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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 15, 1956
Page
11
A reminiscence from Ginger Farm recounts historic baking joys and farm practices. The narrator recalls making yeast buns, butter, soap, and porridge, plus shifts from home production to store bought goods, and reflects on weather, transport, and farm work over decades.
Gordon Leaver of Oakville was elected president of the Halton Liberal Association at its annual meeting in Milton Town Hall. Frank Petch steps down. Vice-presidents named are Peter Watters and Lorne Bird. Ken Dick is treasurer. Edwin Harrop presided. delegates chosen for the Ontario Liberal convention in Toronto in April. Russell Reinke spoke. About 75 attended.
Halton county will not host an organized fox hunt to curb rabies spread. Game Warden Dudley Hitchcox notes no decision on free vaccine yet. Dr. D. F. Damude says clinics will not start without clear rabies indication and usually cover a 10 mile radius. Hunters may use ground hog licenses to hunt foxes, but a thinning drive is deemed unnecessary.
Fred Churchill of Kirkland Lake Ontario at 72 designed and built his own wooden cabin on a chosen site. He cleared rocks, dug the foundation, and completed the home this year after a life as blacksmith, farmer, locomotive engineer, carpenter and undertaker. About 3,000,000,000 in Canada are produced in tickets and price tags annually.
Department of Education approves in principle a new separate school in Bronte. J. W. Stothers says formalities remain with the department. Size and architect not yet decided. construction to start soon to be ready by September 1.
Sunday afternoon 14 photography hobbyists met in Mit ton town hall to form a camera club. Ron Rupert chaired and outlined club aims in black and white color photography subject matter developing and printing. A committee of Rupert and Roy Brownridge will run the club until the next meeting and to nominate officers. Earl Mangraw will start lectures on camera fundamentals with guest instructors planned later and a darkroom is hoped for in the future.
Nearly 1,000 Canadian house wives and business women join the Canadian Red Cross Corps. Trained nurses volunteer to teach home nursing courses to women nationwide.
Dr. E. G. Faludi of Town Planning Consultants forecasts Georgetown to reach 25 000 residents in 20 years. His zoning proposal maps divide the town into residential, industrial, commercial and park districts and include plans for a hospital, more schools, utilities and central parking.
Canadian volunteers and meteorologists monitor 1450 weather posts from Tuktoyaktuk to Summerside. They check instruments daily and file monthly reports on temperature snowfall rainfall and conditions for national defence agriculture industry and the public.
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