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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 14, 1960
Page
10
A letter criticizes the Department of Highways for urging removal of street parking to improve traffic on the town’s main artery. The writer argues the department offers only advice and may block a stop and go signal at Main and Mill. They urge a supplementary, sensible report and warn of impact on downtown merchants.
Ottawa Labour Minister Michael Starr urges youths to stay in school and pursue education and training before entering the workforce. He notes unskilled and semi skilled jobs are declining while skilled and professional roles rise, and warns most grade two entrants will not reach junior matriculation.
The Ontario Society for Crippled Children and the local Rotary Club join to mail Easter Seals to residents. Half of contributions stay for district braces treatment camps while the rest funds broader care and nursing, clinics, and research, aiding 14,191 crippled children in the province.
A biographical vignette outlines the humble origins of Jesus Christ, noting his carpenter beginnings, lack of wealth or offices, and personal trials. Despite obscurity during his life, he became the focal point of two millennia of progress, influencing humanity more than armies or rulers.
Winter weather drains town roads but schools report strong music standards. Dr. Leslie Bell praises Halton County students at the just completed festival with choirs solos and groups totaling over seven thousand participants from local schools.
A narrator recalls a frugal, hungry youth shaped by imprisonment and scarcity. He describes covertly pocketing bread and scraps at meals while his wife tolerates, then confronts, his habit of hiding leftovers. He links food hoarding to childhood poverty and a rule against waste.
A columnist wryly advocates plastic portable "saddlebags" with hot and cold compartments to take home uneaten food from restaurants. He imagines draping bags over chairs and storing leftovers to curb waste and turn meals into social theater.
The Bible Society highlights refugee care by recalling Jesus as a refugee and noting Bible distribution through the Hong Kong Bible House to 20,000,000 Chinese outside China and 2,000,000 in Hong Kong. It cites 502,290 Bibles circulated and mentions relief efforts in European refugee camps aided by Canada.
Bronte district resident Oakville Matilda the duck visited the Oak Journal last week, where reporter W Thompson interviewed her before she stopped at a nearby barbershop for a ducktail haircut. The whimsical scene accompanied local civic notes and small-town quirks.
J A Leslie was named District Deputy Grand Master of Wellington district during a Mayors night at Wateradge A F and A M Lodge attended by visitors from 20 lodges. County council heard jail improvements including concrete floors and fire hose line upgrades. First Acton Troop Scouts honored retiree George Mason. Woodstock fire apparatus considered, $1800 purchase debated. Force bowling team beat Wishing Well. Norm Morton top scorer.
In a 1916 item from the Jesue of the F Press, three year old Margaret Moore nearly swallowed carbolic acid after nosing a bottle from a kitchen cupboard. She only suffered burned lips and mouth.
A collage of business hours and contact details for lawyers doctors chiropractors optometrists and a bus line in Acton Ontario. It lists offices on streets like Frederick and Mull with hours ranging 9 am to 6 pm and Saturday variations along with telephone numbers and transportation schedules for Gray Coach Lines eastbound departures.
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