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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 26, 1956
Page
18
A historic overview notes that advances in weapons heighten civil defence needs from small towns to large cities. Federal coordinator F F Worthington warns that a single bomber with an atomic bomb could cause massive destruction in minutes, increasing overall danger.
A historical overview explains how civil defence planning moved from duck and cover to evacuation and fallout response. It details atomic bomb effects, fallout spread, and the need for small communities to prepare for shelter, rapid evacuation, and casualty management to handle widespread destruction.
A brief note indicates Canada had under 900000 horses on farms currently, with historical context that in 1921 there were nearly three Hien. The text reflects early 20th century agricultural livestock estimates and emphasizes declining horse numbers on farms.
Four Bronze men netted more than 50 suckers in ten minutes under the Queen Elizabeth bridge at Sixteen Mile Creek. The spring run brings suckers upstream. they spawn in streams and may be salted or preserved. Suckers are common from the Great Lakes to Hudson Bay with the longnose being a common Ontario variety.
Rangers and conservation officers burn and dry suckers in northern Ontario to feed dogs or use as bait for sturgeon on the Albany River. Despite huge yearly catches by commerce fishers and others, suckers remain plentiful, with many residents recalling their first fish as a sucker.
A rural speaker vents about town parking and fairness on Farmer’s Night. The poem contrasts country residents with town dwellers, urging accessible parking for locals carrying goods to town. It ends with a note about a forest fire protection mention tied to Gagetown's Army camp.
Edmonton (OP) A muskeg oil search story explains that the lone lure is oil beneath harsh Alberta terrain. Geophysicists and geologists use bombardier machines to traverse swampy ground while weather and insects impede workers, with winter bringing biting cold.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Nelson run a school and publish a weekly newspaper The Seedling in Woss Lake B C a small interior community of about 500 The principal describes the town’s amenities and challenges noting limited roads and transport dependence on electric cars and boats with weekly doctor visits and a small student body.
Poem excerpt by Thalia Rochlitz extols faith as a constant guide that shields against inward strife and fear. It urges recalling childhood prayer to keep trials from destroying great faith and to stay close to God's truth.
A group of nine teachers and students from Lorne Park College visited Halton Manor chapel for a April 17 meeting with residents. Raymond Goheen led readings and a hymn sing assisted by Joan Elliot, with slides on Belgian Congo missions and a musical quiz. Regular service on April 22 was conducted by Rev. R. F. Snyder with musicians from St. Paul’s Milton.
Calgary reports a Flint educationist, B. D. Treat, urging equal focus on fathers in a marriage guidance clinic. He argues women take over many masculine roles and calls for reestablishing men through paternal involvement from maternity wards to elementary education, warning against teasing teens about love affairs.
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