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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 25, 1948
Page
16
Fragmentary notice notes metrics of births and deaths with no charge mentioned. The readable text includes garbled lines referencing Rotors and lines, but lacks clear entities or dates for a fuller summary.
Births and obituaries across Acton and surrounding towns list newborns Lindaean Nicol Roy Gordon Rognvaldson and notices for William Jarges Peal Robert Menzie Emily Easterbrook Edith Gear Whol-Tot and Caroline Adamson. Services scheduled at Guelph General Hospital Johnstone Rum ley Funeral Home Acton Fairview Cemetery with dates in November 1948.
G H Lantz thanks friends for many kind inquiries telephone calls cards fruit and flowers sent during her illness.
Local notice notes alterations at Home Bakery building and a new fire escape at Public School. Acton High pupils attended the Royal Winter Fair. Nominations night planned at Town Hall. W B Rumsey bought a brick block at Mill and John Streets. Bruce McLeod and Better Theatres guests praised Roxy Theatre show. Bert Wood buys Main corner for Buick Pontiac service in Acton area. Eileen Duffy earns Master of Social Work at University of Toronto convocation and joins Children’s Aid Society staff with high standing.
Last night at the Roxy Theatre an amateur night drew a good crowd between feature film showings. George Robinson, the Roxy manager, served as MC and kept the audience entertained with anecdotes. Performers received applause after their interviews.
The Dominican Republic comprises two thirds of the island of Santo Domingo. Columbus named the island Hispaniola when he discovered it in 1492.
Emily Easterbrook widow of James Akins died at her Willow Street home after years of ill health. Born December 1863 in Nassagaweya Township she lived most of her life in the district. She leaves Cecil Akins in Guelph and daughter Annie plus siblings and a granddaughter Doreen Akins of Guelph. Funeral service was held at Johnstone Rumley Funeral Home with Rev. Louis Pickering officiating and interment at Fairview Cemetery beside her husband.
Britain will adopt new school construction methods to accelerate the program. A report from the Technical Working Party on School Construction recommends standardized flexible systems, bulk prefabricated units, and wide use. A British firm reports a machine producing continuous hard artificial board at under one third the usual cost with near automatic processing.
Overseas visitors spent 160 million dollars in Britain during the season just ended. Of this total 28 million was spent in shops buying items from gold plate to golf clubs. The figures were announced by the British Travel Association.
Despite shortages and rising costs, Canada’s construction boom continues with nine months of contracts already over 950 million dollars. The year’s total is expected to near 400 million, signaling a historic level of activity per The Financial Post.
The Financial Post reports life insurance purchases in September totalled 84.726 million, down about 1.8 percent from a year earlier. For the first nine months, year to date sales were about 18 percent lower than 1947 at 873.2 million.
At the Acton Rotary weekly luncheon two members were absent. Plans were made for a joint meeting with Acton Y's Men's Club. A decision approved giving $200 to the Boy Scouts to establish a new Scout home on the school property.
Brantford Businessmen via the Board of Trade analyzed eight local plants. They found 4.4 cents of every factory dollar goes to materials. 26.4 cents to wages. 5 cents to tax. 2.67 cents retained for plant renewal. Nine-tenths of a cent goes to shareholders. For every 100 workers, 92 are shareholders. average pay is 27 times the shareholder payout. average capital investment per job is 4764 dollars.
In 1947 Canadian workers produced nearly seven of every ten yards of woven fabrics used in Canada. The statistic highlights strong domestic textile activity and the lead role of Canadian mills in the industry.
Multiple farm implements from 1940s era including a Studebaker sedan Plymouth coach and Dodge car, tractors, milking machines, plows, mowers, and a range, all offered by Thos. E. Hewson in Georgetown. Also a sales pitch for a mail catalog and a separate arena concession tender call for Acton Park with bid deadline December 4 1948.
Classified notices show part time help wanted at H Wiles Acton and a clerk typist position for general office work with Wool Combing Corporation of Canada Acton. Also seeks to buy pullets Barred Rocks Light Sussex 18 weeks to laying and cash for period antiques and old items at Georgetown and Fergus Ontario.
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