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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Nov 20, 1968

Page

2

Nursery school a community effort in Eden Mills

Eden Mills holds a cooperative nursery program run by the Community Club. Mothers organize classes for pre schoolers with volunteer staff and modest fees. Sessions run Tuesday and Thursday mornings at the community hall with crafts, play, songs, and snack time.

Eden Mills Margaret Adair Blowes McGillivray Ann Vos Anna-Marie Bell Ann Cann Barbara Kerkhoven Eden Mills Community Club

Dial A Word Found In City Lines To Help In Crisis

A text describes city specific dial options in Miami and Minneapolis. In Miami dialing F R L E N D S triggers a trained volunteer to talk a person from self harm. In Minneapolis the same spelling plays a message from Hennepin County Animal Rescue League about reunifying owners with lost dogs.

Miami Minneapolis Hennepin County Animal Rescue League

Avian Aircraft Wins Canadian Gyroplane Certification

Avian Aircraft Limited of Georgetown earns the Department of Transport final certificate for the Avian 2-180 gyroplane after nine years of development. The milestone makes Canada’s first certification of this rotary-wing aircraft type, with 120 orders and potential defense and civilian uses.

Avian Aircraft Limited Georgetown Department of Transport Canada Spur Thermo-bFechne Corporation Saddlebrook New Jersey Avian Aircraft

Polts Corner Silent My World Poem by David E Cohen

A reflective poem laments a world subdued by dust and time. It explores quiet desolation as life, struggle, and enduring loss fuse with the fate of a weary, predestined human endeavor. The speaker mourns a silent world, crowned by dust and the cessation of motion and memory.

Silent MY World David E. Cohen

Ontario police log reports worst accident week with 21 crashes

Milton Ontario Provincial Police data show 21 crashes in the week ending November 16, with 912.75 hours logged and 8,152 miles patrolled. There were 32 H T A charges, 33 driving errors or faulty vehicle warnings, four vehicles checked, and 13,030 dollars in property damage from 17 property damage crashes. A Tuesday search helped find two lost youths after a night in Nassagaweya Township.

Ontario Milton H.T.A Nassagaweya

Dedication of Acton Pentecostal Tabernacle addition

The Acton Pentecostal Tabernacle dedicated its new addition for God’s glory in a victory filled service led by Rev. F. Potter Hamilton and Rev. K. Reid Forest former Evangel Tabernacle pastor. District Superintendent Rev. D D A Emmons could not attend due to postponement. Joy Reid sang two solos as crowds enjoyed the occasion.

Acton DD. A. Emmons Miss Joy Reid Eastern Pentecostal Bible College Peterborough

Acton's first rate power sets and subdivision plans

Acton officials discuss contractor duties in new subdivision schemes and push for underground hydro installations to reduce future issues. Mayor Duby and Chairman Tyler urge proper street work, lighting, and curb quality, with a plan to negotiate with Georgetown Cable TV and adjust reading water meter charges. Ontario Hydro rate increases are absorbed to keep consumer costs low while expansion grows demand.

Commission Tyler Les Duby Duby Brown Georgetown Cable TV Limited Hydro Ontario Hydro Ontario Chaiaman Tyler

Funeral service for Andrew Oliver Ross held in Toronto

Funeral services were conducted at Turner and Porter Bloor St chapel Toronto for Andrew Oliver Ross 21 el Rd Acton who died November 12 at Guelph General Hospital. Canon Marks presided and interment was in Park Lawn Cemetery. Survived by wife Helen Phair and a sister Mrs. M Heriot. He served with the 58th Battalion CEF from 1916 to 1919 and belonged to Tonic Lodge No. 474 for 25 years. he had been in ill health for about a year. He and wife moved to Acton from Detroit in 1916, married in Toronto in 1926. Predeceased by brothers George and William and sisters Maggie and Isabelle.

Turner Porter Bloor St. Chapel Toronto Andrew Oliver Ross el Rd Acton Guelph General Hospital Canon Marks Park Lawn Cemetery Ross Helen Phair Detroit Michigan 58Th Battalion Tonic Lodge M. Heriot George William Maggie M. Scarrett Isabelle L. Ritchie

Greeks Proved World Round Long Ago, Historians Say

As far back as the 3rd century B.C., Greeks argued the earth was round, shaping early astronomy and navigation. Philosophers and scholars debated the globe’s shape, influencing later Greek science and geographic understanding.

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