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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 13, 1956
Page
33
The Woman's Association of the Church met at Mrs B Veldhuis's home with President Mrs Hi Burns presiding. The group opened with an ode and prayer and discussed fall quilting work and plans for a wedding luncheon.
An optometrist explains how the eye resembles a camera as light is focused by a lens to form a focused image. He describes a simple lens experiment showing upside down images and notes that camera film records the light image through a chemical change.
The Motor City Hotel in Oakville proposed building an office to be leased to the town for municipal headquarters. Council rejected the plan on the recommendation of Councillor J. Al McIntyre, citing the firm’s unwillingness to lease for less than ten years.
Pte Roy Donaldson a 22 year old soldier from Calgary traveled with his five month old daughter in his arms and rode 549 mules to reach his family in Grande Prairie. He made the two day journey to leave the baby with his mother before returning.
Rev. E Orsborn begins the year as minister of Knox Presbyterian Milton leading the first service at Halton Manor on September 9. He reads Psalm 84 and preaches a sermon linking exile in Babylon to longing for Jerusalem and worship, noting God as sun shield and source of peace.
Yarmouth N S Herald explains the Gallant family of Prince Edward Island are actually Haches descendants of Francois Hache whose courageous deeds earned the name Hache Gallant. One son moved to New Brunswick keeping the name while PEI emigrants adopted Gallant.
Cpl. Charles Wilkinson said Labor Day traffic on Queen Elizabeth Highway and Highways 2 5 25 and 122 was the heaviest. Twenty nine officers and civil defence trainees handled the flow Sunday and Monday, with no serious accidents reported despite the congestion. Canada’s horse population fell from 3,452,000 in 1921 to 851,500 by June 1, 1986.
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