Free Prose Thursday March 21 1963
An item notes a literary event titled Free Prose set for Thursday in March 1963. It highlights a reading or gathering featuring anonymous or unidentified writers, with focus on a cultural program at a local venue.
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 21, 1963
Page
11
An item notes a literary event titled Free Prose set for Thursday in March 1963. It highlights a reading or gathering featuring anonymous or unidentified writers, with focus on a cultural program at a local venue.
Local items describe Holy Week service plans and campaign efforts in Acton. A garage replacement after a fire, political offices reopening, and Rotary Club fundraising are noted. A hockey club display and home furnishings tickets draw attention, while residents worry about spring flooding and a traffic incident near Horn involving a Stirversville brick tack.
A nostalgic verse tale recounts a storyteller weaving ghostly legends from Ulster to Leinster. The vivid memories of old hearths and travelers’ tales evoke fear, wonder, and sorrow as children listen, while elders reminisce and tears fall for passing times.
Ford Motor Company Oakville plant employees will view a color slide program on home fire hazards during plant breaks. The set, compiled by the Hatton County Fire Prevention Bureau with Oakville fire officials, covers Creve Creation and fire safety basics and is available for viewing by any local group.
About 60 guests attended Halton Junior Farmers annual banquet and dance at Palermo Community Hall. The event honored officers including Fred Barnes president and Ed Seysworth past president, with awards to Marstiadl Adrienne Nurse Allen Beavridge and Marle Wilson among others. Rasberry's Orchestra provided music and intermission entertainment featured Dave Lockie Graham Reeves and singers Joe Loves and Paul May.
Auction announced on Friday March 2 at 1 o clock at the farm opposite Golf and Country Club. Includes tractor model AR 34, manure spreader, power mower, carts and hoes, grain and feed items, dairy equipment, furniture pieces, and building supplies. Cash settlement. George Curie listed as contact.
Barbara Youmans, 12, Glen Williams Public School, won the J. C. Cunningham Trophy as top orator at Esquesing Township preliminary public speaking contest held in Stewarttown. Barbara defeated nine peers in a five to seven minute program with topic My Dreams of the Future. Close to 100 residents attended the Township Hall as judges from Georgetown awarded scoring on delivery, subject matter, and preparation.
Farm organizations in Halton were represented at a farm leaders convention held in Ontario. The event, sponsored by the Malton Federation of Agriculture and the Extension Branch of the Ontario Department of Agriculture, aimed to teach leadership about planning effective meetings.
Council approved SPL 18074 payments. Appointments and attendances include Alt Dabs for water course duties port Colbert, and resignations and new posts for assessor, clerk, and other municipal roles. Meeting notes reference community and parks activities and next committee sessions.
The band aims for a concert in April at Robert Lint school. A summer schedule is prepared with about six concerts arranged including a partnership with Oakville.
A brief notice urges Acton area residents to verify their names on the local voters list before an upcoming election. Officials warn that eligible voters should ensure their names are properly recorded to vote.
An auction will be held at the farm near 2978 Nol Higtasas two miles east of Chokville. Items include John Deere crawler, sprayers, duster, supply tanks, trailers, boxes and other hard equipment. Cash sale. Equipment described as in excellent condition.
A short note records Elliott and Hoemes at Roselawn Orchards in Boe. Stephens.
The 12 year old grist mill from Ameliasburg near Belleville moves to Pioneer Village at June St and Steeles Ave under a $2,000 purchase by Metropolitan Poronte and Region Conservation. Roblin's Mill will be rebuilt with three sets of millstones and preserved as a 19th century Canadian site.
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