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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 08, 1954
Page
10
This reminiscence notes the 1930s hay baling surge with many farmers opting for tougher bales to cure in the field. It laments wire and twine waste, recalls reusable salvage from the Depression era, and recalls craft uses for baling twine while contrasting past and present farming realities.
Betty Jane Lincoln, 2, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lincoln, was killed Monday in Collingwood when struck by a truck near parked cars. Survived by parents, sister Grace, brother George. Funeral held June 30 at Trot's funeral home. interment in Anglican cemetery. Officiants were Lieut. Fred Watking and Rev. Bodeway. Pallbearers listed.
The Halton Presbytery Woman's Association hosted the fourth annual pignic at Cedarvale School for Girls in Georgetown with about 130 attendees. Volunteers from Burlington Carlisle and Lawville ran games and races while hosting staff provided meals and drinks. The event featured 27 residents, noted staff, and a school choir that recently won second place in a Kiwanis festival.
In Portage la Prairie Manitoba 14 year old Gerald Lyttle of High Bluff won the Manitoba and Western Canada plowing championships after a two hour judges debate among 46 competitors including 45 plowmen.
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