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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 15, 1960
Page
8
Readers report chilly days with warm coats in use and furnaces firing earlier than expected. A few hardy swimmers braved Fairy Lake this week while Acton groups prepare for autumn events including Lions Club bingo winners and Girl Guide openings. Educators and students travel to Stratford to see Romeo and Juliet as local clubs resume fall activities and plan rally day.
Acton Lions Club held a steak roast to start the new season and discussed sponsoring a juvenile hockey team to compete in the Ontario Minor Hockey Association. Lion Ernie Marks will manage the Acton Lions team with Ben B. as coach and Rino Bra as secretary treasurer. The Lions will supply equipment and transportation. A Teen Town Club is being formed to run teen dances with rules including membership cards and 11 pm curfew.
Norval school board met with three delegations from Union Church area Terma Cotta and Esquesing on Tuesday evening. The board granted direct transport to Norval for Union Church children and agreed to investigate morning departure times and late arrivals for Terma Cotta residents. It also approved bus pickup on the third line and Dublin sideroad so Esquesing children no longer walk two miles.
Police investigate early Monday theft of a late model car from Jack Reid’s Lake Avenue garage. Reid woke between 5 and 6 am to see the vehicle drive away. Description circulated by Acton OPP. no trace found.
Mrs Archibald presided at the Women’s Institute meeting at secretary Mrs Stubington’s home. Members and guests discussed fundraisers and a workshop Eat to Live Ennotville. Doris Fines and Mrs McCrae named delegates to the area convention in Guelph. Cairn installation at the school to preserve an old bell noted, with plans for a plaque. Local students and staff listed, and numerous visits and gatherings recounted.
A brief, era style line emphasizes renewing neighborly love as many new wives appear, reflecting social attitudes and community focus.
The first fall meeting of the talk beside Chapter KODE was held as a pot luck supper in the Legion auditorium Tuesday evening. Plans were finalized for entering articles in different classes at the Fall Fair. Canvassers were appointed for the annual CNIB campaign. Draml Mey AT Bin han shane slides of their recent trip to Europe.
In Acton on Sunday Hamilton area St John Ambulance Brigade members paraded from Prospect Park to Knox Church for a church service praising the ancient order and its first aid work. Rev R Brook linked Christ's compassion with St John Ambulance, urging continued service despite self sacrifice as leaders from Acton brigades and visiting officials attended the ceremony and wreath laying at the cenotaph.
After church services a parade passed a saluting base at the Hamilton post office where Dr. James Hutchinson former area commissioner took the salute. Attending were Mayor John Gay Acton area superintendent Jerkins Mrs W Fe s her nursing division and Mrs R Chapman stall officer nursing division. Afterward the parade, participants gathered in Acton park for a picnic supper.
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