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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 23, 1935
Page
9
The Free Press outlines pricing for notices and small ads with per word or line charges, extra for blackface, and minimums. It notes free reports of meetings and limited liability for errors unless a signed proof is requested and corrections noted.
The piece notes how May days offer different hopes for diverse groups. It highlights gardening, sports, motoring, picnics, and outdoor activity. It mentions sunshine boosting health for the sick and promising crops for farmers, while acknowledging cool, slower growth but overall delight this month.
Municipal Council praised for early season planning of sidewalk and roadway repairs around Acton. Plan aims to prevent costly future reconstructions by distributing improvements over years, addressing gravel road beds, crossings, and cement sidewalks while surveying for ongoing maintenance.
A reader cites many amusing police court incidents and argues fines are meant to warn offenders, not extract extra taxes. The piece notes municipalities rely on law enforcement to keep towns safe and questions the repeat offender argument used to dodge charges.
A change reduces the first penalty from five to four percent and replaces the May ten percent levy with a one half percent per month charge from year start. The shift, not compounded, aims to aid taxpayers and align with lower interest trends, saving one percent on the first penalty and four percent on the second. Authorities hope it improves tax collection and lowers arrearages.
Canada produced forest products totaling about 85.05 million dollars in 1933, with pulpwood leading at 33.21 million and firewood at 31.14 million. Quebec led in provincial value. Ontario and British Columbia followed. About 92 percent of timber cut was used domestically, from 2.03 billion cubic feet of timber.
The piece notes Acton by laws on fireworks and Victoria Day celebrations with nostalgic media items. It laments singing careers and Jubilee medal distributions while reporting a Dominion government oversubscription of a 60 million loan. It includes quotes about wealth, savings messages, and remarks on newspaper leadership changes.
A long, devotional discussion on Jesus eating the Passover with the twelve, Judas’s betrayal, and the meaning of the Lord's Supper. It addresses the bread as symbolic of Christ’s body and the blood shed for forgiveness, stressing obedience, foreknowledge, and the necessity of atonement through Christ's sacrifice. It notes Judas’s role and the universality of Jesus’s omniscience and the divine plan.
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