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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 22, 1955
Page
5
The editor and staff extend warm Christmas wishes to readers, friends, and community as the season of goodwill peaks. They reflect on the year's joys and the nationwide exchange of goodwill marking the birth of Christ, wishing everyone merriest Christmas.
The Vancouver Sun editorial argues the Gordon commission should devise a new fiscal formula to reallocate tax sources across federal provincial and municipal levels. It urges clear joint funding areas and a system that limits political evasions about money.
A Marketing survey of 600 Canadian youths aged 12 to 19, conducted in Toronto Montreal and Edmonton, shows boys spend more weekly income than girls. On average boys spend about 9.27 with 6.17 on daily needs and 3.10 saved while girls spend 7.60 with 5.40 on daily needs and 2.20 saved. More boys than girls earn part time or rely on allowances, though a large share of both groups depend entirely on allowances.
The article traces Christmas carols from ancient shepherds to modern favorites, noting the enduring appeal of traditional tunes and the creation of popular carols in recent times. It mentions Hark the Herald Angels Sing by Charles Wesley, Christmas Awake by John Byrom, and While Shepherds Watched by Nahum Tate, with Tate adding words to a 1592 tune.
The Minister of Highways proposes allowing drivers in debt to the Unsatisfied Judgment Fund to continue driving if they make payments on claims. Currently 2,440 people are barred from driving until they arrange debt payments. The piece argues for requiring insurance coverage from all applicants and stricter enforcement to improve road safety.
Four Muskoka Parry Sound centers Gravenhurst Huntsville MacTier and Parry Sound form an amateur senior hockey league to reduce costs and revive adult play. Gravenhurst plans its first practice Friday with open tryouts for non OHA players. The league will be player funded and strictly amateur with a four member executive and a commissioner.
The article traces the Tibetan Bible's spread via Red Chinese use as a language aid and tells a suspenseful history from the 1855-56 Dalai Lama murder to Gregan’s migration to Kashmir. It covers two missionaries traveling 242 years and the unfinished Gospel of St John by 1883 and a boy heir to the work, shaping a Chinese and Tibetan language study.
English Urdu Kashmiri and other languages note a British offer was refused by Haseb Greyvan who vowed to translate the Bible for Tibet. He began at 23 and finished at 50 with missionary aid, risking journeys through dangerous passes and extreme weather to send manuscripts to London for printings. The translation is now in its second edition. Suggested Bible readings for the week follow.
Wawa Ontario, a iron mining town of about 3000, now has a weekly paper, the Wawa Echo, owned by Bernard A Turcott and Raymond Spreng. The aim is to establish a highway link to Wawa, currently served by the Algoma Central Railway and a private living service. In a year about 1.5 billion dollars is invested by manufacturing in maintenance and new plant and equipment.
Joy Rogers of Rockwood hosted several parties in honor of Mrs. Delaine Rogers and her baby Madeleine before their departure for Germany on Monday December 12. They join husband and father serving in the armed forces in Soest for two years. Guests gave many gifts and wished them a good voyage and a happy stay.
The Anglican Church of Canada St Alban's Church Acton Ontario announces Christmas events with Rev Evan H Jones rector. Festive events include Christmas Eve 6 30 p m festival choral communion and Christmas Day 9 30 a m choral communion with morning worship and Sunday school. Evening service at 7 00 p m and midweek service 8 p m on Wednesday. Parish activities list daily prayer and evangelical meetings.
In Georgetown the Sunday night blaze at the freight shed of the G T R station destroyed the last relic of the old era. The fire alarm rang at eight fifteen and the fire brigade confined the blaze to the shed as congregations in town were dismissed.
Acton Ontario is home to multiple doctors dentists veterinarians and legal professionals listed with offices on Mill Street Wellington Street and Brookville. The guide includes hours phone numbers and office locations for physicians Dr W G C Kenney Dr D A Garrett Dr Robert D Buckner and others plus real estate legal and optometry services and local coach schedules.
A collection of timetable fragments lists multiple daily and weekend train times, noting departures at Georgetown and Guelph with several sun day and flag stop entries. The text shows varied morning and evening windows, detrainment notes, and occasional special Saturday and Sunday services.
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