Halton County begins first quinquennial census
Forty eight enumerators start rural and urban counts in Halton as Canada launches its first quinquennial census. Officials expect about 80 000 people in Halton with urban and rural totals rising from 1941 figures. Enumerators, mostly women, will complete urban enumeration by June 21 and rural by June 30 with six to 76 questions per household.
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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
Jean Wilson
Ida Henderson
Josephine Whitham
Nassagaweya
Edna Lawrence
Bessie
Hamilton Spectator awards 4-H trip to Chicago winner
Lynne Coulter of Camphill wins the general proficiency award at Milton town hall after the Peel Halton Junior Farmers livestock judging contest. The prize includes a $75 cash award toward a 4-H congress trip to Chicago next fall, with judges recognizing leadership and judging ability across two of the past three years.
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Lynne Coulter
Camphill
Hamilton Spectator
Chicago
Milton Town Hall
Art Bennett
Peel County
J. M. Fraser
L. W. Wright
Sanford Farm
Yorkshires
Harold Parkinson
Ray Clarkson
Wm. Reed
B. H. Bull and Son
Peel
Halton
D. Adams
Industrial Council of Canadian Meat Packers
Don Jose
The
Farmer Magazine
J. W. McCullough
J. E. Whitelock
John W. Picket
Hornby
C.N.E
Ted Nightingale
Rockwood R.R. 2
Groundhogs Find Shelter at Oakville Humane Society
Oakville Humane Shelter houses four baby groundhogs found on Radial Road Bronte after a mother was treed. Shelterkeeper Al MacNab says they may not be adopted out and could be sent to Riverdale Zoo, continuing the shelter’s history of caring for diverse animals.
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Oakville Humane Shelter
D. R. Watt
Bronte
al MacNab
Riverdale Zoo
Juniors Take to Air For Trips and Meetings
Junior Farmers depart by air with delegates Myrtle Stewart Eleanor Lillico David Barrie and Mac McLaren flying from Malton to Great Britain on May 19. In June Russell McAllister Carleton county and Mrs Josephine Bird Haldimand county plan to fly to Alberta. McAllister set a provincial record by traveling by air to a directors meeting at Guelph, driven to Ottawa airport then plane to Malton and on to Guelph to chair at 1030 am.
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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 Begin Cenotaph Facelift Project
The town of Georgetown and the Boy Scouts will jointly improve the cenotaph grounds on Guelph Street. Flowers will be planted by the scouts who recently cleaned the plaque lettering. $100 will fund replacing bare grass patches. Scouts will maintain the site as a civic project.
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Georgetown War Memorial
Guelph St
Uncil
New Fair Highlights Pumpkin Growing Contest
Acton Agricultural Society and CBC sponsor a Junior Pumpkin Growing contest at Acton Fair open to 4 H and Junior Farmer members up to 35 in Ontario and Quebec. Seeds and an entry farm supplied. entrants must bring pumpkins to Acton Fair by noon September 14. Winners receive Bank of Montreal Trophy and fertilizer prizes. distance prize $3. Top 12 entries get dust guns.
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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
Acton Niinoaida
Bow River name tied to lodge of fir trees
The Bow River in Alberta is named from Douglas firs on its banks used by local Indigenous peoples to fashion hunting bows.
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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
Nova Scotia
Palermo
Baronston
Norman’ Bird
Duncan Campbell
Mason Knitting Co
John C. Willmott
Thos. Blakelock
Howson Ruddell
Don Moffat
Ross Austin
Sandy Hepburn
Delmar Ford
Harold Patterson
Don Taylor
Ted Nightingale Tie
Bob Merry
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
Life Insurance and
George J. Hollinger
Mill ST. E
Garnet Building Products
Phon
Ras Tire
Cgren
Hese
Tabble Garden
Omass Shears
Shatfield
Sical Wetyeenael
Boe
Biede
Ames
Long
Spaler
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