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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 29, 1959
Page
18
Mrs. John Foley of Artefi wins $1000 after matching numbers at a monster bingo game in Guelph arena. She ties with a local man for a $2000 grand prize and agrees to split the winnings, each taking $1000. Foley is a regular at Acton Legion weekly bingo nights.
After two prior visits as a non winner Mrs Foley struck it rich at a Guelph bingo last Saturday. She hopes the win does not change her life. her husband plans to buy a new gun and their son John Jr aims to become a veterinarian. The Acton Legion Ladies Auxiliary member noted she would be satisfied with a small win and values friends over a huge prize.
John Leatherland, a youth Minor Sports athlete, received a wrist watch as the Gentlemen of the Year award from local jeweller Don Bexton. The honor recognizes sportsmanship on and off the field, with about 200 boys present for the awards night at the Acton Legion.
The council withdrew arena repair resolutions and agreed to ask the Provincial Government to test the building’s structural soundness. The building committee proposed minor sports pay 250 yearly for arena use, with admission fees of 31 and 25 cents on skating nights.
The Free Press will move to new quarters on Wilton Street in the former Baxter Laboratories building on Monday morning. The Mill Street office will remain for news studies and pay accounts. R H Elliott will manage the stationery and office supply store at Dike Stationery, and the Acton Free Press phone number 600 remains unchanged.
Halton No. 1 Inspectorate teachers from North Halton and Gakyilie public school plan their annual convention out of district at Brantford School for the Blind. The event held tomorrow includes business sessions classroom visits a tour of Brantford and a guest speaker.
Poppy chairman Harry Otter announced plans for the annual Poppy Day drive on November 6-7 and for Remembrance Day services. Canvassers are recruited, with more volunteers welcome, and programs for the November 7 service printed. Details mention Nas sigaweva and Rockwood events and veterans service avenues.
Police will patrol town with guards at the school and officers on duty district wide to prevent a repeat of last year hooliganism during the Hallowe en season.
The council authorized adopting a town administration plan for the balance of the year after a Tuesday session with most members present. Debate centered on costs and the potential for creating an administrator position, with several councillors opposing and others supporting the plan as it stood.
North Halton District High School Board approves a two page dissolution plan to end the board that runs Acton Milton and Georgetown high schools. Three new district boards will form January 1 1960 with appointed trustees. Officers may be chosen before year end.
The Acton town office posted the voters list with 2,150 eligible names. The posting date is November 1, with a November 15 deadline to report any missing names. Nomination night is set for November 19 at Robert Little Public School Auditorium, and if needed an election will be held December 1 at the polls.
Registration figures climbed to nearly 190 as last minute students joined night school classes at the high school on Monday and Tuesday evenings. Two women and a man signed up late enough to be the last to enroll, with coffee and doughnuts served to teachers and the night school committee to start the season.
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