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Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Oct 27, 1949

Page

13

Local residents visit and travel notices in Acton area

Lersonals Rev and Mrs Chariton of Erin chaired Mrs Soper last week. Mr and Mrs Gen Aida of London visited Acton last week. Mr and Mrs Harrop spending a week’s vacation with his daughter in Detroit. Mr George Wallace of Toronto spent Sunday with his sister Miss Hesnah Wallace. Mr and Mrs Jas McGeachie of Toronto visited Acton relatives. Mrs R E H McKinney of Toronto spent a couple of days with Mr and Mrs George Murray. Mrs Joe Lashy and Lorraine returned home after visiting her mother in Ridgedale. Rack Mayor and Mrs J G King of Maury were weekend guests at the home of Mr and Mrs J H K MacArthur. Mr and Mrs Geo Dutchburn of Paris visited Acton friends and renewed acquaintances. Friends of Mr John Kingsbury were sorry he had to be moved to Guelph Hospital. Mr Howard Lambert came home from Guelph Hospital Tuesday. friends hope for improvement. Mrs Aymon moved to St Michael’s Hospital Toronto. speedy recovery hoped. Mr and Mrs Everett McDowell, Mr and Mrs Hugh Scotty, Mair and Karen of Toronto spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs J J Stewart on Main Street. Mr Fotl Wright and Mr N B Wright attended the Joint Convention of the Canadian and Ontario Association of Real Estate Boards and Farm Brokers Division in Montreal this week.

Fo Tl. Wright N B Wright Ontario Association of Real Estate Boards and Farm Brokers Division Montreal

Lithographers Seek $88.24 Weekly From Farmers

Canadian lithographers on strike demand a thirty seven and a half hour week with a weekly wage of 88.24 including benefits, while offering 75.50 plus a welfare plan. They want employers to bear welfare and pension costs, to be funded by lithographed advertising. Farmers and others would bear this through higher prices for goods including fuel and food.

Canada

Sunday Service Schedule Readable From Local Notice

Sunday observance details list Sunday School at morning, communion at midmorning, prayer and beginners class, afternoon evening prayer, with an invitation that a welcome awaits attendees.

London Telephone Directory Records Show Massive Volume

The London directory comprises four sections with 872 087 entries across 3 584 pages totaling 11 pounds 9 ounces. The four sections collectively hold a value of 4 300 000 volumes and weigh about 3 560 tons.

London Telephone Directory

Women and Men Critiqued in Reader's Digest Article

Miss Ramona Barth argues American women feel driven by a society that honors initiative and by husbands who provide material security but little love. She contrasts American and European male behavior and notes trends in dieting and fashion as signs of changing femininity. Babe Ruth's longest homer, 160 feet, came off Howard Ehmke on June 13, 1921 at the Polo Grounds.

Leland Stowe Ramona Barth Misa Barth Miss Harth Mise Barth Miss Barth Babe Ruth Howard Ehmke Polo Grounds New York

Buying Blindfold: CBC License Fee Proposal Sparks Public Buy-In Debate

The proposed doubling of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation license fee to eight dollars a year prompts strong public criticism. Opponents argue the CBC wields arbitrary power, lacks transparency, and imposes a tax without direct representation or open justification. They demand clearer information on how funds are used and urge consideration of independent broadcasters as alternatives.

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Ian CIC Ming CNC CRC

Etiquette on drinking from a bottle a changing norm

An older etiquette view notes direct bottle drinking as improper for girls, while modern guidance promotes nonalcoholic bottles. The piece cites a method called the corner method, advising gentle lips on the locking ring and avoiding sucking or blowing.

Buck Ingham Palace

Anniversary Walker Lodge 75th Anniversary Celebration

The Walker Lodge 75th anniversary celebration honored by Master W J Meatty and Mo OW Hm J o P Maher. Grand Master praised the lodge for its quarters and organization and stressed Masonry's role in character building and benevolent work supported by Ontario lodges. Grand Lodge officers and 166 visitors attended the event with gifts and surprises including a chest of Acton made items for the Grand Master.

W. J. Meatty Mo OW Hm J O P. Maher Walker Lodge Huihiing Thia Bro. Maher Aro Rro W J Beatty Grand Lodge

Six Burlington youths fined for gasoline theft

Six Burlington youths pleaded guilty in County Magistrate Court to siphoning gasoline from a car owned by G Trimble. They were fined 50 dollars and costs of 4.40 or face a month in jail. Named were John Plank and Oliver Hill, the Reais twins, William Ireland, William Barley, and Allan Hall. A high speed chase ended in their arrest by Constable S. Hall.

Burlington K. Mo Langdon Sit John Plank Orville Oliver Hill Reais Wm. Ireland Wm. Barley Allan Hal Gtrimble Corstable S. Hall

Ottawa plans 188 million from tobacco excise tax

Ottawa budgets to raise 188 million dollars from the tobacco excise tax through 1049, outlining revenue projections and policy aims for the fiscal year.

Ottawa

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