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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 02, 1965
Page
3
A fragmented note discusses the shift back to school and a push for stricter routines and supervision. It mentions parents reacting to tighter schedules and the need for guidance on behavior and discipline as students resume classes.
A narrator describes a chaotic plan to travel with friends using borrowed gear and odd bets. He jokes about entertaining passengers with a drunk act and relies on support from family and a church minister. The trip references a 1954 road map and a humorous, religious tent ending.
Machinery roared at capacity as the plant operated smoothly. Instruments were checked by operatives while production surged before lights flickered and failed to continue. The fragment hints at a technical incident amid the high speed operation.
The notice invites parishioners to attend a Sunday service of renewal and thanksgiving for the holidays. It lists church details including a Dutch service at 7:25 pm and mentions Rev Willes Van SUNDAY and choir leadership.
A factory outage prompts a tense repair scene as crews swap parts and ignite a failing lubrication system. An elderly observer debugs the problem with a quiet warning to value listening over noisy certainty, urging humility and shared insight.
The town clock atop the old post office rang exactly at blastoff for Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad in Gemini S capsule believed to set an eight day space flight record. Ben Rachlin keeper of the clock staged a vigil at the tower bells and made repairs as needed.
Dr D A Garrett physician surgeon based at Willow and River Streets Acton Ontario with afternoon appointments at River Street entrance. Dr Robert D Buckner located at 3 Wellington Street Acton Ontario with limited evening availability and phone contact 853 1240. Donald E Skinner ITA Mill Street Sunts 2 ActonOntario by
The local telephone office is relocating from its Mill Street site to bigger quarters at Main Street and third, with a new switchboard to be installed. Neighborhood congratulates Mrs An Lee McArthur on her 97th birthday. The Boys' Band concert in the park and United Church preparations for a centennial celebration are noted amid other village items.
The item lists various Acton district notices including a lawn bow trophy event, a desert dessert special by Harold Wiles Parlor, and a spring school return. Mentions Me town visits with family, cigar boxes, and a parade of local vendors like B J Hassard and W Mc, with references to Toronto observers and a Galt obituary notice.
Word from Guelph and Georgetown bands confirms attendance at the forthcoming band hall opening. Ted Wyler Sr. notes the event will unite the local band members and crowd to discuss the new hall located in Were tien.
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