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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 21, 1967
Page
5
Diplomats needed as Planning Board members resign following a 5-4 council vote denying cost absorption for the T Seynick C Griese property plan. Both sides share a wish for a sound development, yet the town faces reduced planning input and lingering tensions.
Editorial praises Mayor Les Duby for chairing Central Ontario Regional Development Association and Ontario Municipal Association town and village section. It notes board work speeds roads, shares ideas, and reduces parochial thinking while offering education and wide benefits for Acton and neighboring municipalities.
Photographs from the Centennial Picture Gallery feature the Methodist Sunday school orchestra with William Laird George King John Hill Rudolph Spielvogel Chester Matthews Lottie Mason Ernie Brown Ethel Coleman Nelson Moore Hazel Mason and the Mason twins. The Acton Boy Scout Bugle Band photo dated July 12 1919 lists in front William Hawes Ray Agnew Edwin Landsborough Roy Brown Adam Orr Lloyd Forbes and in back Fred Warren Jack Kennedy Joe Hynds Lloyd Mosa les Nelson Moore Rudolph Spielvogel William Robertson George Soper Thomas Savage. Ray Agnew and Rudolph Spielvogel remain active with Acton Citizens Band.
A 20 year inmate of marriage offers blunt, humorous rules for entering and living in marriage. He jokes about unwritten norms, suggests contracts with lawyers and mothers, and provides gendered tips on managing money, debt, and behavior. He notes the coupling is a constant, evolving skirmish with joys from children and decent grub.
The piece defines the automobile as a four wheeled motor machine with limited seating enabling rapid travel to places people once avoided. It notes that the appeal fades once there due to scarce parking, capturing a witty modern complaint about urban mobility.
Advertising rules from the Acton Free Press outline billing, error allowances, and withdrawal rights. It notes rates, space payment, and the handling of typographical or mispriced errors, with exemptions for Canada and international copies.
The Acton Free Press announced its admission into the Audit Bureau of Circulations in Chicago and that initial audit copies have been received. The issue also notes the death of Neil Patterson from a rollover crash near Acton. A tennis match opened the season as Acton beat St Clements 93 to 0. Knox Presbyterian WMS met to plan the 60th anniversary of the Women's Missionary Society and Mary Maddox saluted Rev Fosbury in school instruction.
Press of Thursday June 16 1992 reports a new Incline railway opening in Hamilton on Saturday and a band concert at Franklin Square that evening. Extreme heat reduced church attendance on Sunday while a bakery fire near the post office caused quick containment and damage.
In a regular Monday session 1917 council approved two by laws regulating bread sale and milk production and sale. Inspectors named Reed for bread and Dr H A Coxe for milk. The Board of Education met with chairman Robert Scott and reengaged staff: W H Stewart principal and teachers Pearl Z Baker M Z Bennett Mary Black Daisy Forster Ethel Monteith. Obituaries note deaths of James Warren and William Kitching.
One hundred years ago a Royal Proclamation fixed July 1 as the general rejoicing public holiday marking the union of Canada Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. A parade of the Volunteer force will be held at corps headquarters with a feu de joie. Officers receive pay and each non commissioned officer and man fifty cents. The Provincial Secretary invites all subjects to join in the Natal Day festivities and honor the birth of renovated Canada viewed as a nation starting anew in 1867.
Sunday school sessions at Trinity Church Acton and Churchill Church are listed with ages and times. Holy Communion Sacrament offered at both churches. Acton Baptist Church features church school adult class and prayer meeting. Evander Pentecostal Tabernacle shows service at 33 Churchill Road with Pastor S. M. Thoman.
The Knox Church Acton notices list Rev Andrew H oe BA BD and Rev Ritchie McMurray MA STB with services at 11 and 10 am English and Dutch, plus Holy Eucharist at 10 am today. Bible classes 10:12 am and a church school closure noted. Corner Willow Grove and St Albans details included.
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