Ontario farmer future hope voiced at Halton Plowing Match
G. Greg Bennett Director of Extension for Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food spoke to nearly 200 attendees at the Halton County Plowing Match on Saturday evening, offering an optimistic view of farming’s future in Canada.
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G. Greg Bennett
The
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Canada
Halton
Vineland
Jack Taylor
Ed Segsworth
Roy Coulter
Rosemary Booth
Halton County
Rosemary
Diane May
Halton County Plowing Match draws big field in Oakville
The Halton County Plowing Match drew sixty entries the largest since 1955 despite 50 degree winds and rock hard ground. Judges praised the close class three contest and noted strong performances from Lloyd May Stan May and John Wilson among others with prizes sponsored by major banks and companies.
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Halton County
Win
York County
Bob Timbers
T. J. Brownridge
Georgetown
Lloyd May
R.R
Milton
Stan May
Hornby
Donald Dunkeld
Claremont
Doug Reid
Brampton
Kenneth A. Brown
Young St. S
Richmond Hill
Bob Armstrong
Ross Kennedy
Little Britain
Ken Howden
John Wilson
Norval
George E. Dixon
Bert Robertson
Acton
Roy Craig
Mono Road
Keith Leslie
Lee Wilkinson
Alex McKinney
Bill Speck
Richard Dunnett
Galt
Bob Brander
Malton
H. Brander
Elgin Jamieson
Varley Pickering
Oakville
Toronto - Dominion Bank
Burlington
John Breckon
Janet Taylor
Appleby Line
Eaton's of Canada Junior
Bennett
Jean
Jack Taylor
Cameron Marshall
H. H. Hinton
Halton County Plowmen’s Association
Geoffrey Drew -Brook
Herbert Merry
Tom Brownridge
L. L. Skuce
Win ‘Timbers
Henry Stanley
Halton ‘County Plowmen’s Association
J. G Cunningham
George Readhead
Thomas Howden
Jack Marchment
George Swann
Frank Peacock
Diane May
Halton
Spencer Wilson
James Reid
Peacock
North
First Acton hosts Halton Advisory Board meeting
The Halton County Advisory Board to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind will hold its annual meeting at Trinity United Church Acton on November 14. Guest speaker John A. MacDonald from the public relations department will discuss the eye bank progress. This marks the first Acton venue for the annual gathering. An Ontario Safety League epitaph notes a driver killed in a collision with the line He passed on, passing on a hill.
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Halton County
Canadian National Institute For the Blind
Trinity United Church
Acton
John A. MacDonald
Eye Bank
Ontario Safety League
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Art Bennett
Bert Davidson
Centre
Allan Brownridge
George Brownridge
Leonard Thompson
Mr. Davidson
Acton Free Press
Don Cation
Bryan Marshall
John Devins
Larry Picket
Royal Bank of Canada
H. R. Jarvis
Agincourt
Dwight May
Cecil Shoemaker
Elmira
Ron Goettling
Kitchener
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Ray Harrison
Irvine
Harley Pickering
H. Bander
Robert—Brander
Ron Guettling
May Bros
Donald E. Kennedy
Ontario School For Deaf
Roy Livingston
Sherwood
Hume
Rick Rowan
Ledwith Food Market Ltd
Mike Ledwith
Bob McEnery
George Brown
Ridge
Streetsville
Bill Alexander
Ernest Alexander
Esso
Imperial Oil Limited
Gus Mowbray
International Harvester Company
International Harvester Co. of Canada Limited
Hamilton
Ont
Lyle Dales
Bank of Nova Scotia
Mr. Hodge
Mr. Howden
George E. Elliott
Agricultural Extension
Ben- Ret
G. E. Eliot
Rayner Bros
L. A. Duby
Mayor
Main ST. N
P.A
Town of Acton Municipal Office
Y.M.C.A
McGeachie
CMLB
Robt. R. Hamilton
Optometrist
Mountain View S
Legion
Acton Legion
Knox Presbyterian Church
Haltonville
Nassagawega Presbyterian Church
Rockwood
Rockwood United Church
Moffat
Ramilton
Maytag
Westinghouse
THOR
Inglis
Simplicity
United Gas
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