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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 19, 1960
Page
16
The Financial Post reports a US firm plans to build and sell a dew reading fluorescent stickers that automatically compare grocery bills. The system would apply to items on a travelling belt at checkout counters, aiming to reduce employee workload by automating price checks.
The May Greenock Woman’s Institute meeting at Mrs. RK Eckerich’s home, led by President Mrs. C. Abbut, featured a roll call with “Something new for home, or garden.” Members discussed new garden varieties, upcoming papers, and a kitchen gadget hat for the district annual roll call. Mrs. G Wallace was named resolutions convener for the 196th year. plans for paper collection and Club Girls’ Achievement Day on May 25 at the Belwood St church were noted.
A distressed, broken OCR passage shows a departing guest ordering a staff member to check a room and pajamas. The lines include garbled names and phrases making the scene unclear and difficult to parse for a clear news event or outcome.
CCF Provincial Secretary Peg Stewart criticized Ottawa and Ontario procedures during a Halton riding association gathering at Oakville Ford Union Hall. She contrasted the calm debates at the CLC convention with the alleged heckling and “ignoble” acts in the Ontario legislature and urged MPs to adopt unions’ manners and ideals.
Ontario highway officials plan to open 25 miles of the No 401 from Newcastle to Port Hope by late June with possible opening into July if weather allows The western segment from Milton to No 4 Highway at Galt and Flesherton is expected to open by December The overall 401 project aims to complete the Windsor to Quebec span by 1963 with about 300 miles now in place and more work continuing on the Napanee Prescott section and other preliminary grading work
A family shopping trip ends with the mother delaying to return to the car as the eight year old daughter objects. The fragment shows a comic miscommunication as the mother wanders toward a new garden hobby.
Mrs Florence Peel chairlad y presided at the Zone rally in Acton on May 12 where nine Auxiliaries met the Zone BT. Zone commander Mrs W Finley of Acton was reelected for a two year term to run through w future.
Overseas delegates gathered at the OAC banquet in Liverpool on Saturday to honor Jamar Pare, Els Assocution, and Mrs Barbara Pynderr. The National Federation of Youth Farmers Clubs in England and Wales was represented by Joane Wriggles Iserthi Marshall and Halton. Grace spoke, and Padre W A Young offered prayers before a formal dinner.
A Belgian mare named Nell drives a six mile milk wagon route daily in a small town since 1946. She nimbly handles the road, delivers to customers, and attracts curious crowds as she progresses along Main Street and Osans Lane.
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