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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 26, 1960
Page
3
Acton High School opened its annual field day at 9 30 am under cloudy skies. Lesley Anne Duby won the first ribbon in intermediate high jump with a three foot inch mark as teachers and students raced events.
First Acton Girl Guide Company entertained parents and friends at the Scout Hall on Monday. Patrol displays included Fire Prevention, Home Nursing, First Aid, waterfront safety, Guide History, camping and Camp Kiowa. Mrs Forden and Mrs E C Reed spoke as badges were awarded for Child Nurse and Athlete's. A Golden Jubilee Cake was served.
Volunteers from the Y Board and Y's Men Club recently led a cleanup at the YMCA painting outside doors and windows and tiling the hall floor as part of a featured community restoration effort.
Weather delays Acton Park stump culling bee. R R Parker, Parks Board chairman, says volunteers will be notified when conditions improve. A Free Press article will announce the new date.
About 125 members attended the Halton District W I annual held at Longville United Church with Mrs H Wilson of Palermo elected president. The meeting, led by Mrs Velma Norris, heard business items including bursary support for a safety campaign and plans to add a new member next year. A memorial service closed the morning session and the afternoon program featured reports from committees and a junior institute.
Acton council approved a dog control contract with Cecil Robertson of Glen Williams to enforce by law and house stray dogs. Robertson will be paid 20 rents per capita and must notify dog owners. reclaiming pets costs $5 plus $1 daily boarding. The bylaw also addresses intersection congestion at highways 25 and 7 with parking restrictions pending departmental approval.
Postmaster Frank Terry will be transferred to Owen Sound in July to oversee the Owen Sound post office. He has served Acton as postmaster for 14 years and recently acted in Aurora. Gordon McKeown is handling duties in Terry’s absence and applications for the Acton post will be accepted.
Joan Cook and Jim Bullough, grade nine students at Adton High School, top honors in a May 19 speech contest with 16 contestants. Cook won lyrics for Lamp of Poor Souls. Bullough won dramatic for I Too. Prize memory work went to Mary Beth Elliott 965 lines, Lorraine Lasby 87 lines, and Cook 340 lines.
Boys and girls of St Joseph’s Parish Acton receive First Communion at the nine o’clock Mass after year of preparation. Reverend Wr Morgan notes religious freedom contrasts with the Iron Curtain and leads a crown ceremony for the Blessed Virgin Mary statue with Marianne Coles delivering the crown.
Firemen were diverted from a noon meal when a flooded space heater triggered an alarm at 12 03 p.m. at 13 Young Street. They arrived at the Ed Parent home, found the fire under control, and returned to the hall. Nearby, Catholics at Ignatius College Guelph heard Rev. Father MacDougall preach on devotion to Mary and the First Holy Communion recipients received certificates.
Halton County reported 1 889 accidents in 1959 ranking eleventh in Ontario. York County led with 22 675 incidents. overall provincial figures show increases in fatal crashes and deaths while total travel miles rose, keeping death rate at 6.4 per 180 million miles.
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