access to a house behind Lot H. Removal of a water line and potential subdivision hinge on an agreed plan, with April and May deadlines looming.
Trafalgar Public Utilities Commission employees organize a local of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and elect Robert Wright as the first president. The piece also notes several other regional items including plans for a new Burlington curling rink and highway projects affecting the area.
Local Acton area professionals listed including physicians surgeons veterinarians chiropractors and agents with offices in Acton Guelph Milton and Toronto. Includes Dr W G C Kenney Dr D A Garrett B D Young F G Oakes and others their offices contact info real estate insurance and business services firms Wright Bracken Lever Hoskin Candler and a coach schedule for Acton departures and arrivals.
May 1 reports from Frank NWT describe a massive slide that buried the town and railway, trapping seventeen miners and destroying homes as rain floods the area. May 3 notes ongoing slides and mass evacuation warnings, with villagers fleeing while debris and disease fears spread.
Georgetown hosts Stratford contest second prize for 1933 band. Dublin Women’s Institute members and families held a Parish Hall social with over seventy attendees. A Black Creek Fishing Club formed to control Tannery Creek fishing rights. Acton Public School files sixteen entries for Halton County Music Festival. A Halton Presbyterial Women’s Missionary Society meeting reported optimistic secretary records. A town rehearsal drew a crowded Town Hall audience. A son was born Friday April 2 1933 at Toronto General Hospital to Mr and Mrs B D Rachlin Acton.
Timetable snippets show daily and Sunday schedules for Canadian National Railways including trains at Georgetown and Guelph. Times listed recur with daily except Sundays and specific Sunday only services. Several redacted or garbled entries appear, including multiple daily and weekend departures.
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