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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

May 29, 1952

Page

5

Acton Softball Club Drops First Loss In Week Of Play

Acton Men suffer first defeat at the hands of Eden Mills 5 to 3 in a twilight tilt. Slug Allen shines for Acton, while Eden Mills pitcher allows eight hits. Eden Mills, Acton, and the Aggies vie for league leadership as crowd observes a tight, late-inning finish. In a separate nine-inning win, Acton overwhelms Everton 18 to 7 led by Dude Lindsay on the mound.

Acton Eden Mills Allen Locsiz Eden Mis Rockwood Everton Gaeton Ag Agric Guelph Haymakers Aggies Eden Allan Coxe Hen Baylies Ben Stewart Hillers Dude” Lindsay B. A D. Rachlin W. H. Storey Canada Glove Works Buckskin Academy Storey James Moore W. H

Acton Softball Shows Promise in Eramosa Circuit

Acton entered in the Eramosa district softball league and despite a 5 3 loss to Eden Mills, the club appears a strong contender after two convincing early wins. Oakville and Fergus areas fielded strong showings in lacrosse and baseball as Minor Sports Club plans bantam and midget teams in the OBA with a town league to boost local youth participation. The Be at Bits column notes the girls softball schedule is published this week alongside the men s schedule and a practice incident involving Walt Alexander required hospital x rays but resulted in no serious injury.

Eden Milla Acton Eramosa Naa Eden Mills Cslamn Moesday Oakville O.B.A Walt Alexander Norval Guelph Malton Red Caps Halton County Baseball Association Port Credit «21 Campbellville

Household tips and recipes from an old Homemakers column

This excerpt offers cleaning advice using vacuum cleaners and polishers then moves to practical kitchen recipes. It covers maintenance steps for bagless vacuums, attachment use, and safe handling, followed by fried smelts, frog legs, and a rice meat loaf recipe with measurements and cooking times.

J. K Mr. T

Acton High School Honors Red Team With Festive Party

Acton High School students hosted a Friday night party on May 23 to celebrate the Red team. The event featured a millionaires picnic, bingo, darts, dancing, and prizegivings, with moving pictures of field and inter-school meets shown.

Acton High School Mr. Heron Porgy Oakes Miss Harris Georgetown Milton Don Dawkins Bill McHugh O.A.C Dave McVey Mr. Heran Dave Cook Ted Footitt

Campbellville Intermediate loses opener at Waterdown 6 1

Campbellville Intermediate hardball team fell 6 1 at Waterdown last night. Bill Cairns scored Campbellville’s lone run as Stan Henderson pitched and Bob McPhail caught. Next game is Saturday at Campbellville Athletic Grounds against Port Credit at 3 p.m.

Campbellvlle Waterdown Bill Cairns Stan Henderson Bob McPhail Campbellville Athetic Grounds Port Credit

Protein and Popcorn Boosting Theatre Business

The Financial Post notes popcorn is a high protein food with strong market pull. Popcorn is a $360 million annual US industry, with theatres in Canada increasing sales from 10 to 40 bushels per week and some theatres earning as much as 3200 dollars weekly from popcorn alone.

Financial Post Syd Spiegel James Johnston Post Toronto Canada

Acton Ladies Fall 8 3 to Oakville in Home Loss

Acton fell to Oakville 8 3 at home on Monday night marking their second straight defeat. Oakville powered the win with big first and third innings while Acton managed 10 hits led by May Spires who homered. Ivy Ritchie pitched for Acton allowing 10 hits.

Acton Ladies Oakville May Spires Acton Ivy Ritchie Willa Hewitt

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