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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 07, 1969
Page
4
Three Press argues against disbanding municipal councils in Ontario and replacing them with regional boards. Critics fear loss of local voice, accountability, and democratic spirit as councils serve as training grounds and nurseries for future politicians.
A correspondent analyzes a November employment breakdown showing 2,530,000 Canadians in wealth-producing roles in manufacturing agriculture and mining forestry and fishing. He notes two supporting workers per productive worker and emphasizes the pivotal role of production in sustaining services and industry.
The writer asserts today’s troubled world makes the rich miserable as the poor, who suffer less from wealth but may endure hunger, while noting that affluence does not shield misery.
Readers defend the Don Messer Show against CBC cancellation arguing it is a clean Canadian program with nostalgic charm. They contrast it with pricey, controversial American imports and note the show’s long run and modest ratings. The piece closes recalling a 1919 community notices page with Scouts and Women’s Institute events.
May 10 1894 report notes Epworth League social attendance large after devotionales and readings by Hematreet Nicklin Clara Moore Mrs W Moore Ida McNabb Rev S Edge and Sunday School orchestra. Also Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co launches two week town hall campaign and a Queen's Birthday relay bicycle race from Samia to Montreal via Acton.
The Free Press notes Acton boys and girls band debuting in parade with new uniforms ahead of an evening park concert. It recalls early radio and the first TV set at McEachertt Electric, while mentioning a New York broadcast and Buffalo reception. Also covered are local singers Master Frankiny Bean’s accolades, Jotun Calder plumbing shop opening, St Joseph’s church repairs, dust relief on roads, a baseball diamond project, and the high school Cadet Inspection upcoming Monday.
The Free Press notes support for a little orphan in France while reports from Pie, Earnest E Barr, and Capt W G C Kenney surface. Frank Day mails describe safe return to England amid a rough voyage. An aging roll lists 75 dogs previously, now 38 after tax changes and a new bylaw requiring dogs to wear tags.
A reflective note compares childhood curiosity with adult certainty, suggests wisdom grows with time, and muses on recognition and loss within families across centuries.
A firsthand vignette follows a newspaper staffer’s chaotic day from dawn to night. The narrator narrates early rises, nonstop assignments, a rockwood dash, a jammed desk, photo gigs, and a stray plane crash that turns out to be a band’s prop mishap.
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