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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 25, 1962
Page
10
Opinion piece urging amalgamation of Halten area towns into one large municipality to solve administration and service problems. Proposes county wide council, ward aldermen, and shared offices. cautions against buying new real estate. Recommends using YMCA space, building a new library, expanding police and band facilities, and expanding YMCA programs to craft a five year plan toward a utopian Acton.
A 1912 snippet from the Free Press recounts Severn youths spared for vowing to mend windows after a shop incident. Farmers complain of rotting potatoes denting winter supplies as markets show wide bag prices. Fall fairs draw about 8,000 with Acton counties visiting. plans rise for a coal and bark trestle at Acton Tanning Co. to ease shipments. The Women’s Missionary Society holds its 8th annual convention in Guelph. Deacon discusses a new school physical training and rifle drill plan with local education officials. Oakville brings Halton school staff to a large Burlington district gathering. Smith presides and Bennett serves as secretary.
In the Free Press tea room page the Friendly Circle hosted a fashion show with Miss Bennett and Marilyn Ragnvaldson among the participants. A wartime update urges saving magazines for armed forces and collecting scraps for camp libraries. Community updates cover loan campaigns, store hours proposals, a surprise wedding shower, Halloween warnings, and thanks to local volunteers.
A narrator recounts two weeks of solo parenting while his wife away. He recalls carefree days of thrift and chaos, the rise of messy habits, and argues the need for a capable, top-salary housekeeper if he loses his job, reflecting on domestic life and changed attitudes.
The 4-H Tidy Teens met at Lindahan home for a second gathering with topics on good grooming and rot clothes. Officers and members named include Carol Swackhamer as president and Lyng Waldie as vice president with Marilyn Kirkwood secretary treasurer and Linda Linham as press reporter.
District notes propose a new sewage plant on the Credit River upstream from Streetsville to process Toronto township sewage. Brampton eyed annexation of 200 acres for an industrial basin, Oakville wrestles payroll deductions for United Appeal funding, Burlington forecasts hockey dentals at up to 10 000 with mouthpieces urged, Georgetown worker Thomas Slater survived gas fumes in a sewer, Milton hosts 25 planning students from the University of Toronto studying an official town plan draft.
Halton teachers from Esquesing Georgetown and Nassagawesa schools take a busman's holiday Friday for their annual teach run convention in Kitchener. Mrs Ruth Wrigglesworth Georgetown Park School and inspector GO G McDowell lead arrangements. Students enjoy a holiday. The day includes visits to 40 teachers in 17 Kitchener schools a noon banquet a speech by Dr Finlay Stewart and a one hour guided tour with the Chamber of Commerce.
Knox Presbyterian Church held communion on Sunday October 14 with 247 persons receiving the rite. The figure is the second largest in recent years trailing Easter 1960 when 296 persons communicated.
Weekend visitors in the Everton area include Mr and Mrs Percy Peavow with guests, Mr and Mrs Gordon Cow and Bill Conn, Mr and Mrs Cecil Holmes, Lis towel, Mrs Elizabeth Alexander, Enn and Mr and Mrs Andie Bagg of Guelph, Mr and Mrs Haney Jestin with Mr and Mrs Mac McLeod and family of Thornbury. Also, Mr and Mrs Harold Rosell of Sarnia visited with Mr and Mrs Lloyd Cutting and family, and Chesley residents spent a few days with Mr and Mrs William MacNeill, who in turn visited Mrs Thornhill in Southampton last week.
The week-long Evangel Crusade at Evangel Baptist Church drew about 300 attendees. Guest speaker Rev. De Loss M. Scott spoke to a crowd as Pastor Rev. James Wilson led services.
Listings show Acton physicians dentists and a lawyer with offices on Willow River Main Frederick and Mill streets plus office hours. Also includes Acton coaches and Canadian National Railways schedules to Toronto Stratford and Georgetown with daily and weekend departures and contact numbers.
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