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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 27, 1951
Page
4
A long list of Acton residents and friends traveled from Bracebridge Toronto London Woodstock Hamilton Kingston and Jersey to spend Christmas and New Year with local families. Names include Roy Kirkmess Ray Archie Joan Somerville Jack Mainprize Aldo Braida Lena Braida and Bud Kentner among others.
Canadian farmers borrowed 63,421,563 through 58,969 loans under the Farm Improvement Loans Act in 1950. The Act, extended by Parliament to March 1, 1951, has since 1945 lent over 170 million with 96.1 million repaid by end 1950, 56.8 percent.
Don Fairbairn rises from Beamsville fruit farm to CBC farm broadcasts and Neighborly News. He joins Acton’s Town Hall broadcast to usher in 1952 and may become Acton’s mayor in a tongue in cheek quip about the town’s missing leadership. He served in the RCAF and earned the British Empire Medal for wartime radio work.
The St John’s Church Sunday School held a Christmas tree program Friday in the new parish hall with parents and friends present. John Q Lloyd led the program in Rev W G Luxton’s absence, featuring choruses and short pieces, and Santa handed out presents with help from youths.
The Brookville Hall event honored Mr. and Mrs. J A Early who moved to Milton with a silver chest and smoking stand. A 25th wedding anniversary reception drew about 180 guests.
A continued listing of charges for the Acton disposal plant project includes payments to Jas R Kearney Corp Northern Electric and local suppliers. The accounts cover electricity fence work hardware fuel and related services with totals for each line item noted and a final entry for the Town of Acton payroll and other expenses.
The London News group including Daily Express Evening Standard and Sunday Express consumes 75,000 tons of Canadian newsprint annually, equivalent to over 450 000 acres of timberland.
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