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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 27, 1954
Page
11
Compact car travel advice from Carol Lanc en promotes wrinkle resistant fabrics for dress wear. Packing tips include stiffening shoulders with tissue, packing to prevent movement, placing heavy items lowest, and using a light bulb to ease wrinkles. A steam method near a hot shower is suggested to refresh garments.
At the Ontario Agricultural College convocation in Guelph last week Dr Scoffield presented Ron Hemsley with the Andrew Leslie MacNabb award for top proficiency in Veterinary Public Health. Hemsley, son of Thomas and Mrs Hemsley of Acton, will join the Dominion Department of Agriculture for the summer and pursue postgraduate work.
The YMCA closing night featured awards and displays with a 250-person audience including children. G W McKenny welcomed attendees as hymns were sung in Dutch and English by a local choir, with rhythm exercises, boxing, and club swinging demonstrations.
A rural diary notes a dry season with cracking land and fears of quakes from childhood. It chronicles farm work with John and a girl driving a tractor, horses back on the barn, and a shift to cars and tractors, while commenting on local roads, housing, community pride, and Friday versus Saturday commerce.
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