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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 24, 1946
Page
10
A crowded Acton page records births at Guelph General Hospital including Anne Kathryn Bowes and a Taylor son with ties to Margaret Wilson, plus twins Roy and Ray Nelles and Dorothy Marie McIntyre. Obituaries honor Frances Victoria Miles, Mary Perryman, and memorial verses for Oakley and mementos from families.
Snow this January compares with last year asbulge recedes. Harry Murray received bulbs from Noordwyk Hot land as a keepsake. Sunday School Lesson resumes next week after omission this month. Ladies Ava iHary of Acton Legion branch enjoyed a supper at the Legion Hall. John Kenny returns from Germany to Ireland after wartime service. Acton Legion held its annual vendon supper with ex-Warren J. M. McDonald supplying venison. guests enjoyed the evening.
Four New Waterford soldiers, upset the Truro to Sydney train was slow, hired a taxi in New Glasgow for 40 dollars. They reached Sydney five minutes before the train, keeping their travel plan intact.
Obituary notes the death of ninety year old Mrs. Robert Watson at her daughter’s home in Niagara Falls and the passing of Robert Shaw in his seventy sixth year in Acton. Watson leaves four children including Myrtle and Shirley with funeral services led by Rev. Murrey and interment in Fairview Cemetery. Shaw, a long time Acton resident and former Beanimore employee, died after a period of illness with a Masonic funeral and interment at Fairview Cemetery.
Three blinded overseas veterans finish a four week course at Guelph Ontario Agricultural College and plan to start farming. Jim Robertson Toronto 20 operates a Shelburne poultry farm and seeks expansion after graduation. Stuart Henry 29 from Wingham Ontario has two acres ready for farming and Ivan White Bracebridge Ontario plans a similar project in Muskoka.
A crowded hall welcomed W. P. Watson Ontario livestock head who spoke on Artificial Breeding Units at the Halton Holstein Breeders annual meeting in Palermo Community Hall. The program featured a color film Pastures Across Canada by A. C. Douglas and awards for Calf Club members, with officers elected including Fineren Posed as President and Frank Stark as First Vice President.
When buying an electric motor for farm work select the proper type. Kalbfleac of the Central Experimental Farm explains three main motor types for 160 hp to 1 hp units on 110 volt rural lines. Induction motors split phase capacitor and repulsion induction vary in cost starting torque and applications such as fans washers cream separators pumps and grinders.
A peace festival is planned in Penticton British Columbia for late August by local volunteers. Organizers seek community support and outline activities promoting harmony and cultural exchange.
Georgetown Intermediates defeated Orangeville 7-3 before about 2800 fans at the arena, following a 62-? win over Acton last week. The report notes city officials discussed sewerage financing with the Ontario Municipal Board and prepared a draft order for council approval, with further briefing planned at a special meeting and a full estimate report to precede debenture considerations.
War bride Mona Hewton and baby daughter Diane, wife and child of Marshall Newton, are to be honored at a reception in Burlington. The Nebon Generation of Agriculture met Tuesday evening with president William Dales presiding and officers elected including Vice President Albert Hunter and Secretary Vernon McArthur. A robbery incident occurred on Ontario Street as Mrs Lamb was held up in her home during the night. Lions Ladies Night at the Brant Inn drew about eighty attendees with a fine turkey dinner and strong event mood.
One of Canada’s largest turkey brooder houses nears completion in a town 28 miles south of Vancouver. Kenneth Hall and his wife, both under 20, purchased 80 acres for the venture after touring farms in Canada and the United States. The 300 by 8 foot building will have an air conditioning system, an incubator with 20,000 eggs, and will produce 1,000 turkeys weekly. Turkeys are housed on wire and slat porches to exercise without touching ground, aiming to reduce disease costs. The broad breasted bronze is the chosen breed. Mrs Hall was the first agricultural freshette at the University of Saskatchewan.
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