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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 22, 1946
Page
14
Local residents and friends from Kitchener Hamilton Toronto Georgetown Limehouse Guelph Acton share weekend visits and trips. Notables include JH Emith Laure Reid Hannah Wallace Cedric Crea and Frances Lamb among others. A discharged bandmaster RoW Perrot called on friends after military service.
Mr and Mrs Dan Campbell announce the engagement of daughter Rhoda Florence French to William Cashmere McCluskey of Smithville with a June wedding at Ballinafad Church. Mr and Mrs Ken McKinnon announce daughter Audrey Lorraine to Kenneth Elmer Maude of Rockwood with a June wedding. Mr and Mrs WH Robinson announce younger daughter Dorothea Beryl to Gordon Hugh McAninch of Guelph with a June 3 p.m. wedding at Barrie Hill United Church.
Friends learned of Arthur May's death after an accident. The funeral at Heth el Presbyterian Church Price's Corner drew a large crowd. Sympathies flood to his widow three children aged father and four brothers. Nearby, Jack Depes Fort visited Jas Nevills family and attended Arthur May's funeral. Also noted: Myrna Gregson's seventh birthday with thirty two playmates. Mr. Mark Dearing and Mrs. Henry Scott visited relatives, while the Balls left for Los Angeles with J Stanley Deacing. Lloyd Millard hospitalized at Guelph General with hand infection showing improvement. Henderson convalescent home in Hillaburg referenced.
A dog and owner frequent a Yorktown cafe daily. The dog gnaws dropped chewing gum beneath a table while the master drinks coffee. The scene illustrates a humorous clash with plastic gum in a canine setting.
The Sunday service program lists morning worship at 11 am with Christ's Necessity and evening worship at 7 pm. Neil Miller of Whampton will preach Sunday afternoon and lead a praise and witness service for the Presbyterian Advance for Christ and Peace Thankoffering drive.
Mrs. Bernard Tennant and her son Bernard Roger joined Mr. Tennant in Georgetown after crossing from England last week. Entertainers led by J H Lillico staged a charity Variety Show for hospital patients on Christie Street May 7. Dr Mutchmore of the United Church Board met the Cedarvale farms group and signaled support for a price of 550 per acre, higher than the council’s prior offer. A Monday meeting approved offering 550 per acre for from BK ton 1 acres with all members voting yes except Dr. Goodlet. Town survey preparations urged for fan installation.
Halton Junior Farmers and Junior Homemakers host a Saturday event at Milton Town Hall featuring livestock judging by 10 classes under Agric. Rep. J. E. Whitelock. Exhibits, demonstrations, and prize announcements cap a day that includes trips to Niagara Falls New York State and a Chicago Internat ional 4 H Club Congress.
Cairo reports Egypt will develop two hydroelectric schemes to raise national power output toward half of Boulder Dam and triple electricity for 18 million people. Projects include an Aswan dam station and a 160 mile Mediterranean to Quatra canal tunnel creating a large lake, operated by evaporation to keep depth. Dr Abdul Aziz Ahmed Bey says gains will spur industrial growth and pave peace through higher living standards.
The cooperative union advances construction of a quick freezing and holding plant for the 1946 fruit season. The facility will freeze 75 barrels daily and hold 1,500 barrels in storage. The system is designed to process up to 20,000 pounds of fruit per day.
Summary of a Halton County education report proposing three new high school districts Oakville Trafalgar Burton Nelson and Northern Halton to expand rural access. It notes transportation gaps for rural pupils and argues provincial grants may offset local costs with improved programs and student equity. Around three boards will discuss, with no obligation to adopt.
A Pretoria Juvenile Affairs Board plan would apprentice 16 to 18 year old boys to farming. If adopted, the program would be run with labor and agriculture departments plus the Transvaal Agricultural Union, aiming to train skilled farmer foremen after a two year apprenticeship with college courses.
In Jharera near New Delhi curious farmers seek to learn why Army farm yields barley at twice their own. Rajputana Rifles soldiers credit seed wisely used and manure fertilizer baked into discs. Ten months ago the Raj Rif 16 acre farm was barren. now it runs a nine week agriculture course and experiments with wheat and fodder.
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