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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 18, 1947
Page
17
More than 200 auto drivers have been suspended under Ontario’s new highway act effective July 1. Automatic suspensions apply after accidents or failures to file proof of financial responsibility. Drivers must show insurance or bonds totaling 11 000 dollars and may be barred from driving until compliance.
A solemn service at St Luke s Anglican Church dedicated a bronze tablet for members who died in the two world wars with Lieut Col A L Millen presiding. In Burlington Friday night the high school held annual commencement exercises with scholarships and prizes presented by Dr H S Armstrong of McMaster University and M M Robinson. The Nelson Township council met Monday and received a petition from fourteen rate payers opposing Milton s garbage dump on William Shepherd s farm near the county town.
The notice explains the evolution of money from barter to paper currency and then to cheques, highlighting reduced risk and easier payments. It invites readers to open an account at Bank of Montreal with William Clayton as manager or any staff member.
A Sunday School lesson discusses Jesus as the light in Galilee and the world, His human birth and divine sonship, and the titles Wonderful Counselor Mighty God Everlasting Father and Prince of Peace. It links prophecy with Christ's role, notes peace through Him, and envisions heavenly praise.
The Watford Guide Advocate notes County Magistrate C S Wormlowe reprimanded a defendant for a dog mauling poultry. The piece jokes that a dog must damage fifty pounds of feathered fowl before being shot, mocking enforcement of cruelty statutes.
Mil ton MGI Care Co operative celebrated a milestone with the opening of its new manufacturing plant and store last Monday. A large crowd of farmers and Milton friends attended both openings at the plant and Town Hall, followed by a social. Residents faced water disruptions last week as workmen cut into the main supply, with some going without coffee or shaved with melted snow. The Halton Male Choir gave a fine program at St Pauls United Church to begin the fall and winter season. Ted White, son of Mr and Mrs George White, a third year engineering student at the University of Toronto, won a $250 Provincial scholarship.
According to experiments four pounds of a 50 percent were benzene hexachloride product diluted in water and sprayed to control stable flies in cattle hogs and chicken houses. It also claims to control bottle flies.
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