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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 16, 1961
Page
8
Notes describe snapping turtles using tongue filaments to lure fish, alligators reaching 150 pounds with powerful jaws, tarantulas and spiders relying on speed and webs, scorpions with stingers, crabs using claws and camouflage, and weapons as natural population regulators aiding predators and vegetarians alike.
Mrs Murray Scayne hosted the Daughters of Knox gathering as they reviewed a study titled Unto all the World Together with Education and Medical Supplies. The effort highlighted aid to the Vellore and Ludhiana mission fields in India with plans for April and Holy Week services.
A pleasant social evening hosted by the Acton W.L. at the Scout Hall on Friday March 3 featured 17 euchre tables. Prizes were awarded to many winners including Mrs. T. Cooke and Mrs. John Metton for ladies and Norman Price for men's high. Door prize, special draws, and numerous prize categories followed with a penny sale led by Mrs. George Fryers and Miss Marjorie Hall.
The Ontario government plans tenders for a new deaf school at Halton with a total project cost estimated between 6 and 7 million dollars. The first stage, about 2.5 million, will be tendered around May 1, with construction targeted to begin by July 1 on a 97 acre site on the Kingdon farm near Ontario Street.
A feature on Ewart Leyland of Acton Ontario detailing his experiments with three hen housing methods slatted floors concrete doors and litter and his new vermiculite block laying house. Production results show about 70 to 75 percent yield across methods with newer younger birds on slats at 70 percent and Leyland planning expansion while stressing practical labor and space considerations.
Despite showers the Acton Scottish Dance Club gathered guests from Guelph Milton and nearby areas for a Saturday evening event in the YAECA. A postdance discussion at the Wilson home outlined a Community Night in Acton Park on June 24 featuring Scottish and square dancing singing and entertainment to benefit the building fund for the new School for Retarded Children at Hornby serving Milton Georgetown and Acton.
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