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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 25, 1955
Page
8
Vancouver researchers Dr. Leslie Schmitt and Dr. Donald Scott of two universities pursue practical devices to remove solid dirt and harmful vapors from city air. Smoke inspectors, aided by the Vancouver Kleanair Society, plan an education survey to address dispersal limits and curb pollution.
North western Ontario bears raid camps for food as berries run scarce. Campers report hungry bears in recent weeks. Bert Shore, a department employee, saw two bears invade his Lake Nipigon cabin and eat groceries while he watched from a fire tower. Two pulpwood workers were kept from leaving by a bear for seven hours. At Kaministiquia logger Anton Sandberg shot a large intruder after it entered his cabin.
Pat Doman of Chatham and Pat Griffiths of Birmingham met for the first time in Canada after eight years of pen pal exchanges. They shared family details, homes, and hobbies, noting differences like English rationing and Canadian housing colors during Griffiths’s visit.
A nostalgic poem celebrating a town reunion over city life. The speaker longs for marvellous attractions and Calithumpian Parade wonder, contrasting city dangers with gatherings and nostalgic pals from school days. The piece centers on shared pasts and communal joy.
A herd of 737 mink from Lulu Island BC travels 4500 miles to Whitbourne Newfoundland. Valued at 81000, the animals and their owner William Dawe relocate to aid Premier Smallwood's province driven by incentives to build Newfoundland as a mink center. The transfer, funded by the province, includes 2000 pounds of horsemeat for the voyage.
Some paperboard is produced using wood pulp while other varieties include straw fibers or recycled paper components in part.
Mrs. William Mahon hosted the Blair Evening Auxiliary meeting with talks on Religions in India and leper relief in Formosa. Reports on finances and projects were given as plans for a bazaar, bank offering, and nursery class September were announced along with a missionary devotional and prayers.
Electronic data processing is rapidly replacing traditional methods at Canadian Pacific Railway in Montreal. A seven storey air conditioned building houses a machine that adds checks multiplies divides and prints large data sets. It will process waybills passenger tickets and requisitions as part of yearly transactions.
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