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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 19, 1956
Page
20
Reeve Robert Marshall said County Council’s Hospital Committee met with Dr Agnew the new county hospital consultant. He plans to begin the survey in May and finish by September and said it should not affect the Milton District Hospital fund drive. The piece notes 265 seats in the House and 102 in the Senate.
Mac Sprowl of Halton chairs a planning committee for the Junior Farmers Field Day the largest of its kind in the Dominion to be held on June 16. The event in various counties features softball rifle shooting tug of war square dancing and horseshoe pitching ending with a dance. participating counties include Halton Wellington Brant Dufferin Peel Norfolk Wentworth Oxford Waterloo Lincoln Perth Ontario York Haldimand South Simcoe North Simcoe Grey Huron Well Bruce.
Lethbridge Canada stenographer Leora Long wore an It Like Ike button to work after President Eisenhower announced his bid for a second term. The incident reflects early campaign fever as supporters publicly signal allegiance.
Bronte Police Chief Barney Lowe and SPCA officer Alan McNab cornered a deer that swam across Bronte Harbour after fleeing from a valley route near 12 Mile Creek. The animal was tackled on the harbour bank and trussed before being moved to Oakville SPCA where it was destroyed due to a broken leg. The carcass was given to Halton Centennial Manor.
The inaugural meeting was held in the county courthouse. Members registered under Assistant Agricultural Representative Art Bennett before forming clubs and electing officers. George Hume was elected president with Mervyn Colling as vice president and David Hume as secretary treasurer.
Church leaders from Rockwood Stone Ebenezer Arkell and Paisley Memorial met in Rockwood United Church to discuss re zoning of parishes and minister assignments. Proposals to merge Rockwood Eden Mills Ebenezer and Stone Speedside Barrie Hill and Arkell with Paisley Memorial were rejected by a unanimous standing vote.
A light fingered thief targeting milk bottles in Oakville prompted police reports and multiple complaints. Victims often left tickets or cheques in the bottles, not coins, and local dairy officials note residents learned to stop leaving money.
Oakville Trafalgar Bronte Planning Board members clashed with townsfolk as the Citizens' Band kept harmony on Monday night though the council chamber empties. Trafalgar representative Norman Small quips about crumpets and tea while band music filled the office. Four miles away Oakville and Trafalgar councils debated the sewer issue during the same hour.
A reader recalls a clock repair that proved a train passing was the real sound. Rusty the dog alerts to a wreck beyond the fence and unsafe county roads lack warning signs. The writer visits Oakville for dinner, views growth around Ginger Farm, and muses on houses and farm life, ending with veal from Ginger Farm.
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