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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 20, 1964
Page
11
Legion Notes report a reactivation of social events at Branch 197 after holidays. Bill Lang resumes Friday talks on Aug 18 and Nov dates with improved crowd turnout as the branch plans meetings in August and September.
Entries are open for the Miss Acton Fair contest. In Acton Muskoka, a Brace bridge area post office sits deserted on a main corner while a antique dealer uses the ground door for summer display. August weather shows early color turning leaves. Ponay Trail of Clarkson placed among Scottish dance winners at the Fergus Highland Games. Evangel Baptist church open air services at the park continued Sunday and this week’s will be the last.
Several graduates listed pursue UVW courses at Trent University and OAC while planning future study in arts, sciences, or animal husbandry. Many write nine subjects this year, with families in Guelph Georgetown Acton and Peterborough areas noted as they seek college or work opportunities and summer employment.
The August issue shows Rev Lieut Allen Neel former minister of Ballinafad United Church at the unveiling of a past presidents plaque in New Brunswick Legion branch. A note mentions someone posted to New Brunswick via Toronto with unclear wording.
Ontario plans stage two of the Ontario School for the Deaf at Milton on Highway 25 with an estimated five million dollars. The project will add eight academic and vocational spaces, two dormitory buildings for 190 senior boys and 140 senior girls, a double gym, a swimming pool, a clock tower and landscaped grounds. Completion hoped for September 1946 with a total staff around 300 and eventual student transfers from Belleville.
A US study shows occupants in large cars have fewer deaths per 1000 registered vehicles in crashes than smaller cars. Reported death rates are higher for small cars, while larger cars show improved survivability in accidents.
Six in one cobs and two odd corn formations were observed near Arle last week. Jemle Nurse found two cobs with atypical structure while harvesting sweet corn on the Ling farms belonging to his parents. One cob showed fused kernels in a single husk. another had eight kernels poorly formed with flattened ends resembling age.
A storm approaching warns farmers to avoid staying near open fields and equipment. Do not seek shelter near tractors, combines, or other machinery as lightning safety requires staying indoors or in a safe structure.
A Sunday morning collision on 17 Sideroad near the Plrat One Exchange caused 273 damage to two Acton motorists. Webb Ram tings and Gordian Johnson, both residents of Acton, reported no injuries.
Provincial grants totaling 3357 pursue capital improvements in five HRCA areas including Rattlesnake Point Campbellville Mount Nemo and Sixteen Valley. Work covers drinking water access stone walls erosion control and forest area fencing as HRCA Field Officer Dave Mutey explains.
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