Acton Free Press notices and subscription terms
The Acton Free Press outlines subscription rates and renewals with advance payment details for Canada and the United States. It explains address changes, cancellation policy, and advertising liability limits, noting errors within ads and requiring written corrections signed by advertisers. Editor is G Arlof Dills. contact numbers for office and residence are listed.
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Acton
Ontario
United States
Free Press
Lifetime Preparation Urges Students for War Time Jobs
Public Schools reopen next week and high schools begin two weeks later, urging sixteen year olds to continue studies despite temptations to join unskilled war production. Emphasizes trained workers earn more and remain in demand in both peace and wartime, with Canada cited as a country that values trained labor during long peacetime periods.
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Canada
Ontario Wartime Liquor Crackdown and Acton Fair War Effort
A letter discusses Ontario beer price hikes and small glasses for wartime needs while US distilleries convert to war production. It cites a bootlegging raid near Acton, a 16 year old who drank and caused her uncle’s death, and ongoing liquor sales in Norval. It praises Acton Fair’s war time exhibits and urges broad community participation to support Canada’s total war effort.
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Ontario
United States
Acton
Milton
Norval
Canada
Dominion
Canada Learn From Leaders In Uniform War Message
A Peel Gazette article argues that Canada’s true leaders are the servicemen fighting overseas and at sea. It urges homefront duty, self denial, and proactive leadership to boost war production and public efforts, noting many avoid leading yet expect others to act.
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Canada
Dieppe
Peel. Gazette
Editorial Notes on Post Holiday Catching Up
The piece notes how holidays leave a lag as people resume work and duties. It cites monthly shifts in weather and mentions region books for Sugar, tea and coffee, selective service rulings, and September’s income tax plan. It describes the newspaper’s plans to celebrate with a fresh paint job at The ERE Press office, aiming for lasting, beneficial impact.
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Selective Service
Instructions for Filling and Detaching Ration Coupons
You must write your name and address in ink at the top of each sheet and the serial number in the stub beside each sheet. Detach all coupons only in the storekeeper’s presence. It is illegal for the storekeeper to accept loose coupons. Penalties apply for improper use of Ration Books.
Acton Medical and professional directory notices
Directory listing physicians surgeons dentists lawyers notaries veterinarians and an auctioneer with offices in Acton Georgetown Milton and Brookville plus contact numbers and office hours for Dr W G C Kenney Dr W M Cullen Dr Hugh S Austin and others including legal officials and insurance services.
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W. G. C. Kenney
J. A. McNiven
Symon Block
Mill Street
Acton
Church Bt
Time Tables and Routes to Georgetown and Guelph
Train timetable fragment lists departures to Georgetown and Guelph with daily and Sunday exceptions. It notes times such as 6:19 pm and 9:43 pm, includes mentions of connecting services and days when service runs only on Sundays or both weekends.
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Graing West
Guelph
Gray Coach Lines Schedules for Acton and surrounding areas
Service changes by Gray Coach Lines for Acton and nearby towns. The new timetable notes limited weekend operations with Sunday and holiday days off. Routes include Westhound SUS and connections to Kitchener Stratford and Dundas with selective daily entries and no service on some days.
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NEW Ration Book
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Business Directory
Chas. D. Shortt
E. J. Nelson
Frederick Streat
WM. G. Cullen
L.M.C.C
Frederick Street
Drs. Stevenson
Wagner Campbellville, Ont
He Wylie
Toronto
Buchanan
Hugh S. Austin
Frederick
C. F. Leatherland
Notary Public
Kenneth M. Langdon
Notary_Public
Georgetown
Gregory
B.D. Young, V.S
Brookville
F. G. Oakes, V S
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Knox Avenue
Frank Petch
Commercial Life Assurance
Charlen Street
Georgetowls
Canadian National Railways
Otdy
Tuelph
Gray Coach Lines
Westhound
Kitchener
Stratford
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