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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 18, 1968
Page
2
Grade XI students and parents in Acton surveyed three town schools about recreation. Findings show 15 listed programs with demand for an indoor swimming pool, movies, dances, football and gym classes. Adults want pool, tennis, and a new high school track. A surprising note from public school: 21 boys urged family billiards.
Canadian drivers are said to lag behind United States drivers in safety metrics. Ontario Safety League cites potential annual savings of about 1800 lives and 400000 injuries in Canada if death rates matched US levels, attributing the gap to driver education prevalence and rapid but still limited adoption in Ontario.
Dickensian warning aside, poultry production is mainly chickens and turkeys. If you want goose, place your order now to avoid shortages and satisfy the Cratchit style holiday meal.
A Canadian university report on a Ottawa mathematics conference argues the new math may not fit current skills. Algonquin College’s Curt Moser says high schools produce students with weak basic math while excelling in abstraction. Card makers seek poets for greeting cards, a $55 million yearly business set to grow. Canadians may spend $250 million on cards this Christmas, 40 percent of the market, despite postal rate hikes threatening sales.
A satirical piece defends Christmas spirit while lampooning hucksters and a fictional Anti Christmas Spirit Association. It recalls King Wenceslaus and Charles Dickens with humorous legends about Scrooge and Tiny Tim, urging readers to join ACLA with a loud HUMBUG.
Notes tease Christmas scarcity and urge women to contact the RCMP who are famed for catching their man. Mentions limited time, leap year ending December 3 at midnight, and days lengthening after December 21 with a lighthearted tone.
A Free Press page reports a fatal bicycle crash near Eramosa Road involving Robert McDougall age 19 of Rockwood and Wilbert McCutcheon. It notes a Christmas season boost from a Scout clubhouse project and lists helpers. Also mentioned are the death of James Turnbull aged three and a pill overdose incident, updates on local ice arenas and skating, and a feature on the Acton Boys and Girls Band in new uniforms. Other brief items include holiday visits, social notices, and a Wyvale marriage record from 1918.
Fifty years ago December 26 1918 Esquesing Council paid officials 135.80 to Reeve Alex Joe 105.35 to Deputy Reeve J L Standish 108.00 to John Bingham 86.80 to J Elliott 80.50 to W J Hampshire A 30 pound record turkey sold at McEnery and Evans for 12.00 and 216.50 paid to farmers who built highway wire fences. Pansies were in bloom at Moorecroft on Dec 23 Catharine Roszell left for Regina Sask to visit.
The Acton Free Press mentions the CWNA and related advertising events amid disjointed text. It references Canada and a ceremonial or organizational context with unclear authorial notes.
December 21 1893 reports snow weight felled sheds at the brick church above Acton. trains disrupted and telegraph wires down. Fire at Raymond sewing factory in Guelph damaged japanning rooms, loss covered by insurance. Government notes include new Halton court officers and Russia rejecting France naval station offer amid officer loyalty concerns.
A century ago The Canadian Champion notes Milton’s December 1868 municipal races are tightly balanced with lively but cordial contests. Voters face multiple merit based choices where merit and fit determine office, while personal ties and party preference influence selections.
A personal tribute to Thomas Merton, author of The Seven Storey Mountain. The piece chronicles his journey from early life in France England and the United States to Cambridge and Columbia, his flirtation with communism, ascent to the Trappist order, and later writings. Merton died in Thailand after touching a faulty fan card, leaving a legacy of thought and poetry that many readers will miss.
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