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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 14, 1955
Page
18
Nova Scotia's maple sugar industry has declined as more sugar bush is cut for lumber. Officials say a day of reduced tapping may come. production fell from 33 000 to 25 000 dollars over the 1942 ten year period.
Over 100 delegates from Milton Appleby Applewood Acres Burlington Clarton Rock Chapel Sheridan Georgetown Glenwood Lowville Millgrove Oakville Port Credit Port Nelson Palermo attended the Halton Presbytery Woman's Association annual meeting. Officers and guests from multiple churches were installed and 108 registered for sessions with talks on Cedarvale School progress and leadership training ahead of a fall rally.
The report covers multiple leagues with Chrome leading early, followed by Rolling Room and Curry. Notable high scores include M Laferriere 741 and D Fowkes 628 in the Half Wits event. Dim Wits and Half Wits hold top spots in their division as Fireflies and Doodle Bugs chase playoff positioning. Individual pin totals feature Dot De Forest 699 and Dot Fowkes 261 in triples and many 600+ tricounts across Cardinal Bluebirds Alley Katz and Hepkats.
Hillsburgh won the Drama Shield for a modern Prodigal Son retelling and the Acton group presented Lindy the Leper in a Baptist association drama festival. Casts included Judith Mary Reid Lazarus and others. the event praised for quality and future showings planned in Acton.
Fred Crewson recalls farm weather on March 21 1905 at Flamboro and notes a storm after sowing oats. He describes grain quality weighing 42 pounds per bushel and mentions tobacco pricing and farm life in the early 1900s.
James B. Hughes of the Vancouver city tourist bureau cites concern over flying too many United States flags in Canada. The city council refused permission to display the Stars and Stripes at the gallery unless a Canadian flag was also flown.
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