Farm News From Haltons Outstanding Service to My Country
A speaker praised Haltons Farm Lands for service to the country while noting backward areas. He highlighted post 1947 progress in education health and industry. He cited wheat surplus and exports of jute and rice over the past two years. His son begins at Ontario Agricultural College this fall to study agricultural engineering.
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India
Chaudary
Ontario Agricultural College
British Commonwealth
Mr. Chaudary
Erin Township Declares Civic Holiday August 2
At a regular council meeting Reeve Albert Wheeler presided and authorized a proclamation declaring Monday August 2 a public Civic Holiday in Erin Township. Wheeler was paid 35 for convention travel. Accounts totaling 473.99 were approved. The meeting adjourned to Hillsburgh on August 3 or at the reeve's call.
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Albert Wheeler
Erin
Albert
Wheeler
Ontario
Mayors and Reeves
Windsor
Reneral
Sheen
Hillsburgh
Halton and Peel 4-H Members Tour Niagara Peninsula
Fourteen hundred? Correction: 130 members from Halton and Peel 4-H Agricultural Clubs enjoyed a bus trip to the Niagara Peninsula this week. Highlights included a tour of the Ontario Hydro Electric Power Project at Vineland and a visit to the Vineland Experimental Station where Dr E F Palmer spoke on ongoing projects.
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Halton
Peel
Niagara Peninsula
Ontario Hydro Electric Power Project
Niagara Falls
Chippewa
Vineland Experimental Station
E. F. Palmer
Vineland
Art Bennett
A. T. Woodley
Fred Nurse
John W. Picket
Sandy Buchanan
Homemakers Conference at O A C Guelph
Ontario 4 H Homemaking Club delegates gathered at the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph for the first Girls Conference. Marion Bird and Marilyn Cleave represented Halton County. 16 year old County Honors were awarded to four delegates for leadership and club work. The program featured music, flower arranging, landscaping, vegetable culture, and a buffet service demonstration, with remarks by Deputy Minister C D Graham and a salute to Miss Florence P Eadie for her long service to 4 H and the Women’s Institute.
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Mabel Borgstrom
Girls of
Ontario
O.A.C
Guelph
Halton County
Marion Bird
Ashgrove
Marilyn Cleave
Norval
Macdonald Hall
C. D. Graham
Florence P. Eadie
Eadie
Women’s Institute
Department of Agriculture
Ethel Chapman
Jean Scot
Lulu Row
Nelson Club
Hatton County
Ruth Featherstone
Helen Vivian
Bannockburn School Announces Promotion Results
Promotion results at Bannockburn School are announced by teacher Mrs. Vivian Smith. Students advancing include Brian Evans Judith Moses Margaret Morrison from grade eight to nine and Franklin Mc Leod Janet Robinson Henk Witer wyck from grade six to seven.
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Bannockburn School
Vivian Smith
Brian Evans
Judith Moses
Margaret Morrison
Franklin McLeod
Janet Robinson
Henk Witerwyck
Sally Thomson
Joan Brooks
Jack Moles
Lillian Phillips
Theodore Zions
Rosemary Brooks
Robert Dean
Ruth Coles
Bill Laing
Frank Anthony
Ronna Brooks
Lynda Fields
Linda Linham
Johnny McDonald
Arthur Thomson
Carolyn McLeod
David Waldie
Accidents Rise in Halton County First Quarter
Reported accidents in Halton County for the first three months total 300, up from 181 a year earlier. Six deaths, higher than last year’s five, and property damage 254 versus 134. Personal injuries 40, down from 42, while injuries total 53, down from 70.
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Halton
Vancouver Wife Expert Dog Handler
Mrs. Jay Tripp, a leading professional dog handler based on the west coast, travels 50 000 miles yearly to dog shows across the United States and Canada. A former kennel worker trained in England, she later moved to Winnipeg and Vancouver, opened a boarding kennel, and handled the first Canadian bred boxer to win championships in both countries.
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Jay Tripp
United States
Tripp
Canada
Winnipeg
Vancouver
England
Beagle
Hayload Tragedy Claims Priceville Man
William J. Sayers 78 of Priceville dies from severe head injuries after a hay wagon bolted and he fell from the load. Survived by wife Margaret Elliott and four sons Grant Charles Willis Ralph, with funeral at Priceville Presbyterian Church and burial in Acton Cemetery.
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William J. Sayers
Priceville
Durham
Sayers
Grant
Halton County
Margaret Elliott
Charles Sayers
Georgetown
Willis Sayers
Meaford
Ralph
Hespeler
Henry
Acton
Duncan Waldie
Arthur Zimmerman
Neepawa
Man
Charles
Priceville Presbyterian Church
Thomas Dodds
Acton Cemetery
Machine Made Lace Brings Hand Made Look to Tables
Machine made lace tablecloths replicate hand crafted designs at affordable prices. They claim exceptional durability and color fastness, with tests showing washing hundreds of times without loss of freshness. Inventories at the British Industries Fair feature 16th century style cloths in cotton and fibre yarns designed for the United States and Canada.
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United States
Canada
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Farm News
Halton’s
Erin Township
Homemakers
Guernsey Breeders’ Journal
U.S.A
Costa Rica
South Africa
Turkey
American Guertsey Cattle Club
Wm G. Booth
Craig Meadow Farm
Trafanlgar
Heartwest
Bannockburn
Blue Doll Beauty Salon
Boy’s
Queresteed Goodyear
Thompson Motors
Ford Sales and Servi
Cecil A. Carr
Optometrist
Douglas S
Tel
Ned A
Wink
St the of Montreal
WDANK
Montreal
Foret Baul
William Davey
Pauline
Health Department
Department of National Health and Welfare
Ottawa
THE
Bell Telephone Company OF Canada
E.L. Buchner
H. Mainprize
Caldwell
Beatty
Beatty Wrings
Beatty Gian Press Wriage
Gordon’s Hardware
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