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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 24, 1951
Page
5
Meads show signs of promising growth after late seeding across Halton farms. Dairy producers face higher costs as quotas shrink and manufacturing milk prices rise. farmers await favorable weather to boost hay and alfalfa yields and reduce reliance on imported fodder.
A meeting at Methel United Church with Rev. David Wren of Burlington conducting service formed the Halton Presbytery, naming officers and reporting on W.M.S. progress. The Settlement Committee and local W.A. groups were noted, with concerns over affiliate status and a disapproval of a speech on gambling legalization.
In Paris last summer the author mailed brief personal postcards. A sculpture friend received a Venus de Milo image with the line Naturally I thought of you when I saw this. A postal worker added You must be quite a dame Arline as a humorous postscript.
Public auction to be held at FRANK ANAZIS farm Lot 2 con Il on Friday May 25 at 1 PM. Cattle include Reg Holstein cows and heifers in various stages, Grade and Jersey Holstein cows, bulls, bred and open, plus 12 York pigs and assorted grain, poultry equipment, tractors, and implements. Herd TB tested. cash sale with no reserve. sale by Hindley and Elliott. contact Rockwood or Milton for details.
Coral ladies from the Legion Ladlon Auxilary joined Georgetown branch members to enjoy a program in Dublin by the Trade Ay Benneh Friday evening. The guests were entertained on a variety show Acton idios reported as amusing comical and sometimes on the kerloud wide. They played bingo and time was wasted. A betit Ht ladler from Acton and 10 fr Georgetown made the trip by bug to Guelph for the evening.
Many visitors gathered in Everton over a pleasant week end. Harold Wright and wife moved to Norwich on Thursday for a padittan. Jim Fountain home from the Navy visited on Sunday. Fred Rap tle and Ontario neighbors visited with William Smith and Charles Fountain. Kingsbury and Robertson families visited Thornbury with McLeod. McCutcheon family spent time at their Thornbury cottage. The Disciple's Church of Christ plans a garden party in July. Robert Patten and Diane of Guelph visited John Alton and Bart Palframan with Hortop family.
Canadian National Railway researchers announced a new corrosion inhibitor now tested on three refrigerator cars. Early lab results show the compound arrests 78 to 95 percent of brine and water corrosion, potentially saving up to a half million dollars annually.
A sale at the Arnold Crabtree residence Queen Street Milton on Saturday evening May 26 at 8 30. The listing includes a Krochlerchesterfield with two large chairs a beige dinette suite with table four leather chairs a china cabinet a full bedroom suite a steel bed with rust proof springs and dresser and chest of drawers two small beds end tables reading lamps and lamps plant holder a Westinghouse washing machine and radio a Banner ash sifter. Most items are under 14 months old with no reserve as the owners move to Toronto. Open for inspection prior to sale. Hindley and Elliott Auctioneers.
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