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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 24, 1958
Page
4
Oakville Oaks edge Acton 5 4 as Oaks take early lead with walks and singles. Dan Emmerson, Don Anderton spark Acton late rally but Oaks hold on. Jewell striking out batters despite tough luck on mound.
congratulating pull smith for bringing honor back to Ballin afed from the boys camp at Five Oaks Paria he won the Shield for chief camper with 100 boys attending the camp. the camp featured Mr Neclon as counsellor and a july WA meeting hosted by Mrs Starrett with flower arrangement demonstration and a poetry reading. nearby celebrations honored Mr and Mrs Treciokos on their marriage with gifts and music at Stewarttown Hall. other notes mention a Sunday service by Rev Dobson and upcoming new minister Murray McKride, plus various local social visits and picnics.
Robert Buckner of Acton attended a Film Day at Huron College London organized by the Lon don Institute open to Home and School Association members. Attendees included participants from the Lake Couchiching Leadership Camp and many groups used films to spark discussion on television radio and cinema in meetings.
The Acton Home and School Association hosts a January meeting titled A Day at Camp with a panel from the National Film Board and Ontario Federation of Home and School Associations. Mrs Buckner chairs and plans a pot luck supper as the evening showcases film based teaching methods.
Local notes record the July Women's Association meeting at Mrs Harold Griffin's home with prayers and a chicken barbecue planned for late August. Church services were led by Rev Alen Dobson as Young People prepare to take over next Sunday. Reunion gatherings and various visits across families in Churchill, Victoria, and Hamilton are noted, including Nadine Swackhamer's wedding in Hamilton.
Canadia a large farm plebiscite will be held tomorrow with about 70 008 farmers eligible to vote on creation of a hog marketing scheme The Ontario Hog Producers Co Operative expects a 90 percent favorable vote The polls open all day at four Halton locations including Stewarttown Hall Na Nangawe a township Brookville Hall Trafalgar Memorial Hall and Fairview School Lowville voters to cast ballots for the scheme locally
The Guelph Comets Club held its monthly session in the OAC projection room with films on photography and printing methods. James Meek and Richard Harry attended as part of a broader community update including church services and local project progress.
The Lime House Women's Club held its regular meeting on Tuesday July 3 at the Memorial Wall with Mrs Sanford as president. The program included a talk by Mrs George English on home economics and health, two minute reports by committee conveners, and a display by the 4 H Studemak ing Club. A copper planter was presented to Mrs Jack Noble, gifts were exchanged, and the evening ended with a farewell for Mr and Mrs Sol.
A fragmented social roundup lists residents and guests from Limehouse Georgetown and Collingwood visiting and being visited over a weekend. Names include Mrs Filer Mrs Mitchell and Mr Ki ferby alongside Mrs Smethurst and Roth. The item mentions life membership pins and various weekend travels and holidaying.
A summary of experiments on disease causation argues that many pathological processes once thought unrelated to nerves are actually dependent on nervous factors. The work, part of an ongoing series, asserts two main theses: nervous influence underpins various processes and that these processes span different pathology chapters.
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