Acton Could Develop Fairy Lake Vista Tourism Aim
Editorial argues for transforming dredged silt piles along School Creek into a scenic belt from Fairy Lake to the music centre on Wallace Street. Proposes bulldozing, leveling, grassing, flower beds and rock gardens with a green belt and walkway. Calls for funding ideas amid tax hikes and youth employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Fairy Lake
Henderin
Parks Board
Music
Wallace St
Cour
Kiss to Start the Day: Study Links Morning Goodbyes to Mood
A Toronto financial paper reports German insurers backed a two year study on how morning wife kisses affect husbands. Kissed men are sunnier and safer drivers, living five years longer, though critics call the link bunk and note beauty may trump love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto Financial
Ole
Rock Hudson
Crosswalk Drill Impresses Ontario Safety Official in Uxbridge
An Ontario Safety League official praised a crossing drill on Uxbridge main street where a man with two small children halted at a curb and checked for traffic. The father asked if it was safe to cross, the children looked left and right, and agreed before the father advised to cross quickly but not run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario Safety League
Uxbridge
Father
Editorial notes on road safety and cigarette dangers
The piece cites high death tolls from cigarettes versus traffic accidents. It mentions Sen Kennedy quotes, traffic test regimes in Czechoslovakia, and a focus on child safety education teaching self-reliance in street crossing. It discusses trends in car ownership and the need for public concern for safety and personal responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
Robert Fennedy
Long hot summer looming for students and adults alike
An opinion piece warns of a sustained summer of discontent as student job vacancies fail to meet demand. It cites bored youth, pushers, and teen groups, argues permissive parenting and inflation fuel unrest, and calls for industry and government action to provide work programs before social friction grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industry
Igh
Photos from the past Hope your kid has a summer job
A nostalgic note questions parental worries about summer work for youths and hints at concerns for police scrutiny, implying social tensions around youth employment and adult expectations. The brief line contrasts hopeful independence with wary oversight, suggesting a cultural snapshot from a past era.
Town to Number Buildings and Centennial Invitations Issued
Free Press notes council plans to number all town buildings and invites issued for Natangsways centennial. Reports on local clergy Fr. Morgan’s Mass at St Joseph's, reception, Miss Frances Chew’s gatherings, and Anetta Evans wedding tribute. Highway 25 oiling Speyside to Milton, highway south of Speyside under construction. Victoria Day quiet. tennis court second court opened. bowling lanes opened. United Church choir evening at Miss Fem Brown home. Frank Crump announces birth of Nancy Elizabeth and Susanne’s sisters.
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Speyside
Milton
United Church Choir
Fem Brown
Anetta Evans
Prank Crump
Susanne
Nancy Elizabeth
Four soldiers thanked as town greets veterans and a flag gift
The Free Press report from May 22 1919 notes four soldiers honored at a reception Pte James Robertson Pte Charles Morton Pte Joseph Kennedy and Bte Andrew Decker. Junior ICDE presented a large flag to the town with Miss Vera Harvey and Miss Stella McLain delivering the address. Churches in nearby communities face closures due to dwindling membership and ministers with plans for closer town telephone and transit connections discussed with a public meeting planned. Tramps occupy Guelph smallpox hospital and local road conditions and dust problems are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Robertson
Charles Morton
Joseph Kennedy
Andrew Decker
1.C.D.E
Vera S. Harvey
Stella McLain
Alice Johnstone
Guelph
Matheldiat
Crowson Corners
Rockwood
Acton
Smallpox Hospital
Uleo
Prince of Huntugs fleeces crowd at Mil and Stain Sts
A 1904 newspaper item reports FP T Ramum calling himself Prince of Huntugs. A Texas Charlie fakir entertained with corn salve cat cure and California beans, pocketing 78 dollars. Other notes include R J Morrow’s hour and 17 minute Georgetown trek and plans for St Joseph’s church improvements costing about 1000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FP. T. Ramum
Hmself
Prince of
Huntugs
Mil and
Stain Sts
Texas Charlie
California
Ceed
R. J. Morrow
Acton
Georgetown
Robert Little
St. Joseph's Church
Weekend File Column Mixes Gossip and Spoofs
A late night city desk note recalls a London style weekend column blending gossip and pasted clippings from the Leamington Post. The writer, Tony Duncan, cites a Broadway trip, Hair the musical, and a string of biting lines about social miscues and blunt humor.
Press Boners and Oddball Lines From Public Notices
A collage of humorous gaffes from U S and Canadian papers includes cheeky flirtations and misfired quips about marriage, car sales, and alibis. The piece notes a self described barroom stunt and a near self harm incident, with stray items about a Sioux Falls household and market chatter.
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Acton Free Press
Sree Press
Pagan To
Wnhow
The
Financial Post
Hiigh
Ntety League
Czechoslovakis
Great Lakes
Tcoo
Ross Robertson
Grace Lantz
Mim Martha Orr
Harold Skilling
Rollie Anderson
Willie McBain
Fred
Tih) Wilds
Vic Elliott
Lloyd Brown
Bob Marshall
George Switzer
Ed Footitt
Blanche Smith
Dorothy Babcock
Helen Campball
Worth
Tony Lavalee
Vic White
Jack Smith
Harold Mooney
Io Marzo
Eileen Breen
Erary Wadrmaday
Willow
Auditura
Cucultion
Canada
Ungie
GoGda
LeeWickd
Hartley Coles Editor
the Free Press
Free Press
New York
Prography Department
Paul Martindale
Tony Duncan
Leamington Post
Harshey
Enougas
United States
Lindau
Wally Burman
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
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