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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 28, 1961
Page
17
The Nassagaweya plebiscite shows strong voter support for a $3,500,000 race track following Highway 401 development. The campaign avoided mudslinging while Yes and No committees weighed benefits and drawbacks, and the result is deemed representative by statistics.
The piece celebrates September as a perfect, vivid season full of ripe fruit, tomatoes, corn, and apples. It contrasts travel elsewhere with a Canadian September that brings calm, color, and a sense of renewal. The narrative hints at rural life, seasonal changes, and family rhythms.
The narrator vents about a new home and changing roles. The wife takes on church duties as artist and choirleader while he endures scheduled chores and clashes over lifestyle. Jokes clash with real tensions as September passes with mowing and decorating tasks.
A tribute to Dag Hammarskjold describing his unique strength at the United Nations and the impact of his death in a plane crash. The piece weighs Hammarskjold’s crises including Suez and Hungary, and warns on risks to UN reform and veto power amid Cold War tensions. It also touches on door to door hawker licensing as public protection.
A Financial Post editorial notes that more than four million Canadians receive regular government cheques. It details monthly family allowances, old age pensions, veterans' benefits, special assistance, and disability support totaling 1.4 billion dollars for adults, plus 317 million in health grants and hospital insurance costs.
The article describes home heating shifts from wood and coal to oil gas and electricity during wartime. It notes stove and chimney adjustments, coal shortages, miner strikes, and the move to electric heat and modern thermostats as heating methods evolved across households.
Young Canadians join senior Red Cross volunteers in blood screening and hospital work. The year sees 40226 items including clothing school supplies health kits quilts and aid books produced by Red Cross Juniors and shipped to actions and stations.
Readers learn of Irish visitor John Hill in Acton and local interest in MP Henderson’s win with 410 votes, crop market notes on turnips at 14 cents, a mill street sale to Mrs. Jennie Wood, and ongoing Civil Guard training. Weathered by storms, Wool Combing roof damage and church anniversary praise accompany local power disruptions.
A dense list shows Acton physicians surgeons dentists and lawyers with offices on Mill Street Willow River and Frederick Streets plus office hours and telephone numbers. The segment also notes Acton coaches schedule departing Deylight Saving Time with multiple daily departures and holiday adjustments.
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