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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 07, 1957
Page
17
Council accepted a contract for ambulance duty and discussed fines totaling 300 dollars and mileage. The Oakville District Humane Society sought funds for a 10 day strays inoculation program with owner billing.
The regular WMLC meeting of the Acton Pentecostal Assembly was held Thursday afternoon at Mrs K Reid’s home with 10 present. A baby shower for Mrs T Merrmann, who will arrive from Germany by plane soon, followed prayers and readings.
Esquesing Township consigns sixteen Tamworth gilts and three boars from Wright with 14 gilts from J C Cunningham Hornby and 31 gilts from T Brown ridge. Animals shipped via Malton Caracas Venezuela by plane road of pure bred Tamworth swine. Election made by J E Miller livestock exporter and purchasing agent of Kitchener Ontario.
Shorthorn champion Lonts dale Keepsake owned by SoG Bennet won grand championship at the Ontario Bull Sale in Maple. The two year old Ben Nevis White Emblem consigned by M.H. Farms Aliiken was reserve. Bulls from Moffat to Guelph and Algoma to Renfrew sold, averaging 412.04 on 72 head, compared with 336 in 1958.
Personal notes recount a May Rob tenuous social week with gatherings in Midland and Reampton. Attendees include Mr and Mrs Malcolm MacDonald, Mr and Mrs Rae West, Mr and Mrs Tom Lynch, and Mr Steven Jang who recently arrived from overseas. A St Catharines resident, Mrs Ernest Jo Keep, underwent leg amputation after infant ic parsivals and now convalesces at home. A well-baby clinic served numerous children with polio shots in veriah hall. Mr and Mrs John Med celebrated 64 years of marriage. A bus tour by the Ospringings Women’s Institute visited Kitchener sites, including Peabody factory and TV studio Come Into the Kitchen.
Births and notices from Missionary to Japan and St Johns include announcements of Catherine Anne Griesy Cranston Griese baby Debra Catherine born at Guelph General February 2 and a death and funeral notices for Jimny Roberts husband of Mary Anne Butterworth with burial at Farrview cemetery after service at St Alban's church.
Norman Maxwell sells his Milton farm by public auction on Wednesday March 20 at 1 20 pm. The sale includes Holstein cows and heifers, several bred due dates, dairy equipment and farm implements, a JD tractor, Farmall, belt presses, wagons and grain gear. Terms are cash with no reserve and the proprietor has moved to town.
Mr Orth has just completed his studies at Cornell University and plans to return to Japan in the late summer.
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