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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 20, 1955
Page
3
In mid October and early November municipal affairs awaken as nominations stir interest. Citizens, many veterans, gather at nomination meetings to propose a capable slate and discuss public business. The process invites questions, suggestions, and decisions on town leadership amid growth and municipal challenges.
Fall fowl suppers hosted by local organizations draw crowds with one price covers turkey and dessert. While excess is warned, these events end before Christmas and New Year celebrations, marking a festive prelude to the holiday season.
Canadians face questions on whether public funds should subsidize television programming such as prize fights hockey games and concerts. The Royal Commission on radio and television will weigh if government involvement is justified given private alternatives and costs.
A booklet notes Vancouver drivers are considerate of pedestrians at marked and unmarked crossings. It cites a rule requiring motorists to yield, observed in practice with fewer horns and braking. The author suggests such rule adoption would improve pedestrians’ chances of survival even where not written.
In Vancouver a lone opposition opposed a motion for government statistics on the newspaper field. The author critiques form filling as wasteful and outdated, noting the vote 100 to 1 against the resolution and disdain for government data collection.
A brief note discusses suspending a driver's license for six months on first offense and a year on a second. It recalls Hurricane Hazel and heavy rainfall, mentions beechnuts and walnuts as a bygone fall outing, notes pensions and fringe benefits, and cites Premier Bennett urging higher federal subsidies and selling tax abolition.
Chaplain G Voelkel reports in 1952 POW camps off Korea’s south coast where former North Korean troops joined Bible groups and began ministry. Hundreds study to enter seminaries, with 600 South Korean pastors reportedly killed. Alumni formed four churches and distribute 5,000 Gospels this month.
Former prisoners describe Bible message as comfort and strength in the struggle between good and evil in the Orient. They view it as hope for their nation and the world while sharing suggested daily readings including Psalms and Proverbs across the week.
The poem travels across the country to Halton County admiring God's beauty in green fields and hills. It notes Jack Frost painting leaves in yellow green red and gold with white birch. A fragment mentions Polly and Saskatchewan towns D Arcy and McGee honoring an Irish Canadian leader assasinated.
On Sunday October 23 1955 the St Alban's Branch of the Brotherhood of Anglican Churchmen holds 11.00 am Divine Worship with Rev John R Waldie M A B D of St George's London preaching at both services. A Holy Baptism of infants is scheduled for 4.15 pm and there is a 7.00 pm Evening Service. Church School at 9.45 am. Event marks 110th anniversary of Knox Presbyterian.
Community worship schedule outlines Junior Church at 9:50 a.m. Morning Worship at 11:15 a.m. Evening service at 7:00 p.m. with prayer. United Church marks its anniversary on Sunday October 30.
Sunday services at Jamcee School and Acton church marked for October 23 1955 with morning worship Sunday school and evening evangelistic service. Midweek prayer and Bible study held at Knox Church anniversary events and L O L Hall meet at 8 p m. Pastor Rev K J Reid and Parsonage Ray H Costerus listed with contact details.
A historical directory listing doctors dentists veterinarians solicitors accountants and services in Acton Ontario. Includes W G C Kenney D A Garrett R D Buckner A J Buchanan H Leib optometrist EAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE 20 Wilbur St Acton R F Bean Ltd Real Estate and Insurance. Coaching schedule shows east and westbound Acton departures.
October 23 1935 Milton scene covers Halton county council meeting warnings to fund heating water and building facilities. Other items note a Lake Side chapter ICCE dance, a Gregory theatre showing of Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, a 1936 Ford V Eight promo, a burglary at Acton Machine Co and school lock break ins plus local garage upgrades by Alex J McIsaac.
A 1905 report from Halton municipalities in Milton shows strong local option sentiment to close bars in the county. The piece also paints Cobble Hill vistas, Erin and Nassagaweya country, Fairview cemetery, and recalls Sir Henry Irving's Westminster Abbey destined will. It cites John Harvey’s 1882 prospecting trip and prairie wildlife observations near Brandon.
Daily schedule fragment lists times for Standard Time and daily services from Georgetown with varied daily and Sunday exceptions. The text includes morning and evening departures, with a noted Sunday exception and sequence of trips seeming irregular.
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