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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Apr 19, 1951

Page

16

Halton Junior Farmers At Home Festival And Mulitiflora Rose Outlook

Halton Junior Farmers hosted a well received annual At Home at the Brant Inn Burlington last Thursday, with guests from multiple counties and praise for the event. The piece notes interest in the Multi flora Rose spurred by Louis Bromfield, advising experimental planting in Ontario and outlining distribution via the Ontario Forestry Branch with fall shipment. It also summarizes a Brant Inn event, varsity guests from Agricultural College Guelph, and a report on liquid fertilizers, showing mixed germination results and no significant yield changes in tests at Guelph and Kemptville.

Louis Bromfield Halton Halton Conservation Committee Bromfield Brant Inn Burlington Hom Haldimand Wentworth Brant Peel York Oxford Lincoln Wellington Ron Wicken Dave Pelletterio K. Dick Mr. Brown Ontario Ontario Agricultural, College, Guelph Kemptville ‘Agricultural School

Cream Trade Allowed in Britain for First Time Since 1680

For the first time since 1680 Britain permits manufacture and sale of cream for domestic use. Cream will be produced and sold domestically and imported to supplement supply.

Auction sale of Wanecold furniture and tools in Nassagaweya

Public auction of household and shop items from Mrs Jas Easterbrook at lot 21 con 4 Nassagaweya one mile north of Bronkville on Saturday April 21 1951 at 1 30 pm. Items include Chesterfield suite dining room set beds chairs lamps radios sewing machine kitchenware tools lumber garden gear and numerous linens curtains and rugs. Cash settlement with clerk day of sale no reserve as proprietress sold her home Hindley and Elliott auctioneers.

Jas. Easterbrook Nassagaweya Bronkville Clas Ebenezer Church Chesterfield Raymond Olds Quebec Thor Royalaire Hindley and Elliott

Erin Township Council Hears Auditors Report

Erin Township Council meets in Hillsburg with all members present including Reeve Goldwin Burt. Auditor H C Barber presents 1950 report. report adopted. auditor salary and expenses 842.25 paid. Treasurer authorized to pay county treasurer 400 and balance of hospital accounts for indigent patients. Treasurer to collect 75 from School Areas No 1 and 2 for auditing school accounts. Gravel tender from Cox Construction accepted at 16 cents per cubic yard. Daylight saving time to align with neighboring municipalities. date to be announced. Council and road superintendent to inspect roads. snow fence disposal instructions issued. Deputy Reeve Albert Wheeler and Assessor Bert Berry to be paid 5 each for attending assessors’ school. Berry’s car allowance 5. Insurance on road grader and snow plow renewed. premium 45.75 paid. General accounts 77.72, sheep 12, relief 156.01, trend 6164.06.

Rth H.C. Barber Erin Hillsburg Goldwin Burt Cox Construction Company Albert Wheeler Bert Berry Mount Forest Berry Pilot ‘Insurance Co Trend

Easter Tea Held by Daughters of Knox on Wednesday

The Daughters of Knox hosted an Easter Tea on Wednesday, March 28, at Mrs. Ritchie’s home on Church Street. President Ruth Smith welcomed guests as Mrs. K Mackenzie, Mrs. Ritchie, and Mrs. A J Buchanan assisted. Tea tables were presided by Mrs. H Mainprize and Mrs. A MacIsaac with members working in relays.

Daughters OF Knox Ritchie Church St Ruth Smith K. MacKenzie A. J. Buchanan H. Mainprize A. MacIsaac June Watkins Olive Musselle Joyce Greer Lorraine Mullen Pat Terry Doris Halliday Diane Dawkins Dorothy Dawkins Norma Wilds Betty Sinclair Elizabeth Jang Shirley Sigsworth Helen Maclaae Helen Somerville Elenda Britton

Jackpot Prize Stirs Milton Woman in Take a Chance Sweep

A Milton woman, Mrs. CUM Houston, hit a prize bonanza in a local take a chance draw, winning a kitchen full of goods valued at 2400 including a refrigerator, sewing machine, rug, and more. Oakville won praise for Ken MacTaggart as top reporter in 1980. Georgetown Recreation Commission resigned over budget gaps, cigarettes sent to Canadian troops in Korea, and a 63rd wedding anniversary celebrated in Erin. Fire brigade banquet in Burlington praised. plans for a roller rink in Oakville discussed. Georgetown Raiders goalie Fred Lawrence named most valuable player. Burlington Rotary Club charter officially received at Brant Inn.

Pep Cheat Huttens Oakville Ken MacTayggart MacTaggart Globes and Mail Hudson Straight Ungava Grant Ne. G.R.C Erin Advocate Harry Hepworth Belfountain Burlington Chamber of Commerce

Cinema Chuckle Involves Bogart On The Enforcer Set

A humorous instance from United States Pictures at Warner Bros. features star Bogart telling a joke. In Newfoundland a shopper unaware of a new sales tax buys wallpaper, pays, and jokes about pasting the tax to cover costs.

Humophrey Bogart the Enforcer United States Pictures Warner Broa Distribution Newfoundland Sho

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