Erin Township Farm Auction Of Feeder Cattle and Sows
Auction sale in Erin Township at the farm on Friday May 1 1955 features brood sows with piglets, 17 to 50 stock pigs, eight Hereford steers and multiple heifers and calves. Owner raises all animals. sale under cover if needed. cash with clerk. auctioneer WM A Gibson. Canadian Red Cross welfare workers noted in closing lines.
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York
WM. A. Gibson
Phorte
Acton Rotary Aids Crippled Children In Ontario Campaign
The Acton Rotary Club joins a provincewide effort by over 200 Ontario groups to support the Ontario Society for Crippled Children. The Easter Seal drive funds local needs and the society’s services, including surgery therapy appliances and camps. The club coordinates health liaison, transport to hospitals and camps, and runs local clinics and Christmas events while mobilizing volunteers to paint Blue Mountain camp and assist annual clinics. The drive aims for a $550,000 goal this year.
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Ontario
Ontario Society For Crippled Children
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Childre
Appoié
Blue Mountain
Geese Signals Spring As Farm Life And Markets Change
A farm diary recalls Tippy the dog dying and spring signs like early geese and a blue jay. It notes shifts in rural life from Saturday shopping to five day workweeks, farm income declines, and small town trading changes. It mentions farm auctions, population shifts, and Red Cross blood transfusion statistics in 1954.
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Tippy
Tip
Lust
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Mill Street
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DOG Food
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California
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Canada
Far East
P.S
United States
M Ildre
Rotary Club
Harold Wiles
North Bay
Sudbury
Service
R. W. Grant
Watson
Ginger Farm
Acton Pree
Gwendoline P. Clarke
Red ‘Cross
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