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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 19, 1956
Page
4
Ottawa Citizen copy from March 1870 shows merchants selling goods at reduced prices to supporters of certain election candidates. A parlor paper deal offered 12 rolls of wallpaper for 1.25. A wine seller warned buyers to arrange payments by Wednesday. A murder described with graphic detail concludes the item.
Two colonial era sites Uniacke House in Mount Uniacke and Haliburton Memorial Museum in Windsor opened as provincial historic sites. Uniacke House, built 1818 15, was Richard John Uniacke’s country home and preserves original 19th century furnishings. Haliburton House was home to Judge Thomas Chandler Haliburton, creator of Sam Slick and widely called father of American humor.
Farmers discard damaged crops during a rainy season while a leadership training course starts at Blue Springs Scout Reserve this Sunday. Linda Braid earns first class honors in grade one piano under Miss Denise Coles, as Smith Griffen attends Rotary Club to discuss fall fair ticket plans.
Brampton Public School Board moves to a permanent dental service plan restricting care to kindergarten through grade two with emergency treatment for other grades. The dental officer will notify parents of defects and it will be their responsibility to arrange private care. A provincial grant covers 20 percent of costs up to a $2000 maximum.
Mike Joyce who tends Bronte cemetery told council that children tamper with old graves near Lake Ontario causing graves to cave in. He warned it is disgraceful to play jig saw with bones and urged action. Councillors pledged help to fix erosion aged graves dating about 123 years.
Births and deaths recorded for June and July include Kevin James Marcoux born June 27 to Mr. and Mrs. Jean Marcoux. Barry Richard McDonald born July 4 to Verna and Bill McDonald. Thomas Hewett Mochrie died July 17 in Brampton. Loella Nickell died July 15 in Eden Mills. Mary Thaw Langford died July 16 in Rockwood. Grace McKnight, wife of Edgar A. McKnight, died July 17 in Acton. Funeral services and interments listed at local homes and cemeteries.
Notices express memory and grief for Jos eph Zajac who died July 28 1947 and James E Gilmour who died July 23 1954. Families Gilmour Mills and Andrews thank friends for support during sorrow.
A baking sale runs Saturday July 21 from 3 to 5 p m in the United church Sunday school room under the Acton Tennis Club auspices. Enrol for Fall Term at Robinson Business College Milton offering individual attention and tuition of 23.50 per month.
Multiple for sale listings include a Norge space heater, 20 pigs, a 12 foot Hydra-lane boat, Frigidaire fridge, Ferguson tractor, used appliances, a sun porch home, tires and farm equipment, Massey Harris timber, a 1980 Chev pickup, a ranch style bungalow, dead animal prices, and hauling services. Contact details and partial prices or conditions are given for each item.
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