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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 16, 1948
Page
3
The writer notes a prolonged drought with no rain and a heat wave, yet reports a bumper tomato crop from around four dozen plants. They describe canning abundance, ongoing farm tasks, a family trip to an exhibition, and a warm Canadian hospitality note from a Montreal connection.
Georgetown High School enrollment has fallen sharply as Esquesing students transfer to Milton and Acton high schools. This year’s roll is 110 vs 150 last year, a loss approaching 60 students despite an expected rise of about 20. Empire Lunch to open on Main Street after Frank and Mrs. Person sold the fish and chip shop to David Bowman and Varry Mc Murphy. Georgetown Lions Club to sponsor waste container project in downtown, introduced by Walter Blehn at the MacGibbon House dinner meeting.
The piece argues that even with redistribution of all earnings above a baseline, per person annual wealth would be under five dollars. It contends that the wealth of the rich is not substantial enough to significantly improve the general welfare, regardless of Marxist critique.
Milton student Jack King earns the Henry J. Cody Scholarship for the highest aggregate in any nine papers on the recent Upper School Examinations at the University of Toronto. Enrolment at the public school rose with several families moving but attendance up. Three hundred forty children enrolled on Tuesday, with high numbers in grades one and two. J H Willmott and Son win multiple prizes at the C N E Hampshire flock show, including top ram and ewe awards, while Southampton fishermen fall to locals 9 to 3 in Ontario play downs for Intermediate C honors.
Johnny defines a waffle as a pancake with a non skid tread in a classroom exchange with the teacher. The playful misresponse showcases rural school humor and language learning.
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