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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 17, 1957
Page
26
Four to six 4-H clubs held Achievement Day during the fair season at Bis Mop Feit in September. Members attended a series of meetings to learn good husbandry practices for their projects and each kept records of production while preparing and exhibiting at the Achievement Day event.
Fourteen Potato Club members completed their project by exhibiting at Ach ievement Day. David Hume led with 917 points, George Greenlees 914, followed by Carolyn Gardhouse 804 and Margaret Lawson 886. George Greenlees won best potato, Lawson was second, Shepherd third. Lorna Woodley earned the Kingsway Ki ia Club Special.
Dwight Clay of Hormmby led the Halton 4-H First Year Grain Club with a score of 16. The runner up was Lynne Coulter with 900. Other members finishing included Bob Merry, Jim Springer, Ronald and Reg Coverdale, Ed Segsworth, and Sir Ron Lee. Lynne Coulter exhibited the top cat sample with Dwight May second and Bob Merry third. The Kingsway Kiwanis Scholarship was awarded to Jim Springer.
Ernest Alexander led Halton 4-H Jersey Guernsey Calf Club with an 80 score winning the Kingsway Kiwanis Scholarship Chestnut Jersey Yarm Trophy and the President W J Featherstone Trophy. Ernest also won the Nelson Robinson Special for best Jersey calf and Tom McDonald earned the Nelson Robinson Special for best Guernsey calf. Club standings list Alexander first and a full slate of exhibitors ranked from second to thirteenth.
Police report an accident at the corner of MSN and Young Streets last Wednesday evening. John Cecil Mc Knight failed to turn and crashed through a safety barrier opposite Bill's Bervice Station. Constable J Justason investigated. Damages set at $300. An adult partridge crashed through a double glass window at the Lemieux home, killing itself.
Lynne Coulter wins Katharine Merry Trophy for high score in Club with 32 members. John Hepburn and Dawn Coulter win best calf awards. Evelyn McKay earns Kingsway Kinenis Special. Eleanor Joyce wins Ontario Hereford Association ward. Six members receive specials from James McKay as club standings list top twelve with various scores.
Bob Merry won Halton County 4-H Livestock Champion Showman in a tight contest against Tom Hays Jr. Junior winners included Barbara Pickard Pat McKay Carolyn Gardhouse and Marilyn Woodley. Senior action winners list Pat Tom Hays Janet Wendershot Kay Merry Don Taylor Evelyn McKay.
Members of the Halton Inland Year 4-H Grain Club in Maine completed their year with Allan Brownridge earning the high aggregate score. Final standings list Allan Brownridge 039 Er nest Alexander 019 Lord Delmar Ford 918 Philip Shepherd 011 S thr George Greenlews 883 Thomas Hunter 881 Sandy Barnes 878 Don Taylor 876 Eugene Coulter 872 John Wilson 84 Bill Robinson 858 Bruce McCartney 28 Moncton CP reports a highway engineer notes poor driver pedestrian relations in the city during a luncheon address. Cecil Garland cites a lack of concern or courtesy from motorists and pedestrians alike.
Forty three of forty four Halton Holstein Club members exhibited at Achievement Day. Don Taylor received the President J L Peer award the Walter Duffray Perpetual Trophy and the Kingsway Kiwanis Scholarship for high score. Tom Hays Jr won the Nelson Itobinaga Special and was top Senior showman. Barbara Pickard earned Outstanding Junior showman. runners up included Douglas Johnson and Marilyn Woodley. Club standings list Don Taylor first Barbara Pickard third Lorna Woodley fourth Tom Hays Jr sixth and others through Dennis Sinclair twelfth.
George Greenlees wins Halton Hog Producers Association Special for high square gate score with 940 points. Runner up Lynne Coulter with 918. Harold Patterson awarded Kingsway Kiwanis Scholarship. Katharine Merry stands top in swine showmanship. Final placements include Detmar Ford Margaret Alexander Ernest Alexander Sandy Hepburn Mervin Curtin Don Moffat and others.
Dominion Bureau of Statistics shows Oakville’s population at 10,147, up 164 from the 1936 Census. Commissioner P. L. Spurgeon notes the 1956 figure reflects continued growth for Oakville in the latest official tally.
Dr W J Platt voices British respect for the Bible and the World Association of Bible Societies. He notes rising Scripture demand worldwide and strategic distribution to spread the scriptures for all people under God. Also mentions per capita trade data for 1657 and Canada’s varied exports.
The Trafalgar Planning Board backs industrial rezoning for a triangle west of Twelve Mile Creek bordered by the Queen Elizabeth Highway and the Nelson Trafalgar boundary. The wooded ravine and Burkholder bush would be protected within a conservation zone, with the bank boundary at least 200 feet from the top. The board also notes residential two acre lots could exist within the zone’s limits and urges coordination with the Conservation Authority and provincial department. The conservation plan already calls for a minimum 280 foot-wide wooded area adjacent to the ravine. The article notes Canada’s 1867 founding of the Dominion by four provinces.
Mrs A J Buchanan addressed the Limehouse Presbyterian WMS at Mrs Mitchell's home on Thursday evening. She contrasted thanksgiving through the ages with material thanks and urged thoughtful use of time for all, closing with poems and prayer. Other brief speeches and musical selections followed.
A Shell advisory guides drivers to have a local dealer inspect the battery and cooling system, drain and antifreeze, and check oil and filter. It stresses engine cold starts, winter loads on the battery, tire tread wear, and using snow tires in heavy snow regions to ease driving and protect tires.
Mr and Mrs John Potter and daughters of Scarborough visited the James Nobles on Sunday and Monday Mrs Geary and girls of Toronto were guests. Mrs F J Brown returns home after three weeks in St Josephs Hospital Guelph following a heart attack. The A W Bentons visited the W Greenlees at Campbellville and attended St Davids Presbyterian church anniversary services. Smethurst attended graduation and reception at St Josephs College Toronto hosted by Miss Jacqueline Smethurst. Mr and Mrs A W Benton attended the Bentall Schwegler wedding at All Saints Anglican church Kingsway with a reception at the bride’s parents home on the Kingsway.
Mr and Mrs J W Noble hosted guests for a wedding at St Marys church in Hamilton on Saturday followed by a reception in the Fisher Burgundy Room. Bert Benton returned from Plenty Saskatchewan after helping harvest about six hundred acres of grain in August and September. He spent extra time in Branddéda and Dejerau Manitoba.
Estevan Saskatchewan Mercury notes that people critique public servants from lack of full facts and sensational statements, urging readers to seek knowledge before judging officials.
More students enroll at the University of British Columbia for the new term with about 8200 in class this year, up from 7700 last year. The growth reflects continued demand for programs and campus expansion.
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