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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 29, 1938
Page
2
Acton residents are invited to visit the town Y M C A during Open House Week. The facility, funded by late J A Murray, serves as Acton’s community center with moderate adult fees supporting programs for boys and girls. Membership next week funds sustain the work and public support is urged.
The Acton Free Press outlines subscription preferences for cancellations and continued service. It notes advertising rates on application and reserves rights to correct errors only in writing, with compensation limited to error proportion. Editor G Arthur Dills listed with office contact details.
The Canadian Produce Association urges exporting about 12 million pounds of butter before December 1 to ensure a reasonable return over production costs during winter. Overproduction this year could be eased by large foreign sales, protecting producers if buyers are found.
The Acton Fair concluded its two day feature with a strong display of stock and farm products. Plans are already underway for next year’s event, aiming to build on a growing attendance and to expand features from the historical and Women's Institute departments.
Bank of Montreal summary notes August wholesale buying kept retailers’ stocks steady while urban retail demand held to seasonal goods. Tourist traffic lagged last year with cautious spending. industrial activity rises on grain crops and early airplane work. Auto and accessory plants ramp up. textile and shoe sectors steady. lumber quiet. July gold output 253232 ounces and silver 34366 ounces.
A columnist argues that ongoing faith speeches and deadlines raise hope for an amicable settlement of European tensions. The piece warns a world conflict would devastate life and leadership, stressing the need for restraint along unguarded continental borders to avert war.
Editorial notes reflect on Thanksgiving near the week ahead and seasonal fairs. It cites June 1938 Canada wage earners at 2,725,000, gas finds in several provinces, rising nickel output, and rail freight movements. It adds questions from children about wars and notes Dominion Bureau statistics showing railways required taxpayer support averaging 78 million dollars per year over a decade ending 1936.
A Sunday school lesson outlines the first commandment and its role in Christian life. It cites Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5 alongside New Testament passages, emphasizing worship of God, belief-led salvation, and obedience over mere knowledge. It discusses moral law versus gospel and addresses early church issues with meals offered to idols.
Yale researchers report that as little as one fifth of drivers give less than adequate leeway on roads and about one in ten put themselves and others at risk. The Times notes time frictions grow in modern civilization and questions whether our judgment of time and space is improving over our ancestors.
In Praha Czechoslovakia during air raid exercises bombs burst in city streets to show civilians what an air raid would be like. The Czech German crisis nears breaking point as this game may become a grim reality. A lamp post sign points toward Plassa Piluem and the Sods munition plants.
Dr William Cullen physician discusses office hours on Wilbur Street near Mill. Kenneth Langdon acts as barrister and notary public with Acton Georgetown contacts and Tuesday Thursday daytime sessions. P W Pearen dentist provides X ray extractions and evening appointments in Leishman Block. F G Oakes veterinary surgeon covers Acton Rockwood Thursday hours.
Newspaper timetable lists acton to georgetown schedule and flagstop details with daily and Sunday runs. Includes morning and evening departures from acton and westbound flights with specific times and flag on Georgetown at 0.49 pm standard time.
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