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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 20, 1964
Page
5
Acton plans a mids September Trade Fair alongside the fall fair. A new cement floor will host a commercial and industrial display with booths from local firms. The event, led by Calvin Aitken and colleagues, will use arena space for exhibits and a Friday evening program, promoting farm and town partnership.
Acton Hydro Commissioners study a shift to underground wiring to improve the eastern town entrance. Alongside Queen Street widening, officials weigh new standards, seek beautification and lower maintenance costs despite higher initial expense. The move mirrors a national trend toward rewiring sections of towns.
The new electronic speed checks use two wires ten feet apart and an automatic stop watch to register speed instantly. It reduces guesswork and headaches in catching speeders and improves on older radar setups. Supervisors are still required, but a fully automatic, photo evidence system may come someday.
A Gallup poll across Canada and seven other nations finds many Canadians say they are satisfied with work and leisure. In Canada 86 percent favor the first question and 74 percent are satisfied with leisure, indicating strong contentment among working Canadians despite modern pressures.
A historic column from Free Press notes 1644 parish gatherings at Acton and Rockwood with listed attendees, and 1914 wartime notices including local soldiers sworn in, Acton's charitable Hoopship for wounded, and a factory fire at Acton Tanning Company.
Ontario approved pipeline construction will start soon to deliver water from Huttonville to Brampton mains by mid October. The project costs about 412 800 dollars and includes well and pumphouse construction pumping equipment booster lines to McLoughlin Road and Queen Street West.
A narrator recalls being dragged to a wedding as the "special" event after decades of reluctance. He notes his partner finally wed a widow and became husband and grandfather, while recounting the gendered rituals and preparations women undertake to attend and adorn themselves for the ceremony.
A string of local residents and families are noted as holidaying or visiting relatives across district towns including Utterson Cobden Haliburton Acton Red Stone Lake Petrolia and Cobden. Notable items mention Mrs Rob Gilbertson being hospitalized and Peter Martin confined to hospital.
Three boys aged 12 to 14 were sleeping in a rear hut when a fire, likely from an old wood stove, destroyed the shed at the Dakin home beside the Speed River. The Acton Fire Brigade battled the blaze and prevented spread to the main house while also dousing a nearby bush fire.
Wim Fitzsimmons born and raised in Rockwood died suddenly in Niagara Falls General Hospital. He leaves wife Lottie Milne a daughter from a former marriage sister Edith Proctor of Niagara Falls and brother Jack Fitzsimmons of Morefield. Funeral service held at Harrington and Deans Funeral Home and burial at Fairview Cemetery Niagara Falls Ontario.
Campbellville resident Mrs G Inglis travels from the Holland trip to Utrecht and Zandvoort near the North Sea. She notes Holland crowded but Canada’s life and home are wonderful. She longs to return to husband and children in Canada after 12 years since last visit. Also mentions T G Hall and C Forde visiting Hollywood Florida.
A local directory listing several Acton Ontario professionals on vacation dates and contact details. Includes doctors Dr C A Garrett Dr Robert Buckner Dr T B Moore Dr C Hutchison and others such as Dr H Leib dentist Cedric Dey barrister A Braida optometrist E L Buchner and architect Donald Skinner BArch. Also Canadian National Railways daylight saving Eastbound schedules.
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