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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Jul 06, 1961

Page

2

Halton MP Highlights Budget Reforms and Auto Industry Impact

Halton MP Sandy Best discusses federal budget provisions affecting volunteer firemen expense payments and a 7.14 percent excise tax cut on cars. He notes retroactive up to 1958 for expense money to firemen and expects lower car prices despite a 3 percent provincial tax increase. Best emphasizes Halton issues in Ottawa and the Ford Oakville plant’s regional impact.

Sandy Best Ommons Bast Halton Oakville Ford

Camping trip plans reveal a nature loving wife

A couple outlines a vacation week at summer end. The wife, labeled an amateur naturalist, embraces roughing it and bags essentials for camping while the husband jokes about her practical side. The piece notes her fondness for nature and her knack for lists.

T Can Chisel

Intrepid Outdoorswoman Drives Camping Plan Clash

A husband describes his wife's trailblazing love of cottage stays and wild beach trips, contrasting his desire for a plush resort. He jokes about dragging her camping with a tent, twin beds, and an oil furnace while joking staff at Algonquin Park has eliminated mosquitoes and added vacuums and dryers.

Ab To Saime Algonquin P

Ontario Retail Sales Tax Act Comes Into Effect

Merchants face new 3 percent tax rules with monthly returns and clear invoicing. Ontario becomes eighth province to implement the tax, with ads, labor invoicing rules, and vehicle repair guidance outlined as school returns approach.

Ontario

Ryerson Institute to be modernized at $6 million cost

A Forward notes the Ryerson Institute of Technology will be modernized at an estimated cost over 6 million dollars. The project adds an administration wing with library and facilities including classrooms gym cafeteria and auditorium. Since 1948 the institute has grown from 200 to about 2150 students offering practical diverse courses and many graduates reaching top field positions. Government tendering also signals expansion of this industrial province's education system.

Ryerson Institute of Technology Ryerson Toronto Normal School

Canada and the OAS Invitation: A Measured Response

The piece argues Canada should not rush to join the Organization of American States after Kennedy's Ottawa visit. It notes public ignorance about the OAS, cites Canada’s multinational commitments, and favors sending an observer now while delaying full membership due to potential US policy clashes.

Canada Organization of American States Kennedy Ottawa Gallup O.A.S Commonwealth United Nations NATO NORAD United States O.A S O.A.S. Council

School Days GAD Reflects on Summer Holidays and Local Changes

The writer recalls carefree summer holidays of youth with memories of street play and sparse traffic. They note ongoing local construction projects, including a Bell Telephone building and proposed site deterioration, and ponder Acton post office plans while lamenting quiet summers of the past.

Jimamie Cosine Hower Avenue Church Street Bell Telephone Trebeusys Molly

Churchill Weekend Visitors Recorded In Homes

Weekend visitors are listed across Churchill area homes. Garnet Winters and Win Bell hosted at Point AuBauril. The Swackhamers from Handin with granddaughter Gerry Tee Thompson visited Sunday with her parents. Additional visits include Rot Davidson and Tressa Keeler of RR 2, Hows McArthur of Erininated, and Theodore Martin of Vineland. A Hill Millington wedding reception in Galton on Saturday involved Mr. Hill as a nephew.

Garnet Winters Win Bell Point AuBauril Harald Swackhamer Handin Gerry Tee Thompson Mrr Arthur Swackhamer Rot Davidson Tressa Keeler RR 2 Hows Mc-Arthur Stan Hill Hill Millington Galton Hill Lons—Task-and-serry—Leong-ot- Woodstock Wm. Thompson Muskoka Clark Amstrong Bonnie Chemen

Chaotic 1911 and 1948 Notes Mix in Long Text

A fragmentary OCR page blends 1911 reminiscence with 1948 items. It references Crane the Taine Wes Prows, a laundryman, teases of local events, a St Patrick's tied game, and heat affected exams, plus a church window accident and a power substation upgrade.

Professional Directory and Travellers Guide

Directory listing physicians surgeons dentists and professionals in Acton Ontario with office addresses and hours. Includes Dr W G C Kenney Dr D A Garrett Dr R D Buckner Dr H Leib Dr A J Buchanan and other professionals with contact details and hours. Also lists Barristers Notaries accountants and optical services and daylight saving time notes for the area.

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