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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 09, 1951
Page
15
A poem by Miriam Herman depicts twilight shadows falling on a window, crickets chirping, and a longing for sleep as night approaches. The piece ends with the speaker’s plan to drift to bed as the sandman arrives. A separate line cites immigration data noting 1,800,000 entrants to Canada creating a 4 percent population increase in a decade.
Oxford undergraduates run a non profit style venture named Undergraduate Tours. They plan to show visitors how gentlemen live in Oxford colleges. Guides travel from Victoria Station to Oxford and Eton each morning for a 3 gain tour.
Mrs. William Boyle former Marion Peddie vacationing in New York during a supper-dance at the Astor Hotel won Sammy Kaye's So you want to lead a band program. She was named best band leader and received gifts including a table lighter orchid records and champagne. The Boyles live on Market Street in a former Vince Jones apartment.
The article promotes sphagnum moss as an ideal indoor seedbed substrate. It prevents damping off, remains moist after saturation, provides air spaces for roots, is inexpensive and widely available, and is nearly weed free. This supports an early indoor start for flowers and vegetables without soil or sand.
The Financial Post reports department store sales in dollars are running about ten percent higher than a year ago, indicating stronger consumer spending and a rebound in retail activity.
The Bank of Montr district manager Gordon Oder says farmers can modernize with Farm Improvement Loans at five percent interest. Loans cover land clearance fencing drainage building repairs and purchase of implements with repayment tailored to seasonal income. Any farmer planning improvements is welcome to visit for questions.
The mid century boom spreads over 753 497 square miles of three provinces with optimism about weather and crop prices. Growth in oil exploration uranium and base metals expands industry to meet rising local and national demand.
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