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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 18, 1959
Page
2
The Free Press criticizes Acton Mayor and council for a $7 nightly rental fee that forced the Acton Citizens' Band from Town Hall. The editorial defends press independence while challenging officials to focus on town issues and future plans for utilities, staffing, and facilities.
Halton elected officials backed a PC government with Premier Frost heading a strengthened majority. Liberals doubled to 22 seats and the CCF rose to five, while turnout hovered below 50 percent of 48 000 eligible voters. The Halton race was tight with Hall's win conceded about 10 45 p.m. after late returns and campaign efforts by Mullins and Henry noted.
An overview of changing paternal authority from ancient times to modern days. The piece notes tyrannical heads of households in biblical and classical eras, shifts in control through marriage, dowries, and debt, and suggests modern trends show mothers gaining influence while fathers remain central in family life.
The editor of the Durham Chronicle urges revamping rural geography by closing half of side roads and re locating scattered homes along main routes. This would cut township road mileage from about 150 to 100 miles and slash maintenance costs while bringing farm families closer together and reducing isolation.
A satirical missive argues Fathers Day is a pale version of Mothers Day and critiques commercial gifting. It suggests fathers would prefer a day spent away with the family instead of gifts, noting changes in family routines and roles over time.
Fragmented reminiscence contrasts old time fatherhood with modern habits. The narrator recalls a distant era when dads worked, came home to a quiet house, and avoided domestic duties. Today fathers face constant chatty calls and shared chores, reshaping the family dynamic and expectations.
Sunday services span multiple denominations in Acton Ontario including United Church Anglican Presbyterian and Pentecostal groups. Readings show morning worship Sunday school evangelistic services and midweek Bible study at Knox Church Acton and Acton Pentecostal Tabernacle with leaders Rev Gordon Adams Rev HOR Stoke Rev Anders Ho and Rev Kenneth Jo Red Pascor.
A column recalling a 1909 fishing trip by C C Speigh W R Sayers R Sinclair and John Baver to Waraga Beach yields 180 pounds of bass pickerel pike and shod shared with friends. Constable Smith moves loiterers along at Mill and Main Streets and plans to curb post office crowding. A Guelph Irishman jailed for drunkenness is ordered to leave town. Acton versus Georgetown baseball sparks umpire protests. A rope incident injures Capt Gamble during T P Watkins barn raising. Acton Shakespeare Club outing includes paper mill tour and Bennet House dinner. Alex McDonald builds a new barn on the second line.
The Acton council set this year's mill rate at 46 percent, about half a mill above last year, with total taxes to be raised at 36 702 41. The issue also notes Dr. John McDougall earning a medical degree and soon farewell sermons by Rev. Dr. E. M. Moyrow, plus a busy Acton School Board handling 700 job applications for three positions.
A local directory listing physicians Dr D A Garrett and Dr Robert D Buckner at Acton Ontario with contact hours, plus optometrist Robert R Hamilton in Georgetown. Includes Gray Coach Lines schedules from Acton and Canadian National Railways times, with daily and holiday service notes and Georgetown Flyer timings.
A fragmented text discusses electrical hazards and the need for study and prevention. It references heaters and electrical equipment, suggesting concern for safety and potential risks. Names, dates, or concrete actions are unclear due to the garbled source.
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