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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 07, 1955
Page
3
Researchers report alcohol is a depressant, not a stimulant, and it does not directly damage internal cells. Sobriety depends on blood alcohol to volume ratio, with sobering taking a uniform biochemical path. Coffee and cold showers do not speed sobering, and the deepest brain centers may be paralyzed in extreme intoxication.
TIMMINS CP reports Tommy Jack, a lifelong prospector, continues seeking riches near Kamiskotia with 17 claims since 1909. He laments that modern civilization harms wildlife and the bush, leaving fewer resources for those who live off the land.
A camel is credited with producing the first butter by accident about 4000 years ago. Arab riders carried milk in leather bags. jostling on camels led to the milk solidifying into an early form of butter, a primitive delight that later became common on tables.
Saint John New Brunswick reports that due to tight building space the Saint John Exhibition will deploy large tents for several exhibits and other attractions in the fall to accommodate visitors and displays.
Ralph Comfort directs a farm auction in Eramosa Township on April 12 1955 at 1 pm. The sale includes cows heifers fat cattle pigs poultry hay grain farm implements and equipment with no reserve. Auctioneer WM A Gibson based in Guelph assisted by Albert Gray.
Fashion notice for Misses sizes 10 to 18 describing a halter top cover-up with a bare shoulder and a flared skirt. Pattern 9170 costs 35 cents, fabrics 35 inches wide require about 4 1?2 yards, with Sew Chart and illustrated steps. Send order and details to Marian Martin Pattern Dept Toronto.
Babe the buckskin pony served the J. T. Anderson family as their transport to school and back until the pony’s death. The faithful animal was described as a docile and established method of travel for the household in Shepard, Alberta.
George A. Ewing offers at his Nassagaweya farm near Acton a public sale on Saturday April 16 at noon. Holsteins Jerseys and grade cattle include cows and heifers with breeding dates. Poultry tractor trucks and farm implements listed. includes Allis Chalmers ACWD 45 tractor Ferguson models and a 1951 Mercury truck. Maple Unit and Toronto District site pedigrees provided day of sale.
A mixed lot of household and farm items leads the Hindley and Elliott auction listing. Furniture includes leather couches chairs tables desks and a bedroom suite alongside a Frigidaire freezers stoves rug and lawn chairs. Terms require cash settlement day of sale with no removal until settled.
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