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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Jan 14, 1954

Page

15

Halton Forums Debate Farm Organization Financing Strategies

More than 250 attendees at Halton farm forums discuss financing farm organizations at local provincial and national levels. They favor taxation at the local level to fund township, county, provincial, and national bodies, with funds allocated per need, and debate direct land tax versus sales levy. They also support keeping producers' associations within the farm organization structure, linked to the Central Canadian Federation of Agriculture to ensure unified advocacy and trade agreements.

Halton Producers’ Associations Federation of Agriculture National Farmers’ Union of England America Farm Bureau Iith Central Canadian Federation of Agriculture Office

Ebenezer WMS and WA Hold Church Meeting

Ebenezer United Church WMS and WA meet at Mrs George Thomas home led by Mrs Trousdale. Devotions hymn and prayer. roll call on improving Christmas. Mrs Thomas reads Japan missions story. program includes readings, piano solo Open the Gates of the Temple, biblical quiz on Jesus Birth.

Ebenezer WA WMS W.ms W.A Ebenezer United Church George Thomas Trousdale Shinn Japan W.M.S Sheldon Trousdale

Unhappy Subject of the Knockers

A quirky New Yorker style exchange centers on a nickle-nurser known for his finesse as a fumble-bum when the waiter arrives with the bill. Wild Bit Hickock is mocked as slow with the draw and the man on the par cannot be fooled.

Hickock

Time To Be Bold and Daring Furniture Ideas

The article urges bold decor changes this season with stark white bedrooms, bamboo shades, and grass mats. It notes brass beds returning as charming Early American companions and suggests Wedgewood blue kitchens with red and white accents to refresh old houses.

Rough Time New Golfer Watching For Caddie

A playful, incomplete exchange suggests a new golfer asking his caddy about time as a joke is hinted at by a garbled line. The fragment hints at a humor piece or caption in a sports or local-interest column.

Mrs Bayley Hosts January Meeting of Women’s Institute

Mrs Bayley hosted the January Wo men’s Institute meeting with Mrs Ingles presiding. A poem Who’s Tired was read, the Ode sung, and the Mary Stewart Collect recited. Reports covered current events, minutes, treasurer, cheer, and lunch. letters of thanks were received for the Centen Children’s Aid. plans to entertain the Baderick Institute and Grandmothers program were noted.

Lloyd Bayley Women's Institute George Ingles Institute Mary Stewart Sid Hartley Roy Parker A. T. Moore William Brock Murray McPhail Centean Mas Pifo Baderick Women’s Institute

Reading notes and book picks from a library reviewer

A reviewer weighs upcoming titles and old favorites from 1953 including Twice Over Lightly Esther Costello and Annapurna. Praise for The Roving I and The Incredible Canad and hints at a Christmas gift list with stamps and hobby books, plus local library reader reactions.

Eric Richel Esther Costello Nicholas Montsarrat Esther Tello Maurice Herzog Knoen Frank Clair Argonauts Terman Wook Prema RH Paterse Peliovedk Crown Toy Php Gibbs Ernest McMblian Toronto Simphony Orchestra Eric Sudtehison Canad Tans Mackenzie Wong Phe Praser

Daughters of Knox Presbyterians Install 1954 Officers

The Daughters of Knox Presbyterian Church held their first 1954 meeting at the manse with Rev RH Armstrong as guest. Officers for the year were installed after a service led by Mrs E J Hassard and Mrs Buchanan introduced a new study book.

Membe Daughters of Knox Presbyterian Church Armstrong Allan J. Buchanan WOMS WMS E J. Hassard Elizabeth dJang Daughters of Knoxing Lynda Mann Buchanan HL. Beesie Vibe Victoria Church of Barter Borra Kingsnal Hve Bales Ae Pan Montreat Hilda Blackwell Beetle Mamtate Ormer

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