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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 26, 1963
Page
11
Walter Cook presides as cab head with executives Philip McCristall and Gvasuier Sed Lamb. A meeting for interested parents was held on the arena. Classes run on Fridays and Saturdays.
Community club open house and annual meeting discussed. Officers and committees elected for 1964, with reports by secretary Mrs Beattie and treasurer Mr Stevenson. Christmas concert at Eden Mills Church featured a pageant, Santa visit, and lunch after. church ladies’ aid hosted December activities and planned events.
Norma Jean Cunningham and Andrew Roman Romanis wed in a double ring ceremony at Trinity United Church on December 7. The bride, a Bank of Nova Scotia employee, wore a satin gown and her great grandmother's wedding ring. Attendants wore yellow and gold, and the couple planned a Parkview Motel reception in Guelph. They reside in Toronto with guests from Brampton and Hamilton.
Many families welcomed relatives and friends for Christmas and New Year blessings. Notices extend sympathy to Mrs. Newell and family on Robert Newell’s death, and to Mrs. Alex Hume on her brother Adam Chisholm’s passing in Buffalo.
Halton and Peel Junior Farmers debated the topic Resolved that the present system of school taxation in Ontario is satisfactory. Peel won the round with affirmative arguments citing provincial and municipal grants covering most costs and rural school consolidation. Halton argued the system is unfair to rural and specialized schools with lower grants and double taxes for farm buildings, and they criticized the trustee system as too complex for rural members. County records note a next meeting in early January 1964.
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