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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Jan 15, 1953

Page

4

Forum Finds Unnecessary Costs in Food Distribution

Farmers forums report unnecessary costs in food distribution across the county. They cite extra packaging, small quantity buying, overlapping deliveries, and processing demands as key price spread factors. Co operative marketing and distribution centers are proposed to cut costs, while high demand can still favor farmers. Seven destroyer escorts for the Royal Canadian Navy are under construction in Canadian shipyards with seven more on order.

Tuck's Farm Forum Royal Canadian Navy

Community visits and hospital reports fill weekend in region

Local residents visit friends and relatives across towns with several undergoing operations in Hamilton Guelph and Toronto hospitals. Notables include Mrs J Whitham Mr Andrew W Franks and Mrs Lionel Cormier while the Guelph Presbyterian Women’s Missionary Society met at Knox Church with guests and members in attendance.

Heron Donald McLean Vancouver Léo Synnott Little Patsy Rockwood Joseph Franka Nassagaweya Hamilton Brewster Saskatchewan A. Melsanger Roy McDonald Brigtten John C. Dennis Jonas Massey Young St. Waderwent Guelph General Hospital J. Whitham Toronto Don Ryder David C. No Powers Brantford Andrew W. Franks Hamilton Hospital Lionel Cormier Apent Frank Gibbons Gibbons Guelph Hospital Misa Lillie Krapeck E. Manning Huntsville F. Anderson HO Mamprize I Buchanan E. J. Hassard Mra J. Igny Guelph

Ice Storm Damages Hydro and Telephones

The article notes a severe ice storm causing extensive damage to hydro and telephone systems in the community. It also mentions local social visits and a farmhouse sale, with residents hosting and attending family showers and weddings.

Irce Jim Leitch Jimmy Guelph Ken Leitch Creighton Herb Lush Malcolm Leitch Lila Bayne Dave Stewart Ospringe Alf Mitchell Fily Sudbury Pete Watson Walter Huxley Joe Peachey Hillsburg Norman Cook Frank George Erip Stauffer Farm J Panos Charles W. McMurchy Iipeure

Ice Storm Leaves Town With Minor Damage

No serious damage reported after the weekend ice storm though some limbs broke in town while rural lines suffered more. Church services were held in spite of ice and road conditions as residents noted continued cold and wintry weather.

Eazy Duby Eramosa Stone Church Earl Hawke R. E. Price Rockwood Cemetely John Smith Guelph Harvey Lime Company

Grace Mission Band Holds First Meeting

The Grace Mission Band held its first meeting of the new year at the leader Mrs W Greenlees home with president Lois Greenlees in charge. Anita Smith read the call to worship and Betty Coulter read scripture. Lois Inglis led prayer and Miss E Simpson spoke on Mission Band work.

Grace Mission Band W. Greenlees Lois Greenlees Anita Smith Betty Coulter Lois Inglis Miss E. Simpson Donna Mitchell Sandra Black

Dam Talk and Home Show At Sault Ste Marie Event

The report cards were distributed Friday at the public school assembly hosted by Ron ald Cookaley from the hydro commission. He showed a Rayner Construction Co film on a dam project at Sault Ste Marie and gave safety tips on electricity. Marjorie Warne thanked the speaker. The biggest event next week is the Al Home in the auditorium with admission 75e and invitation required. Plans for basketball games with Orangeville and Mitton are undecided.

Chris Lamb Ronald Cookaley Hydro Commission Rayner Construction Co Sault Ste. Marie Cooksley Marjorie Warne Orangeville Mitton

Needle In Haystack Eye Detects Pinhead Size in Pudding

An electronic eye advances sensing capability to identify a pin-head in the center of a Chelatmas pudding. The device claims extreme sensitivity, offering potential utility in quality control and safety applications.

English Builder William Willett and Daylight Saving Time

In 1878 a time system emerged and about four decades later English builder William Willett proposed daylight saving time to shift clocks for better daylight usage.

William Willet

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