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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 20, 1961
Page
5
The column lists residents and visitors with travels and guests, noting names such as Paul and Gord Dubois of Vancouver, Miss Julie Lesniewich of Pres Yon, and many Ontario and Quebec connections. It records homecomings from holidays, hospital stays, and ongoing summer plans across Toronto, Halifax, Truro, Bala, Port Elgin, and Shelburne.
Eight Harlem Negro youths visit farms near Ballinafad and Alton for ten days as part of a race relations project sponsored by local Young People associations. They stay with host families, attend Bible school activities, and share farm life while planning future exchanges with Ballinafad hosts and a New York return visit.
Sharen and Sheila Archibald of Ajax spend a week at their grandparents Mr and Mrs Tyan Harris with other relatives. Karen and Colleen Perkins will join them for holidays in Ajax. All nine telephone operators were at the Bell exchange last Thursday afternoon when chief operator Mrs Margaret Ford.
Lions club members will staff Jack McCalhan's Texaco station all day Saturday to raise funds for club projects. At least ten will work in shifts from 8 AM to 8 PM, with two in clown costumes greeting traffic. Car washes, gum, and oil changes will be offered. prizes include drawings and free helmets for children.
The Ukrainian Youth camp at Airlite draws many youths in July with a high registration. numbers dwindle by early August. Established years ago, it features permanent buildings and an artificial lake for swimming. Some leaders are recognizable in town wearing Khoki tuniforms with short shorts.
A Milton youth driver Andy Penrose of 423 George St Milton and a passenger escaped injury after a car rolled over on the Fifth Line north vol 10 Sideroad. The vehicle struck a pole and a tree before landing on its wheels with $000 damage. Prints of pictures from the paper may be ordered.
A community picnic at Case's home on Thursday evening July 14 drew strong turnout despite rain. Preschool prizes went to Kim Crawford Debbie Harlow and Joyce Graham. other age groups and events named winners. Mrs Clare Wilson presented Mr Coxe a set of bathroom scales for his service to the Institute.
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