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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 13, 1958
Page
9
The Acton Free Press from March 1958 comments on voter participation, urging Canadians to inform themselves and vote on March 31. It notes journalism and local ads about stretch fabrics and market trends, and describes Acton’s winter travel conditions plus snow conditions across regions.
The Rotary Club leads the annual Easter Seal campaign inviting donations to aid crippled children. The Ontario Society for Crippled Children reports 12 500 active cases, with a provincial goal of 750 000 dollars for nursing, summer camps serving 1 200 children, and child examinations in remote areas.
The Financial Post notes hopeful signs in road safety with modest declines in highway deaths. In the United States deaths dropped by over 1,000 last year while Canada recorded just under 3,200 fatalities, a high level despite more traffic and cars overall.
The Coast and Florida are unlikely to affect Manitoba's winter, with little snow and mostly slush. Canada aims to advance industrial maturity by fostering climates favorable to modern manufacturing. The Do It Now campaign urges swift action on local work, while Argenteuil county farmers favor legal advice for buying, selling, mortgages, or wills.
The memoir recounts a lawyer journalist's forty year career at a Canadian newspaper and broadcasting network. It covers interviews with a host of editors and photographers and the shift from staff cuts to evolving newsroom routines.
The Acton Ontario church calendar lists services for Alban's Anglican Church St 185 Jeffrey St Rev Evan Boodanes BA LT, Acton Open Pentecostals 3 Churchill Rd Rev Kenneth Reid, United Church Gardin Acton, Baptist Rev Ray WH Costerus, Knox Church, and Presbyterian Rev Andrew H McKenzie with times for morning worship Sunday March 16 1958 and related activities including Sunday School Church School and evening services.
The board approved grade 9 students' annual trip to Parliament Buildings in Toronto and met at Robert Mattle Grade School. It authorized a home economics selling machine purchase, approved books and supplies, donated £25 to a local festival, and approved a council budget of 23107. Secretary reported February non-resident fees of $120. Principal G. W. McKenzie was congratulated on becoming District Governor of the Y's Men's Club.
A dense listing of Acton Ontario professionals and services including physicians Dr Garrett and Dr Buckner, lawyers A Braida and C F Leatherland, accountants Neville Stoller and Co and Lever & Hoskin, real estate and insurance firms, a funeral home, optometrist L L Buchner, and local coach and rail schedules with Can National and Gray Coach lines. The directory also notes office hours and contact details across multiple streets.
A March 12 issue reports Acton events including a ladies afternoon tea in G Havill parlors, a sale of Jo Wale home, and a tongue in cheek note on Acton Weal. It notes hockey games, a war dance on Main Street, and the skating season’s closing with mixed public reaction.
A fragmented 1938 account recalls a series of suspicious activities by three men in Vrufay involving small purchases and confessions. The narrative follows investigations, a testy town response, and parish social events including a St Patrick's party and Scout Mother auxiliary conference planning.
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