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Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Mar 22, 1951

Page

6

Night School Open House Funds Detailed for Milton Farm News

The Night School Open House at Milton High School drew questions about progress and cost. An audited treasurer's statement shows receipts of 848 dollars from 3.60 per student or 2.00 per student for families, with 577.19 dollars spent on hall rental sewing machines staffing travel care and other expenses. The balance will fund next winter's classes with support from the Ontario Department of Agriculture Education and Women’s Institute branches.

Bilton Lssue Milton Thore

Rural Teachers Salaries Discussed At Farm Forum

In March education week sessions in Farm Forum across Canada debated rural teacher salaries and leadership roles. Members favored equal salary scales for rural and urban teachers, with some urging higher rural pay to account for extra duties and to attract qualified staff.

Farm Forum Canada Halton Forum Ruars Lere

Government Boost To Mental Ills Plan

Health Minister Dre MacKinnon Phillips announced a provincial mental health plan focused on prevention and community level services. The effort aims to reduce hospital care with education, diagnosis, and treatment at the local level, and expansion includes a new 2400-bed mental hospital at Smiths Falls to relieve strain on other facilities.

MacKinnon— Phillips Phillips Ontario Illips Smith's Falls

Auction Sale At Haltonville Nassaga Twp March 24

The undersigned instruct MES UKING to sell by public auction at Haltonville Nassaga Twp on Saturday March 24 at 2 oclock. Items include bed dresser wash stand kitchen table chairs sideboard dining room suite and other household goods. Real estate, one third acre with T roomed stone house garage and garden, offered subject to reserve. Possession April 1. Cash with clerk day of sale. no reserve on real estate as proprietress moves to Toronto. Hindley and Elliott, Auctioneers. B-36-2 u McMillan clerk. Oldest rocks in the world are found in a belt through northern Quebec Ontario and Manitoba.

Haltonville Nassaga Wweya Toronto Hindley and Elliott

The Adair basement mess house description

The Adair features a gravel sill floor slab with heating plants and laundry in the utility room and a large storage cabinet. A modern kitchen with U shaped cabinets and dining area connects to the front vestibule and utility room. Ample storage, two wardrobe spaces, coat closet, linen cabinet, and hall storage are described. Frame walls, concrete block alteration potential, wide eaved hip roof with asphalt shingles. Overall 38 by 35 feet, floor area 684 square feet with ceiling height 17.5 feet.

Pigeon Racing Plans Foresee Busy Season and Local Ventures

Oakville Pigeon Racing Association president predicts busy season with 19 races lined up ending in Decantur Illinois. Georgetown Legionnaires eye spring tournament while Burlington Optimists host a kid friendly party with a hockey themed double feature. In Ontario two Georgetown women plan Kirk Kraft Products converting Mount Pleasant Church into a craft studio and shop with a tea room beginning remodeling in spring.

Oakville Trafalgar Journal Oakville Pigeon Racing Association U.S.A Georgetown Legionnaires Burlington Burlington Gazette Georgetown Herald Ontario Georgetown Mount Pleasant Brampton Norval D. R. McLaughlin M. H. Moyer Moyer Georgetown Arts and Crafts Club Kirk Kraft Products

Ontario Hotels Plan Grading for Visitor Services

Ontario officials urge a hotel classification system to improve room quality dining and service ahead of 1952. Minister Louis P Cecile says the plan uses advisory guidance not compulsion and leans on model operators to uplift weaker ones. Deputy Tom McCall notes visitors cite coffee quality as a concern and urges branded Canadian themes and better local hospitality.

Ontario Louis P. Cecile Ontario Hotel Association Toronto Cecile Tom McCall McCall Canada

Canadian Salaries and Wages Across Years

In 1042 governments in Canada paid out $427 million in salaries and wages. In 1049 the total rose to $878 million.

Canada

Peculiar Speech Helps Laryngectomees Communicate

Otolaryngologists describe a method named Itchemy for patients without vocal cords to speak. It uses forceful burps shaped into words, aiming for intelligible speech though seen as inappropriate in formal settings. officials in Canada and Ottawa may study its use for development aid programs.

Public Auction of Household Furniture at Victoria Street Milton

Auctioneer Hindley and Elliott offers a home sale at 1:90 PM on Saturday April 1 listing mahogany settee high end sofa dining room tables chairs beds sewing machines and assorted items. Proceeds go to the proprietress who has sold her home with cash settlement due day of sale.

Road talk on taxes and school spending from a rural drive

A writer recalls a farm visit with an old foreman discussing taxes. A school bus and gymnasium are cited as modern burdens, contrasting past childhood walks with today’s rising costs. The anecdote mirrors concerns about public spending.

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