16 Mar 1950
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 16, 1950
Page
1
A survey from the Bureau of Sta shows November shipments of prepared livestock and poultry feeds increased by about 60 000 hundredweight from October. The November total represents roughly 8 3 percent of the volume, at 2 483 011 hundredweight.
A British firm mass produces plastic chopsticks to imitate ivory picks used by the wealthy. The new forks will replace unsanitary bamboo sticks, providing a cleaner option for the poor.
A junior hockey note warns the Redmen trail 2-0 in a best of five with Miverton Lions after two overtime losses. The coach urges calm and belief, cites past comebacks, and stresses full effort in the remaining game to force a comeback.
Dr Harvey Medory reports a fourth diagnostic possibility for bluish skin in newborns tied to well water nitrate in artificial feeds. The condition, termed well water methemoglobinemia, causes chocolate colored blood and requires boiling beware. Prompt water source substitution within 24 hours is essential for affected infants under two months.
Ottawa experts note US report of a vitamin capsule to start a motor in 40 below weather in 10 seconds. The device, smaller than a hen’s egg, releases an ethyl ether mix into the manifold. Canadian tests over 30 or 40 years show cold start challenges center on lubrication and engine block heating amid persistent subzero temps.
Sunday School lesson explains Paul’s example of faith obedience and endurance. It cites Acts 26 19 23 Romans 5 8 and Hebrews 12 1 2 to show justification by faith, peace with God, and perseverance through trials. The text urges believers to lay aside weights, endure the cross, and look to Jesus as example and goal.
An essay extols newspapers as daily tutors. It argues regular readers gain practical understanding from printed words, citing Rogers as an example. A subscription is praised as a path to education and informed citizenship.
Auctioneers Hindley and Eliot offer sale of horses cattle hogs poultry feed grain electrical equipment farm implements furniture and more from Walter Harbottle at Lot 6 Con 2 Nelson Township two miles east of Kilbride on Friday March 24 at 1 PM. No reserve as the seller has moved.
The Municipal Council of Acton Ontario will hold a Court of Revision in the Council Chamber on March 20 at 7:30. Persons with appeals against Supplemental Assessment No 2 for the 1950 town is to file notices by March 20 at 5 pm. Dated March 6, 1960.
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