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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 03, 1946
Page
10
Acton Pair presents its annual show window of the agricultural district with the fair returning to pre war style now that the arena is in use and hall exhibits can be displayed again. War years caused delays but the 1946 event invites local attendance this Friday and Saturday with favorable weather expected.
The October eighteenth issue marks National Newspaper Week highlighting the press as a guardian of liberty. It urges public appreciation for information, community service, and government improvement efforts supported by newspapers.
A clipping from a farmer’s magazine recites a man’s odd acts to prove kindness in a divorce case. He laments his wife’s cruelty while recounting nightly ax warming for her hands, 25 cent soap allowances, three years of bachelor meals, and gardening duties. The piece ends with a cynical remark on a philosopher’s view of women.
Excavations near Waubaushene and Orillia reveal early Canadian history, drawing visitors and prompting towns to mark historical sites. The piece urges recording local pioneer sites, churches, forts, and boat-building locales before memories fade, noting the role of Canada’s Historical Sites and Monuments Board and local action.
An article citing the 1945 Dominion Fire Commissioner report on Canada fire losses over ten years. It lists child fatalities from fires caused by matches, stoves, gasoline lighting, and smoke or gas suffocation, urging parents to take responsibility and improve fire prevention.
Editorial questions the difference between appearing good and being good urging caution about liquor use while driving. It cites Prof L Joslyn Rogers from Guelph who links liquor to half of major highway accidents and argues a pint of beer can impair driving. Readers praised last week's piece on serving the community and backs a full Liquor Control Board analysis of license applications.
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