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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 10, 1959
Page
3
A compilation of social mentions includes Ot Acteniens visiting Town Pointe and Maple resident Wally Frankum, plus Browne of Owen and various local groups attending events. Reports cover church meetings, Firefighters notices, ambulance brigades, and community dance nights with minor injuries and hospital plans for a Kenner family member and an in-law.
Knox Ladies Aid annual meeting held in church parlor re elected Mrs A M MacPherson as president for the new year. Officers include Mrs S Mathers treasurer and Mrs J Dennis assistant. activities include quilt work, sick visits, kitchen committee praise, flower arrangements, and holiday plans. A worship service, solo by Bella Maye Roszell, and Mizpah benediction closed the gathering.
A Saturday evening program at Woodside school honored Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Swackhamer with music readings and a violin solo. Leonard Thompson and James McDonald presented blankets and lamps, and the couple received a warm reception before a lunch. The community welcomed Mr. and Mrs. Van Dam moving to the Graff farm. Lorne Saunders survived a car collision on the fifth line with a school bus driven by Leo Lyons. no injuries reported.
Mrs. E. Blunn Guild President presided over the eleventh annual meeting. Attendees included MiA Willian and other members who discussed catering for a Chamber of Commerce dinner, welfare activities, and plans for Christ image box distribution to needy families. Volunteers for altar duties were discussed as a new Altar Guild forms.
Ontario Department of Agriculture opens renovated Milton Main Street building housing 2 160 square feet for five offices a board room workshop and reception area with two stores a warehouse and offices. New staff includes Earle F Muir extension specialist J Allen Francis and W Ross Milne among others open house set for Wednesday January 6.
The piece lists team names for the season Hank Earle’s Redakina Clit Abram’s Chiefs Jack Coogle’s Feathers Doug Mason’s Indiana Frank Winter’s Pointers and Ted Elliott’s Braves. Standings show Feathers 20 Redskins 19 Chiefs 14 Braves 11 Pointers 9 Indians 8. A note adds driving signals about traffic behavior.
Fragmented OCR details a final meeting on a sector plan with mentions of local leaders, committees, and community concerns. Names such as Mr Denny and Kaveem appear amid vague references to approvals, dates, and regional planning actions. The text is garbled and lacks clear outcomes or concrete facts.
A list of employees receiving gold watches as driving awards is noted, with names like Nendy McRathorn and dine Can. Peel ete teth peemented with. The fragment includes unclear phrases but centers on recognition awards for long service.
Incomplete text fragment mentions a dinner and names but lacks clear events or dates. The garbled lines reference people and a possible meeting or feast context without coherent structure. No verifiable facts or entities beyond scattered references.
The readable phrases show garbled lines about tents, pins, guitars, and a mention of Marie. The text is incomplete with scattered names and no clear event or resolution to summarize.
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