Modern Crusaders. St John Ambulance Brigade Named Citizens of the Year
The St John Ambulance Brigade was chosen as Citizens of the Year for 11 years of service totaling about 25 000 hours in the town and district. They cared for cuts bruises and injuries with speed and dedication, often underfunded and unrecognized, now saluted by supporters and the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John Ambulance Brigade
St. John Brigade
Chamber of Commerce
Indead Modern Crusaders
Election scramble as Trudeau calls general vote in Canada
Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau shocks pundits by calling a general election. Conservatives NDP Social Credit and Liberals rush to nominate candidates amid party lines shaping up. Voters face a rare season with clear party alignment as incumbents and aspirants navigate timing and personal reasons amid Liberal leadership shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pletora Elliott Trudeau
N.D.P
Social Credit
Liberal
Pierre
Sumerian admonition echoes modern fatherly talks
A Babylonian era clay tablet captures a father's tongue lashings to his son, admonishing him to study and stop wasting time. Four millennia later scholars translate the line and conclude that human behavior remains stubbornly constant.
Letters on taxes and youth spark reader reactions
Readers flood the paper with opinions on high taxes, government waste, and social support. Letters from Ken Ceenan, G MacDonald, Mrs. Ferguson, and others critique public spending, hospital costs, and the Whipp affair, while teens weigh in on education and youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Ceenan
Tillarohirg Highiikes
G. MacDonald
Toronto
M. Ferguson
Wm. E. Smith
Oakville
Whipp
Petrolia Weekly
Caution on Free Offers in Magazine Subscriptions
The piece warns readers that many seasonally advertised "free" offers use a skill testing question to determine if they win a prize. Correct answers win a prize, while wrong answers still yield a consolation prize. Both lead to magazine subscriptions the buyer may not want. The advice echoes "let the buyer beware."
Action on west Acton Flour Mill elevators and progress
Free Press reports D H Lindsay excavations at the west side of Acton Flour Mill for four storage elevators facing quicksand. Wartime tenants are listed. Grading levelling and telephone service progress noted. Local figures including Dr Murray Deans and Kenneth Blow appear among movers and shakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Lindsay
Acton
Thos
Watson
Chan
Biggs
T. J. Lerenby
Wilfred Waldie
Oew
Tannary Tufning
Allen Marthing
Sopa
Kenneth “Blow
Peterborough
Murray Deans
Oakville
Sutton
F. Lo Wright
Guelph and District
Harrap
Bower Ave
Prairk.Van Wyck
Guelph
George Elliott
Aldo Braid
Arnold McEnery
Ballinafad
William Bander
Won
Toronto
Arnold
Manassah Campbell
The Deestrick Skule and Local Notes From May 9 1968 Free Press
Fifty years ago the Wednesday half holiday let clerks and businessmen garden and boost production. The play The Deestrick Skule by 50 members of the Erin company drew full seating with about 100 standing. Neil Mee Nabb portrayed the old school master as Corporal Ritchie oversaw the scene. Lieut Ernest Worden was awarded the Military Cross, while Nassagaweya’s Robinson Anderson lay injured from a runaway accident and later required amputation before hospital care. Pollinghorne of Limehouse earned the Distinguished Conduct Medal. Mothers’ Day memories highlighted acts of kindness. Miss Lorna Kennedy won third prize and a bronze medal for her Victory Loan essay. It ends noting disapproval of loafing and Sunday gardening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erin
Neil Mee Nabb
Ritchie
Ernest Worden
H. H. Worden
Acton
Robinson Anderson
Nassagaweya
Gangerene
Guelph General Hospital
Set
Pollinghorne
Limehouse
Lorna Kennedy
Easay
Phonograph concert highlights and historic notes from 1693
A fragment from the Free Press recounts Rev Byron Laing's second phonograph concert with the Epworth League drawing about 300 attendees, featuring Canadian and American bands and notable solos. It also mentions Chicago exhibition plans, liquor licenses in Halton, the disappearance of William Roce, and 1868 wedding and teething syrup notices with local anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Laing
Epworth League
M. Laing
Banda
Musicland
Vical
Mpenkars
Cleveland
Chicago
Paris
Halton
Humber
William Roce Oe
Easter and May Services At St Alban and Trinity Churches
Church calendar includes Holy Eucharist and Sunday School at St Alban on May 5 1968 with morning and English services and a Dutch English service. Trinity United and Churchill United list Morning Worship services and Sunday School with special Bolivia mission speakers on May 5 1988. Knox Acton Rev Andrew H McKenzie minister and choir notes accompany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church School
Dawson
Christ Ambassadors
Crusaders
Acton
Georgetown
Trinity United Church
Churchill United Church
Oshawa
Bolivia
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Zenith
Modern Crusaders
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Bob Stanfield
Lester Pearson
Mr. Pearson
Louis St. Laurent
John” Diefenbaker
Mr. Paaraon
Harry Harley
David Bell
Preston
Mina Wealby
Ma’m
Mary McCaughan
Keewick
T. A. Deans of
London
Richard J. Neidham
Ida
Walkerton
Maureen Schwarts
Killoran
Cooksville
Alt
Cara
Maureen
Mr. Whipp
Free Press
Willows
Actus
Qaiarno
Aue
Curcusslee
Tingle
Omar Towrat Chiaus
Gilad Woert
Bad Mise Bey
Gevid BR. Galle
Aablinher
Cagrright Hi
Gen Ryder
Adv
The
Mitlon
West End
Malinda
Wallace's Hotel
Campbellville
John Coote
Winslow
Hree Press
Church OF ST. Alban the Martyr Anglican
Willow St
St. Alban‘s Drive
H. J. Dawson
OETHL
Christian Reformed Church
Rev
P. Brouwer
B.D
Ontario
Evangel Pentecostal Tabernacle Pro.c
Churchill Road
S. M. Thoman
Maple
Trinity Church
United Church of Canadas
Gordon B. Turner
Acton Baptist Church
Stanley Gammon
Tidey Ave
Fiona
Mary Anderton Boon
Harold Swallow
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