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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 25, 1956
Page
14
Halton 4-H clubs posted strong showings at the 26th provincial inter-club event at Ontario Agricultural College. Teams from Halton swept top prizes in swine, grain, and beef while other Halton entrants earned notable placings in potato, dairy, poultry, forestry, and tractor competitions.
The Halton Agricultural Society received a silver trophy for having the most delegates at the Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies district five annual meeting in Barrie. Roy Currie was elected district president and Mrs Frank W. Chisholm named ladies' president as the Milton Fair gains reputation as a top county fair. Congratulations extended to President Howard Armstrong and officers for leading the drive.
President George F Readhead of the Halton Plowmen outlines a top event at Marley Sherwood's farm Nelson township with a strong prize list. The $150 Ernest Irvine Utility Class cash prizes attract leading Central Ontario tractor plowmen and judges Geo Hastrawser and Alvin Mark will oversee the Hallen's hittle International. Floyd Lashley, secretary manager of the Ontario Plowmen Association, attends as a guest.
Oakville assessment commissioner Percy Spurgeon raises 9,995 residents as the latest total, five short of 10,000, while Ottawa’s Bureau of Statistics lists 9,885. Town officials note a 110-person gap with the assessment roll showing growth from 1955, and discuss who residents trust for figures.
A transport tanker spilled thousands of pounds of liquid shortening when it toppled on a wet road in Woodstock Ontario. Emergency crews cleared the roadway as the sticky spill created hazardous conditions and traffic delays.
The Milton Janitor Farmers held an October meeting at the Malton Haigh Schools for a public speaking contest to name the chair representative for the county event on November three candidates Photis Bradley Katherine Merrs and David Walser delivered high standard addresses. Principal Harold Speers of Fairview Public School presided and selected Katherine Merry to represent Milton at the county event.
A large rural auction lists cattle, hay, grain, and farm implements. Holstein and Jersey cows and heifers, calves, a maple unit bull mating, grain, oats, buckwheat, and a Ferguson tractor plus various implements are offered on Saturday November 8 starting at 1 00 oclock at the sale site on Highway. Items include tractors plows drills binders hay tedder spreader seeders and farm equipment.
A detailed sale list dated Saturday November 3 describes farm implements and household items to be auctioned. Items include a manure spreader mower and various cultivators plus York sows and cows due, with terms cash on sale day and no reserve as the owner relinquishes farming. Auctioneer WM A Gibson with clerks JC Dyer and Wool. Hunter.
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