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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 10, 1960
Page
2
The piece notes rising concern over national education quality and funding, linking progress to upgrading education and university growth. It cites higher costs for facilities and teaching, government schemes, and the belief that education remains the key to a child’s future amid political and social pressures.
A Canadian Manufacturers' Association survey shows 63 percent of firms close for vacations and 4 percent in peak weeks. Congested highways, limited lodging, higher prices follow mass travel. Advises planning vacations mid June to mid July and mid August to mid September for a calmer, more pleasant trip.
The farthing, a quarter of a penny, is withdrawn from British currency as inflation ends its use. The piece notes rare pockets of respect in English courts and northern Scotland where prices rose a farthing at a time. It compares to Canada’s cent and laments the era ending amid rising costs.
The item notes John Goy’s elevation to Acton mayor as he enters the fourth year of municipal service. It expresses hope for better relations among civic groups, calls for more cooperation to boost Acton, and mentions Open House at the Free Press with snow keeping some visitors away. It also references local school visitors, North Halton Urban Board activity, and traffic light concerns at Mill and Main Street with calls for a proper signal.
An older husband schemes a weekend in the city to meet a contact, planning to mislead his wife by pretending to see a man and keep his family under a false sense of security. He hides liquor, faces objections, and finally leaves as his wife frets over the plan while the house looks bleak in snow.
The narrator recalls a chaotic weekend city scene with 200 awaiting cabs, a stranger needing a three mile ride, and a kind cabbie guiding him. A subway dash, a mistaken waiter, a flambéed pheasant episode, a hotel checkout, a lost tip, and an injury on the tram home color a chaotic evening of urban life and a remark on Brotherhood Week.
A lively column blends hockey penalty drama with town news from Oakville Welland Orangeville and Brampton. It notes a playoff penalty shot in Oakville Welland, hospital and birth updates in Orangeville, coin exchange woes in Brantford, potential theater reopening in Georgetown, a Brampton sidewalk safety clash, and a Brampton building project facing lack of safety features.
An OCR skim of a fragile page recounts a 1910 era scene with scattered names, places, and events. The text drifts through memories of streets, stations, and people with many garbled terms, reflecting a faded newspaper fragment.
Ada Fanner starred as Waterloo Tigers won a tense secur game Tuesday night. Coached by Drodicoh Goedin the Waterleng team pressed hard, with key plays from Acton and Veright, as Maced and others contributed. The match featured gusty winds and a late surge building momentum for the Tigers.
A list of Acton area professionals and services including physicians lawyers and a travel coach schedule. Entries feature names such as DR WG C KENNEY DR D A GARRETT DR ROBERT L BUCKNER and firms like HASTINGS & PAYNE and LEVER & HOSKIN. The page shows office hours telephone numbers addresses and local business references. It also includes travel schedules for GRAY COACH LINES CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS and related transport times.
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