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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 19, 1950
Page
3
Sunday October 1840 program includes 9600 am Holy Communion 1060 em and 3100 am Sunday School Merung Prayer 6nd Beginners Class 000 pm Evening Prayer.
A reader questions Acton council over selective sewer installation and street omissions from ballots. The writer criticizes enforcement rules, park funding, sidewalks and culvert repairs, urging timely action before frost returns and demanding explanations from the Reeve.
An Acton half-ton truck slid on wet pavement and left the ditch on Leitch’s Hill Road No 24 Thanksgiving night. The driver was not injured. A Belwood man driving a new car hit a cattle truck on North Main Street when brakes failed, causing damage. Exhibitors from across the province attended the Centennial Anniversary of Erin Pier despite showers, with eight thousand hardy attendees. Fire departments aided a Woodbridge film park hall fire threat to the town’s new arena. The Canadian Legion arranged a home talent show Uncle Fary’s Jamboree to be held October 18 and 37 at Town Hall. Winners were chosen by audience vote. FC S&S staff and students marked Sports Day on Friday.
Letter to the editor thanks Acton Council members for helping stop a sewer leak that flooded the writer’s cellar. The author credits Deputy Heeven J. McLeod and Reeve Ted Tyler for initiating and resolving the repair near the Force Electric factory and Figin Street.
Henry Hosking MP and 10 assistants conducted a tree planting starter on October 8 at his Feth ers farm near Rockwood. They planted 38 trees including oaks and maples and plan to plant 860 more next year to demonstrate he practices what he preaches in forestry efforts.
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