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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 22, 1936
Page
2
The Acton Free Press outlines subscription pricing at 700 cents yearly in advance, requests address changes, notes cancellations to avoid interruptions, and states advertising is accepted on application with liability limited for errors unless a written proof is requested. Editor G Arloy Dills.
The writer recalls Indian Summer as an oft delayed warm spell between snowfall and winter. An old theory suggests the Indians delayed preparations for winter, with white settlers sharing in the same grace period before cold weather asserts itself.
Brampton Conservator argues relief should be funded by municipalities to speed recovery and reduce taxpayer strain. The piece cautions delayed action has already increased reliance on public relief and urges vigilant management of relief funds to prevent unwarranted generosity by councils and boards.
The national unemployment relief scheme, backed by banks and government, aims to fund home improvements from furnaces to bathrooms. In Acton, plumbers expect strong demand as many houses lack modern conveniences, making bathrooms essential for rent or sale and potentially boosting local employment.
The Ontario Gazette forces towns to advertise tax sale lands at high cost for little return. Oshawa reports about 65 000 dollars in taxes and costs advertised but under 300 dollars in sales realized, while ads cost 505.15 dollars. The Oshawa Times and Financial Post call for ending compulsory Gazette advertising and shifting to local newspapers.
Official preliminary figures show declines in apple pears plums and prunes peaches apricots strawberries raspberries and grapes from 1935 levels. Commercial fruit growing remains concentrated in Annapolis Valley Saint John Valley southern Quebec and Ontario and British Columbia interior valleys.
Mr Sam Charters of the Brampton Conservator marks forty years in printing. He began as a trainee earning forty dollars a year, worked long hours, learned the trade from case to foreman, and bought the Conservator with his sons. He later served Peel County in Parliament and remains honored for his industry and leadership.
The piece cites Canada producing horse drawn vehicles valued at over a million dollars annually and eight sugar refineries in 1935 with a production worth 36,597,997 dollars. It notes fresh vegetables exports of 601,435 dollars in five months, versus 195,555 last year, and discusses Apple Day appeals despite weather.
A Sunday school lesson notes Paul in Corinth with revival themes and the primacy of love from 1 Corinthians 13. It outlines love as the supreme spiritual gift, describes fifteen marks of love, and contrasts prophecies and knowledge with love’s permanence in the Christian life.
The text proclaims that in this partial life we cannot fully know God or ourselves yet love remains perfect. It emphasizes three abiding virtues faith hope and love with love proclaimed the greatest and unmatched among them.
Aimed H. Brittain head of a major Canadian fish company argues Canadians eat far less fish than the English average. He cites 2 pounds per person in Canada versus about 43 pounds in England and urges government education and advertising campaigns to expand markets and boost welfare.
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports August retail sales rising 3.5 percent seasonally adjusted from a year earlier. The general index reached 75.1, highest since February 1932 except December 1935, with hardware up 25 to 24.1 percent and furniture up 12.0 percent. Groceries and meats rose 8.1 percent while department stores advanced 3 percent and drug sales 1.2 percent. some sectors like boot and shoe stores and men's clothing fell.
A father recalls his youth and laboring as a waiter for a bricklayer. The son responds that without the father’s pluck and perseverance he might have had to do such work himself, expressing pride and gratitude.
A fragment shows Ullle Nelle visiting her twin brothers for the first time and joking about extra items. A White girl scolds about housekeeping as Dad quits riht. The text appears as a serialized or domestic scene with playful banter.
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