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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 30, 1933
Page
9
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The action to fill Reeve ship Councillors and Trustees without elections found favor among ratepayers. With no outstanding issues, nominees pledged support for Murray Memorial building and left details to the committee. School Trustees election seen as unavoidable as McCleary and Browne withdrew in favor of other aspirants. Two new members join a board already with four returning members, promising smooth operation next year.
Britain plans substantial imports of Canadian turkeys from the Prairie Provinces Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Turkeys will be chilled not frozen and graded by Canadian inspectors with color tags indicating first blue or yellow grades. Exports in year exceeded 1 000 000 pounds and Canada houses millions of birds on farms as Western provinces expand turkey production. An active movement of Canadian chilled chickens is also anticipated for Britain.
Speculation grows as the 1933 Halton County Council nears its term end with Reeves chosen for 1934. Reeve H Cleave of Georgetown is prominently mentioned as a likely candidate, as interest heats among council members to choose Haltons next Warden.
The Indestructible Crate Co plans to move from Georgetown to Acton occupying a former plant site. Extensive interior alterations will expand operations and create jobs as the company scales output. Local industry activity brings unemployment relief and community pride, with Mr Phillips leading the move.
Reeve tells rate payers Middle Road works not yet approved by the County Council. Critics say it is a high handed Department of Highways move to spend county money on a road motorists find unnecessary. Questions arise if local influence shaped the plan and why funds aren’t used to link Milton to Acton No. 7 Highway.
Editorial notes discuss Acton's Christmas preparations and municipal stability. The column then reports Saskatchewan butter production up 11.6 percent in nine months of 1933, notes Hugh Savage's election in British Columbia, and provides 1932 Canada macaroni industry statistics including production, imports, and exports values and quantities.
In Ephesus Paul teaches three months in the Jewish synagogue, then two years of daily meetings as the gospel spreads from Jews to Greeks. Demonic exorcism and the use of Jesus name for gain are rebuked, lead to a public bonfire of magical books worth ten thousand dollars, and a great revival praising the name of Jesus.
Excerpts from the Gardens Chronicle cite Mr T E B Tomalin, gardener to the Earl of Bessborough, advising autumn plantings of black and red currants, gooseberries and raspberries. He urges deep trenching or double digging, manure enrichment, open sunny sites, and good drainage to ensure future yields.
The article discusses building a roof supported fruit cage to protect buds and ripening fruit. It explains placing two to three rows of red currants or gooseberries between uprights and fitting currants inside the cage walls. The method allows many bushes in a compact enclosure.
A tourist cyclist asks where roads lead and receives blunt local guidance. The rightward path passes Farmer Gaff’s place, the left is a private road to the squire, and the center continues onward. The tale closes with a quip on ambition and appetite.
The Geneva Bible printed in 1549 in Geneva introduced roman type verse divisions and italics for explanations. It influenced later English Bibles including the King James Version and prompted the famous misreading in Genesis 3 7 about making themselves breeches.
In a humorous noted exchange, Mrs. Smith says her husband saves every penny while Mrs. Scott laments his reluctance to spend at all. Both women discuss how their spouses manage money.
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