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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 18, 1968
Page
4
Voters face a three way mayoral race as three experienced council members compete. The move signals a potential split between the reeve and the mayor, with Councillor Drinkwatter entering the field. Reeve Hinton argues council should not be a rubber stamp and may insist on independent judgment on issues.
The 5th annual Acton Fair returns with a three day program packed with variety and crowd pleasers. Fair president Wilmer Fryer leads officials as Erin township beauty contests and Miss Acton Fair highlight the lineup. Friday features a community centre entertainment night, Saturday hosts a junior horse show and a parade, and Sunday ends with a religious service and massed choirs, weather permitting.
The Ontario Safety League notes safety hinges on give and take while urging thoughtful care. The column ponders envy of the poor, reflects on summer’s end and autumn’s start after the Fall Fair. Banks have boosted mortgage availability, funding a rising influx of new money into the market.
The writer recalls days of painters rearranging a bedroom leaving one usable, while relatives arrive with a dog and children. He describes a sandy headspace after lying by a fire under a starry sky and declining offers of drinks. The piece ends with late night talks among old friends about rotten kids and Dutch Elm Disease.
The narrator recalls Kim’s hitchhiking to Montreal and a hospital scare after a head on collision. He details a chaotic summer framed by family worries, garden chores, and missed fishing and golf, then pivots to grateful reflections on a tough but rewarding season. He contrasts hard labor and urban heat with simple pleasures and neighbors’ struggles, concluding that he’s having a great summer.
A mistaken column titled Salt and Pepper fades from the page as editors cite busy times and a lack of new material. The piece recounts reader responses, reports on construction noise at Fairy Lake, a UFO sighting at a hardball picnic, and a humorous cousin letter about modern bathrooms in Montreal, illustrating local life with oddities and small-town humor.
In Toronto, Foster King wedding clients Mr. and Mrs J R MacArthur and Mrs J C Currie attended. Birth announcements include David William to D G Fader and wife at Guelph General Hospital September 18 1948 and Stephen Howard to Howard D Coles and wife September 22 1948. A Guelph Real Estate Board convention was attended by F L Wright and Norman Wright at Bigwin Inn. A Child Health Clinic will be held at Town Hall on the 1st and 3rd Fridays 2 to 4 pm. Local notes cover school appointment Miss Isobel Anderson as teacher with 550 salary from November 1. The week’s news recalls Allied fronts and Palestine front progress, plus local marriages and church meetings.
In the Free Press issue from September 21, 1893, reports detail Missers Henderson and Co announcing a fall millinery opening for Saturday the 23rd with Miss Stone showcasing new season styles. Acton Temperance Union grows, Rev. Judge J A Murray hosts a World’s Fair rehearsal, Councillor Corry and Mr Thomas C Moore under construction, a mare loss for Meyers Storey, and the Canada glove works dynamo lighting its factory with public tours offered.
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