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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 16, 1968
Page
12
Local Acton publication notes Second Class Mail status and post office cash receipt terms. The brief item records the newspaper’s mailing status and payment method as part of the issue’s front matter.
The report notes nine year peak grouse cycles in northern Ontario with high populations in spring. Heavy June July rainfall reduced grouse chick survival. regional forecasts predict lower success in some districts while Sault Ste Marie Chapleau Kapuskasing Cochrane Swastika North Bay Pembroke show excellent populations. Duck production remains strong despite prairie drought. mallards wood duck blue winged teal dominate early bag, black duck declines noted. advice to avoid late evening shooting near beaver ponds to protect it. Canada geese to stopovers on Ontario St Lawrence area. unusual 1967 fall goose numbers not guaranteed to repeat. snows blues and canadas good only in James and Hudson Bay areas.
Acton BC Atoms edged Georgetown 3-2 on the road after trailing 2-0 at halftime. J Hansen scored twice and J Gentiles added one as Acton rallied in the second half under coach B Gentiles. Pee Wee Acton Wees fell 6-1 to Georgetown.
Harold Townsley was appointed coach of the Acton Tanners to mix young talent from town with seasoned veterans. A former bantam coach in Tri County, Townsley played for Georgetown Raiders and Washington DC Lions before returning home to help revive the Tanners in 1961. Practices were set for Friday as ice conditions improved.
In Limehouse under lights, North Halton Kart Club hosted 50 entries across seven classes plus a junior powder puff. O'Keefe trophy night featured wins by Gerald Whaling,Keith Hunter and Reid Walker among others, with top honors and multiple podiums across ten races and a powder puff for girls.
By Girlie Thomson, Acton Speedway fans enjoyed a vivid Sunday card. In the eighth race Trophy Dath led a 15 car field before chaos split the pack with wheel loss and spins. The race ended with car 64 ahead after a tense sequence including 91, 100, and 67 incidents.
Seventeen year old Jim Slaven claimed the Ontario championship by winning the junior three mile race at the A A U cross country meet hosted by York University. He competed in a field of 13 and followed a strong prior finish of third in the St Catharines three mile open road race.
Organizers计划 a badminton club with high school gym play starting Thursday October 17. Adults must bring their own racquets as none are provided. About 40 people are interested with 20 nightly players costing 25 cents each. A minimum 40 members is needed to avoid cancellation. An officer election will follow once play begins. Don Lindsay and Hugh Patterson lead the kickoff efforts.
During the 1967 hunting season sportsmen’s clubs in northwestern Ontario gathered moose and deer hides from successful hunters. Hides were salted rolled and sent to the department of lands and forests then forwarded to tanners. Tanning costs were borne by the department of Indian affairs and hides shipped to Indian families in the north who made moccasins mitts and slippers.
Rev A H McKenzie urges Acton residents to apply for curling this season at Acton Community Centre. Membership and Draw Committees handle forms, half yearly fees due first curling night, and Lifetime Initiation Certificates offered. New curlers welcome as the club expands toward the new rink.
Several Acton Rotarians joined Milton Rotarians for a golf tournament on Wednesday afternoon at the North Halton Golf and Country Club. The post tournament regular meeting then followed at the same venue.
Slim and Trim classes at the Y M C A begin Monday evening at 7 30 p m and will run through the fall and winter months.
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