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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 29, 1961
Page
11
Walton County reports wide use of 2 4D herbicide for roadside weed and brush control. County crews spray an estimated 2000 acres annually across 500 miles, using varied formulations while preserving grasses. Precautions include checking for future crop fields and respecting warning signs supplied by the Ontario Department of Agriculture.
A woodland pond hosts a big Spoyed Salamander with yellow dots on head and back. The males perform a churning dance leaving behind white capped spermatophores that fertilize eggs, which number under 150 per clutch and swell to two to three inches when hydrated. Embryos develop in the transparent gelatinous eggs, largely safe until hatching.
United Church of Canada Acton Ontario presents July 2 services at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Ministers Dwight Engel and George Elliott lead worship with Junior Congregation. A minister ordination service will be broadcast July 1 at 3 p.m. on CBE network. Christian Reformed Church notes English and Dutch services. Dominant names: Dwight Engel, George Elliott, Bernard Veldthuis, Wood Beatty, Allan Lauder. Location Acton Ontario.
A farm survey finds most accidents occur in the evening from diving and hitting underwater objects. June July August and September account for 37 of 45 drownings, with July totaling 14. June and July each yield eight deaths, August and September four each. Cramps blamed for two deaths, while unknown causes likely contributed to about ten drownings.
A Farm Accident survey records 45 water incidents among Ontario farmers with 30 fatalities. Most drownings occur in familiar waters and involve youth, with 25 victims aged 10 to 20 and a high death rate across age groups.
A Friday evening EO. D.E. draw at the Y M C A selected Mrs Gordon Regnvaldson of R R 4 Acton as the chaise lounge winner. Secretary Sid Saitz conducted the drawing as she attended a banquet.
John Bdward Pearen of R. A. 3 Acton died at home on Monday June 19 at age 90. A farmer active in local affairs, he served 30 years on the Erin school board and was a director of Halton Mutual Fire Insurance. He was an elder at Rockwood Presbyterian Church since 1925. Funeral services were conducted at Rockwood Presbyterian Church with Rev. C. G. Harris, age 22, assisting. Survived by wife Alice Leslie, three daughters Elva at home Beatrice of Toronto Evelyn of Acton, seven grandchildren, two sisters and one brother. Born 1870, he married in 1899 in Erin Township.
Halton mutual aid coordinator Doug Wilson said lenders are prepared but not yet let. At a Wednesday meeting he hoped radios would be installed in trucks by fall. Trucks will use two frequencies a private one for halls and another linking to emergency coordination. All Halton trucks to receive radios.
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