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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 17, 1969
Page
4
CHUM Radio host Larry Solway promotes a Do Something Nice sticker campaign to encourage kindness in public spaces. Listeners report acts of courtesy in Toronto while Solway urges ongoing good conduct beyond Christmas, urging daily acts of civility and thought.
Last Sunday night at about eleven a deer died after dash across No 24 highway in front of the McCutcheon home east of the fifth line. Two companions waited nearby as witnesses reported no damage to the car. The area has more deer this year due to no hunting rules.
A special meeting discusses why no Christmas lights for the village due to money constraints and outlines provisional costs for water and sewer services. Final proposals and by laws were to be drafted, with a December 22 meeting set to review.
The December meeting of the Rockwood and Oustic Catholic Women's League held December 10 at the Rockwood rectory featured euchre and Christmas refreshments for 15 members and husbands. Instead of exchanging gifts, members contributed envelopes of money for Isobel Cordonne, an orphan from Techulatan, Central America, as Father Elliott missed the gathering due to his father's funeral in Montreal.
January 15 meeting chaired by Reeve Cam Lush approved a 1970 tax prelevy at 35 mills due February, paid $22 to Guelph Salvation Army, conveyed property to Mr. and Mrs. A. Ewers, and announced a Department of Transport hearing in Acton about depots. Wellington Board of Education requested funds earlier than planned. township holiday declared. next annual meeting scheduled for January 1970 at 1 pm with public welcome.
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