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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 28, 1953
Page
2
Halton Rural Softball League lists 1953 schedule with eight teams and multiple May to July games. The article also notes federal government spending this year will be 9 percent below the 1943-44 war peak.
A writer reflects on Coronation optimism versus recent tornadoes in Sarnia and London districts and a damaging Ontario storm. Hailstones near Lowville described as golf ball size, with widespread rain causing flooded cellars and swamped farmland while pastures remain strong.
R. G. Simpkin will represent the Acton Free Press and other Ontario papers in the Coronation coverage. He sails from Montreal on May 18 to deliver first hand reports from Britain for weeklies back home. This is his second overseas trip, his first since war service, and he has worked 25 years as a reporter focused on the rural scene.
The writer notes a chorus of birds before a coming storm with many species singing, wonders about robin silence, and observes hummingbirds by the japonica bush. They describe garden chores removing snowberry roots and reflect on lessons learned about spreading plants.
Knox Evening Auxiliary members visited the home of Mrs. Wilmer Watkin for a meeting presided by President Mrs. A. K. Mann. Miss Emma Cole and Mrs. John Davidson presented the education story and a vocal solo was performed. A talk by Mrs. H. Main prize summarized Synodical meeting gleanings. A delicious lunch followed. a vote of thanks closed the gathering.
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