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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 16, 1947
Page
2
The column recounts a Friday afternoon session of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Convention. The Editor and Mrs Dills describe impressions from the Western Coast visit and reflect on the gathering's events.
A British Columbia CNWA lunch group toured the cruiser H.M.C.S. Ontario at Esquimalt. They explored its decks and gun turrets, heard remarks on wartime costs, then cruised Vancouver and Stanley Park, noting the city’s growth, parks, and harbor facilities.
The Trophy Dinner honored winners as the British Columbia Daily Newspaper Association celebrated trophies and awards at the convention banquet. Professor F H Soward of UBC spoke, western papers led in prizes while our hometown paper placed high in all departments. Contenders included Brampton Conservator in Class II editorial, Fergus News-Record, Elora Express, Jarvis Record top in Class IV.
The convention closed with a Crystal Ball Room dance but many attendees chose the midnight Victoria boat departure instead, citing the limited dancing ability as their reason.
The travelers retrace a two week CN Railway journey through British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan. Stops include Kamloops Jasper Edmonton Saskatoon Winnipeg and Toronto Union Station with sights from Mount Robson to old Man Mountain and Mount Edith Cavell. Weather shifts from pacific warmth to Ontario frost.
We hoped to finish this week's ramblings but space ran out. Readers are assured the concluding reflections will appear next week.
Editorial notes urge attention to the Chest X Ray Clinic this month with the message that tuberculosis can be cleaned out if all cooperate in its early detection.
A series of time entries shows daily and weekly train or bus stop times including daily except Monday and Sunday patterns, specific morning and afternoon slots, and a flagstop notice for a city line with Saturday and Sunday exceptions.
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