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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 20, 1951
Page
7
A nostalgic verse paints Acton during holiday rush with stores full and children at play. The piece notes busy merchants and a town warmed by Christmas stories while promising more seasonal cheer at home through a new 16 mm movie attachment and viewer setup.
Halton County Juniors held an annual public speaking and amateur entertainment contest at Milton High School with three speakers praised for effort. The Norval Juniors hosted a well attended meeting featuring Dr Wm Mitchell and George Elliott, who spoke on vitamines and trace elements. The Halton Plowmen elected Harold Picket as president amid a large turnout despite a storm, and discussed seed grain and a seed drill survey highlighting weed issues in the county.
The Greenwood herd of Maple Ont reports Roeland Hull Apple Cherry, a purebred Holstein, set 1,011 lbs fat in 405 days and Roeland Rag Apple Lily 1,080 lbs fat in 365 days on twice daily milking. Their lineage includes several sisters achieving multiple world records and high Canadian production marks under the Canadian Department of Agriculture.
A compact aphorism notes a world where smiles are as sincere as a dog wagging its tail. The line likens genuine happiness to canine expressiveness and suggests optimistic social harmony.
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