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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 01, 1966
Page
2
The Hamilton Automobile Club launches its seventh annual School Open drive carefully campaign on September and posts new School Open posters and bumper strips across the district to promote safe walking for pupils. Motorists are urged to use extra caution near schools and parents to teach children safe pedestrian rules and routes.
Editorial notes the Free Press building on Willow Street now bears Dills Printing and Publishing Co Ltd on the front and Acton Free Press on the upper signs. The move aims to reduce entrance confusion as the paper expands across three floors with offices upstairs and printing and news rooms downstairs.
A week of fresh starts as schools reopen with new teachers and returning staff. Streaming at the high school boosts results, uniforms spark debate, and families gear up for a busy ten month cycle of church and community meetings, with renewed enthusiasm shaping the weeks ahead.
The Financial Post writer J. B. McGeachy argues adultery is not the sole or even main cause of marital trouble. He cites drunkenness, abuse, desertion, imprisonment, and insanity as cruelties that should be grounds for divorce, urging Canada to align with 1937 British reforms. He emphasizes the law should protect state security, not enforce religious morals. He notes parliamentary private bills die with adjournment, urging legislators to craft broadly acceptable reforms.
A long, humorous memoir style column details a near twenty year marriage weathering budget woes and market volatility. The narrator contemplates a coast trip despite a family finances strain, a costly kitchen appliance failure, a Vancouver call about their son’s work, and the lure of a half financed vacation. The piece ends with mounting debts, financial strain, and a jokey warning that a missing column implies a Rockies crash and a son’s costly future.
Canada plans air drops of Centennial medallions to isolated northern communities and federal school students. Six million one and a quarter inch medallions are being produced by the Royal Canadian Mint. First delivery to the Centennial Commission ends September, with direct shipments to provinces and territories to follow. Names: Thomas Shingles and Dora de Pedery Hunt selected for the obverse and reverse designs.
Over 40 servicemen and their wives and friends attended a banquet in Limehouse Memorial Hall. Rev. Argevle Campbell dedicated the cafe and unveiled the community honor roll. Gifts and donations were presented to veterans, with lists of recipients including Edgar Beeney, JohnEll erby, Ronald Davis, and many others. A separate wedding and wartime tribute followed at the home of Mr and Mrs John ter. Framosa township and Rockwood paid tribute to fallen and returning servicemen in a memorial addition to the old monument, naming 3 lives lost and many who served.
The Free Press notes Acton's population at 1209 with a 43 percent gain, Milton 1450, Georgetown 1509, Burlington 1325, and Oakville 1825. It records schools reopening with healthier, brighter children and argues vacations are longer than in the past, criticizing excessive study and delays caused by teachers and authorities. The item mentions the Empress of Japan mail run and Canada's Industrial Fair in Toronto September 7 19 1891 with attractions and rail discounts.
Fifty years ago the Free Press reports massive forest fires across Matheson Englehart and north of New Liskeard. Settlers lose houses, barns, crops, and a post office outfit. Wm Johnson Sr and Jr, James Webster, James Dunn, and Alex Holmes suffer property losses while some wives stay with friends. Romania enters war on Allied side, grain harvest aids allies.
Founded in 1875 and published weekly on Thursdays, this Acton Ontario paper lists address at 8 Willow St and notes Audit Bureau of Circulations membership and Canadian and international subscriptions. Advertising rates available on request with payment in advance, and policies on typographical errors and advertised goods.
Trinity Church announces Rev Dwight I Engel B A B D as minister and George Elliott M A Ph D as organist with responsibilities and roles for worship and musical leadership.
Church notices list Knox Church Acton Rev McKenzie and combined summer services at 10 a.m. English and 2:30 p.m. Dutch services at Beth El Christian Reformed Acton. Evangel Pentecostal Tabernacle P AOC 33 Churchill Road Rev Thoman with Sunday School and worship times. The Church of St Alban the Martyr Anglican Willow Street Acton. Acton Baptist Church founded 1842 with service times and Sunday school, notes on upcoming September programs and doctrinal emphasis.
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