School Open Drive Carefully campaign starts at Acton
The Hamilton Automobile Club launches its fifth annual School Open Drive Carefully campaign to promote safe walking for students during the first weeks of the school year. New posters and bumper strips are posted district wide to remind motorists to be vigilant near schools. Parents are urged to review safe walking rules with children and plan the safest route to school while avoiding unnecessary car trips to reduce congestion. School patrols operate under the club’s jurisdiction.
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New name at Free Press building in Acton
Editorial notes the Free Press offices at three floors moving to a grey Baxter Laboratories site now labeled Dills Printing and Publishing Co Ltd with Acton Free Press on the upper sign. It explains new entrances and where to drop off news items and ads while joking about lingering confusion.
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New Beginnings At Start Of School Year
The coming week marks the reopening of schools with new teachers and returning staff. Streaming at the high school shows progress, uniforms gained less traction, and families anticipate fresh energy as church and community groups resume meetings and daily routines.
Divorce law and marital strife in Canada debated
The Financial Post writer J. Bo McGeachy argues adultery is not the sole cause of marital breakdown. He urges Canada to expand grounds for divorce beyond adultery to include cruelty desertion insanity and drunkenness, arguing the law should protect state security rather than moral sin. He notes parliament often passes private bills that die, suggesting broader legislative consensus is possible.
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Financial Post
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Canada
Sugar and Spice and a Vancouver Vacation Gamble
A married couple recounts nearly two decades together and a summer plan to travel west. After a costly refrigerator malfunction and a family financial shift, they decide to visit Vancouver to see their son who may work on a Pacific boat and fund his college. A cascade of misfortunes follows, including a speeding ticket and home repairs, as they chase a half paid holiday financed by banks and credit.
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Centennial medallions air-dropped to Canada's north
Canada plans six million Centennial medallions for schoolchildren, with air drops to isolated northern communities in the coming school year. The Royal Canadian Mint produces 1 1/4 inch discs, packaged in envelopes bearing the Centennial symbol, to be distributed via schools and military bases.
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Canada
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Ottawa
Centennial Commission
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Victoria
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Dora de Pedery Hunt
Toronto
Ontario
Banquet Honors Servicemen at Limehouse Hall in 1946
Over 40 servicemen and their spouses attended a banquet at Limehouse Memorial Hall. Rev Argyle Campbell dedicated the corfol honor. Gifts included leather cases, silver platter, and cigarette lighters for various recipients. A memorial addition honors three fallen from the last war, with community tributes at Framosa and Rockwood.
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John Newton
J. Rowphles
J. Kirkpatrick
Sam Gisby
Esquiesing Township
Edgar Beeney
John Ellerby
Ronald Davis
Samson Gisby
Glenn Kinnear
Clifford McDonald
Norman McDonald
Lorne Norton
Harry Smethhurst
Gordon Sutherland
Robert Vance
Alex Wright
Framosa Township
Rockwood
Alfred Edwards
Ernest Gerrie
Lawrence Graeham
Gerry Guthrie
Wasly Harris
Edwin Hasavard
John Hills
Gordon Mack
William Parkinson
Donald Tit
George Ware
Douglas Wheeler
Charles Wilson
Population shifts and school vacation debate surface in 1891 county record
The Free Press of Stearsulley details county population changes with Acton rising to 1209 residents, Milton 1450, Georgetown 1509, Burlington 1325, and Oakville 1825. It notes public schools reopened after a notably long vacation and discusses the tension between ambition and time spent in study, while mentioning a Vancouver-bound Empress of Japan mail run and a Canada Great Industrial Fair in Toronto, Sept 7 to 19, 1891 with attractions and rail excursions.
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Fires devastate settlements in northern Ontario region
Aug 31 1916 report recalls great forest fires north of New Liskeard affecting Matheson Englehart and Sutton Bay. Families like Wim Johnson Sr and Jr James Webster James Dunn and Alex Holmes lose homes barns offices and crops. Some wives return to stay with friends. Romania enters the war aiding Allies with grain crop potential.
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Matheson and Englehart
New Liskeard
Wim. Johnson Sr
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James Webster
Sutton Bay
James Dunn
Alex Holmes
Romania
Alles
Acton Chronicle Ad Rates and Terms
Founded in 1875 and published each Thursday at 8 Willow St Acton Ontario the paper is a Second Class Mail Post Office Ottawa authorized publication. Advertising rates on request subscriptions payable in advance Canada 4 dollars other countries 7 dollars single copies 1 cent.
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Ontario
Audit Bureau of Circulations
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Canada
Post Office Department
Ottawa
Trinity Church Service Officials Named
Hree Press lists Trinity Church clergy and staff including Rev. Dwight I. Engel as minister and George Elliott as organist. The article notes church leadership details for the United Church of Canada parish.
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Knox Church Acton Seeks Combined Summer Services
Church notices list Knox Presbyterian Knox Acton Rev Andrew H McKenzie presiding combined summer services on Sept 4 1966 at 10 a.m. names Beth El Christian Reformed Acton and Anglican and Baptist notices also appear with service times and contact numbers for area churches in Acton Ontario Church notices page.
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Dilts Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd
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Hree Press
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