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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 18, 1955
Page
16
Acton Council discusses water storage and transit pipe options, approves bylaw readings for Halton and Anthony gas franchises, and plans road repairs on Third Line. Residents push tax fairness and seek a unified welcome sign while local groups schedule meetings and await provincial grants.
Nassagaweya S S No 3 celebrated its centennial August 12 to 14 with Olde Tyme events under rain delays. Puslinch won the square dance. Miss Joan Frank and others won fiddling prizes. a bronze plaque honored alumnus Mr. Weeden. Community notices extend sympathy and report visits and recoveries.
Acton represented at the world event with leaders and scouts including David Dills. About 11 000 scouts from around the world gather at the Lake Ontario camp site with tents, a timberlands troop area, and a barge grandstand as Acton scouts prepare to break camp and return home Sunday, August 28.
Several district residents attend the Convention of Churches of Christ in Toronto this week while the fair board prepares for the Acton fair. Workers lay fill along Warren Grove boulevards and a new sidewalk continues. Youth groups plan a Labor Day weekend camp with Clarkson at Huttonville. Fairy Lake rose three inches during heavy rains. Miss B Flynn’s farm south of Acton on Highway 25 reportedly sold to Lloyd Bulmer. Acton firemen photographed at the Niagara Falls convention appear in the local paper. A new air conditioner is installed at Cooper’s Drug Store. Repairs fix the Acton Park fence after a motorist caused damage and was billed. High school additions near completion with plastering finished and terraza floors underway. Glad Tidings July–August features Miss Ellen Anderson honored for long service as missionary and Knox Church hosts a gathering next Tuesday. Automobile Club cautions Labor Day travelers to slow down and rest, noting 37 fatalities in Canada that weekend, 18 on highways.
Treasurer Walt Woodburn announced at the Tuesday Rotary meeting that after expenses the club raised $558.50 for crippled children and other service projects. The amount slightly trails last year's $568 by about $10 due to higher contest costs. Plans include attending the Toronto district conference in October and driving to Niagara-on-the-Lake for the Scout Jamboree next Tuesday. Members will help at the fall fair gates.
Acton tennis club faced near-certain finals absence after a 22 0 defeat to Hespeler on Acton courts. With six teams in the league only four reach playoffs, and plans include a trip to Port Credit next Saturday and a home match against Acton midweek.
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