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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 03, 1957
Page
11
Corport Mason of the local detachment reports 48 speeders were charged at Acton on Queen and Young Streets after a radar posting. He warns hunters that shooting is prohibited at Fairy Lake and that game wardens will patrol the area.
Halton County Game Warden Bob Reed announced Fairy Lake in Acton was stocked with 5000 small mouth bass this week. The bass range 4 to 5 inches. Leaves changing colors add a new hue around town.
Nassagaweya Township and Acton town council reached a temporary fire service agreement at a regular meeting, setting $180 per fire call through Oct 21 pending a final joint arrangement with Erin and counterparts. The minutes note related items on building restrictions talks, storm water drainage funding, and council discussions on PUC involvement and sewer matters.
Town assessor Duck Jones reports the 1937 census shows 3903 residents up from 3728. Total assessments reach 4 560 403 34 with residential 2 903 723 commercial and industrial 1204 68 54 and business 842 200. Duck hunting opens Saturday at nine but city park will ban shooting due to new regulation.
Pedestrian note recalls a 1935 park gate pillar containing a gold bearing quartz fragment given by Walter Lamb and George Dills. The pillar was removed and the gold piece remains in rubble, prompting caution to avoid a futile future gold rush.
National Film Board officials choose Acton and Acton Park as the setting for a new Perspective documentary to be shot next week. The half hour film uses a fictional Middle town and a local newspaper called the Free Press with a cast of about 10 plus extras.
The Acton St John Ambulance Brigade received its official charter in a parish hall ceremony last Friday. Officials from Toronto and Hamilton attended as certificates were awarded to members including Dave Spicer and John Buckman. The event honored the brigade for serving at local events and concluded with prayers and remarks from local dignitaries.
World War I veterans from the 164th Battalion C E F will march in Acton on Saturday October Sth to the cenotaph led by the Acton Citizens Band. Regimental Sergeant Major R S Laidlaw will oversee the reunion after the ceremony at the Legion with a dinner and social gathering. The 164th Battalion recruited from Halton and Dufferin Counties formerly marched from Camp Borden through Acton 41 years ago.
Action by the Acton Public School Board changes library book distribution for pupils. Children will pick up books weekly from Robert Little and M. 2. Bennett Schools where a junior library operates. A new library card is required per librarian Mrs. P. Watson, though blue card holders may continue using the YMCA library during regular hours.
The Imitieh Industrial Group purchased 262 acres of the 900 acre optioned area around Erin Township including lots 13 to 15 east and west of Erin. Plans call for a plant to process building materials. Additional land sales include Norman Nixon farm and Fred Wilson property. Negotiations continue for Rosa Overland and other Caledon Township lands.
Judges led by S R McLaughlin of Guelph evaluated 24 entries on September 16 17 announcing a list of winners including Clay ton Davis Rockwood Arthur Swackhamer A H Mc Phedran Charles Mc Nabb and Son Melvin McCullough D McPhed ran Mac Sprowl Jack Allen Wm Ritchie and Harvey Bayne. Scores ranged from 86 to 90 plus points with fields judged on appearance freedom from disease cultivation finish neatness yield and fodder quality.
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