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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 22, 1955
Page
24
Ontario Agricultural College authority Prof. R Goodwin-Wilson states aspirin does not extend cut flowers life. Cut stems at angle, use warm water to remove air bubbles, keep flowers in cool water at night, add chemical preservatives, and change water daily to reduce bacteria and wilting.
Calgary concerns focus on the grey zone where slick operators stay barely inside the law. BBB manager Allan ASE notes the challenge of policing borderline practices.
Limited quantity offer for a bench saw designed for home shops. It handles cuts quickly and cleanly with adjustable cutting height and simple hand controls. Cut joints, siding, rafters, and frames with angle and height adjustments. Shop early for best selection.
Game wardens and RCMP charged hunters for illegal activity in October. The year to date total reached 150 offences for the first ten months, up from 68 in 1954.
Heavy dredging equipment owned by the federal public works department is being moved from Grand Falls to St John’s for overhaul and refit. Three tugs tow the scows and dippers along the route.
Excavation has begun on a hydro building in Georgetown beside the post office lot bought from the Lions Club. J B Mackenzie & Son hold a $59 170 tender from seven bids last fall for the project as part of a broad program to extend the distribution system including a 9000 kea substation and rural facilities in the Delrex annexation. The plan, approved by Otits Movadrea, aims to fund street lighting on Main Street and install updated luminaries as the province expands electric service for urban and rural hydro customers.
Plans for a third Georgetown public school reach the specification stage with five of twelve rooms booked for current students. The board hires two extra teachers to begin in January and seeks a third. two room Wrigglesworth addition will be ready then, a temporary classroom must be found, and arrangements to rent other halls are expected.
The do it yourself trend reaches Christmas toys with kitchen sets and building kits for boys and girls. Toys include model houses jet planes and historical trains as well as ships. President Melyn Frevad says these kits teach assembling and home maintenance skills for future interests.
The article discusses Christmas tree trimming ideas from popcorn and cranberries to large floor to ceiling trees. It notes regional differences with the northeast favoring long needled pines and the south preferring Southern Douglas firs for a festive display.
Halton Police Association elected its officers for the year at a Nelson township event. President Jack Jefferies of Nelson led the slate with Laslo Crawford of Burlington as vice president and John Phillips of Burlington as secretary-treasurer. The executive will pick members at the first meeting. A turkey dinner was prepared by Detective Ken Scott and Constable John Phillips.
Six Queen's Scouts and two leaders depart Vancouver on Christmas Day for the Australian Jamboree aboard Canadian Pacific Airlines. The contingent, led by Margeson of Halifax County and G W Crane of Vancouver, travels to Melbourne and returns January 27, aiming to promote Scouting. Montreal is noted as Canada's sixth largest city.
Carol Lane offers winter starting tips for right morning starts. She covers battery care, choke use, and starting procedures to reduce strain on the engine and battery during cold weather. Follow fuel, ignition, and lubrication advice to improve reliability.
Queen's College Oxford keeps a Christmas Day Boars Head Feast dating back five centuries. A papier mache head now replaces the heavy skull once carried by students during the ceremony as the choir ends a carol and the Provost inspects ornaments while choristers and guests await the final gifts.
Christmas party plans include a treasure candy hunt where one relative hides treats and prizes go to the most gathered, a Christmas Puzzle with cutouts from magazines, and a Christmas Scramble Contest where groups unscramble words fastest. Older kids can join the scramble with challenging word groups.
A fragment indicates a breeding experiment near the province to produce high quality market aims for distribution to buoyers and trade, highlighting concerns about a carnivorous outbreak affecting Western Canada.
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