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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 30, 1969
Page
4
Editorial argues grass fires ease as spring arrives but warns careless lighting causes damage. Supports tighter controls under the Air Pollution Control Act while noting some towns already require fire permits and criticizing overly broad bans. Calls for balanced enforcement to protect property and reduce firerelated hardship.
In Hatton County the board weighs how to justify budgets amid rising costs and tax resistance. A trustee fears taxpayer resentment could curb innovation, while educators must improve communication with paying parents and pensioners. Apathy and cost cuts loom as storm signals rise for educators and parents.
The narrator details a house on a corner lot buried in wet oak leaves and snow debris from winter. He jokes about raking, the mess, and the looming Opening Day trout fishing as a sanity-saving escape. He recalls missed openings, a broken neck scare, and a wife’s porch incident while lamenting spring chores and property ruin.
The Free Press reports retirements and honors at Beardmose and Co after 47 years of service by Jas Dubble. Acog Yennis Club elected officers led by Marc Lalesterre as president and Doug Davidson as vice president and treasurer. School staff re engagements and raises announced. A fire threat at the Pasmore home in Rockwood and fire brigade aid noted. Community notes mention Scouts, Girl Guides, and welfare gifts, plus post office busy with registered letters and Victory mids.
Fifty years ago the Free Press noted the death of Dr Anson Buck, a prominent local figure who practiced medicine before age 21, married young, studied in Palermo animal school and earned a Royal College of Medicine Toronto degree. The town also woke to snow on Saturday, Roy Arnold leasing Crawford House, and Toronto Educational Convention urging teachers to be at least 21.
In the Free Press Weekly from May 3 1893 readers recall May Day customs with a Queen of the May crowned years earlier. The piece notes 13 Newfoundland steamers capturing 107057 seals and reports on Acton Home Circle event with cake ice cream and coffee. Ex-Warden Husband campaigned for provincial elections visiting the town. Campbellville fish nursery nears completion and Minnie Moston dies at nineteen from consumption.
A row of humorous notes and trivia about garters from ancient to modern times. The piece links the garter to historic courts and the Order of the Garter, then moves to light stories about an Ugly Agency in England and a dentist of manners, finishing with reader comments and a quip about privies and relatives.
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