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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 05, 1963
Page
22
Local observers report visits and weekend travels of residents including Mr. MacDonald and various guests. Listings cover hospital stays, weddings, anniversaries, and multiple social visits across Acton, Milton, North Bay, Newmarket, and nearby towns.
Band president Ted Tyler Jr reports beginners’ clans will start Thursday evening September 12 at the town hall. Age is no barrier and both juniors and adults are welcome to join the Acton Citizens’ Band.
The Free Press announces a special next week titled Antieth anniversary fall fair edition. It promises enhanced news coverage, photographs, and fair related ads with exclusive specials.
Contestants for the Mini Acton Fair Queen crown rise from four to nine in under a week as the event moves to Acton High School. Radio TV celebrities Norm Marshall Cliff Muir Bly Al Jones will judge selections. The winner will be crowned by Mayor Sue Duby next week.
The 16th annual Soper family reunion on August 3 at Brookville Hall featured ideal weather, contests such as horseshoe pitching and baseball, and a social meal. Officers were elected: president Ken Cotton, vice president Elda Fryer, secretary-treasurer Jack Wood, and sports convener Charles Martin. Special prizes honored oldest attendees, longest married couple, youngest child, and longest distance traveled, with Ray Soper as lucky chair and Mel Martin first to register.
Recreation director Jim Casburn helps amateur painters arrange events as registration date and venue to be announced in the Free Press next week. Several children visited schools Monday morning likely awaiting Tuesday state activities or arriving early.
Acton police pursued a car at up to 100 mph Friday night, catching it after it was abandoned near Althburgh. An Acton man was charged with dangerous driving and driving while under suspension. the owner faces a charge of letting someone else drive with a suspended license.
George Smith, bandsman in the Acton Citizens band, died August 10 at Georgetown District Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral held September 2 at Rumley Shagmaker Funeral Home, conducted by Rev Dwight Engel with pallbearers Falo Marzo Rudolph Spielvogel Ray Agnew and others. Interment at Fairview Cemetery. long time Knox church elder and band member noted for weekly church calendar visits. He joined the Acton band 61 years ago under the late Prof WL and contributed as a dedicated musician.
The Acton Free Press reports a somber obituary for a local man aged almost 29 born to Stewart and Jane Kiowa. He played junior ball in Acton and was connected with several local groups, survived by nine relatives including Mindob Waterhouse and Bruce Minter. The notice notes a work-related business appearance and a memorial gathering in Acton.
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