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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 08, 1962
Page
20
Front Page feature recounts the Alexander family crafted tools and industry at the forges that shaped the area. The piece highlights a giant bellows and hand pumping that fed the forge for countless hours, with the county council selecting the site for a new historical museum to honor the pioneers who built the region.
The 1961 62 meeting at Williams Avenue High School Milton chaired by Gordon Buckly featured William McMaster of Ryerson Institute discussing Poetry Through the Grades. He urged oral first readings by teachers to convey music rhythm and impact, outlined three teaching steps from enjoyment through appreciation, and urged student creation with words to foster self insight and a life philosophy. Harold Catling thanked the speaker and the group closed with God Save the Queen.
Sunday February 11 1962 church notices include English Dutch divine service at 230 pm and 1400 am morning service with sermon Encouraging Men to Meet the Master nursery provided. Also Billy Graham London Crusade film February 1 1962 and other evangelistic services. Acton Pentecostal Tabernacle and St Alban the Martyr Anglican Church operate Sunday School, morning worship, evangelistic and youth activities with multiple locations and contact details.
The Ebenes er church annual meeting held in the church school drew fair attendance. Rev R Hadcock chaired, opening with scripture from Hebrews and urging family study at home. Choir members and families enjoyed a social at Mr and Mrs Horace Blyth home after officers were thanked and praise given to the choir and director for their weekly faith.
Six North Halton delegates from the North Halton Association for Retarded Children attended the Second Annual Res visitar hell seminar at the Children's Psychiatric Research Institute in London on Saturday January 27. Delegates joined 150 participants including medical, educational, and sect professionals. Dr Newell G Kephart of Purdue University spoke on brain injury and mental retardation. Dr Davia Haus and geneticist Dee Uchita from Winnipeg also presented, highlighting autopsies and genetic studies under a US federal grant. The Toronto Board of Health recently began newborn screening for phenylketonuria as a preventive measure, one of the few conditions diagnosable early enough to prevent severe retardation.
Maurice Beaty of Lindale Jersey Farm earns a Constructive Breeder Award for the fourth time at a Toronto ceremony. The Canadian Jersey Cattle Club will present the certificate, honoring Beaty for producing outstanding sires like Lindale Beacon Bas and reaching top milk and fat production marks across the United States and Canada.
Mrs Velma Norris spoke at the Nussagaweya Women’s group meeting in Milton about citizenship and education in Canada. The program, arranged by Citizenship and Education chairs, highlighted Homemaking Club progress, 4-H leadership, and the Milton Fair theme. Norris read a poem, shared reflections on living in Canada, and offered aims for future civic and educational activities.
Scoops from Speyside describes first week activities in rooms one to five. Students discuss school cards, store visits, a yearbook sale, a Red Cross meeting with Burns program, and history lessons on William Pitt. Graduation is noted with students attending five high schools and varied standings across grades.
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