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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 29, 1966
Page
5
A fire hall party featured Bocce candy doughnuts chocolate milk and coffee for children. A consumer misdialed Santa as superintendent Doug Mason and laughed at the mix up. The minor repair was completed about an hour later after Santa left.
A local Men’s Club held an evening event at the Awe Music Centre. Attendees gathered for socializing and entertainment, with plans for future club activities and community outreach announced by organizers.
A reader argues quarry operators should share tax burdens and notes road damage from heavy trucks. Others defend quarries citing licenses, road funding, and local benefits, while a second letter calls for lower voting age and civic participation.
At the final 1966 meeting County Councillors debated a 1967 grant to the Royal Botanical Gardens. A committee’s recommendation of 5000 passed after a defeated amendment. The report was only advisory, with William Hunter noting it could be 1000 or 10000. The 1966 grant stood at 15000. Reeves Herbert Merry and Gordon Gallagher praised Warden H. H. Hinton for his 1966 service.
A bridge hand from the Georgetown Duplicate Bridge Club shows a clever defense turning two trump tricks into three ruffs and a tenth trick after a misread split. West overlooked a cashing of the club Ace, enabling costly ruffs by declarer and defeating pessimism with precise play.
Acton Golden Age Club held a Christmas themed turkey dinner on December 15 with about 80 members. Members cooked and set tables, the Ladies Auxiliary served, and a Queen was proposed at the head table. A sing along, dancing, and carols followed with music from local teachers and student performers. The next meetings are January 5 and January 19, 1967.
The Rockwood and District Fish and Game Protective Association announces prize winners for 1966. Rainbow trout led by John Gilberts of Acton at 5 pounds 78 ounces and Alfred Aug of Guelph at 4 pounds 1 ounce. Junior rainbow winner Randy Downes of Guelph with 7 pounds 8 ounces. Speckled trout top honors to Herb Saunders of Rockwood with 4 pounds 1 ounce. Jim Milne of Rockwood 1 pound 1 ounce. Max Milne 14 ounces. Junior speckled prize to Gail Nichol of Rockwood 1 pound 14 ounces. Brenda Ingle of Rockwood 1 pound 3 ounces. Ladies speckled winner J Simpson of Guelph with 11 1/2 ounces.
Notices say Sunday services on Christmas and New Year will shift to 9 45 am at Lime House Presbyterian Church. Sunday School is canceled both days though children should attend with parents. The annual Sun School Christmas cell is slated for Thursday evening.
The recreation director Howard Pearce will oversee a summer film program at Ac ton arena. Good movies will be rented at a reasonable cost and a projection booth with a projector will be added later. if successful, a projector may be purchased.
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