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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 05, 1968
Page
6
Agricultural representative Hedy J. Stanley argues farmers must move farm machinery on roads citing safety, taxes, and road use. He notes Ontario data, lighting rules, and permit requirements while urging drivers to slow for tractors and farm wagons and defend farmers’ access to roads.
Halton County 4-H leaders plan a reciprocal exchange with Wisconsin 4-H youths. Five Halton members will visit Kenosha County in 1969 and an equal number of Wisconsin 4-Hers will stay with Halton families in 1970. The season opens June 20 with a Careers Seminar at the Ontario School for the Deaf in Milton. A second annual 4-H Fun Night is set for June 24 at Hornby Park featuring a pot luck, baseball and other sports, and a 50 prize for 4-H competitors. Livestock members will contest at the University of Guelph on July 17 with a Lamb carcass class replacing live sheep. Land and Seed Judging will accompany Peel at Terra Cotta on August. Halton County has 128 members on 225 projects, up from 124 on 207 last year, with 31 new members this year. Eight beef calf club members have entered steers in the Queen’s Guineas.
On Wednesday May 29 the Acton Forage Club met at G. Leslie's farm. Bill Lasby opened with the 4 H pledge. Norma Leslie read last meeting minutes. Speeches covered Soy beans in Halton County, Why Grow Barley, Corn as a Cash Crop, and A Place for Oats. Members pledged a barley and oats class and held a speech quiz before adjournment.
A bicycle reported missing from LGA parking lot on May 26 was later found abandoned in bushes at Kaos Avenue near the Matthews residence. The case appears resolved with recovery of the bike and no injuries reported.
A poetic reflection on humans as remarkable machines noting the heart beats 100000 times daily and 23000 breaths, with vast air intake and muscle use, yet a single error can destroy this marvel. It emphasizes caution and wonder at human frailty.
A promotional film titled Man and the Boy will be screened at Robert Little school Friday afternoon. Joe Hurst will introduce the film to the students.
On May 25 Acton hosted Halton Junior Farmer Field Day attracting over twice last year’s attendance. Some 30 youths competed in morning track events while afternoon baseball saw Palermo defeating Norval 15 to 1 and Palermo beating Acton 15 to 7. Regalia listed for boys and girls field events with participants named Thomas Burke Harrison Norton Nurse and others.
Janet Wilson, a 21 year old Scottish junior farmer from Nellston Renfrewshire, on a two week exchange with Ontario Junior Farmers in Halton. She visits Linhams Southbrae Farm Acton Fifth Line and Simcoe Lambton counties, plans slides on Scottish farming, and attends a Stewarttown Hall party before departure June 14.
Halton Safety Council launches 1968 campaign with theme Man Machinery and Fire addressing farm injuries. President Gerald Carton and secretary Mrs. William Webb outline plans including pamphlets posters safety gear and film showings. Equipment and films supplied to farm groups at cost with varied lengths and topics such as auto safety machinery and fire prevention.
An advertisement for High Grade Memorials located at 62 Water Street North GALY offers memorial services. The listing provides a telephone contact 621-2580 for inquiries and orders.
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