Halton County Prepares for Canada’s First Quinquennial Census
Forty eight enumerators begin Halton County rounds as Canada launches its first quinquennial census. Urban population counted at 22 293 and rural at 21 710 in 1951. Final figures and agriculture results expected early 1957 with costs around 5 million dollars.
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Halton
Canada
A. Padbury
Begum
Acton
Burlington
Oakville
Padbury
F. L. Wright
Gordon Grahame
Mary Tufford
Lois McPhail
Milton
E. Wensley
Joan McKnight
Barbara Brown
Nora Williams
Florence Edwards
Georgetown
Robert Cunningham
Irene Currie
Betty Price
Hazel ‘Marshall
Shirley Armstrong
Joan Waldie
Esque Sing
Jean Wilson
Milton Junior Farmers win 4 H award and trip to Chicago
Lynne Coulter wins the Hamilton Spectator general proficiency award, earning a $75 cash value toward a 4 H club trip to the 4 H club congress in Chicago next fall. The event at Milton town hall followed the Peel County livestock judging during which groups judged ten classes across Holsteins Angus Shorthorns sheep and cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynne Coulter
Caughrivile
Hamilton Spectator
Chicago
Milton Town Hall
Art Bennett
Peel County
J. M. Fraser
L. W. Wright
Sanford Farm
Harold Parkinson
Ray Clarkson
Wm. Reed
B. H. Bull and Son
Peel
Groundhog babies join Oakville Humane Shelter menagerie
Four baby groundhogs arrive at the Oakville Humane Shelter after their mother was treed on D. R. Watts property on the Radial Road Bronte. Shelterkeeper Al MacNab says adoption is unlikely and indicates a move to Riverdale Zoo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakville Humane Shelter
D. R. Watt
Bronte
al MacNab
Riverdale Zoo
Juniors Take to Air For Trips and Meetings
Junior Farmers delegates Myrtle Stewart Eleanor Lillico David Barrie and Mac McLaren flew from Malton airport to Great Britain on May 19. In June Russell McAllister Carleton county and Mrs Josephine Bird Haldimand county will fly to Alberta. At the O A C Guelph meeting McAllister set a record by travelling by air to a directors meeting becoming the first provincial President to do so. His wife drove him to Ottawa airport from their farm forty miles west of Ottawa. He flew to Malton then drove to Guelph to chair the 1030 am meeting.
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Myrtle Stewart
Eleanor Lillico
David Barrie
Mac McLaren
Malton Airport
Great Britain
Russell McAllister
Carleton County
Josephine Bird
Haldimand
Alberta
O.A.C
Guelph
Ottawa
Malton
Boy Scouts Lead Cenotaph Grounds Facelift in Georgetown
Improvements to the grounds around Georgetown war memorial on Guelph Street will be carried out by the town council and Boy Scouts. The town provides funds for flowers the scouts will plant and they recently refreshed the cenotaph by cleaning the plaque lettering. The council approved a $100 expenditure to replace bare patches failing to support grass and the scouts will maintain the site as a civic project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown War Memorial
Guelph St
Uncil
New Junior Pumpkin Growing Contest At Acton Fair
The Acton Agricultural Society and CBC launch a Junior Pumpkin Grower contest for 4 H and Junior Farmer members up to 35 in Ontario and Quebec. Seed and entry farm supplied free. entrants must bring pumpkins to Acton Fair by noon Sept 14. Prizes include Bank of Montreal Trophy, fertilizer bags, and dust guns for top entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton Agricultural Society
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Acton Fail Fair
Farmer Club
Ontario
Quebec
Irene Swackhamer
A.R. 2
Acton
Acton Fair
Central Canada
Bank of Montreal
George Atkins
C.B.C
Mac Sprowl
Junior Farmers Association of Ontario
Smith Griffin
William Davey
Mk of
Montreal
Niinoaida
Bow River Name Linked to Douglas Fir Bows
The Bow River in Alberta gets its name from Douglas fir trees found along its banks. Indigenous peoples used these trees to fashion hunting bows, linking the river’s identity to local flora and traditional craft.
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Bow River
Alberta
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Acton Free Press
Evelyn Sims
Isabel Lewis
Betty Reid
W. Thomas
Kay Sullivan
Evelyn Burke
Isabel Crowell
Hester Powell
Lillian McFarland
Nelson Township
Vera Lardie
Georgina Fuller
Jean O'Toole
Edna Stewart
Grace Osborne
Mary Johnson
James White
Galley
Thelma Thomson
Beatrice Anderson
Whitaker
Milton Junior Farmers
John W.'.picket
George Greenlees
John .C. Willmott
George Hume
Mervyn Colling
Dr. R. E_ son
Trafalger Township
Theee
Nova Scotia
Palermo
Baronston
Norman’ Bird
Duncan Campbell
John W. Picket
Mason Knitting Co
John C. Willmott
Thos. Blakelock
Howson Ruddell
Don Moffat
Ross Austin
Sandy Hepburn
Doug Starrett
Tom Hunter Tie
Bill Robinson
Ross Shortill
Ian Norrish
Jim Storing
Kevan Burge
Sandy Buchanan
Norman Bird
Haltom
Minton
Jean Peterson
Mabel Borgstrom
York
Guy Russell
Marilyn Cleave
Norval Club
Marie Harrop
Ruth Wilson
Borgstrorm
Canadian Council
Wilfred Bird
Hartley Robertson
Watson Orchestra
Fergus
Humane Shelter
E. L. Buchner
Optometrist
WN Acton
Mel ST. E. Acton
Fe SS
Life Insurance and
George J. Hollinger
Mill ST. E
Garnet Building Products
Phon
Ras Tire
Cgren
Hese
Tabble Garden
Omass Shears
Sheffield
Biedes
Boe
Biede
Ames
Tion Weheder Combina Cultivator
Leng Han
Ake
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