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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 21, 1968
Page
12
A Pittsburgh coach named Stewart Wolf speaks on reaching for ideals while noting a young man’s embarrassment. An anecdote about choosing a casserole or camisole illustrates a storekeeper's joke about a chicken's status, dead or alive, highlighting local humor.
Four new TB cases reported as Christmas seals raise $38,000 for disease control. Ontario Tuberculosis Association cites interim totals over $1,309,000, besting 1966 by nearly $110,000. Grey County leads with 11 percent of 1966 total. Halton adds $38,000 with 32,353 seal sets sent. Public concerns rise over outbreaks in South and North Halton while Halton plans to expand to asthma and bronchitis care. Campaign runs through February.
Canada Post announces three commemorative stamps in 1968 honoring George Brown born 150 years ago, Henry Bourassa born 100 years ago, and John McCrae whose poem In Flanders Fields became iconic. The McCrae stamp debuts November 6 with a joint issue marking the 50th anniversary of the 1918 Armistice.
Snowy owl sightings span Kingston Wolfe Island Ottawa Barrie and near Blenheim over recent weeks. Birds nest on ground amid tundra and migrate south during lemming shortages. Ontario laws protect Snowy Owls under Lands and Forests regulations.
A Guelph man, Rog Lony, saw a flat tire on his car along the Guelph Line south of Brookville. He jacked up the vehicle to change it, the jack slipped piercing the gas tank. Escaping gas ignited on the exhaust, engulfing the car in flames despite Milton Fire Brigade response.
A fragmentary verse by Bob Browne explores identity and humanity through the refrain Tam a man. It contrasts violent and peaceful impulses, desire for equality, and the struggle against bias and classification. The piece reflects on race, gender, and the human urge to be understood and respected.
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