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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 13, 1962
Page
5
Ambiguous notice reports a hat policy change tied to a corporate shakeup. The Hat Corporation of America announces new headgear guidance as leadership signals a shift in staff apparel, including a push for Kennedy to adopt a revised hat style.
The item notes a fall fair this weekend and forthcoming instalments of faxes. It mentions the Free Press printing Christmas cards and a science class field hunt for wild mustard. Council tours are postponed to October with Hamilton, Georgetown, and Milton involved.
Brian Barbeau, a Grade 13 graduate from Acton High, receives a travelling alarm clock at a surprise farewell. He heads to the University of Toronto for a four year commercial and finance course, living with his parents as he begins Freshmen Weekend and starts classes.
A letter from John Bryan and et and J ohn Bryan from Cobble Hill Acton HC thanks friends for a three day visit last week praising Acton and special thanks to Hilda and Ron Gardner Val and Bob Drinkwalter. They recall Acton as lovely and hospitable, vow to visit all next year, and close with a quip about admitting faults.
About 100 friends and neighbours gathered at Speyside School on Saturday night September 8 to honor Douglas Macpherson Jr and his bride Geraldine Fenton of Tecumseh. L A Macpherson is in the RCAF. Gimli Manitoba. They were home on leave for a week and returned Tuesday to Gimli for two years. Donna Rennick read a short address as Norm Douglas welcomed all and the couple opened many gifts. The group sang For they are jolly good fellows and lunch followed.
Talkative one boasts bending a horseshoe with bare hands. The farmer retorts that his wife can tie ten miles of telephone wire with her chin, making a bold claim about remarkable feats.
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