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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 05, 1961
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate Acton Free proceedings with references to a January date and an administrative action. Details are unclear due to transcription errors but suggest a local notice or meeting outcome. Further readable context is needed to identify involved parties or agencies.
Personal notes list visiting relatives and friends during holidays from Oshawa to Toronto. Included are Mrs. C Mapresden, Captain and Mrs Bea ton of Point Edward, Miss Bennett, the Magee family, the Ralston family in Parry Sound, and many others. Also mentions convalescence of Mrs. Moones, returns from hospital, and the Acton Free Press staff Christmas party at the Dills home.
The community shows strong family gatherings during Christmas and New Year. Youth enjoyed winter sports with sleighs and toboggans as part of holiday fun. Weekend services urged greater moral effort and schools reopened after holidays for the new term. Several households and visitors are noted in surrounding areas. Congratulations and best wishes are offered for anniversaries and New Year greetings to all.
Nassagaweya records a strong year for construction with permits issued totaling 310 450 dollars. Clark Don McMillan reports a large school project the Brookville Public School valued at 161 000 dollars. Projects also include 12 homes plus garages barns cottages farm buildings and utility additions.
Acton issued license plates slowly on Monday with R J Hargrave reporting about 30 sets sold and over 100 residents visiting for plates or drivers permits. Although no official new date exists for the 1960 plates, March 11 is believed. Hargrave urges residents to obtain plates early and bring insurance certificates to avoid a $5 surcharge.
Acton town office records show 1960 building permits totaling $20,196 versus $887,742 the prior year, a drop of $807,546. The year’s permits covered minor repairs and a few new homes under construction.
Ospringe 4-H Club held a Wednesday evening at the school with twelve mothers, fifteen girls, and leaders Mrs. Storey Miss Fines and Miss Fuller. Sharon Buck opened with a geography match, a boys versus girls contest ended in a tie, and L Fuller played accordion pieces. Girls served homemade fancy sandwiches cupcakes and cookies. Leaders received gifts and thanks flowed from both sides for the project. Linda Ferguson led singing God Save the Queen with piano accompaniment.
Mr and Mrs Robert Warne invite relatives and friends to celebrate their wedding at 298 Peel Street Acton on Saturday January 7 from 2 to 4 pm and 7 to 10 pm.
Miss Lincs Fountain and family from Lexington Kentucky visited New Year with Mr and Mrs Tom Fountain. Mr and Mrs Percy Peavey hosted Rae West and Mrs Havel West of Acton. Archie Bogg Walter Bogg Miss Dorothy Boga John Callaghan Earl Frank of Guelph attended. Several others from Erlington Guelph and Tennesee visited family and friends during New Year.
United church met in the church parlor with Mrs Wilder presiding. Annual reports were read by Secretary Mrs Millson and Treasurer Mrs Shoemaker. A bake sale was discussed for February and a closing Mizpah benediction ended the meeting.
Don Lindsay, 19 stitches, after being body checked during hockey practice at Acton Fish School. Lindsay, defense for the local high school team, was taken to De W. G C Kenney for treatment of deep wounds. His parents are Mr and Mrs Cito Lindsay of Crescent Sweetlind.
Mrs. Bo J. Nesbit at 38 Young Street won sixty dollars in the weekly merchants draw sponsored by the Acton Chamber of Commerce. Kenneth Mann, Acton's newest merchant, presented the prize as a large crowd watched at the Soo.
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