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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 04, 1952
Page
15
Russell Smale was elected Reeve of Nelson township on Monday as Nelson electors voted on reeve deputy council and school trustees. No posts were filled by acclamation.
Professors Jones and Smith discuss grasshopper wing patterns when a northbound train pulls away. Jones latches the car but Smith misses it amid a joke about a friend named Jonny He. The cut line notes Canada’s pulp and paper industry leads in value and wages.
A Finanet Post report describes a new device to prevent skidding. Sand is sprinkled ahead of tires from containers in the trunk, activated by an electric switch on the steering column.
Public auction at John L. Allan estate on December 13 at 1 PM features horses and harness, cows and young cattle, sheep, hogs, farm implements, hay grain fuel lumber, household goods, and more. Auctioneers Hindley and Elliot. clerk Fred Baptie. Proceeds support retirement. sale two miles south of Ospringe, four miles north of Acton.
A stream of visitors and health notes from Acton and surrounding towns. John Symon and Dean Leslie are listed as hospital patients in Guelph. Montreal and Toronto visitors traveled to Acton to see relatives. Various family visits span Fergus Sarnia Toronto Drumheller and Preston with several weekend gatherings and a youth injury at Acton school.
The Limehouse Women's Institute held its annual bazaar and euchre at the Hall last week with well filled tables and afternoon tea. Euchre winners were Mrs A J Smethurst and Mrs Wm J McDonald. evening winners were Mrs H Norton and A W Benton with runners up Mrs Albert Brooks and T H Price. Other notes include visits by Mr Howard Roughley of Edmonton and family, Alex Wright returning from Toronto, and locals Alan McCassworth and Ian Wallace amid moves and regional visits.
Canvassing for the TB chest X-ray at Early's booth in Campbellville nears completion. Nominations in Nassagaweya township align with last year after yesterday's election. Sympathy offered to the Mitchell family on the passing of Mrs. William Peart. Canada has about 480000 dairy farmers with over half supplying cream for butter.
A Great Lakes-St Lawrence Association official warns the Seaway project will not start soon. Even after Joint Commission approval the plan faces years of obstacles in the US and Canada before a final all-clear is given, delaying any opening for part of the project.
The Financial Post reports Canaan National Railways plans to buy 100 passenger cars at a cost over 50 million dollars. Deliveries will occur over the next two years. It is the largest CN order for passenger equipment since before the war.
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