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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 23, 1955
Page
4
A letter to the editor traces beaver damage from an initial colony in a northern municipality to Nassagaweya township. It details multiple dam projects and road flooding, costs totaling several thousand dollars, and calls for conservation funding focused on reforestation rather than costly dam work to protect roads and waterways.
VANCOUVER GP A couple celebrating their golden wedding anniversary share advice for newlyweds to avoid nagging and pull together. Mr and Mrs James Edge have lived in Vancouver nine years after 35 years in Winnipeg. They urge more religion for children and emphasize harmony and unity.
A 72 member Canadian women journalists group travels from Montreal to Edinburgh for a brief visit after arriving from Canada. They tour Monro Spun Knitting Mills, attend civic events at City Chambers, enjoy Scottish dancing, and receive warm hospitality from Edinburgh officials and locals before moving on to London.
The Honorable F s Thomas announced WN Kerr as Fieldman with the Ontario Department of Agriculture Field Crops Branch. Kerr will be based in Brantford and serve as Fieldman and District Weed Inspector for the Niagara peninsula and Halton Brant Norfolk Oxford Peel. He replaces Glenn Anderson who moved to Guelph for postgraduate work. Kerr, a 1955 OAC graduate, resides near Alliston and was a six year 4-H member and former president of his local Junior Farmers' Association.
Hannah Elizabeth Dron MacArthur 88 died suddenly in Toronto on Saturday June 11. Born in Erin township she and her husband farmed 50 years on the Second Line Esquesing. Survived by five children and several siblingswith a 1953 death of Jean Bolton. Funeral June 15 in Toronto. interment Acton Cemetery. pallbearers listed.
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