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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 09, 1950
Page
6
The Drake is a compact 32 by 28 foot frame house with central hall access to all rooms and generous wardrobe space. An expansion attic can add two bedrooms or a large dormitory room. It includes insulated exterior walls and an asphalt shingle roof with a full basement. For details contact the Small House Planning Bureau in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Halton Junior Farmers will host a judging contest at Milton Town Hall on Saturday March 7 with registration at 9 am. The event aligns with the Haltan Seed Fair and Bacon Show, offering cash prizes and classes for cereal grains and small seeds, plus training in hog carcases and forage plant identification.
The Financial Past notes a British brick stacker that lifts three thousand bricks per hour to a scaffold. It uses a steel box with a steel lattice jib attached to a mechanical shovel to load and unload bricks concrete blocks tiles and timber. Visas for visiting Canadians will be abolished in France.
W. W Scott of Central Mortgage and Housing Corp said a sale offer will be made within two months to tenants living in wartime houses built under NASA. Homes on Normandy Drive MacDonald Avenue Stewart and Kerr Street have 4 5 and 6 rooms and rent from 22 dollars per month. The Appleby Boys Choir won two Kiwanis Festival awards again in the Boys Private School section. Fred Williams of the Trafalgar Arms praises his daughter Joy Williams dancing with Ballets de Paris in Toronto as the only American dancer.
The Bank of Canada compares 663 firms over ten years to 1948 showing rising operating profits but modestly higher dividends. The public benefits most from profits through taxes and reinvestment, while investors receive a smaller share. workers and community gain three times the investor share.
About 15 million gallons of water per day are consumed in the nylon manufacturing process at a Kingston Ontario plant, highlighting the scale of industrial water use in the facility.
An Ottawa River diversion near Mattawa Ontario used 12 tons of dynamite to redirect water and complete a province hydro project. The piece credits Alfred Nobel with pioneering blasting methods and argues explosives drive Canada's development through power and resource expansion.
In Parliament estimates a $50 000 appropriation for Burlington post office addition and alterations to handle increased business and rural delivery. Miss Alms Witman named Secretary Treasurer of the Hydro Electric Commission. Miss Wilson resigns from the Aree Board to take the post next Monday. Ale? Sielson placed in charge of stock control. Burlington Junior Boys and Girls Band placed third at Kiwanis Musical Festival in Toronto. Last Gazette.
Members of the Lack Council of Women toured Mexico and South America at their meeting last Tuesday with Mrs Paul Beer as guest speaker. Her talk included slides, native habits, architecture, government buildings, universities, native pottery, gardens, and an overview of the trip.
Public auction notice from Hindley and Elliott for Ga. M. Nott sale at Acton farm on No 7 Highway. Items include Percheron horses, cows, calves, hogs, poultry, hay grain potatoes tractors implements furniture and dairy equipment. Cash settlement day of sale with no reserve as farm winds down. Funeral notice for Margaret Justin follows. Canada wage records note historic earnings.
In 1049 Canada produced a record 8404 tons per day of ingots surpassing previous outputs. The surge reflects industrial capacity expansion and higher demand for metal commodities in that period.
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