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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 08, 1963
Page
3
The document describes A marked interchanges on Highway 401 set to differ from standard exits. It notes exits like 1A near Windsor and 122A, with future expansions including a Spadina interchange and other future interchanges as part of the five year widening program to up to twelve lanes.
Recreation director Jim Casburn reports Friday tests in the plas proond program at the park will rate Acton children against peers from other areas. Tests focus on age groups and measure speed, coordination, and jumping ability to set minimum and maximum heights and track running and play skills.
Paul Nielsen chaired a Rotary round table to tackle educational problems and high school dropouts. The counselling committee with Jim McCullough will assist students facing academic struggles and pursue vocational or commercial training. A Career Day at the high school is planned to connect students with local business figures.
This Sunday August calendar lists services and events at Baptist churches in Ontario and Quebec including Panter Rev Stanley Gammon at 144 Tidey Ave and various Sunday schools, morning and evening services, plus midweek gatherings at Angell Baptist and Thistletown. Also lists Tritiy Church Acton joint service and Emmanuel Bible Church offerings with times and speakers.
International Y s Men delegates from Buffalo and England plan visits to Acton today. John Clegg of Weston super Mare met Regnvaldson at breakfast and agreed to a U S tour visiting Y s Men clubs. The Regnvaldsons expect Ontario trips and a possible weekend with their daughter Janet at Wasaga Beach.
Stormy electrical activity halted Ontario Hydro's plan to remove four high tension poles on Mill Street East. The land, once park land, has been designated for other use and will be developed later. The summer has seen a spike in popular tours and weddings, with more events each weekend into September.
Ontario Liberal leader John J. Wintermeyer will tour Halton County on Monday August 12. He will visit Malton Georgetown and Burlington with mayoral hosts and meet town dignitaries and press at the Royal Oak Hotel Oakville. A reception for five hundred guests will follow at the Brant Inn.
Acton cyclist Johnny Hopkins sustained a sprained ankle and minor cuts when his bike collided with Keith Soper’s car on Main Street Sunday afternoon. Constable Mervin Harness investigated and transported the rider to Guelph General Hospital for observation after the crash near the Soper vehicle. The youth escaped more serious injury, police said.
Despite a dry spring, readers report many beautiful gardens with lush blooms. Flower beds show resilience as gardeners adapt with waterwise planting and careful irrigation.
In Oakville an inquest into the death of Frederick Donald 43 of Applewood Drive found alcohol and drinking driving cited as factors. Constable Gordon Secord reported high alcohol content in Donald's blood after a crash with Addison Gracey of Guelph and five others leaving the Ford plant. McWilliams urged courts to impose heavier penalties on drinking drivers to curb deadly road slaughter.
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