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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 16, 1951
Page
15
A lyric meditation describes dawn over the eastern horizon with purple and gold light breaking through gray clouds. The speaker, Eleanor Contson of Lowville, watches ships sailing on a blue sea of heaven and vows to pursue daily tasks as a new day begins.
Local Burlington area reports include a new Department of Transport radio station near Trafalgar expected to begin mid August, operating 24 hours with two to three operators. Also noted are Otter records trade in Oakville, a Georgetown school contract for a new public building, and colorful local anecdotes about Bronte’s town status and jail anecdotes.
Public auction to sell cattle hogs grain hay implements and furniture from a farm at Pickett's Mill Trafalgar on Saturday at 1 o'clock. Cattle include Holstein and Hereford cows and heifers with calves veal calves. hogs grain oats hay bales. Ford tractors and multiple implements. furniture and household items. Terms cash with no reserve as farm is sold. Hindley and Elliott Auctioneers Munn's Ladies Aid catering Ford Rogers clerk.
A BBC feature by Dr Robert Carrick Aberdeen University and Miss Wharry with Douglas Gray explores eggs from laying to hatching. They discuss nest shapes species variation and the role of eggs in culture industry and medicine.
A Canadian dairy note explains metallic flavor in butter from cream due to metal ions. Use well tinned or inert vessels, avoid copper contact, and keep equipment clean to prevent taint. Separate points warn against rusty or damaged cones and jam or honey pails. Average Canadian manufacturing wages rose 10.8 percent from 1950 to 1951.
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