Rural Softball Schedule for Halton League 1956
The Halton Rural Softball League lists the 1956 schedule with teams from Trafalgar Tansley Palermo Omagh Hornby Milton Heights Haltonville and Lowville. Dates from May 29 to July 13 feature two to four games weekly with matchups like Trafalgar vs Tansley Palermo vs Omagh Hornby vs Milton Heights and Haltonville vs Lowville.
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Halton Rural
Trafalgar
Tansley
Palermo
Omagh
Hornby
Milton Heights
Haltonville
Lowville
Milton
Trafaalgar
Omagth
Halton 4-H Grain and Holstein Club Meetings Report
The Halton 4-H grain club met at the Milton agricultural office with 13 in attendance as Art Bennett led a rusts and smuts discussion and screened three films. In Oakville, the Holstein calf club judged dairy cow show qualities with 50 members participating and George Drennan officiating alongside slide talks by Jean Powell. Doreen Sinclair won the calf halter, while Sandy Barnes took best in the over-16 class.
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Halton
Agricultural Office
Milton
Art Bennett
Hays Sales
Oakville
George Drennan
George Clemens
Holstein-Friesian Association of Canada
Jean Powell
Europe
Doreen Sinclair
Ross Segsworth
Sandy Barnes
Walter Royce
Tractors Roll as Sun Shines in Halton Farms
Tractors rolled across Halton on Thursday boosting spirits as pastures emerge for the first time this season. Farmers report hay costs high at 20 to 24 dollars per ton while 3342 shippers send 45 to 51 million pounds of milk monthly to Toronto, underscoring pressure to cut costs.
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Halton
Toronto
Halton Milk Producers Hear Speakers at Stewarttown
Halton County dairy leaders heard talks on world affairs and local policy at Stewarttown with F A Gattinger noting progress since the League of Nations era and William Wilmot outlining pressures from cheese and condensary shippers in Toronto. The discussion also covered base setting changes for 1956 and reactions from Toronto Association members.
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Halton County
Stewarttown
F. A. Gattinger
Halton
Gattinger
University of Saskatchewan
Ontario Veterinary College
United Nations
League of Nations
Toronto
William Wilmot
Toronto Milk Producers’ Association
Wilmot
Ontario
Willian Howles
Toronto Association
Ontario Whole Milk League
F. O. Hunter
Toronto Board
George Pelletterio
Halton Association
Halton Junior Farmers Field Day Highlights Local Contests
About 200 members attended the Halton Junior Farmers field day at Lowville Community Park on May 19 with events in softball volleyball and tug of war led by president Jean Peterson. Palermo won boys softball Milton club won girls softball Milton Odette dominated tug of war and Milton clubs topped girls volleyball and boys horseshoe pitching. A church service followed at Knox Presbyterian Milton with speaker Miss Lucy Tisdale of Elgin County and the Halton Juniors choir performing.
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Lowville
Halton
Jean Peterson
Palermo
Milton Club
Milton Odette
Acton
Norval
Hatton
All Stars
Western Ontario
Ontario Agricultural College
Hatton Juniors
Waterloo
Knox Presbyterian Church
Milton
E. Orsaborn
Lucy Tisdale
Elgin County
Toronto
Miss Tisdale
Jean Petersen
Earl Wilson
Wilma Sinclair
Agricultural Limestone Subsidy Policy Expanded in 1956
The Agricultural Limestone Subsidy Policy was revised to take effect May 1 1956 increasing financial aid for limestone movement by rail and truck. Truck rates rise to four cents per ton per mile up to a maximum of 1.50 per ton. Limestone prices at the quarry for Halton farmers remain 1.50 per ton. Soils below pH 6 remain economical to buy. Soil test orders and guidance are available from the Agricultural Office in Milton.
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Halton
Milton
Cattlemen's Day Canceled At Ontario College
Cattlemen's Day at the Ontario Agricultural College Guelph is canceled for 1956 due to a backward season. The event was set for Saturday June 2 but farm work keeps operators at home. Breed days proceed the following week with Guernseys Jerseys and Holsteins. Farm and Home Week runs June 12 to 15 at the hill near Guelph.
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Halton
Guernseys
Jerseys
O.A.C
Guelph
Obituary of Eleanor J Pattison widow of Harry Chambers
Eleanor J Pattison 70 died May 21 at her Kitchener home. Born in Fergus she leaves sons George and Bruce both in Kitchener daughters Irene Batterman Chesley and Pearl Kitchener. Also survives three brothers Leslie Anson Russell and two sisters Lydia Nelles and Mrs Ernest Place. Funeral May 24 at Trinity Memorial Chapel with burial in Rockwood Cemetery led by Rev. O P Hessie.
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Kitchener
Eleanor J. Pattison
Harry Chambers
Fergus
George
Bruce
Fred Batterman
Irene
Chesley
Pearl
Leslie
Goldstone
Anson
Russell
Welland
Lydia Nelles
Toronto
Ernest Place
Guelph
Former Actonian Dies After Street Car Accident in Toronto
Mrs. George Lawson formerly Jennie McPhail, raised in Acton and once employed by Storey’s glove shop, died in Toronto hours after being struck by a street car on May 1. She was 82 and lived with her sister Miss Margaret McPhail. funeral service held May 19.
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Toronto
George Lawson
Jennie McPhail
Acton
Storey
Non-Residents Dump Waste at Rockwood Site
Clifford Meadows announces action after unauthorized dumping of frozen meat and fowl from an Etorn address and stale food from an Acton firm at Rockwood garbage area. Wellington County Health Unit will enforce the law to prevent further infractions.
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Acton
Rockwood
Clifford Meadows
Wellington County Health Unit
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Rockwood Cemetery
Trinity Memorial
O. P. Hessie
Georgetown
Georgetown Rotary Club
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