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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 27, 1949
Page
10
Monday marks Hallowe'en with a community party led by the Acton Y's Men Club. Citizens back the effort for safer, organized fun and fewer property damages. The notice praises the club for educating better citizens through a coordinated community program and urges local support.
The Canadian Legion invites Acton residents to wear a poppy to honor war dead and support living veterans and their families. The fund provides emergency aid in hours when a family faces a crisis, with local money staying local. The slogan Wear a Poppy for Remembrance calls for citizen support.
Ottawa reports say the federal government will wait for the Royal Commission of Arts and Science to report before deciding how to assist provinces in education. Prime Minister St Laurent spoke in the Commons on a private members’ resolution urging expansion and equalization of educational opportunities, with support from the Progressive Conservatives.
George Drew, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, calls federal aid to education a risk to provincial control while the Royal Commission on Art and Science nears a spring report. He notes Ontario’s mixed departmental involvement and questions municipal rights amid evolving provincial plans.
The Financial Post argues Canada should shed privy council appeals as inconsistent with full sovereignty and curb costly court battles. Ayer and Son note profits as key to job security, investment, and growth, urging workers to back profitable employers to ensure stable livelihoods.
Memorial Service planned for November 11 in Acton when Lieut Governor Lawson will unveil the new section of the Soldier's Memorial. Community interest is high as residents gather for the ceremony and recognize the cooperative effort behind the project.
The report notes Acton winning the provincial pennant in 1899 and mentions key figures like Carl Williams with injuries from a Waterloo game. It cites payments to Weasley Campbell and children in a damages suit against the Acton Tanning Co. and Heardmore and Co., and references Canada’s contingent heading to Quebec and London.
The article notes the first snowstorm of the season hitting the area last night and today. Lakeside Chapter of the LODE presented new stage curtains at the Town Hall in a social with Regent Mrs. Jan Adamson. Mabel Eilien Kenyon and J. A. Norman Wilds wed in Vine Tend on October 14. Francis McKeown, widow of Thomas Elliott, died at Faquesing Township. A British Museum scientist Dr Oakley addressed the British Association conference in Newcastle, discussing the Piltdown skull dating.
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