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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 23, 1954
Page
10
About 3,000 attended Acton’s two day fall fair with a busy midway and livestock judging. The event featured cattle, hogs, poultry, sheep and horses, a donkey baseball game, a Saturday dance, and performances by the VA Bieid Artillery Band and Acton Citizens' Band.
The Friendly Circle resumed regular meetings on Wednesday with the president in charge. After secretary notes, fall bazaar plans were discussed and group votes taken. Mrs Jean Johnston led a devotional, hymns were sung, palm reading by Mrs Helen Waterhouse, prayer by Miss M Bennett, and games followed with a buffet lunch to close.
Hydro superintendent D Mason labeled tree branches touching power lines as dangerous and urged Public Utilities commission action on overdue trimming. The commission favored trimming but balked at 90 price, preferring local labor under hydro supervision to cut costs.
Wind driven branches caused power failures in town with outages Tuesday and Sunday. Downtown short circuits knocked power briefly while hydro crews worked through the night to restore service by 8 am earlier Wednesday. One person named Masen died in a separate feed related incident.
Council discusses drilling a second well after the Third Line site yielded less water than expected. A by law authorizing a $250 down payment on a Brown property valued at $2.5 likely for the new site passes with two dissenters. Discussion covers need and cost, with several councillors urging caution while Deputy Reeve Thompson and others insist drilling is the path to adequate water.
Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend and clocks are set back one hour to Standard Time. Standard Time begins Sunday with guidance to reset clocks any time between midnight Saturday and morning Sunday.
Three Acton high school students Nancy Lambert Mary Braida and Ena Jennings were awarded Dominion Provincial student aid bursaries. Braida attends Guelph Collegiate this year to study zoology Jennings goes to Teachers College in Hamilton Lambert is in grade 12 at Acton High. The bursaries help cover expenses for the coming school year as many applicants are unsuccessful.
The Free Press draw held Saturday afternoon at the fall fair awarded prizes to Acton area residents plus nearby districts. Winners include Mrs J Fisher Garnet Bruce Bob Frank Mary Kirkness Howard Masales Donna Barront Rae Reibling WA Nielson Mrs Albert Young Mrs Franklin Armstrong E M Perry and E Herbert Jordan with in town winners asked to pick prize colors and monogram details. Letters will go out to all winners.
Acton and Milton high schools discuss full time use of school shops for shop work in two grades. Milton and Acton boards plan to advertise for a full time shop teacher. Two more classrooms planned. architect costs studied for future building. Insurance coverage and transportation issues reviewed. several staff appointments approved.
The annual Masonic church service was held Sunday at Knox Presbyterian Church with Rev Roy Armstrong delivering the sermon. Members of Walker Lodge attended the service, then paraded to their lodge rooms afterward.
The Vevonshire Chapter of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire held its first meeting of the season at Mrs G W Masales home on Tuesday evening September 14. Members arranged tagging at the Full Fair and heard Mrs B Mowat discuss Top of the World. The group saw Thule and the Arctic circle city of 8000, and considered funding to buy Cas for downtown standards. Miss Veldhus presented colored slides of a west coast trip with commentary.
Acton high school hosts night classes starting in November in Acton Milton and Georgetown. Lloyd Minshall of the Department of Education aids the local committee with 14 members, led by Keith Barber and including Mrs Mucksawn and George Bowman. Courses cover clothing crafts shop work weaving leather and related trades at a small cost.
Plan Mission Band opens its fall with leaders Mrs Landsborough and Mrs Costerus detailing new groups. A baby band for ages 3 to 5 and an Explorer unit for 6 to 8 will be formed under Mrs Gordon and Mrs Chapman. Members pray for Bolivia, Africa and India, then share tea.
Two early Wednesday crashes in the district caused total vehicle damage of S428 with no injuries. Donald Currie Limehouse drove a truck that collided with a car driven by Myrtie Reid as Glen Williams backed up. A second accident left a car driven by David Tost of Georgetown in a ditch near Stewarttown, damaged about £300. The report notes many names appear in the Personal column.
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