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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 18, 1939
Page
12
The Acton Free Press outlines subscription cancellations requiring intent to continue only if unpaid after expiration. Advertising rates are available on application and as listed in column headings. The paper notes it will correct errors only if a written proof signed by the advertiser is returned with noted corrections.
The writer urges readers to focus on the Royal visit to Canada and the United States rather than European war rumors. It argues the royal tour provides pleasant, unifying news and suggests forgetting Hitler Mussolini chatter for weeks while the imperial guests are in North America.
The King and Queen will pass near Acton on June 6, sharing facilities with nearby districts and bringing a cordial reception from municipalities. Local families hope the royal couple will please children and leave lasting positive impressions during the royal visit through Guelph and surrounding areas.
A citizen proposed a collective effort to plant trees in various spots to beautify the town. With no acting Agricultural Society or Chamber of Commerce, the Council and Agricultural Society might lead, supported by ladies groups or the Town U committee, to start soon despite awaiting royal visit dates.
The season brings joys of travel yet also daily motor accidents. Speed limits and safe driving matter as curves and ditches threaten. Drivers must ensure their cars are fit, avoid beverage rooms while traveling, and remember no one under sixteen may drive.
The annual prison and reformatories reports show 1938 figures with 30 345 committed for trial and 23 649 sentenced to prison, noting increases since 1913 except 1915 to 1925. Halton County records include 120 Milton jail inmates, 54 temperate and 66 temperate, with 5 illiterate, salaries totaling 2091.86 and daily prisoner cost 1.20.
The lesson from Ephesians 6:15-21 discusses resisting foolishness and seeking the will of the Lord, warning against drunkenness as a form of folly that harms noble aims. It notes that repentance and spiritual fullness can restore a drunkard to the kingdom of God and urges wise living.
President Roosevelt selects Brigadier General George Catlett Marshall to become chief of the U S Army after General Malin Craig completes his term this summer. The article then discusses religious conceptions of being filled with the Spirit and contrasts it with intoxication, followed by commentary on the duties of children and parents, obedience, and biblical authority in family life.
A brief dialogue shows a foreman accusing a worker of carrying two logs while another sticks to one. The reply frames the other as lazy for not making two trips, highlighting workplace humor.
Production of radio receiving sets in Canada in 1938 totaled 242 721. Canadian employment covered 11 309 establishments with 1 027 846 workers. Florists sold 744 518 roses in 1938. Commentary on dust control measures, blossom viewing, burned Mill Street buildings, and court procedure quirks. Main thoroughfare road work and planned improvements after pole removal on Mill Street noted.
A fragmented directory shows doctors and a marriage licences issuer with office hours and phone numbers. Barrister and solicitor Kenneth M. Langdon, notary public, and a dental surgeon are also named with hours and locations.
Eastbound and westbound train guidance lists times for Acton Georgetown Guelph and London routes with notes on exceptions and coach departures to Toronto and Kitchener. The document specifies daily and holiday service patterns and through schedules with special cases noted.
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