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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 19, 1935
Page
9
The Acton Free Press outlines rates for legal notices advertisements with per line and per insertion charges. It notes free reports of meetings, extra charges for In Memoriam notices and poems, minimum charges, and display rates varying by space. It also states liability limits for errors unless a written correction is requested.
Acton prepares for the two week countdown to the Y M C A opening marking the smallest centre yet to attempt such work. The board pledges confidence cooperation and patience while noting the program will develop with time and broader support for Acton’s community venture.
Promoters plan an October Exhibition and Pageant in Acton England to promote peace by showing interdependence and humanitarian work. The event aims to shift focus from war to peaceful achievement and highlight international goodwill and service to mankind. Halton electors prepare for a local election with four candidates.
The town shows a week of visible improvements including drainage and sidewalk work. Citizens praise the council for a broad program despite a two mill tax rate reduction this year.
The Starters lined up for Halton election with M. M. Robinson of Burlington as Reconstruction candidate. Liberal-Progressive Hughes Cleaver, Conservative George Currie, and C F candidate T Keitty Shaw join a four way race. Voters urged to hear all platforms and choose on October 14.
Editorial notes reflect on promises in Canadian politics and the press’s handling of Huey Long’s funeral, fire protection debates between Oakville and Trafalgar, and tax critique. It cites Ontario amusements taxes, sugar and excise taxes, July electricity output, Acton Fair history and future plans, and Dominion assistance figures. It also mentions Alberta Premier Aberhart and a quip about delaying holidays.
Sunday School lesson focuses on James chapter 1 verses 1 27 with emphasis on being quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger. It stresses the power of the Word of God to save and transform, the necessity of meek reception, and the necessity of doing the Word, not merely hearing it. It warns that unpractical Bible study without obedience leads to condemnation and defines pure religion as acts of charity and godly conduct.
The note urges quick action in addressing a distemper link to Dougla, recommends keeping a bottle handy in the stable, and warns that some doors in Wall of Hfe are always locked and some never opened.
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