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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 24, 1952
Page
5
Last Friday the school showed a 12 hour MGM Romeo and Juliet film. Grades 10a 11 12 and 29 skipped classes to view the afternoon screening. Student Council rented the movie with no admission charge and Mr Hansen operated the projector for both showings. Plans for a February party include sleighing and dancing.
A local retailer advertises a strong value and service proposition inviting customers to visit and see why they stand out. The pitch emphasizes excellent pricing and attentive support to demonstrate the claim.
The article traces butter to Champlain as a foundational part of Canadian agriculture. It notes early European origins, substantial exports in the 1880s and 1899–1907, and a rise to 367 million pounds in 1943 with gradual postwar decline and a 1950 creamery butter production of 26 million pounds.
Acton Fair ended the year with improved finances despite last fall’s rain and cold. Total receipts reached 5125.67 with 2149.77 paid in prizes, and 684.07 in treasury including 300 in emergency funds. The annual meeting, led by President R. R. Parker, elected officers including George Wallace as president and J. Dennis as first vice president.
Sixteen members and one visitor attended the January meeting of Greenock Women's Institute at the president Mrs Thomas Hemsley home. Miss Elva Pearen read the Scripture. A short course on Your Food and Your Figure was planned to be held at Greenock School with guests from Ospringe and Rockadlong Institutes.
Baxters faced Georgetown Businessmen in a tense hockey match last Monday with a narrow Baxters win. Coach Lorne Masters was suspended after a prior loss, Ali Robinson briefly suspended but later cleared, and an appeal was heard in Georgetown on Wednesday while Masters sat out the game. Acton finished with injuries, a single minor penalty, and sits near the bottom of the standings.
Council debated an excavation hazard planned for three to four months with Avanow fence around it and discussed spring flood risks. A committee to inventory preaching equipment was asked and a Credit Valley Conservation Authority meeting planned. Indigent relief, holiday pay policy and planning board meetings were noted. Accounts paid include Bell Telephone, Norwich Union premiums, and election supplies.
R Fraser executive secretary of High Park Y MCA addressed young men in Acton on January 21 on forming a Phalanx Club and the 53 Canadian groups with similar aims. He urged clear thinking and self improvement to build a strong nation and pointed to cooperation and principled standards. The piece ends noting the federal government mails more than 1 800 660 baby bonus cheques monthly.
A humorous hockey column recounts a referee’s misadventures during a bush league game. The narrator describes adopting an impartial face, angering players, and a riot that required police-like crowd control. The piece ends with a cautionary moral about shouting fire in the arena.
Early and heavy arrivals of medium and globe tomatoes free from cracks are anticipated next year due to the Carleton variety from the Federal Department of Agriculture Division of Horticulture. Carleton is an early staking plant with high yield and uniform fruit, unsuitable for canning, already grown commercially on Lake Ontario’s north shore, with seed to be public next year.
Members of Bethel United Church Hornby held their 52nd annual congregational meeting at John and Pickett’s home. The event included a crokinole party, a farm forum discussion, euchre prizes, and a luncheon hosted by L B Marchment. Also noted were a birth, a death in Chicago, and a successful baking sale by Hornby Young People in poor weather.
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