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tmmimmmmemmsmt interior view of the free press plant in december 1946 zht tffcn tie ttzs ighty fifth year no 8 acton ontyjkio irfursoav august 20th 1959 second section first free press editors faith in future justified 84 years four editors later it was in 1875 that joseph hatk ing a printer from the guclph daily advertiser dtcidtd thai acton should have a newspiper and combining his funds and ox perienee he assembled thi neies sary equipment tor printing a newspaper here in the btiildmf that was thin known is matthews hall this building ins since bein moved frorroits silt on the corngr of mill and willow streets and is now oclupied by holchens bak ery the- first issue of the free prcsi came out on dominion day 1b75 h is significant then lhat an flouncement of a new building to jiouse the free press should be made so ihortly etfterthe annivers ry of the paper after two ytars irf upstairs printing mr hacking persuaded the late james mat hews to build a one storey build ling adjoining for the free puss here acton s newspaper w is printed tor another two years bt fore moving to the present site mr malthows building lakr served as actons post office and tktolte-umities-effice- until it- ja anally torn down from the pnsinl urn- ol thabank of nova scoti i is aimd it us progress ind ilies- of this enmn unity josiph lid disappnv il f things whuh hacking in 107 wrolt tint act n n nil cmsirieied idvatiligis 11 had just barely i tough inhibit id ihc si iv wick by uk arils to become me rpuniled bit nly i century ut th jtl v he had faith in tin outl ok f r 111 u kv 1 tpm m richly u ur yi us hid fwur it is 1 iii 1 atti has bet nit a t wti and lsllf d the futh in his i si blishin nt r the rrtt puss 34 g a dills turns first sod on addition in 1949 electrqnic platemaking is introduced in june 1956 bntldlng remodelled in the present free prts led rtth the present front bem added up to lhat lime a stnm boiler was fired up ivuy pus day and the pipeis wut prmtul on the old piouty press a fns i ftie engine was incorporated is motive power in 1b04 abul sx or seven years latei anuthei kit ion was added for a new ncwspip er press which however didn t ir rive until 1930 and intuit nt illy wasn i locud in tht now section built rr it in mueh 1im1 m tht r ntw section v is idded wlucli loubltd ihc size of tht newnpti buildmt ind give much nttdid n in fir ihc business lhat gnw v hi the community a fiirthii jdditmn t the build ing wis midi in 197 to itc immii datt tin ntw g is cox n type press which was inslalkd in september of 19y7 thit cumpmuy built up ihc lot ti whith tht free press hid moved more th in 60 years btoie five editors have published the acton fret press during us 84 tytfttl joseph hacking fount the paper sold it in 1177 to moore and galbrailh and in 11179 the moore brother t a ind h p f trnitd i putnership i npinlt tht frtt prtss ind tht pi int ind ffict v is movtd t uti tht putntiship wis n it ind 1 a intend thi t jvlnit hi si t be h id jn lid chuuli f c ir id i vi i c nt nutd li id t u itnuhy nnisiij the h s inteitsts to the pusint i in th if o at i if d ik vh hi jnst 32 jo us h is imn ind publ she i of aci n s no spjjl the diln puntng ind publ sh ng l unpin incl idine tht twi s ns uit jnd jwn wj fniudu 19i4 up unl 1 1917 i lu fin pus- v is ill si l by hind n th ncl i hi r bt ng ind vidu illy a st nnl ri a r t c mp isn r c uld si ft m tw t three c ilunms in r d y f 10 h uis by stickm rise thi frie press was nt fihe fist ntuspnpcis in h hon c un t i i inrtall a linotype on which an opint ir will t i ol imn f mwspnpir tpc in h ur at pns i nt ihire an tv hnotypis silting tpe for tht publ shing fi editors of the free press have been j h hacking top right s w galbrailh lop left right rev dr t albert moore lower left h p moore lower right and g a dills centre since 1927 formerly the mason knitting co building the baxter plant has since been enlarged this view was in 1940 thi an exterior view of the present building showing the two additions md th ihi km i inn l it hit supp press s f thi d mn levelling corporation pond was necessary to provide room for the expan- sionpf the baxter building installation of the roll fedsoss press was completed in september 1957 a present day view of the baxtej building is show n here as the publishing firm takes over