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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 08, 1962
Page
19
Press representatives attend many meetings to record events but must balance public access with possible sensitivities. Closed sessions risk bias and removal of glare. reporters aim for unbiased facts and cooperation with public bodies.
A thoughtful column argues against blaming parents for infant suffocation deaths from plastic wrapping. It urges education over bans, notes a dozen Canadian infant deaths this year, and stresses parental duty to prevent tragedies while recognizing plastic’s usefulness when used properly. It ends with a quotation on state reliance and social responsibility.
The Free Press notes a rapid mix of localities and events from 1912, including social gatherings, church notices, and civic plans. It mentions residents like McNab, Nettles, and local clubs, plus upcoming street lighting and a Leap Year party with youth concerns.
A 130 year old structure on Oakville is sold and slated for demolition to make way for a bank. The site has housed a laundry feather cleaning shop plumber’s shop and beauty salon in its long history.
J C Marshall elected president of the Halton Holstein Club at the annual meeting held January 18 at Palermo Hall. T H McGee chaired, with Dr J C Rennie of Ontario Agricultural College as guest speaker on production records for herd improvement. Other officers chosen include Brock Harris as first vice president and J W Carney as second vice president.
A long, disjointed monologue surveys schooling, pensions, race, and political roils. It laments teacher pay and funding while critiquing elites, colonialism, and social control. The speaker mourns aging, seeks fairness, and questions authority amid a tangled stream of opinions.
The federal government approved a 17904 loan to the Town of Georgetown to fund a sewage treatment plant expansion under the National Housing Act. Central Mortgage and Housing Corp will finance a 29,856 project cost, with terms of 20 years at 4 1/8 percent. Some principal and interest may be forgiven if the work completes by March 31, 1963.
A three member panel at the Ontario Soil and Crop Association annual meeting in Toroute 1 debated management practices under the theme Management Brings Results. The five finalists in the Ontario Pasture Management Competition served as panelists and James Barry of Galt was named to represent Wellington, Waterloo and Halton counties as a director of the association for 1962. The conference, tied to the Canada Farm and Industrial Equipment Trade Show, highlighted crops soils and the men who work them.
A cluttered directory lists physicians surgeons and professionals in Acton Ontario with offices on Mill Street Symon Brak 43A and Mill Street, Willow and River Streets, and Wilbur Street. It includes Dr W G C Kenney Dr D A Garrett Dr H Lee Dr A J Buchanan C F Weatherland Q C and B Braida with contact numbers, hours, and nearby towns Georgetown and Guelph. Also shows coach schedules and Canadian National Rail times in standard time for east and westbound travel.
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