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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Jul 07, 1955

Page

7

Weekend Poultry And Toronto Electric First Highlight City

William Henderson of Belwood reports a six month old flock producing triple yolk eggs and a four yolk egg among twelve such examples. In Toronto, John Joseph Wright installed Canada’s first electric generator at King and Yonge in 1881, marking a historic electrical milestone.

Kitchener, Ont William Henderson Belwood Canada King and Yonge Sts Toronto John Joseph Wright

War Exercises Achieve Realism in Weekend Drill

Soldiers from C. Coy Georgetown Acton and Milton joined the Lorne Scots at Oakville for a weekend fake battle near Waterdown. The scramble involved ground sheets blankets bivouac camouflage and air observation with a Tiger Cub aircraft. Both sides practiced cover noise discipline and counterattacks to build training value and cooperation.

C. Coy Georgetown Acton Milton Oakville R.H. LJ Rhli AHLI Rhlis

British boat builder creates 650-pound hay punt

In Suffolk Broads England farmers haul hay by water and a British designer uses light weight aluminum to craft a punt weighing 650 pounds that can carry a load over six times its weight. The article notes aluminum’s advantage also applies in Canada.

Suffolk Broads England

Brownridge Clan Reunion Honors Earliest Canada Settlers

The Brownridge reunion at the Junior Farmers' building in Brampton gathered 207 members led by Mrs. Robert Biggar and Mary Brownridge, ages 97 and 94. The clan traces back 136 years to Thomas Brownridge and Eliza Ward who settled in Malton township in 1822.

Robert Biggar Minerva Brownridge Mary Brownridge Milton Brownridge Peel Halton Brampton Canada England Mallon Township Quebec Malton Township Ward Brownridge Hornby Thomas Brownridge Eliza Ward Islington Thomas Eliza

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