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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 07, 1954
Page
3
A 6 day period is set aside for national Thanksgiving to thank Al mighty God for harvest gifts. The message calls Thanksgiving more than a holiday and urges gratitude over boastfulness. It suggests singing Count Your Blessings to counter gloom and ingratitude next Monday.
A writer condemns unruly student behavior and prison rioting in recent papers. They urge colleges to teach citizenship and respect for property, noting no place for disruptive snake dances in campuses or city streets.
A report shows Halton County recorded 513 accidents from January to June 1954 with nine fatalities and 116 injuries. Across Ontario 411 people died and 10,293 were injured, most crashes due to speed between five and six pm on dry paved roads. The piece urges driver responsibility to reduce highway destruction.
Citizens of Acton and Warren Grove welcome a mutual settlement with the contractor allowing immediate sewer work. Extra equipment and costs arose from unusual difficulties, but the council approved a satisfactory arrangement. The writer lauds local involvement as a schooling in municipal affairs.
The week focuses on fire prevention noting smokers caused about four times as many fires as heating wiring or other sources in 1953. Over 25 000 fires were due to smokers while heating and electric wiring each accounted for around 5 000. Emphasizes disposal habits, no smoking zones in factories, and tidy housekeeping to cut fire losses. Smokers urged to reduce their high contribution to fires.
A compilation of editorial snippets urges better gas price explanations about the Imperial gallon difference, advocates using domestic raw materials, and calls for developing resource-based industries. It also suggests welcoming immigrants as new customers for farm surpluses amid dependence on foreign markets.
Wartley Coles paints autumn as a seasonal passage from heat to cold. He notes geese migrating south, hunters in marshes, crops stored, and farmers praised for skill. The piece contrasts rural calm with city energy as college and town life adapt to the season.
Mayor Lachlan McArthur toured a Texas bio sorption sewage plant as Oakville considers a similar unit with cost noted at just over half a million dollars. The issue sits alongside council debates over a $400 payment to a councillor and the push for three new cloverleafs near Queen Elizabeth Street to ease traffic.
Five fire engines from Burlington Nelson Bronte Trafalgar Oakville joined a drill Sunday September 26 to test a telephone style link over 4200 feet of hose. The system kept contact among engines and achieved 70 pounds pressure at the nozzle, reducing hand signals. Milton A E Clement noted the setup as a successful experiment with responders in Bronte Acton and Georgetown remaining stationed.
Sunday schedule lists 1000 am Sunday School 100 am Morine Warship 700 pm Evening Worship. Claimed typos suggest morning service and evening worship times as main events.
The fifty-eighth annual Esquesing fair in Acton drew a large crowd despite bad weather. Horses numbered 339 entries and 101 cattle were shown. The hall featured merchants displays and notable exhibits in fur goods music and ladies work. Fair Night entertainment and a new Oddfellows hall were highlights as Rockwood prepares for its fair today.
A cool damp Saturday drew about 400 to the Murray Memorial YMCA corner stone laying with Mr. Wm. A. Murray the dutiful presenter of the silver trowel. A metal box with newspapers and local lists was sealed in the wall. School games Tuesday afternoon included champions Margaret Smith Kathleen Chapman Dorothy MacArthur Jack Blow Roderick Ryder and Hector Lambert. LO DE Lakeside junior to primary charter graduation. Miss Vida Ramshaw regent received new charter. Frost on Sunday spoiled outdoor flowers and some vegetables.
Acton directory lists Dr W G C Kenney physician in Symon Block 43A Min St E phone 78 residence 115 Church St E phone 150 Dr D A Garrett corner Willow and River Streets Acton Ontario phone 233 C F Leatherland Barrister Notary Public office hours 10 12 and 2 5 Saturdays by appointment Acton Coaches schedule and Canadian National Railways times Eastbound and Westbound serving Acton and nearby towns Veterinarians A J Buchanan dentist and H Leib office hours 9 to 6 X ray and phones listed Real estate services W L Wright Bracken Sean Elliott Holmes and others advertise farms houses and insurance in Acton Milton Campbellville and area. funeral home Victor Rumley Son serving community 46 years with ambulance service and piano teacher Olive Lampard ATCM RMT teaches piano Thursdays at 14 Park Ave Gu elph.
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