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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 19, 1963
Page
2
The report describes Hudson's Bay Company activities in northern settlements, detailing prices for sugar and butter, transport challenges, and the role of the factor and postmaster. It notes local travel, schooling help, and medical checks for settlers including Mrs MacColl and her family.
At Thursday's Hydro Commission meeting the panel revisited the idea of creating a Commission Manager to oversee administration and works. Commissioners argued the office is vulnerable with a single employee and cost concerns were raised. The discussion followed earlier public debate on a manager system and included notes on underground service plans and meter reading next week. Don't waste your franchise pick your candidate and vote next Wednesday.
The event features historic vehicles from 1907 to 1928 including a Chevrolet and a Ford, with the Motors and Cintom Club displaying entries. Children compete in decorated doll buggies and bicycles, judged by special officials. The Old Tyme Pictlers contest draws many entrants, including Canadian champion Graham Townsend. A piano act is planned, and there will be displays of treasured clothing such as four generations of wedding gowns from the Sprowl family.
The Canadian Red Cross reports more than 1 280 Eastern European individuals have been re united with relatives through cross border intervention with Red Cross and Red Crescent partners. The message notes Friday the 13th passes without further such events until December.
PC candidate George Kerr, a veteran Oakville Burlington Labour Council member and lawyer, outlines a career spanning Burlington council terms from 1956 and 1961. He and wife Meredith live at Wild Balmoral Ave Burlington with three children. Born near Gaspe and New Brunswick, Kerr studied at Saint John and Dalhousie before opening practice in 1988.
The report outlines Owen Mullin a Liberal hopeful for county council with ties to the Knox Presbyterian Church Board of Management and the Conservative Association. It notes his origin from St. Peters Prince Edward Stand his engineering degree in 1949 at St. Dunstan's and his work in Dominion Boundaries the Steel Company of Canada and Oakville Plant. He is described as a former Ward One representative, a council chair candidate and a past mayoral contestant in 1990. He and his wife live on Penn Drive Clarkdale with two children and attend Br Raphael's RC Church.
A tentative gathering aimed at supporting the Milton area Democratic Association. speaker Mr Gillies praised broad interest in the party and endorsed social security, affordable government services, and practical policy priorities.
An OCR fragment describes tax changes affecting government funds and a noted figure of 956000008 in the current year, with mention of individuals or entities in a fiscal context. The readable text is incomplete, but points to budgetary consequences and potential losses or costs.
Fragmentary OCR mentions ratios and financial terms in Toronto context. No clear events or names identified. Further readable text is needed to provide a precise card.
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