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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 09, 1954
Page
3
In Acton and district the community has not adopted a Santa Claus visit or pre Christmas parade. The piece urges adding street decorations and a Christmas air with lights and a tree, arguing for a fuller community celebration in Canada’s developing multicultural landscape.
The town prepares for another year of municipal matters with elected officials trusted to meet upcoming problems. Readers are urged to offer praise and constructive criticism as issues arise, hoping 1955 brings progress and governance for the greatest good.
A reflective piece notes Canada gaining self sufficiency through oil and mineral development. It highlights Canada’s oil imports rising, pipelines delivering energy, iron ore and minerals expanding, water power harnessed, and calls for greater population density to fuel growth and meet world demand. It mentions past trade friction with Canada and expects continued use of silver and oil as key factors.
The piece argues readers may choose optimistic or pessimistic business forecasts for 1955. It notes shifts across districts and industries, such as motor direct drives reducing belting, tractors reducing horse use, and fuel oil affecting coal. It urges looking on the sunny side as year end predictions arrive.
The piece notes James Elliott Coyne to succeed Graham Towers as Bank of Canada governor after Towers retires. Coyne, born 1910 in Winnipeg, joined the Bank in 1938 and has held roles including Deputy Secretary of the Central Mortgage Bank and Financial Attache in Washington.
Erin council accepted acclamation for the 1955 lineup led by Reeve D. S. Leitch with C Carney P J Sinclair Fred Steen and James Robertson. Oakville eyes bleak Christmas for 8700 Ford workers after talks fail.
St Francis of Assisi is said to have started the custom of placing the Christ Child in a manger at a cave near Garcia in 1200. He reportedly told a follower to prepare a Bethlehem scene with a ox and an ass to mark Christmas night as they celebrated mass and hymns for the Infant Jesus. This age-old tale recalls the nativity and the Virgin Mary wrapping Jesus in swaddling clothes and placing him in a manger.
Mountain View Alberta reports rancher Lyle Caldwell shot a two year old black bear that had broken through a window to grab food. The animal had devoured two slabs of pork prior to the fatal shot.
A summary of items from the Free Press era notes a 1904 Victoria College glee and mandolin club visit, a factory tour at Storey and Co, and a town hall concert. It covers rebuilding changes at the Free Press office, beef availability at Pattersons, November honor rolls, and a warning to pay poll tax. An atomic age optimism for 1954 graduates closes the page.
Hackney horse show wins sweep the board with Robert Kerr and Son W O Moffat and Mark Given among winners. November honor roll lists top pupils including Nino Braida Frank Holmes Marie Brunelle Norman Wright and others. Acton public school concert features The Fairies Frolic Pied Piper of Hamelin. Voter turnout tops two thirds with Reeve E Thetford winning by 35. Ladies Aid elects officers. D A Kingsbury dies in Saskatchewan. Relief work planned on second line. Canada’s constitution rooted in the British North America Act of 1887 and amendments.
Directory listing physicians dentists funeral home coaches rail services and real estate firms in Acton Ontario. Includes Dr W G C Kenney Dr D A Garrett Dr A J Buchanan H Leib Barrister solicitor and notary public Acton Lever & Hoskin Chartered Accountants real estate firms and travel schedules for Canadian National Railways and Georgetown Weston lines.
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