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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 28, 1965
Page
14
Local politicians face a long wait as the Plunkett Study on regional governance and boundary changes looms. Councils in Helton and Peel weigh shared regional facilities and potential reforms while awaiting formal recommendations due by August 1946.
County councillors weigh a regional jail for Halton with Peel Wentworth and Hamilton amid walkouts and quorum issues. Despite broad need for improved facilities, the grouping faces resistance over which municipalities join and the price tag. A Plunkett study and Friday meeting aim to renew negotiations and restore county business.
The 4 H Girls Saturday fourth meeting of the Scotch Block Lassies Fest was held with 13 members at Ligny Hall. The program included pledges, pattern alteration, staying stitches, and transferring pattern markings to fabric, followed by practical work where each girl cut her material.
Acton observes Remembrance Day on Sunday November 7 with a mayoral proclamation urging observance. Legionnaires Auxiliary Scouts Cubs Guides and Brownies gather at the Legion Hall at 10 40 a.m. parade to cenotaph for a wreath service, then a Trinity United Church service at 8 15 a.m. Haltan’s yearly plowing match is scheduled at the Eighth Line Howard Tarzwell farm this Saturday.
Sunday events across Acton area churches feature morning worships and Sunday School at Acton Baptist, Bethel, Acton Pentecostal Tabernacle, Knox Church, Trinity Church, and St Alban's Anglican. Guest speakers, choir practices, prayer meetings, and youth activities are listed with times and contact numbers for each church.
In this reflective piece the contrasts between city and rural living are drawn. The small town scene shows intimate routines, home life, and porch conversations while city life is portrayed as draining and impersonal with crowded commutes and looming apartment blocks. The narrator notes domestic rhythms, chores, and the pull of local clubs and gatherings as a counterpoint to urban stress.
A family collects the kids and burns leaves in a dark evening in a quiet town. White smoke rises as neighbors react, while women bustle with rakes and share the warmth of the scene. The piece references holiday food and the comfort of a late autumn tradition.
A long community drive last week gathered clothing from Acton and district for European relief. The shipment, weighed at two and a half tons, was sent to the station by truck on Thursday. Local servicemen returning from overseas were celebrated with a town hall gathering and wartime songs.
The fourth meeting opened with the 418 pledge and roll call. Mrs VanRthiin led instruction on staying studious and transferring the pattern larkings to material. A light lunch of cookies and soft drinks followed the business notes.
Stormy weather halted a planned power outage last Saturday across town. Line crews aimed to continue with the building program along Church Street but could not proceed. Repairs were later marked in some stations as power resumed.
A dense listing from Acton Ontario shows doctors surgeons and professionals at Willow River Streets Main Street North Magin Mill Street and John Street with phone numbers and appointment practices. It also lists Gray Coach Lines routes from Acton with daily and holiday schedules and intercity connections to Stratford London and Guelph.
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