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Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Feb 05, 1948

Page

22

Mil ton hosts Halton Crop Improvement meet and trials

Booth wins Canadian Industries Special at Nalton Long Term Pasture show as Halton Crop Improvement Association reports on January meetings in Mil tana. Demonstration and check plots compare forage mixes and milk yields from Holstein cows, with seasonal clipping, hay yields, and value tallies.

Wea Booth Trafalgar Nalton Cémgettioh Halton Miltanoan Wai. Haeath Kentucky Acre Elo Ree Toronto

Walton Agricultural Society Elects New President

Milton Jaoem Hott elected president of the Walton Agricultural Society at the WHS annual meeting held at the Courthouse last week. A small gathering marked the 59th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Thos Chisholm on Court Street in Midland January Ath. Toronto Philharmonie Chote will perform at Massey Hall on Thursday February 12 with conductor Robert S.y Hately leading a program praised for its broad appeal to Canadian music fans.

Joaem Hott Walton Agricultural Society WHS Thos Chisholm Court Street Midlton Toronto Philharmonie Chote Toronto Vietory Massey Hall Robert S.y Hately Toronto

Georgetown School Seeks Expansion After Inspector Report

A fragmentary account notes Georgetown school showing a hockey team and stringent admission limits based on chest expansion. It mentions Inspector Skuece’s report read by secretary P. TRO Harrinsen at the school board meeting and hints at potential new classrooms and enrollment changes.

Piha Lie Skuece P. Tro Harrinsen Sl Ohool Board Countess of Strathmore T.ol.d.e Gerald McCallum J. S. Hughes Ray Whitmee Ro Wicks Frank Benner Har- Late Grose Herald

Erin Ban suffers head gash at Belfountain wiring job

Erin Leslie Ban, also employed with Graham Matthews, received a nasty head gash when a cross arm slipped and struck him during wiring at Belfountain. Also notes local happenings including officials elected at Erin Agricultural Society meeting and Henry Rutherford named Peel County Clerk following David Wilson’s death.

Leslie Ban Aiso Graham Matthews Belfountain Messrs Mundell WF. McEnery Earl Scott Echo Lake Ontario Erin Henry Rutherford Peel David Wilson Grenville Davis Erin Agricultural Society Donald Matheson Elmer McKinnon Indview FL McEmery Sec -Treas George C. Burt Ernie Teeter Advocate

Burlington School Board Elects Chairman for 1948

At the first Public School Board meeting in Central School Warren A. Nicholson was elected chairman for 1948. A town bell service was resumed after citizen effort and the appointment of Noel Turcotte was noted. A student exhibition titled The God of the Atom, a creation from the Macoady Science Institute, was shown under Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship Burlington. A gas outage disrupted hot breakfasts and furnace service due to a gas main break on Burlington Street, per Wentworth Gas Co.

Central School Warren A. N.cholson Noj Turcotte Elizabeth Stross Macoady Science Institute Los Angeles Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship Burlington Wentworth Gas Co Marin Burlington St Hamilton Gazatte

Canadian Boy Scout membership hits all time high

The Canadian Boy Scout movement reports 103,759 members, an increase of 282 over prior totals. Leaders number 9,954 volunteers guiding the program as 94.80 boys per unit ratio helps explain the growth from the 1939 peak of 102,873 members.

Canada

Christ the Bread of Life Exposition for Sunday School

A Sunday school lesson explains Jesus as the true bread of life inviting all who come to Him to receive eternal life. It discusses belief versus coming to Him, the Father’s will, and Paul’s prayers for deeper knowledge, urging Christians to grow in faith and spiritual understanding.

Christ Tielden Test. Inc Desis Eadh Jesus Mina Hom Tim Thor God Paul

Fragmentary query fragment on knowledge and value

A garbled excerpt presents unclear wording about knowledge and value. No identifiable persons places organizations dates or events are readable to form a coherent news item or summary.

Washing Dirty Eggs Outlawed in Ireland with Heavy Penalties

Irish Department of Agriculture imposes fines up to 400 for first offence and up to 80 and imprisonment for the second, curbing washing dirty eggs. Canadian farmers warn that washing eggs harms grade and price penalties under Canadian regulations. Dirty eggs from Irish producers now average under two percent.

Hoek Irish Department of Agriculture Trish

Export‑oriented UK workforce grows by nearly two million

Nearly 2,000,000 men and women in United Kingdom industry are now engaged in manufacture for export. Ministry of Labor figures show the labor force rose in November by 77,000 to 1,911,000, nearly doubling the previous level.

United Kingdom Ministry of Labor

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