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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 13, 1955
Page
4
Readers of Least of all Saints and Billy Graham campaign stories may enjoy this novel about Andrew Connington and his wife. The minister faces many problems and his solutions are inspirational, with local library debates and noted regional farming expansion since 1900.
A family expresses gratitude for transfusion fluids from Transfuso Vac aiding a mother with advanced cancer. They report a 100 cc blood transfusion last Thursday with no rigors, compare favorably to prior products, and note ongoing treatment and low blood pressure. They also request thanks conveyed to the Canadian Red Cross.
Thanksgiving day thoughts note a quiet family gathering at home with friends visiting from Guelph district and Cornwall trip plans. The writer praises a bountiful apple crop Greenings and Spys while contrasting modern stoker and oil furnaces with the old kitchen range and parlor stove as heating evolves.
The 1955 Wellington County Plowmen's Match drew about 2000 spectators to Robert MacRobbie and Sons farm in Puslinch. Rockwood's Dave Gray won the top prize of 25 dollars in a tractor battle featuring five county men. Walter Gray won the Esso Champions Tractor Plow special. Archie Mac Robbie claimed the Esso Champion's Horse Plow Trophy. Bert Robertson won the Muirhead Plowing Trophy for Erin township.
The writer reflects on past hardships of fuel and home life while warning of future health insurance costs. He recalls Hurricane Hazel and the need for a national health scheme, noting farm families face uninsured medical expenses and hospital overcrowding. A Thanksgiving week end appeal closes the piece.
The report lists top shooters and team standings across multiple leagues and venues dated Oct 3. It highlights players like Ratcliffe Mel ody Allen Roach Bennett and Curry among others, with league tallies and standing shifts across divisions such as Upper Leather Chrome and Rolling Room.
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