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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Feb 24, 1949

Page

6

Beef Bulls Entered for Ontario Show and Auction Sale

Beef bulls including 16 Aberdeen Angus 18 Herefords and 2 Short horns have entries for the Show and Auction Sale at the Roy al Winter Fair Buildings Yohonto on March 15. Judging starts 9 am and sale at 12 30 noon with Ontario Department of Agriculture and Ontario Beef Cattle Associations backing the effort to improve beef cattle quality.

Yohonto Ontario Department of Agriculture Ontario Ontario Save Halton Creeden Gordon Rreckon Bronte Grant Campbell Moffat F Griffen San Acton WM Merry Oakville Halton Reef

Milton Seed Fair and Racon Show Set for March 13

Milton town hall hosts Halton Seed Fair and Racon Show with Prof R G Knox headlining animal husbandry remarks. Film The Living Soil screens by ROS Heatherington while W S McMullen discusses hog market prospects for 1949. Auctioneer J A Filliott will sell ten bushel oats and barley as Halton marks its 14th Seed Fair and 5th Racon Show.

Malton Wfe McArthur Halton Cnti Ros Heatherington National Film Board W.S McMullen Federal J A. Filliott

Court Rules For Hog Farmers In Livestock Payment Case

Judge Ian McRae of London ruled 34 farmers in Perth Middleees and Oxford must be paid in full for hogs marketed through a drover. The drover’s cheque to farmers was deposited, bank seized proceeds for his debts, and bankruptcy followed. The Ontario Hog Producers Board argued the funds were held in trust for the farmers.

Dominion Ian McRae London Perth Middleees Oxford Township Hog Producers Ontario Hog Producers’ Marketing Board Farmera

Innocent Farmer Fails to Reclaim Sharji Practice Visitor

A local farmer recounts a bizarre encounter when a man dressed as a visiting Legionnaire shot a rooster and demanded payment. The visitor claimed reflex training as a former Commando and left promising to pay a mock debt of 500, then vanished, leaving the community skeptical and the Legion Hall records unclear.

Uts Don O'Keefe T2rign Hall Mount Legion Hall Legion

Traveling Heavy Carried Safe Through Town

A husky mechanic found a small safe in his home. The combination failed, so he lifted it in his arms and carried it to the local locksmith. On the way he nearly collided with the mayor, who chastised him to carry a wallet like everyone else.

Legion Hall Jocksmith

Acheson Criticized Over Appeasement Claims

Critics label Dean Acheson as a potential appeaser toward the Soviet Union after his appointment as Secretary of State. He defends his stance, arguing communism threatens independent governments and free societies, urging a firm approach to Soviet expansion.

Dean Acheson General Marshal Russia

Iodine in Salt Is Easily Lost

A study from the Gdininton Department of Agriculture shows iodine in salt can diminish quickly after exposure. It reports that borin salt mixes lose iodine within months unless stored properly and that a daily intake is advised.

Gdininton Department of Agriculture

Burlington approves school extension contracts pending funding

Burlington Public School Board agrees to let the Central School addition contract to Brengyn Construction with plumbing by Glenwood Sterling and electrical work by the same, contingent on town council granting 150,000 and Municipal Board approval. Sailors Lome Kenyon and John Edmonds returned from southern waters aboard HMCS Star. Council reviews a by law to set the tax rate with multiple allocations totaling 1 6 mills and a 1949 assessable property value of 4 160 100, projecting 168 406 in revenue.

Public School Board Brengyn Construction Company Broa Glenwood Sterling Contracting Company HMCS Star Hamilton Lome Kenyon Johin Edmonds Burlington Council Apparate School Board Library Board TWA

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