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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 23, 1967
Page
2
Inventories for 1968 model cars are healthier than last year though dealers say 1967 stock is tight. Prices likely rise about 200 due to added safety gear from collective bargaining. Canada exports force U.S. safety standards, adding three seat belt sets, shoulder harness, side marker lights, recessed wheel nuts, and padded dashboards.
Hree Press editorial notes Acton sits as an oasis with abundant spring water and a strong distribution system. It discusses South Spring’s pollution risk from industrial effluent and a nine cent per thousand gallon sale to Beardmore and Co. while weighing town needs against company challenges and local job impact.
The Strathroy Age Dispatch recounts Kitchener Chamber of Commerce officials meeting a mud booted man who sought industrial land. Archie Gillies guided him into a private meeting, leading to a new city industry after the visitor returned in a suit. The tale underscores friendly treatment of visitors and its practical payoff.
Free Press reports on August 21 1947 that wartime housing construction is taking shape with water mains from Wallace St to new land. George Construction Co awarded the erection contract and materials may arrive this week. Road and culvert work will accompany mains installation.
The first gathering under Central Mass Meeting Sunday School Association in Acton Park attracted broad attendance from multiple Sabbath Schools and ministers, marking an unprecedented successful experiment despite weather and travel. An obituary notes the death of Thomas McLain, 82, a long time Acton shoemaker born in Ireland, with nine children in his family. Acton prepares for a grand Band Tournament and athletic games next Tuesday with numerous bands already entered and citizens urged to display flags and bunting.
Fifty years ago on Thursday August 24 1917 the council levied a 30 mill rate the highest ever for this municipality driven by heavy county rate and patriotic fund needs and increased municipal expenditure. Oil well excitement rises in Rockwood as a Stewart town mill fire destroys Walter Lawson chopping mill with no insurance. D M Henderson plans to relocate to Galt selling his Bower Avenue home to Dr Me Niven. W K Graham Bank of Nova Scotia manager wed W Ada Gardiner of Walton after a short honeymoon in Toronto. Walker Lodge members host a reception with entertainment by Harold Wildgust May Wildgust recitations and gramophone music by John Wood.
A cricket match at Oakville last Saturday saw Milton Cricketers defeat Oakville by one inning and 21 runs as Oakville struggled with practice. The Miltonians praised Oakville hospitality. A serious wagon accident in Milton injured George McCutcheon, dragged by frightened horses after a broken tongue wagon, with possible internal injuries.
A first person reminiscence about resisting the hippie movement. The narrator recalls wanting to join yet feeling shaped by Victorian upbringing and parental values. He notes his parents instilled restraint and honesty, while his own children similarly resist indoctrination. He jokes about artificial hippie poses but concludes he cannot fit the scene.
A Forest Free Press opinion mirrors Detroit riots and Charles de Gaulle’s Canada trip, arguing both arise from twentieth century frustrations of spiritual aspirations unmet by white Anglo-Saxon hegemony. It contends people seek acceptance as equal partners in the human family, not as we would have them be.
The Acton CWNA announces advertising rates and subscription terms. Rates are payable in advance with Canada at 400 dollars and international at seven dollars. single copies cost ten cents. The notice outlines typographical error policy and that advertising is an offer to sell subject to withdrawal.
The Free Press lists church personnel including Rev Gordon B Turner BA BD as minister and Mr George Elliott MA PhD as organist. This notice confirms their roles in the United Church of Canada congregation.
Church notices list August 27 1967 services at Knox Acton Churchill Road Maple Avenue Baptist Acton Georgetown Evangel Pentecostal Tabernacle Acton Baptist Church St Alban the Martyr Anglican Georgetown area churches and pastors. Morning worship times, Sunday School and prayer meetings are shown for each church including English Dutch and bilingual services. The entry notes a August service schedule and the absence of evening service at Acton Baptist during August.
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