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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 03, 1932
Page
2
A call for serious reconstruction in Acton politics urges ratepayers to back capable, committed candidates for municipal offices. The piece stresses voting as selecting a town Board of Directors to shape taxes, growth, and progress amid financial difficulties and hard times for towns and individuals.
Letter to the editor discusses open days for pheasant hunting and farmer property rights. It condemns careless hunters who misuse ammunition and damage farms while praising respectful practices and licensing limits to protect landowners.
Halton County Council signaled support for the Middle Road construction plan while opposing highway funding shifts. Acton residents praise Reeve Thetford for opposing the project as critics urge local ratepayers to back publicly owned rail freight over trucking.
The Bark's Falls Arrow portrays the back to the land trend as a mere soaking process for the district. Windsor area residents settled on land in Parry Sound district endure makeshift homes west of Trout Creek. Log shanties house a dozen hens, meals cooked Gypsy style from a tripod, with no winter provisions and no potato hill visible. The piece questions the movement's viability.
A compilation of civic comments on municipal salaries and governance alongside editorials on education costs, moderation issues, and a call for reader letters. Includes remarks on licensing numbers in 1932 and local political attitudes in Orillia.
A reader vents about repeated calls for refreshments at social meetings arguing many members cannot afford or justify paying for both admission and snacks. She urges societies to cut refreshments to respect budgets and urges initiative from organizers while reflecting on neighborly duty and quiet courage.
A nostalgic appeal asks the Farr Press readers not to desert the paper and urges bringing back three good housing. The piece notes memory and aging while a separate note promotes Dr. J. D. Kelloge's Asthma Remedy claiming relief from asthma and improved energy for sufferers.
The piece argues that real self-confidence comes from repeated successful tasks. It distinguishes this from crude vanity and notes that genuine confidence is built through experience, effort, and completing tasks to a finish. Anyone can attain it through steady practice and achievement.
Canadian apple growing reaches Beaverlodge Alberta 428 miles north of the U.S. border with standard apples ripening further north. This year a new market arises as British Columbia ships over 750 boxes to South Africa by refrigerator car via Montreal to Cape Town.
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