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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 25, 1968
Page
6
Community voices urge sound planning as CORDC planners meet town bodies. Residents debate downtown versus plaza layouts, land use controls, and how to attract suitable industry while preserving a central shopping hub. The piece warns against uncoordinated expansion and calls for wise leadership to shape Acton's future.
The Free Press drops professional cards from doctors and lawyers due to ethics rules. Listings were not ads but a community service offering name, address, and info. Doctors and lawyers reluctantly ordered removal, fearing reduced access in emergencies. If ethics purges continue, locals may rely on gossip for professional referrals.
Retired Canadian businessmen, in their sixties, prove a second career is possible by volunteering with Canadian Executive Service Overseas in Montreal. Since its founding a year ago CESO recruits seasoned executives to aid developing countries in Africa, the Middle and Far East through broad managerial, production, cost control, and marketing expertise. Volunteers are unpaid but reimbursed for travel and living costs for themselves and their wives, benefiting both giver and recipient nations.
A reflective speaker compares his son Alegh and his friend Alex to pigs in a humorous, anecdotal rant about their insatiable appetites. He recalls family meals, past eating feats, and the kids’ uncanny ability to raid the fridge, leaving him to question appetite, age, and traditional notions of feeding. The piece alternates between affection and exasperation as it traces the boys’ relentless grazing habits and era-spanning memories.
A fragmented report outlines advertising compliance topics in Canada. It mentions a body approving ads, publication guidelines, and the tolerance for typographical errors while preserving essential posting rights and balancing advertising content.
Harvest Festival at St Alban’s Church concluded with a chicken supper served by Evening Guild members including C Nellix W Coon R Healey G Curtis and Fe Oak A variety program followed Bether Taylor leaves for Ottawa to attend the Progressive Conservative convention this week in Ottawa Georgetown notes Pubr baby show for under 6 months Brida daughter of Mr and Mrs Norman Braids Acton Mile for Wille 16 year old drivers involved in multiple accidents driving habits across ages urged to improve George O Donahine of Toronto instructed at YMCA Board meeting Acton Boy and Girls Band led by C W Mason delivered one of the season’s best park concerts
The 1893 Free Press item notes households stocking winter coal, Peter Gibbons' new bank barn at Speyside, and Chester Matthews with his mother visiting the World’s Fair in Chicago. It reports disturbances at the Station Hotel, calls for calm and penalties, remarks on women and telephone lines, Acton Comet Band at a Fair, and Milton’s tramp scare prompting keeps lights on and a night watchman.
In mid September, two men entered Mrs. John Walters's kitchen while she briefly left, stole about $200 from her hand satchel, and fled the town. Also noted are upcoming Women’s Institute meeting, local hires, a snowstorm, and various local visits and property transactions.
Meas W D and R A Lyon near completion of a new store next to their current shop in Milton with claims of the best finish. R A Lyon returns from Toronto with a large bankrupt dry goods stock to be sold at low figures. The Albion Hotel moves to Main and Commercial streets under Mr Clarkson, now refurbished and attracting patrons. A failed traction engine from Guelph to Walkerton heads to Hamilton for disposal after limited use. Advert cautions readers about the Singer Family Sewing Machine and offers from W Leslie of Meadowvale with cash orders at five dollars below Toronto rates and requests for sewing machines Melodeons and pianos catalogs.
Acton Fair opens with M.P.P. John Root noting farmers and townspeople blend more today. The piece traces farming’s modernization from old booted labor to soil science and tractors, while rural schooling, transport, and 4 H education reshape village life and livestock quality. It argues the fall fair reflects these changes and a modernizing countryside.
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