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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 04, 1967
Page
18
Editorial encourages Canadians to feel gratitude for harvests and land while recalling pioneers who built the country in its centennial year. It urges appreciation of blessings, resilience amid division, and a shared faith in a strong, united nation.
Acton Firefighters not only fight fires but assist minor sports and run a fund drive for muscular dystrophy. Their community service reflects an active town life and commitment to safety. Heed their fire safety advice and inspect homes for hazards. The life you save may be your own.
Residents of the north end urge a clear look at party platforms in the provincial race. They argue Halton’s split into east and west isolates Nassagaweya and Esquesing voters, predicting the north could swing the outcome and deserve attention and concessions before election day.
Columnist Mary Humphries in Alaska Highway News argues Canadians should seek less government not more as regional districts are proposed. She cites the Throne Speech from May proposing an agriculture task force and a forthcoming farmer march in Ottawa with promised force names, suggesting a new trend of doing more without government.
Four Acton residents from the postwar era appear in a framed photo. Distinguished figures include fair president George Havill, Free Press editor H. P. Moore, MP the Hon. David Henania, and fair secretary George Hynds. The image was lent generously.
A husband recalls the exhausting, costly process of persuading a wife to send their daughter to college. Fear, pride, and family dynamics drive delays, as borrowed funds, housing challenges, and awkward attempts to keep face complicate the move. The story traces a father’s perseverance through misgivings to an unexpectedly expensive apartment arrangement.
Agriculture Minister J. J. Greene urges planning and scientific research to ensure clean air water and unspoiled grass, noting the era demands conscious stewardship for natural resources. The quote frames a call to action for environmental protection and sustainable agriculture.
The notice outlines advertising rates in Canada and the United States and explains pricing rules. It covers errors in typographical space, signature allowances, and the right to withdraw ads. It clarifies that advertising is an offer to sell and may be withdrawn at any time.
Free Press reports Force Electric Products of Acton is extending its Church Street plant for future manufacture of electrical appliances. The story also covers the high school field day in the park where three teams competed in sunshine and cool weather. Blue team won most points, Reds and Whites close behind, with individual champions named across events.
Fifty years ago on October 4 1917 Acton fair drew four to five thousand attendees. Parade featured Boy Scouts and flag bearing schoolchildren then a crowd pleasing concert by Sonic Quartette Brampton and Charles Leroy Kenney. Officials Havill and Hynds led a harmonious team with a busy Electrical Department exhibit and a lively midway. Memorial for Private Clarence Hume and upgrades to Speyside Sunday School noted.
The Township Council plans essential improvements to the big hill at Silver Creek removing loose stands cleaning ditches and graveling. Acton Union Exhibition drew interest despite cold snowy conditions with Edison phonograph hearings harness emporium displays Singer machines strong dairy and apple varieties plus Nassagaweya Fall show attendance. a minor accident marred a novelty race. Lord Tennyson ill with influenza and gout. Henderson McRae Co invite fall millinery openings on Saturday.
The October 3 1867 issue notes Jay Conrad jeweller of Milton will lecture at Bell's School House Nelson on Wednesday next with Sun Institute. A world spelling match will decide a clock prize to remain in the school as victor’s property. Conrad previously donated a clock to Zimmerman school. The 20th Halton Battalion rifles and gear must be returned to store as new Snider rifles arrive. A Milton literary society is planned with a meeting at the Town Hall to organize, pending council room access in the New Hall.
Listings from multiple churches in Acton Ontario for October 1967 outline Thanksgiving Sunday observances. Presbyterian Knox Church in Opton hosts 9:45 a.m. Sunday School and 11:00 a.m. worship with sermon Too Late for Sacrifice. Maple Avenue Baptist Church and Evangel Pentecostal Tabernacle also publish service times. Trinity United offers Harvest Thanksgiving activities and Hillsburg and Churchill United share worship and Bible study.
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