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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 29, 1955
Page
2
The editorial thanks readers for support in 1955 and looks ahead to 1956. The message expresses gratitude to the community for helping the Free Press cover the district and wishes progress and happiness in the new year. It closes with a Bryant quote about the good old year and kindness in the year ahead.
Town celebrates Epiphany with a reading of the 12th Night story and carol singing before burning Yuletide trees. Miss Christmas hands a torch to the Mayor to ignite the blaze as Boy Scouts collect trees for disposal.
The Ontario Safety League urges partygoers to skip driving after drinking. Take a taxi home to avoid police stops, possible charges, license retention, and risking pedestrians or motorists. The advisory frames taxi use as cheaper insurance for a safe and happy New Year.
Canada ends 1955 with unprecedented prosperity and vast expansion. Newfoundland seeks Labrador resources and fishing industry revamp. Nova Scotia completes the Canso Causeway and Angus Macdonald bridge. New Brunswick advances the Beechwood power project worth 50 million dollars. Bersimis power in Quebec. St Lawrence Seaway in Ontario. bumper prairie crops. Alberta and Saskatchewan mark 50 years as federated provinces. Aluminum Company of Canada spurs British Columbia growth. Northwest Territories mining and Aklavik relocation. Indian and Eskimo education plan. Canada’s rising role in world affairs cited as proof the century belongs to Canada.
The Financial Post predicts a full scale cement war within 12 months with home and foreign plants racing for market outlets. After summer shortages and unofficial rationing, buyers may gain leverage as a $90 million expansion race drives construction of sidewalks and other projects delayed by cement shortages.
In Geraldton Ontario 1019 of 1399 electors voted, the best turnout this year. The town welcomes new readers to its mailing list and promises town district updates. Ontario license plates for 1955 must be renewed by January 31 1956 with higher prices. Victoria Day is May 21 and Thanksgiving October 8 both Mondays per Canada Gazette.
A young missionary in Mexico pilots plane drops Gospel portions over remote mountain villages. People rush out to collect the bundles and read the message from the sky. Later visits show the scriptures well received, found in baskets and under shade trees.
Report notes varied efforts to smuggle scripture behind the Iron Curtain including gas balloons and a Canadian scheme to hide copies in bread or cake for delivery to Central Europe. It lists weekly readings from Philippians Colossians Jude Psalms and urges devotion through scripture readings.
An Ontario Farmers' Union drive in Wellington district last week set up new locals and expanded existing ones. Farmers from Linwood Brookville Ariss Maryhill and Glen Allan heard provincial president Albert Cormack of Arthur explain the union’s birth growth and grassroots aims. He challenged national solutions and urged direct membership to secure living wages and parity prices.
Union leader warns cost increases and falling income threaten farming as parity discussions focus on the share of production consumed in Canada. Meetings drew small crowds but sparked active discussion and a push to double union membership this year with another drive planned after the District Leadership School in Elora in January.
Marius Mortenson of the British Columbia game commission recounts a near miss as a recovering coyote bit and tore his clothing after he found a supposedly dead animal in his trap near Williams Lake. The coyote regained life before leaving.
A church posts its service times for Sunday including Junior Church at 9:50, Church School at 9:55 and 9:45, Morning Worship at 11:15 and 11:90, and Evening Service at 9:00. A welcome message invites all, with a quote about renewal.
Sunday services listed include Holy Communion at 9 00 am Church School at 10 00 am film North with the Bishop of the Arctic at 11 00 am Beginners Class at 11 00 am Choral Communion at 11 00 am and Evening Prayer at 7 00 pm all times shown for the day applicability.
Canada remains the world’s top exporter of pulp and paper with about 93 percent of newsprint and 95 percent of pulp produced shipped to foreign markets, signaling strong overseas demand and continued growth in exports.
The Acton Baptist Church lists a January 1 1066 Sunday with 10.00 am Sunday School 11.00 am Morning Worship and 7.00 pm Evening Service. A mid week service occurs Wednesday at 8.00 pm.
Announcement lists services at Crewson's Corners L O L Hall led by Pastor Rev K J Reid at 81 Cook Street. Sunday School at 10 00 a m Worship at 11 00 a m Evangelistic Service at 7 30 p m Cottage prayer meeting and Bible study Wednesday at 8 p m.
The piece notes a contested election Monday with three ballots for municipal council school board and local option. It mentions threats from liquor interests, Swackhamer’s critique of council spending, and a Friday nomination meeting amid disorderly scenes. It also lists a Christmas roll of honor and community fundraising for Sick Children's Hospital.
Acton Creamery shipped poultry worth 4282.70 to Toronto after purchasing 2967 chickens at 1.45 each and 286 eese at 92.10 each in the two weeks before Christmas. Community celebrates Mr and Mrs Williams 66th wedding anniversary now residing in Toronto. Miltons arena plans falter as three arena seats see junior players join Acton, nomination day in Nassagaweya yields acclamations and new council faces. Hockey remains a popular topic as the season moves on.
Listing of doctors dentists veterinarians real estate lawyers and other professionals in Acton Ontario with offices contacts hours and services including Dr W G C Kenney Dr D A Garrett Dr Robert D Buckner Dr A J Buchanan and others plus real estate and funeral home contacts and a piano teacher in Guelph with Acton studio details and bus schedules.
OCR text shows passenger flight and ferry timetable notes with times across multiple days. Mentions cities including George Town Guelph West Toronto and Westhouna with daily and Sunday exceptions. Reads as partial transit schedule entries and scattered times.
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