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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Mar 19, 1953

Page

5

Acton Cambridge Area Notes Hospital and Visit Highlights

Local residents report patients in Galt General Hospital and Toronto General Hospital. Families and friends, including Miss Mary Chalmers and Mr. Jimmie Crockett, visited Acton and Georgetown on weekends. A motor trip to Florida ended for Elliott, while Hawthorne remains in Guelph General Hospital for wrist treatment. Mrs. Lambert mourns her sister’s death in Guelph.

Jimmie Crockett Baby Paul Toronto Johnstons William Coon Ajax Engineering Kansas City Ernie Lawson Guelph General Hospital Acton Howard Lambert Thomas Lambert St. Joseph’s Hospital, Guelph R. Elliott C. G. Elliott E. Hawthorne

Heart disease deaths in Canada top the annual toll

The Canadian Heart Association notes heart and blood vessel diseases now account for about 50 000 deaths per year in Canada. They affect nearly half of those over 50 and kill three times as many as cancer and eight times as tuberculosis. Also tips on getting unstuck from mud note using second gear and careful tire pressure.

Canadian Heart Association Canada

When Polio Strikes at Home Do What Doctors Advise

Doctors say poliomyelitis should be treated in hospital with good medical care to prevent or correct deformities. Some may become permanently paralyzed. Do not trust promises of cures for these cases.

Clearing Auction Sale of Farm Stock and Implements

A public auction at the Trafalgar area farm located 4 miles west on No 5 Highway will sell farm stock implements hay grain and furniture. Items include horses harness cattle poultry oats seeds hay farm tools dairy equipment and household goods. Auctioneers Geo Currie. Clerk b-37-2.

Co. F. Ford Trafalgar Durham M.H Harrow Chatham Beatty Williams Nsw Hindley Elliott Geo Currie

Prevalent AScolds Canadian mental health report

The Canadian Mental Health Association reports that poor mental health is the top health and welfare issue in Canada. It notes extreme mental illness ties to about 60 000 hospital beds, with nervous disorders being five times as common as these extreme cases and as widespread as the common cold.

The Canadian Mental Health Association Canada

Canadians benefit from Red Cross blood plasma transfusions

Since the war 441000 Canadians have received free transfusions of whole blood plasma from the Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service.

Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service

Panthers Claim Leads in Floor Hockey Standings

Emmerson Baxter leads the current scoring race as Panthers top the standings. Team notes show Rockets and Wildcats in pursuit with Derren and Marvel among the top point getters. Bets on weekly totals highlight Cox, Bowen, and Jones contributing for their squads.

Emmerson Baxter Rocketa Dopkey Dem Nithern Thed Derren Teat Gallon Con Tay Marvel Martithern Tigers Gurrera Wildeatn Rockets Inp Bitneraon Taxter Hab Coxe Winyre Hidiey Donsht Wilda Bol Wokiman Ele ‘Thovnrinaay Leslie Jones Peter Lawnen Wayne Cunley Cary Daw Kinin Mtlal Jackie Mater Flrat Gary Dawklin Rockets Ken Helfer

Coventry Cathedral Files Big Window Commission

The Coventry Cathedral Reconstruction Committee selects the Royal College of Art to design ten large nave windows 70 feet high to replace wartime losses. The windows will depict Emats journey through fire amid a major postwar rebuilding effort. The Canadian Red Cross Society sent Greece 206 015 hundred-weight bags of four milled wheat donated by the government last year.

Coventry Cathedral Royal College of Art Emat Ian Greece Canadian Red Cross Society

Concert To Aid Flood Victims Plans Outline Fund Closure

The Acton Flood Relief Fund announces closure on March 21. A benefit concert is planned with proceeds aiding flood victims. The event will take place at the Story Theatre on Sunday March 20 featuring a band lineup.

Acton Comparites Moudwhiel Story Theatre Band Mile Nolulata

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