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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 23, 1954
Page
3
The Acton Fair concluded a successful year despite rain with over four decades of cooperative effort between rural and town residents. President Ray Everdeil thanks officials, exhibitors, and visitors for a cooperative, enjoyable event, noting improvements and enduring community spirit amid challenging weather.
The Canadian General Electric transformer plant in Guelph opens amid a high voltage ceremony with 3,000,000 volts discharged. Hon. C. D. Howe and Hon. Leslie M. Frost speak as the facility hires 700 workers and signals decentralization in Ontario industry. The piece notes broader provincial growth and optimistic forecasts of higher employment and production next year.
The piece lauds Canadian achievement from Marilyn Bell’s long distance swim to decor debates at Niagara Falls. It praises Canadian flags the red ensign and Union Jack as part of national decor and calls for more home grown talent in the C N E grandstand show, lauding the Sunday armed forces concert.
Prime Minister St Laurent urged Liberal policy to build a strong united Canada during an address at the Reform Club in Quebec City. He defended French Canadian culture and challenged Premier Duplessis on provincial autonomy, calling for courageous leadership in Canada.
A memoir style reflection contrasts British reserve with Canadian classrooms. The narrator recalls English refugees in Ontario schools showing lively enthusiasm for class and extracurriculars, challenging the stereotype of British dullness and debating whether Canadian schooling has kept or lost that vigor.
A $400,000 Oakville supermarket with 16,000 square feet of selling space and a 500-car lot is set to open in late January on a 10-acre site. Construction begins next week as part of a planned new food emporium in the town.
The Women’s Missionary Society of Acton United Church met at Mrs. P. Binnie’s home on Tuesday September 14 with President Miss M. Z. Bennett presiding. Mrs. Hannah led worship and groups spoke on India Canada and the Church in India study.
Sunday September 26 1954 features Rally Day Service Evening Worship and Church School with Beginners Class and Morning Service. September 28 1954 lists Sunday School Morning Worship and Evening Worship with the Thought for the Week about the Christian Sabbath moral duty and free nations sustainment.
The Acton fair opened for its twenty first year with Hon Duncan Marshall Ontario agriculture minister presiding. A Beardmore Leathers outbuilding gasoline storage explosion challenged the fire brigade. Winners at contests included Harmonica Tom Nicol and Jean Adair Banana eating Lorne Mitchell and Bruce Pargeter Baby show Betty Ann Kerr Ronald Job Marie Frances Land twins Donna and Ronna Papillon and others. The international visitor Miss Cumming of Aberdeen Scotland joined Peter Messaaac family. Stonework on the new Y M C A building now rises above ground at the front section.
Open air concert by the Acton Cor net Band at Johnston's store on Mall St ends with a communal dining spread. Free Press plans move to the old Baptist church on Elgin St as improvements proceed. H. H Worden sells barber shop to Alex McLean and moves west. Mrs. Sydney Smith hosts musical at Fairview Place with performances by Miss Cooper Miss Lexie Clark Miss Jessie Nicklin and E. J. Moore. Fifty-eighth Esquesing Agricultural Society exhibition scheduled in Acton next week.
Windsor Ontario reports Ted Gardiner killed a 30 inch diamondback rattlesnake with a hoe after his son alerted him. In Edmonton a Royal Canadian Air Force survival instructor jokes about huge Northwest Territories mosquitoes lasting in extreme heat.
The St Boniface historical society opens a museum featuring the pis tol that killed Thomas Scott and the ropes used to hang Louis Riel. Scott was condemned in 1870 for leading an uprising against the provisional government. Riel was executed in 1885 at Regina for his role in the outbreak.
A local directory listing physicians surgeons veterinarians more in Acton Ontario with office addresses phones and hours plus travel coach departures and other local services such as funeral home real estate and insurance providers. Includes Dr W G C Kenney Dr D A Garrett Dr A J Buchanan F G Oakes and others with contact details.
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