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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 17, 1952
Page
7
Home freezing tips cover selecting best fruits and vegetables and packaging methods. Advice includes washing sorting blanching sealing with liners and avoiding air while freezing. It notes cost context of US total non defence expenditures in Canada rising about 91 billion annually.
The Gazetteer of Canada lists Acton at 43 degrees 37 minutes latitude and 86 degrees 02 minutes longitude with localities in southern Ontario described as towns hamlets settlements or creeks. It notes many places are descriptive labels and not indicative of size or importance.
A special meeting in Hillsburgh on June 14 directed the clerk to contact J A Coombs district engineer Stratford about the No 24 Highway through Erin. Council seeks to preserve existing detour roads No 5 sideroad and No 15 sideroad and keep them in good condition. The Matacast weed spraying contract was accepted. A July 5 mailing to Walter Saunders Division Engineer Owen Sound confirmed June 14 resolutions. The road superintendent will discuss dumping signs with Wellington County Board of Health. The clerk will notify the telephone secretary to remove or burn brush and ensure future tree cutting is workmanlike. Goldwin Burt to supervise cemetery cleanup. Payments authorized include 139.39 to Frank D Gray for insurance adjustment and 2000 to Bert Berry for attending the Assessor’s Convention. Payments listed: General 465.59 Relief 104.35 Sheep 33.00 Road 10016.62.
Department of Lands and Forests staff continued conservation education in seven Ontario forest regions. Talks and lectures were delivered in schools and at adult meetings using shades and motion pictures. A total of 226 lectures reached 23,147 people of all ages.
Winter preparedness advice urging readers to stock up fuel early. Suggests visiting Gordon Oder at Bank of Montreal Acton for a Boof Mo loan example of 100 dollars at 6 percent annual interest, repaid over six months. Encourages securing funds to keep a warm home.
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