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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 13, 1948
Page
10
The Bank of Montreal promotes travellers cheques for safe travel funds. Sign each cheque at purchase and cashing to ensure identification. Cheques are available at all eight branches at low cost, with William Clayton recommending a letter of credit for larger sums.
The writer laments continuous rain and its impact on seeding while praising young couples entering farming. They contrast aging farmers with newcomers, noting the shift from rural to town life, and urge support for young farmers whose initiative could bring a new look to agriculture despite challenges. Production of television sets is noted as decelerating.
Wrightingale sells farm implements and live stock at public auction on No 7 Highway south of Rockwood. Items include several tractors and hoes, a cream separator, wagons, tools, 30 bushels of oats, hayrack, and 10 Suffolk ewes with lambs, 9 oxen with lambs, plus geese and geese eggs. Terms are cash with no reserve as owners move to Acton. Auctioneers B Hindley and Elliott. clerk Fred Reptile.
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