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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 18, 1969
Page
8
Acton residents protested Cobblehill site citing distance from business district and conflict with homes. Fergus neighbors on Thistle and Union Streets condemned the council proposal to place apartments in a residential area, arguing property depreciation and loss of quiet, fearing mismatch with seniors and community.
The note urges farmers to vote June 24 on a general farm organization with compulsory checkoff and related questions. It outlines options for board voting on the provincial council, membership payment structures, and whether membership should be automatic or require voluntary contributions. The piece emphasizes voter turnout and independent farmer decision making.
Laymen question television's influence on behavior while executives tout effectiveness in selling goods. They deny programs teach crime, claiming only reflection of current patterns. The tension highlights doubts over advertising power and media residues on viewers.
A family hosts 85 students and four teachers from a Washington D C high school for a three day visit. The teens disrupted the local schedule with dances, a boat trip, and a beach party attended by about 120 locals. Warm goodbyes, exchanges, and gifts capped four nights of cross cultural meeting.
The piece notes a shift toward unisex clothing dominating the market in London New York and expanding to a 33 store chain across Manitoba Ontario and Quebec. It lists jumpsuits pilot jackets capes vests flaring pants trench coats and see through lace outfits, while recounting a humorous anecdote about finding narrow ties and the social awkwardness of cross fashion norms.
An editor recalls a months old piece on unisex trends and a disposable dress made of paper. The author laughs at fashion whims, imagines trying it on, then notes the gag misfired and the dress was worn briefly before being discarded.
An immense turnout greeted Prime Minister Louis St Laurent at Acton station on a rainy Tuesday. Public school children holidayed to welcome the visitors as the Hoys' and Girls' Band performed. Local figures, including Mr Hughes Cleaver and editor G A Dills, were introduced to the St Laurents and their party.
Seurchon for local pupils from 1863 to 1872 of the late Robert Little set for Friday July 13 with town drive cemetery visit addresses music and a school picnic. George Buckwell married Miss Lessie Huggins at Carthage Missouri in cream silk and lace. he and Holmes are noted. Polling places for next week election: town hall and Speight's store. Counterfeit ten cent pieces in circulation. Acton Comet Band played Nassagaweya Lawn social at Mr. Marshal Holmes home.
A recent study of Ontario highways finds nearly one third of breakdowns due to drivers running out of gas. When a vehicle with a manual transmission stalls in traffic, move it to a safe resting place using low gear and off the roadway.
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