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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 15, 1968
Page
2
Halton County lauds Dr Harry Harley MP as he retires from federal politics. He chaired key cost and safety probes on drugs and explosive hearings on divorce abortion. Longtime Halton representative, Harley praised for courtesy and duty, leaving a level of high expectation for successors.
East Gwillimbury Township council passed a by law prohibiting single family homes on 10 to 25 acre lots awaiting Ontario Municipal Board approval. Legal 10 acre parcels remain allowed with local by laws while parcels over 25 acres are treated as farms. The measure aims to curb what officials call uneconomical land use and poor planning amid a housing shortage amid concerns about adjoining farm weed spread and loss of productive farmland.
Editorial notes discuss Ontarios name origin from Ontare meaning lake and the word so while describing spring with blossoms leaves and clouds. The piece mentions Acton station potentially closing and a humorous pelican sighting at Lake of the Woods with a quirky beak remark. England safety tips joke about drivers in restrictive outfits concludes the quip laden note.
A humorous essay notes the burden of middle age and marriage as a husband jokes about Atlas like weight on his shoulders. The piece contrasts a worn bedroom suite with a wife's decorating plans and a sick child, ending with Atlas shrugging at the growing strain.
A church notice lists Easter Sunday services across multiple churches in Acton Georgetown and area. The Church of Saint Alban the Martyr Anglican holds Holy Eucharist and Church School on May 19 1968 with a 9 00 am service and 10 30 am Eucharist. Other churches include Christian Reformed Acton English service at 10 00 am and Dutch English service at 11 10 am. Evangel Pentecostal Tabernacle lists 10 00 am Sunday School 11 00 am Morning Worship 7 00 pm Crusaders and midweek services. Maple Avenue Baptist Georgetown invites families to attend with 10 00 am Morning Service 7 00 pm Evening Evangel and Wednesday prayer.
Church notices from Trinity United and nearby congregations. Details list ministers, music directors, worship times, Sunday School variations, and events including Miss Mildred Law speaking, prayer meetings, choir practice, and youth classes. Includes Rev Gordon Turner preaching at Churchill United Church and Knox Church Acton schedule.
The readable segments are scattered and do not form a coherent event or person. No identifiable organizations, dates, or locations are present to craft a valid summary. The fragment appears to be garbled OCR with mixed letters and placeholders.
The Free Press notes recovery of 925530 in bonds stolen from the Bank of Nova Scotia Camptonville branch over a year ago. CP Rail Investigations Dept. announced the find on a truck and handed cash to inspectors. Officials in Montreal and New York discussed travel and financial plans surrounding the incident. Local infrastructure work along the highway near Acton and Milton is described as ongoing with surface paving essential.
A damaged OCR notice found at a Dieppe cemetery gate mentions burial costs and officials, with garbled lines about the Earl of Abyrdean and Canada. The text also references local events, people, and a fatal trampling near Lambeth, plus attendees at a PietricH meeting in Guelph.
Fifty years ago on a stormy Monday morning the house of Jacob Bauer on Beardmore Crescent was struck by lightning, tearing up floor and stove pipe. A shabby stranger enters the Barber Shop and asks to shave the bearded owner at a penny, while the barber obliges, noting the man’s vanity and social friction as the storm rages.
A century ago the Brampton chief constable dealt with men branded by whiskey influenced remarks. Peter Roddy, claiming Scotch Irish lineage, faced conviction but was discharged after magistrate evidence. Another man from the fets area, once a pig drover, is imprisoned but may be released. A Queen's Birthday order directs Volunteers in Guelph Ontario Montreal Quebec Ottawa Kingston Toronto Hamilton London to assemble at noon on May 23 to honor Her Majesty.
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