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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 07, 1957
Page
17
A 1957 issue notes Remembrance Day themes focusing on peace, democracy, and world events, urging reflection on those who died to maintain freedom. It mentions global tensions, Korea, the Cold War, and calls for preserving peace, with a poem line and a brief editorial on reading habits and flu season in a small Ontario community.
Reports from the 11th general assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics in Toronto speculate on nature’s power. Melting polar ice could raise sea levels over 100 feet, flooding coastal cities like Montreal New York and London. A meteorite impact could pulverize Southern Ontario, Toronto Windsor and Hamilton. Climate shifts from Gulf Stream changes could alter Canada’s climate and fish populations.
The article recalls Marie Antoinette and Nero as it condemns a New York birthday party at Madison Square Garden inviting 18,000 for the first anniversary of a motion picture. Eyewitnesses say champagne was sold, food misused, and police intervened amid public discontent and Cold War tension.
A provincial note argues acclamation in elections may signal weak representation. The Atikokan Victoria County Historical Society forms a working committee and will introduce a constitution. The Lindsay Watchman-Werner calls the progress a step in the right direction.
A letter laments Acton Town Hall’s decline as a central public space. It recalls past gatherings, dances, plays, and elections once hosted there and questions shifting civic functions to Legion Hall and other venues. The author urges renewed care and funding for the town’s enduring, now aging, home.
At the Eden Crest Women's Institute suggestion, children from SS No 5 Nassagaweysa and SS No 11 Eramosa collected pennies in a Hallowe'en effort titled Shell out for Unicef. Each penny buys five glasses of powdered milk for needy children, and the village tally reached nearly seven glasses from the coins gathered.
Church calendars list services for Baptist, Presbyterian and United churches in Acton. Times vary with morning worship at 11 and 1 o'clock Sunday in Baptist church, 9 00 morning prayer at United church, plus Sunday school and evening services in several congregations.
Anglican Church of Canada parish announces Sunday services Trinity XXIV with Holy Communion Morning Prayer and Church School. Evensong and Sunday School details include beginners classes and baptism. Address 165 Letter St with contact numbers provided.
Minister James N Allan announced the appointment of W B G Reynolds OBE as commissioner of Highway Safety heading the Highway Safety Branch of the Department of Transport. Reynolds former Ontario Safety League general manager starts November 1 to coordinate with the Attorney General Highways and Education departments and service groups on a comprehensive accident prevention program. The article notes the federal government must collect more than five million dollars daily for social security health and welfare spending.
A garbled 1667 New Jersey page reports petty crimes and local notices. It mentions a merchant scheme, a five dollar payment, and a pursuit by police, along with scattered names, dates, and events including road blocks and a hospital visit.
A compendium of Acton Ontario professionals including physicians surgeons lawyers accountants and insurers with office addresses and contact numbers. The listing also notes coaches train services and a funeral home along with local teachers and studios.
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