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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 17, 1957
Page
16
Six 4-H clubs held their Achievement Day Program at Mion Feir in September. Members attend yearlong meetings to learn good husbandry in their connected projects and exhibit at the Achievement Day.
Fourteen Potato Club members completed their project by exhibiting at the Achievement Day. David Hume led with 017 points of 1000 while George Greenlees was runner up with 914. Other standings include Carolyn Gardhouse 904 and Margaret Lewson 086, Philip Shepherd 877, Loma Woodley 848, Katherine Merry 831, John Black 823, Marilyn Woodley 814, Don Taylor 703, Janet Hendershot 784, Tie Bill Marshall and John Wilson 605, Lynne Coulter. Greenlees won first prize exhibit. Lawson second. Shepherd third. Lorna Woodley received the Kingsway Club Special for year’s work.
Dwight May of Hornby led the Halton 4 H Five Year Grain Club with a score of 016. Lynne Coulter was runner up with 900. Other members finishing included Bob Merry 880 Jim Springer 860 Ronald Coverdale 800 Reg Coverdale 803 Ed Segsworth 84 Sih Ron Lee 77. Lynne Coulter exhibited the top cat sample with Dwight May second and Bob Merry third. Jim Springer received the Kingsway Kiwanis Scholarship.
Hirmest aicxenner topped Halton 4-H Jersey-Guernsey with 980 in the calf club. He wins the Kingsway Kiwanis Scholarship the Chestnut Jersey Farm Trophy and the President W J Featherstone Trophy. Ernest Is receives Nelson Robinson Special for best Jersey calf Tom McDonald earns Nelson Robinson Special for best Guernsey calf. Club standings list Ernest Alexander first Mike Jenkinson 938 Sid Margaret Alexander 918 and others with scores ranging to 711.
Police report an accident at the corner of MSN and Young Gircets last Wednesday evening. John Cecil Mc Knight drove west and crashed through a safety barrier opposite Bill's Service Station. Damage was assessed at $300 by police. An unrelated note reports an adult partridge breaking a double glass window at Mr and Mrs Lemieux home in Edmonton.
Lynne Coulter wins Katharine Mery Trophy for high score in the Club with 32 members at the Hakton 4 H Beet and Dual Purpose Calf Club. John Hepburn exhibits best beef calf and Dawn Coulter best dual-purpose calf, with multiple special awards to club members and named individuals.
Bob Merry won the Livestock Champion Showman title in Halton County, edging senior rival Tom Hays Jr. Junior prizes went to Barbara Pickard Pat McKay Carolyn Gardhouse and Marilyn Woodley. Senior winners included Tom Hays Janet Wendershot Kay Merry Don Taylor and Evelyn McKay.
Merete members of the Halton Ind Yr 4 H Grain Club completed their project with full completion. Allan Brownridge earned the high aggregate score while the list of top finishers includes Ernest Alexander Delmar Ford Philip Shepherd George Greeniews Thomas Hunter Sandy Barnes Don Taylor Eugene Coulter John Wilson Bill Robinson Bruce McCartney. MONCTON CP A highway engineer says driver pedestrian relations here are worse than in any Canadian city, noting a general lack of courtesy between motorists and pedestrians.
Forty three of forty four Halton 4 Hovten Calf Club members showed at Achievement Day. D Taylor earned President J L Peer award Walter Duffray Trophy and Kingsway Kiwanis Scholarship for high club score 49. Tom Hays Jr won Nelson Robinson Special and topped Senior showman. Barbara Pickard named Outstanding Junior showman. Runners up Douglas Johnson Marilyn Woodley. Club standings list Don Taylor first Barbara Pickard second Lorna Woodley third and others through Dennis Sinclair.
George Greenlees wins Halton Hog Producers Special for high square gate score 940 in the Halton 4 H Swine Club. Runner up Lynne Coulter 918. Harold Patterson receives Kingsway Kiwanis Scholarship. Katharine Merry leads showmanship based on year's work. Other top placers include Delmar Ford Margaret Alexander Ernest Alexander Sandy Hepburn Mervin Curtin Don Moffat John Hepburn David Lawrence Neil Moffat Bruce McCartney with scores listed.
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Oakville population at 10 147, up 164 from the 1936 Census. Assessor P L Spurgeon notes the official total and cites a 0.983 density figure for 1956.
Dr W J Platt says love and respect for the Bible define British character as the Bible Society and United Bible Societies push worldwide access. The article notes rising scripture demand and outlines per capita export and import figures for Canada in 1957, with weekly scripture study references listed.
Planning Board recommends rezoning the triangle west of Twelve Mile Creek for industrial use with exceptions for the ravine and Burkholder bush. Director E R Cumming urges conservation measures and a 280 to 300 foot buffer along the bank, noting the area as part of a larger industrial complex.
Mrs A J Buchanan was guest speaker at the Limehouse Presbyterian WMS meeting at Mrs Mitchells home on Thursday evening. She pondered whether gratitude is greater in word or deed, noting shared time and accountability to God. The event included poems, prayers, musical solos, scripture reading, and a courtesy report.
Shell engineers urge quick prewinter checkups focusing on battery health cooling system antifreeze oil filter and oil change. Have tires inspected and consider snow tires in heavy snow regions to reduce hazards and extend tire life.
Sunday visits from Mr and Mrs John Potter of Scarborough and daughters to James Nobles. Mrs Geary and daughters of Toronto visited. Mrs F J Brown returns home after three weeks in St Josephs Hospital Guelph following heart attack. A W Bentons attended anniversary services at St Davids Presbyterian Campbellville. Mrs Smethurst attended graduation at St Josephs College Toronto as guest of granddaughter Miss Jacqueline Smethurst. Mr and Mrs A W Renton attended the Renton Schwegler wedding at All Saints Kingsway and reception at the bride’s parents’ home on the Kingsway.
Mrs J W Noble and Mr J W Noble hosted a wedding at St Marys church Hamilton on Saturday after lunch. The celebration followed by a reception in the Fisher Burgundy Room. Mr Bert Benton returned Friday from Plenty Saskatchewan where he helped harvest about six hundred acres of grain in August and September. He also spent a couple of weeks at Brandon and Deleau Manitoba.
Estevan Saskatchewan Mercury notes that people critique public services mainly from a lack of understanding of facts and are influenced by extravagant statements. The item frames citizen scrutiny as a knowledge gap amplified by rhetoric.
About 8,200 students enrolled for the new farm at the University of British Columbia, up from 7,700 last year, reflecting growing interest in agri studies and hands on training opportunities on campus.
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