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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 27, 1967
Page
2
Editorial warns Canadian National Railways may close Acton station as service is trimmed to a single daily stop and shifted to Guelph. The piece urges a strong hearing before the Board of Transport Commission to preserve Acton’s industrial profile, jobs, and town identity.
Acton faces a surge in municipal needs as 100 new homes add 149 cars 472 people and 118 children to schools. Pleva analysis shows costs for new elementary and high school rooms 143000 and 28,735 for teachers, plus land 6.7 acres and 0.94 police 0.73 fire staff and 5.89 municipal staff with water library jail and hospital impacts.
Editorial notes the 17 minute film A Place to Stand shown at Expo in the Ontario pavilion will tour audiences across the province after overcoming 70 mm to 35 mm reduction issues. It shares a favorable view from a Toronto daily calling it superb and entertaining.
A candid personal column notes the author's brood and their college paths. Son Hugh pivots from school to work then Montreal, while daughter Josie pursues a late motherhood influenced degree. The narrator plans retirement as Josephine College beckons, hoping for穠 stability amid student life and household chores.
A historical image shows Dolly Varden around the turn of the century taken from a tinplate owned by Rev. John Lawson of Guelph. It notes the Lawson homestead and nearby stone house, the now-razed feed mill, and Black Creek valley views once clear but now overgrown with saplings.
Rev L Pickering elected chairman replacing Rev Walter Fosbury at the Acton Free Library Board meeting. Beginning October 1 the library will open Wednesday afternoons from 3 to 4 0 for school children, replacing the Saturday slot. Residents at a town hall meeting back plans for a local swimming pool, with enough capital in Acton to build it. A committee was formed and a note of progress was made as parents criticized hitchhiking to distant pools. The Women’s Institute hosted the Boys and Girls band after their CN E victory, with thanks for a 25 dollar donation and praise from Institute president Mrs Davidson. Coats were brought out in a hurry.
Readings announce Acton Union Exhibition next Tuesday and Wednesday with quick entries and ideal weather. The tale covers the rising sharpers in smaller shows, Father Cavanaugh's St. Joseph services, Acton youth attending Georgetown High School, McKay's claim of America’s fastest copper and 80 barrels produced, and Sunlight soap ad praising its wash efficiency alongside new electric lights at Horseman's Hill Guelph visible from Knatchbull.
Fifty years ago this week Hon. David Henderson of this county was lauded by Conservative members of the House and Senate for 30 years of parliamentary service. Sir Sam Hughes presented a comfortable arm chair as a mark of tribute. Henderson, in his 76th year, is the oldest Commons member, having sat continuously since 1891 after his first failed bid in 1887.
One hundred years ago in Milton the great cheese hoped for exhibition could not be loaded onto a steamer due to its immense size and narrow gangway. It weighs 7,000 pounds and will be shipped by rail. Also noted are breech loading arrivals for the 20th Battalion and drills. A local loss to Nelson’s Robert Simpson orchard prompts a reward call for culprits who girdled the trees.
Georgetown area churches show October 1967 schedules with multiple services. Maple Avenue Baptist Church lists Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. and services at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Evangel Pentecostal Tabernacle provides morning worship at 11 a.m. and evangelistic services, with prayer, Bible study, and youth gatherings throughout the week. Trinity and Churchill churches offer English services, Sunday School, and Holy Communion options, along with special Holy Eucharist and program notes.
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