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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 31, 1968
Page
8
Benny Rachlin of Rachlin Jewellers donates a two foot high trophy for Nebak final playground competition. The trophy will be engraved with entrants names and presented to the best float builders. Don Price, the director, praises the donation and says it should spur good effort among the children.
The text calls for feature stories poetry and sharp protest letters. It invites submissions to the Free Press Youth Page, promising space for intellectual outbursts and confrontational writing against the system.
The Breezes playground children gathered Tuesday as Garth Taylor cut his foot on broken glass and required stitches. They depart Wednesday for Malton by plane, then Thursday head to Toronto Islands and Old Fort York, with the final parade planned for Thursday of next week.
Herb's Delivery beat Station Hotel 17 to 9 in a town league softball slugfest. Herb's rapped 21 hits including two home runs as pitchers Doug Vickery and Gord Spence held Station to 15 hits. Harold Townslay and Archibald led Herb's with three singles and a homer.
Acton edged Drumquin by one in a tight Monday game scoring four runs in the third and three in the fourth. Rev Brunnelle had three hits and three runs, Mc Gilloway and Drummond hit three bags, MacDougall pitched six hits and five walks with five strikeouts. Durin made a key left field catch as Pickett pitched the full game for Drumquin.
The July 31 1968 issue notes Scotty McCristall Terry Mo sales Charlie Kucas Rick Coe and Wayne Deforest each hit two, while Andy Williams Jan Riddall and John Dunn each had three for Station. Herb had 15 runs batted in after a 9 15 line. A quotation on ruthless ambition and a push for special education and fundraising follows. A North Halton group promotes Flowers of Hope seeds to support mentally retarded programs with canvassing appeals.
A group of 114 teenagers from Acton Citizens' Band joined the Ontario Youth Music Camp at Beaverton. Under conductor Dr War Cole the daily routine featured sectionals and full band rehearsals, with practice piled beside water time and evening dances. The camp impressed all, though eight girls faced punishment for campers tent mischief.
A first person narrator rebukes a critic of youth while on a bus, arguing that most young people attend school and aim for professions like doctors and teachers. The speaker laments sweeping generational judgments and urges balanced views despite frequent stereotypes.
Acton’s touring students arrive in Malton on Friday following a month long tour of Europe. They arrive ahead of their letters.
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