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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 17, 1969
Page
9
The report notes low grain exports and weakening dairy surpluses in Ontario and Canada, with western farmers shifting to feedstock and higher feeder cattle prices. Hog and poultry sectors expect price and volume shifts in 1970, while egg prices may fall as laying flocks grow. Consumers face a tough North American market dynamic and a warning on Christmas tree fire risk.
Halton Junior Farmers and Verida danced to the Youngbeats in Brookville High School auditorium on Saturday December 6. County president Carol Swackhamer hosted as MC while Santa drew the winning ticket for a county raffle. Dorothy Wright of Guelph won the prize. lunch followed served by the ladies.
A board from the Ontario Unit Olympic trial features a rare play where declarer must navigate West four clubs to queen jack while East discards a heart. The hand hinges on precise timing in clubs and avoiding a ruff in diamonds, with declarer using a heart exit to gain the lead.
Tea to take ten tricks. West had to fi wit every time and has three clubs left. At this point declarer datn his hand. He lwads his last spade and West to finished. If he ruffs with the que or jack he has to lead 5 club Into declarer's ope ning. If West ruffs with the eight, declarer over ruffe in dummy with the ten. eee way, Weet gets only one club Last week's winners at the Acton Bridge Cub were: ted for furt, Bert Riley and Key Campbell with Dick Brust and Tom Warnes, third, Jack Coate and Bill Costs.
Local councillors across Ontario urge caution before granting Queen's Park sole jurisdiction over quarries. They criticize OHSIP and warn of a potential overreach that could turn a local quarry into a garbage site or sewage lagoon for Metro Toronto Hamilton or Oshawa, leaving residents powerless.
Charles Wesley, brother of John Wesley, wrote the words to Hark The Herald Angels Sing in 1739. His first version started with the line Blark how all the welkin rings.
County Council approved the appointment of James Gordon McQueen as deputy clerk for Halton County. He will begin Jan. 12 and comes from Pickering, succeeding Clare McKay.
Keith Oliver of Shelburne, a student from Ridgetown Agricultural Technology, won the Reserve Champion Aberdeen Angus steer at the 1969 Royal Queen's Guineas. He prepared since September, driving weekly trips to groom his calf from Rosemont, and sat four exams during Royal Week to focus on the show. The 4H group from Dufferin County again led a strong showing with multiple calves from local farms.
Nassagawega Council reaffirms support for regional government limited to Halton. The council endorses the proposed boundary map drawn by Ibbon Reeves, calls for representation by population, area and equalized assessment, and supports direct election of regional council members.
Nassagaweya Council member Councillor James Watson cited a newspaper story in which Parlingtoney Mayor George Harrington said northern municipalities slated for regional government could not manage their own affairs. Reeve Anne MacArthur protested, noting Nassagaweya’s solid handling of its duties and questioning Burlington Reeve Gordon Gallagher’s cooperation. She referenced Burlington voters’ preference to stay with the Halton Peel Fegens complex and asked why Harrington would align with Nassagaweya.
At Monday’s regular session Wassagaweva Township Council discussed inter township talks in Halton, addressed petitions from Campbellville residents to stop Cloverleaf Quarries carry operations, and notified a provincial Ontario Municipal Board hearing on Cloverleaf rezoning. The council also heard pleas to clean up the Fifth Line and County Road 15 intersection and debated the county roads study scope. Councillor Allan Ackman urged focusing the study on the township middle while the full Guelph Ling review advances slowly. the council agreed to continue pressing the roads committee.
Building permits for Nassagswega Township were light this month with only two residential extensions approved. Inspector Syd Savage notes total costs at 7000 dollars, keeping the year’s cumulative permits at 1,028,000 dollars.
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