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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 05, 1951
Page
5
Milton Co-ops suffer two losses in Fort Erie matches as 2200 fans watch a 4 3 defeat followed by a 9 5 setback. Freddie Kentner scored a notable goal from the penalty box in the first game.
The funeral service for George Douglas Hardy retired farmer died in Guelph on Sunday March 25 held at the Victor B Rumley Funeral Home with many floral tributes. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery Acton. Survived by wife Mary two daughters Mrs Wingrove Erin and Mrs Davies Acton one daughter Lois predeceased him in 1925 and a brother William and two sisters Mrs Ward Ruddell and Mrs Mary Crozier.
A Cedar Lanes home hosted Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Sharpe for their 25th wedding anniversary from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9:30 p.m. on a Tuesday. Relatives and friends arrived as a three tier cake adorned with pink and white decorations took center stage.
Public auction set for April 1951 in Esquesing Township offering Parcel 1 a 100 acre farm with brick and frame buildings, wells and spring, plus Parcel 2 a 50 acre lot with a brick veneer house. Sale includes cattle, horses, farming gear, hay, grain, poultry and household items. Cash terms with 10 percent at purchase and balance in 30 days. Auctioneer Hindley and Elliott.
A farmer spreads a foul smelling fertilizer and debates whether it truly stimulates plant growth. A city visitor asks if it helps, but the farmer is unsure, noting years of applying the chemical without clear results and the plants’ likely reaction to the odor.
A former Acton reeve and jeweller named George Hyndy is identified from a last week photo. Fred Creway recalls paying with a two dollar bill and a larger five dollar bill as Hyndy watched the till. Creway also recalls Hon. David Henderson and election memories from 1911 and Hugh Guthrie in 1917, praising Davy as a fine gentleman.
Ontario highways reports 702 deaths in 1950, down from 830 in 1949, with 1,365,000 licensed drivers and 1,100,000 vehicles. Officials warn the year may still bring about 34,000 accidents and 15,000 injuries, while urging education and broader safety programs to cut the toll.
Triple T Club hosts a gala night with about 180 attendees including Milton Guelph Fergus guests. Highlights include spot dances, an elimination dance, a treasure hunt, and a Toronto act by the Haf fer man brothers. Prizes awarded to winning teams and gratitude extended to donors Somerville and Turner.
A 92 year old Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes reflects on aging saying he would like to be seventy again when a pretty young woman passes him on the street. Quinsy is the formation of an abscess around the tonsil.
Mr. Doucett calls for direct connections on highways to reduce traffic deaths below prewar levels. He notes 4,500,000 U S visitors and many provincial travelers use Ontario roads, urging maximum efforts on national and provincial scales with traffic safety as every citizen’s responsibility.
At the April 2 meeting presided by Reeve George Currie Esquesing Township Council appointed Wilfred Hird Walter Linkum John Bird Dennis Charles New son Ruddell Mrs Robert Cunningham and Walter Lawson to represent local groups including the Esquesing Community Trancard Agricultural Society Federation of Agriculture Junior Farmers and Stewarttown Women's Institute. The auditor H A Lever was hired. The council approved dividing North Halton High School District costs 1980 style with Milton 14.57 Acton 14.57 Georgetown 22.40 Esquesing 94.62 and Nasa ngaweya 13.84 conditional on other municipalities agreeing by April 16. The clerk was told to send the motion to Ford Rogers chairman of the Board of Arbitrators. Road superintendent W F Townsend salary adjusted. A patrol request for Norvalk Highway 7 was declined with steps taken to relieve the situation. Tax refunds for locals were approved and road and relief accounts totaling 2907.05 and 282.91 respectively were paid. In 1947 Canada Steam Railways paid 247231003 for maintenance and related items.
A three legged chick hatched last Thursday on the Ernest Dredge poultry farm in Campbellville. The creature, found by Mrs. Dredge, protrudes a third leg from its left thigh and is seen as more nuisance than asset. Mr. Dredge, in the business 21 years, notes he hatches about 10,000 chicks annually and this is the first with three legs.
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