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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 02, 1953
Page
2
The Acton Junior Farmers and Junior Institute held a regular meeting at the home of Don Matthews. The boys’ meeting was reported with slides of Mexico shown to attendees.
Calv in Sprowt led a farm machinery club event with time and place set by a committee. R N Brown spoke on the future of farming and two delegates were chosen for the Guelph Conference in April. Eleanor Cook spoke on first aid. Miss Grindley showed slides on a Mexico City trip. A euchre and dance were discussed and a lunch served. 1910 to today irrigation shows gains in corn yield and reduced man hours.
Roy Shaver, Douglas Reid, and Algie Wallace recount six weeks touring Ireland and England. They meet and observe the Irish Hospitals Sweepstakes headquarters, visit the National Stud of Ireland and Stratford on Avon, and tour historic sites while noting Gaelic hospitality and lingering fame from Miss Betty Hutton.
Purple dye was rare and royal, but today modern chemistry makes it affordable and widespread. Mourning uses black and purple by common custom, while white denotes mourning in some East regions. Color meaning depends on use and design, not the color itself.
The Reader's Digest article outlines Kitimat's planned aluminum smelting complex fed by a private hydroelectric system. Engineer Frederick W. Knewstubb proposed a 2 580 foot head and a 10 mile tunnel to a mountain power house, with power sent 48 miles to the Kitimat smelter. By 1954 a 7,500 resident industrial town would grow to 50,000, making Kitimat B C’s third largest city.
A humorous exchange unfolds as an artist offers five dollars to paint a wary mountaineer. The veteran shifts his cheek and jokes about how the paint would be removed, reflecting a rural clash of pride and curiosity.
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