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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Nov 08, 1956

Page

8

Rockwood Pot Holes Draw Tourists and Historians

The Rockwood village near Guelph Ontario is famed for unique glacial potholes studied by geologists. Locals preserve the site amid land ownership by Gypsum Lime and Alabastine Co. of Paris with a 99 year lease. advocates seek provincial park status and broader conservation.

Ontario Rockwood Village Guelph Eramosa Rockwood F. F. Marwick Ontario Agriculture College Penton Ottawa Wisconsin United States Devil's Well Europe Rockwood Academy Prof. Morwick Gypsum Lime and Alabastine Co Paris Ont Grand Valley Conservation “Authority Everton Village Eden Mills

Autumn Fishing Rivals Hunting On Small Lakes

In Edmonton area lakes the Alberta fish and game department reports strong autumn angling as stocked rainbow trout flourish in small prairie lakes like Muir Lake. Fishermen consistently reach 11 inch limits. stocked fish are "put and take" with cycles of netting and restocking every three years to sustain fishing.

Ernest Benham Eramosa Toronto Hamilton Grand Valley Conservation | Authority Rockwood A. P. Coleman Edmonton Edmon District Alberta Fish and Game Department Muir Lake Fisheries Department Alberta

Churchill Bridge Reroute Near Ralph Denny Farm

The new cement bridge on the fourth line near Ralph Denny's farm is completed but not open to traffic. The creek must be rerouted and the old bridge torn out to prevent flood water from washing out the road.

Ralph Denny Austin Young Young Robert Ware Acton Archie Kerr Robert Agnew- of Brantford Flint Michigan Elwood Harris Rockwood Mary Agnew Toronto William Bell Waterloo Robert Warne Alvin Fisher Erin R. Denny Robert Brampton G. Aldham Evert Denny Harold Swackhamer Nadine Swackhamer Art Swackhamer Les Swackhamer E. Freeman A. Skeech C. S. Denny Guelph

Costly Break-In In Chilliwack Fire Destruction

A $100000 blaze leveled a building supply company structure in Chilliwack British Columbia. RCMP reported the fire may have been caused by an acetylene torch wielded by safe crackers.

Chilliwack B.C Saffecrackers R.C.M.P

Milk for Canadian schoolchildren sparks forum support

The 1956-57 National Farm Radio Forum opened October 29 with Halton county groups backing a milk program for all schoolchildren. Debates covered delivery by local dairies, refrigeration needs, and possible government funding with partial fees by parents or boards. Some groups proposed using June money to advertise milk and improve child health. A peculiar multi-headed potato story from Medicine Hat ends the item.

National Farm Radio Forum Halton Canada

Home Maintenance Sux 77 Mi St

Local catalog itemization advertises electrical appliances building accessories and miscellaneous home equipment. The notice promotes high quality products and claims significantly lower prices.

Support Amid Africa Work Emphasized by Presby Rally

Halton Presbyterial held a sectional rally at Ballinafad United Church on October 30 with Melville Woman's Missionary Society hosting. Edith Choerke, missionary to Angale Africa, spoke on sustaining prayer and reading God's Word as Africa faces educational and worker shortages, urging backing and prayers for young Africans and local workers.

Halton Milton Foster Ion Shore Church Ashgrove Pryce

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