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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 19, 1952
Page
8
Davidson Bros signaled a public auction at 12 Bower Ave Acton on Saturday June 28 at 7 20 pm. Items include a 3 piece chesterfield set dining room suite lamp radio phonograph vacuum cleaner sewing machine bed bedding dresser table chairs kitchenware tools bicycles and various household goods. Cash terms. Hindley and Elliott auctioneers.
A vintage home section offers tips on whipping cream quick methods and flavorings, with recipes for Date Parfait, Heart Cake, Butter Pecan Ice Cream, Fig Nut Whip, and a note on car braking as a habit. It emphasizes cold cream for faster whipping and suggests freezing leftovers.
A newspaper note details the Adrian building as a two story structure lacking a basement. It features a central alcove for the heating plant a laundry utility room a stove room and a first floor shower bath plus a second floor bathroom.
Clearing auction sale in Puslinch Township lists horses and harness, 10 Shorthorn cows with calving, 10 steers and calves, a Shorthorn bull, heavy farm implements, tractors including a Harris No. 2030, grain machinery, wagons and small items. Pigs, poultry, dairy equipment, and household goods offered with cash on sale day and no reserve. Auctioneer WM. A. Gibson.
Acton B-Hives defeated Brant Mohawks 19 to 6 in a lacrosse debut before about 100 spectators. Johnny Krapek led with five goals and three assists, Junior Beaumont added four, John Brzanski three, while Norm Young made several key saves as the B-Hives overwhelmed the visitors with fast offensive raids.
A new creeping-root alfalfa develops at Swift Current Station with Dominion Forage Crops Laboratory input. Preliminary tests show hardiness under grazing and drought, promising a persistent perennial forage legume for western Canada. It will be seeded next spring at 15 agricultural stations including Yukon and Northwest Territories sites.
John Curran and Henry Grattan are portrayed as great 18th century orators whose words on freedom inspire reverence. Curran stresses that rights require vigilant defense or else servitude follows, while Grattan argues nations thrive only when they uphold a bold, self-respecting spirit.
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