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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 20, 1950
Page
3
Article recalls the 1948 Acton swimming pool project and criticizes delays despite funds raised and volunteers working. It urges either returning money or resuming construction while noting ongoing local needs and the growing demand for better swimming facilities.
The National Parks of Canada protect natural landscapes and native wildlife for public education and enjoyment. Wardens guard flora and fauna while sites of national historic importance are managed with staff and the Historic Sites and Monuments Board guidance.
The writer discusses a government issued booklet titled You and Your Family from the Dominion Department of National Health and Welfare. It extols family allowance issues and child care while noting the author never received any allowance cheques, sharing a personal reflection on raising a large family without such support.
The piece laments distrust between Halton County towns Burlington and Oakville and County Council over equalization of county levies. It urges outsider mediation after failed local accord, linking domestic discord to broader world conflicts and noting historic appeals to Privy Council.
An Ontario report notes 436 children aged five to fourteen were involved in accidents last July and August, with twelve deaths. It urges both child and parent education to prevent injuries, stressing safe traffic rules, bicycle use, and parental responsibility.
Local issue notes ice cream garden opening by J C Slatthews and popular shop. Judgment in Campbell vs Heard case over husband’s death from anthrax. Grand Trunk rail timing on Chicago express noted. Arch McNabb to join Ottawa Arpprior and Matry Sound voyage. Churchill Congregational Church marks 60th anniversary. Robbery caper, mishap at Moffat residence. Christopher Moffat hospital visit. Obituary: Jennie Stone aged 11.
The Acton park adds eight picnic grounds and a community center as the town grows. Notables include Grace Shilling’s achievements at Turnity Normal School and local residents John Agnew, Daunte Campbell, and Judy Sear contributing to a week of gatherings and festivities.
Oakville plans relocate its oldest post office from Colborne Street to a corner of Thomas and Front Streets by the lake, to serve as a museum. A tug raised the Radhel from the creek bottom as blasting and fire-fighting activity interrupted Monday morning, and over two hundred residents have blood stored for possible transfusion. Oakville Baseball Ass'n and the new intermediate club reached a joint plan for practice and game schedules.
Mothers and young guests bid farewell as the hostess hands each departing mother a gift wrapped package. She tells them to open at home, promising a surprise. Inside the package are two aspirin tablets.
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