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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 31, 1966
Page
2
A humor piece by Bill Smiley satirizes high school principals facing autumn staff shortages and unpredictable enrollments. It playfully imagines resignations, pregnancies, and staff scandals, critiquing district hiring pressures and the chaos of looming fall.
Acton Chamber of Commerce urges residents to enter the Home and Property Improvement contest to win a share of 100 dollars. Judging begins Sept 6 with winners announced Sept 29, 1900. Officials emphasize repainting, remodeling, cleaning and town pride to boost property values and attract industry.
A box found issue volume 22 October 1887 London Ontario by William Weld. Ads show horse drawn engines steam outfits and farming machinery. Georgetown's H L Ross advertised Holstein cattle. Rambler reporter tours Hamilton Oakville area praising scenery and grain yield. Local farmers noted include Fothergill Clydesdales J S Freeman fruit trees onions cucumbers and a 1200 pear tree vineyard run by William Martin.
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