Halton Youths Face Education Gap as Work Looms
About 25 000 Halton children return to classes on Tuesday while dozens in elementary to early high school will choose work over schooling. The piece warns that roughly 70 percent of Grade 2 pupils now may leave the system ill equipped for today’s skilled jobs and urges a nationwide shift toward higher education to reduce dropouts and strengthen industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halton
Free Press
Thurs
Coleman
Stewart
B. Rowena Phimphries
Guelph Ons
Bennett
Fir
Daisy Nickle
S Ena Pearson
Ruby Clark
Minnie Holmes
Acton
Hmphries
Boy Scout Movement
Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto Open Daily
The Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto runs daily with midway rides bandshell music and grandstand shows. Halton farmers and the Dairy Princess compete for titles while exhibitors showcase flowers and livestock attracting editors and thousands of visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midway
Toronto
Halton
Dairy Princess
Labor Day Reflections On Significance And History
The piece contrasts Labor Day’s origins with its current role as a long weekend and event around the Canadian National Exhibition. It recalls 19th century working conditions, 1833 eight hour limits, 1938 US 40 hour week, and notes about 63 million in the labor force and the county's population context. It argues for renewed emphasis on labor’s meaning beyond a generic holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Real unemployment concerns loom in July figures
A joint labor report shows 311000 unemployed in July, up 83000 from last year, with ministers unable to explain the rise. The piece warns a grim winter outlook, notes limited impact of existing programs, and urges local governments and citizens to act to ease unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Labor
Bureau of Statistics
The Great Escape into Teaching
A narrator recalls longing for a two month summer holiday and a plan to become a school teacher. He outlines a scheme to obtain a teaching certificate, hire a junior editor, and swap newsroom life for classroom duties amid resistance from his wife who cites home responsibilities and discipline concerns.
Poetic Fragments on Time and Seduction of the Sea
Bid Smiley voices a reflective four year century line about reality cracking under pressure. The speaker imagines sitting atop a fragile world and melting like snow as tides and fate intertwine in a dreamlike musing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Bear
The New English Bible Translation Chooses Westminster Meeting
A joint committee directing the Bible project met in the Jerusalem Chamber at Westminster Abbey and formally accepted the New Testament translation. The Oxford and Cambridge presses will publish it for worldwide distribution as work continues on the Old Testament and the Apocrypha. The committee includes representatives from major churches and Bible societies across the UK.
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Jerusalem
Westminster Abbey
Oxford
Cambridge University
Bri
Church of England
Church of Scotland
The
Methodist Church
Congregational Union
List Union
Presbyterian Church of England
Churches of Wales
Churches of Ireland
Society of Friends
British and Foreign Bible Society
National Bible Society of Scotland
Burlington Sods Big Puller Brush Co Plant in Progress Park
A formal ground breaking Tuesday marked the start on a new Puller Brush Co plant in Progress Park Burlington. Officials from the town and company attended as crews began constriction of the building, the project described as the first large gem to locate in the muntupath sponsored industrial area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Big Puller Brush Co
Oakville
Bill Cotton
Oakville Journal
Tire
Bee Halls
Chiefs
Housing crunch widens in Acton as West Combing plans loom
The Sept 5 1940 Free Press notes Acton faces scarce rental housing amid a pending West Combing Corporation start up. It cites a tight market with few houses for sale and rents unavailable, while new industry press marks potential growth and demand.
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Free Press
Thurs
Acton
West Combing Corporation
St. Alban’s Anglican
Leann Eliza Caroline
W. C. Waller
Herbert Edmund le Gallais
Evelyn le Gallais
Pasepbine
Quebec
B.A. Brooks
Capt
E. Brilinger
Hamilton
Boar
Texas
Lakeside Chapter
YMCA
Brown
Duggan
Duke of Devonshire
John Milton
Lot Glamis
Milton
Law and Notary Listings for Acton and Guelph
A compilation of dental and legal professional notices featuring Dr A J Buchanan with office hours 9 am to 6 pm, C F Leatherland QC solicitor notary public hours, Acton A Braida barrister solicitor notary public hours, solicitor office locations on Cork Street East and Mill Street Acton, and Hastings and Payne barristers solicitors notaries public at 1A Mill Street Acton with appointment phone 991.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Buchanan
Ofce—Sa
C.F. Leatherland
Q.C. Banister & Solicitor
Acton
A. Braida
St S. Acton
Cork St E. Guelph
Hastings & Payne Barristers and Solicitors Notaries Public
Mill St. Acton
Robert R. Hamilton
Georgetown
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Canada
England
Hallian
Starr
Fleming
Churchill
Acton Free Press
Dills Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd
Willow St
Ontario
Audit Bureau of
G. A. Dills
David R. Dills
Hota By
Cather Taylor
Tam
Ming
Remington Rand
Pradeaths
Vu Theta
Firope Nest
Actu
Ally
Jose
Jook
BY Bill Smiley
the Bible Today
Gouna
Oakville—Ford
Cartada
Qorangeville
Opp
Oran Willis
Grand Valley
Wesckend
Brice McKerr
Mars
Loca TV
Atew Calder
Buffalo
Tonning
Acton Bunch
Roy Arnold
AL Russell
Professional Directory and
Travellers’ Guide
W. G. C. Kenney
Symon
Mill St. E
Church St
D. A. Garrett
Willow and
River Entrance
River St
Acton, Ont
Sta
Robert L. Buckner
Wellington B. Acton
Ont
REAL
F. L. Wright
Wilbur St
Roy Riddell
D.C
Payner
Pananaal Home
Bruce
Shoemaker
Mar
C. H. Tuffin
Eden Mills
Rockwood Ulster
E. L. Buchner
Aumiting — Accounting
Lever & Hoskin Chartered Accountants
Main St. N
Kang St
Brampton - Toronto
Gray Coach Lines
Sun and Hols
Rot
Sun and
Holy Westbund
Sat
Sun
Tal
Canadian National Railways Standard
Peart, Srs Ae
Guelns Baily
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