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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 16, 1961
Page
2
The piece argues merchants and business leaders resent the new provincial sales tax. It claims exemptions for purchases under 48 or 17 cents were considered but rejected to raise revenue and curb calls for more handouts. It notes planning was rushed, causing burdens on retailers and income taxes, and forcing double bookkeeping for many firms.
In a speech for The Steel Company of Canada Stuart Armour argues Canada must expand its domestic market to provide employment for educated youth rather than rely on exporting educated and trained manpower. He compares Canada’s export-dependent economy with the US self-sufficiency and warns reliance on exports risks high skilled unemployment.
The text argues Khrushchev announced a pause in new industrial projects at the 22nd Party Congress, suggesting a capital shortage rooted in an inefficient agricultural base. It compares Soviet progress to Western Europe and notes Western political economies advancing through industrial and agricultural revolutions.
A comical anecdote shows a young shopper negotiating a provincial sales tax in Ontario as戒 a clerk asks ninety cents for diapers and three cents for sex. The boy quips his mother uses safety pins, highlighting tax frustration amid new rules.
An Atikokan Progress columnist battles a Baptist minister who mocks his writing using out of context scripture. The exchange includes jabs about reputation, marriage, and toughness, with the critic insisting the article was a mix of trash and rubbish.
Fred G. Millar of Halifax responds to a controversial Sugar and Spice column, defending the writer’s style while defending the editor and local clergy. He criticizes attacks on readers and defends free expression, calling for calm and respect amid public bickering.
Residents from Hamilton to Erin share social visits and auditions. Linda McKenna auditioned for Tiny Talent Show. Linda and Biffie attended in Hamilton. Mrs Veron Stewart hosted neighbors at a plastic demonstration. Town council held an open meeting on Erik land for a potential Community Centre with a ballot vote. Ladies' Aid of Knox Presbyterian held November gathering with devotions and plans for Christmas supper.
A 1911 Acton page recounts wheel mishaps at a tannery, a man sustaining a head injury, and a wrist sprain from a loose beam. Skaters enjoy early-season ice on Corporation Pond as town children sled. A Halifax walker nears 15 000 miles with a prize offer while Christmas ads promote a pramophone and Vietrola deals at A T Brown Druggist.
A mixed local notice from 1941 mentions Mrs L B Shorey of Bobcaygeon to be interred, highlighting her marksmanship during a duck hunt and noting nearby civic events. It also covers Acton Volunteer Civil Guard practice, utilities meeting on decorative street lighting, upcoming elections, weather impacts on farming, and a junior floor hockey game in Toronto.
Local Acton Ontario directory items include multiple physicians lawyers dentists and professionals with names such as Dr W G C Kenney Dr D A Garrett Dr H Leib and C F Leatherland QC plus Barristers A Braida and David W Gohn D C. Also listed are Lever Hoskin accountants coaches Leavy bus schedules and street addresses on Mill Street Main Street Cork Street and Willow Street with contact numbers and office hours.
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