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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 11, 1965
Page
9
An item from the Acton Free Prats section notes events scheduled for Thursday March 11 1965 with details on local gatherings and time and place.
Ted and Shirley Freeman announce the birth of son Gordon John on February 27 1905 at Guelph General Hospital a brother for Lyle. Mr and Mrs Remnant Kent announce the birth of Deborah Theresa March 1888 at Georgetown and District Hospital.
Allan Mialon aged 87 dies suddenly at his Sandss home March 7. Beloved husband of Emma May Dobbie and father of Emel Agnew and Florence Parsons. Funeral service held at McKenna Funeral Home. Interment Evergreen Cemetery, Milton.
A jumble of community notices, banquets and dances scheduled at Brooksville Hall and Milton venues, with musical acts, mass schedules, and admission prices. It lists a junior farmers banquet, a community centre event, and a Requiem Mass, plus obituaries and funeral notices for Clara Stephenson and Cora Albert Speight. Also mentions a Halton cattle breeders meeting and a job-ad style for sale items and used stroller and Dodge parts.
Help wanted for various positions and sales listings appear in Acton. Includes male single operator sought with experience and license, elderly couple seeking companion, Avon calling opportunity with earnings, and multiple sale ads for maps, apples, bales of hay, used furniture, a Plymouth Belvedere, TVs, boats, and a bungalow for sale. Also job postings seeking a skilled toolmaker and upholstery work with benefits.
Fragmented OCR text shows an In Memoriam entry for Hennessy and personal thanks to family and hospital staff. The remainder lists sale ads for tires, radiators, and various garbled items, with incidental names and partial addresses.
The family and friends express heartfelt thanks for kindnesses, cards, flowers, and support during illness, hospital stays, weddings, and bereavement. Special mentions include Rev. McKennie, Rev. West, neighbours, and the staff at Guelph General Hospital.
A garbled rental notice appears with scattered phrases and misspellings. It seems to request lodging near Ayton and mentions a payment around $1000, but usable details are minimal and names or locations are unclear.
Terms require cash with clerk on sale day. No reserve as farm. Owner not responsible for incidents on sale day. WM. A. Gibson of Guelph is the auctioneer. Clerk listed as Vied Bapuié.
Wanted listings urgent for 100 acres of mostly cleared rough land in the south Jot Acton area. Here is a cash client seeking a country home with good road access, shed and double garage. Call FRANK SIMIONI after 5 pm at 853-1650 days or nights if no answer.
The reader text mentions a vehicle dealer on No 7 Highway Georgetown offering immediate delivery with a Chrysler at a noted address and phone-like details. The fragmentary data suggests a car dealer advertisement or notice with incomplete references to location and contact numbers.
Large crowds attend the day as Bantam Championship concludes the Four Town Tournament. Markets earned a 14 victory for Malton Georgetown by the Bantam championship series, closing out the event in 1964.
Six student teachers from Lakeshore Teachers' College are spending two weeks in town gaining practical experience at public and visiting schools. The group includes Karen Hianitten and Susan Brown, with field placements in grade nine and grade five under supervision of Mrs Bert Veetates and Mrs Glen White.
A garbled recap lists Acton entrants across five tournaments with scattered names, results, and notes. Mentions teams and individuals facing eliminations and refereeing decisions, with uncertain dates and places.
Public legal notice from Ontario creditors about the estate of William R. Wilkins late of Acton Halton. Creditors must send claims by April 1 1968. after that date the estate will be distributed. Filed March 6 1968 in Georgetown with administrator Florence Balysatals and Frederick A Hels.
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