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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 27, 1955
Page
4
A man wandering the countryside sought shelter during a heavy downpour and crawled into a hollow tree. The trunk swelled and narrowed the entrance, trapping him for hours. He reflected on his past life and, realizing he had wasted time, managed to escape and chose to live a useful life henceforth.
Rockwood Rocket Tone led the Holstein bulls three years old and over to Grand Champion at the International Dairy Show in Chicago, October 13–14, owned by the Quinte and District Cattle Breeding Association and bred by Rockwood Holsteins. Judge Wm. Hepburn praised the bull as one of the immortals, while Mooseheart Supreme was Reserve Grand Champion. Ontario swept the State Herd class, with Premier Breeder and Exhibitor honors going to Dr Hector I. Astengo.
The text notes aluminum often ingested via water purification with aluminum sulphate used in Oshawa for 35 years. It also mentions aluminum's role in food packaging and containment to keep foods fresh and pure, referencing Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd. (ALCAN).
A new Winnipeg firm develops a rich silica sand deposit on Black Island off Lake Winnipeg. Tests show 99.8 percent silica for moulding and glass sand and for oil drilling sand fracturing. Dredge and three 1,000 ton barges will ship sand to Selkirk with tug Amelia Mae. operations begin next spring.
Stanley Kramer presents Not As A Stranger at the Roxy Theatre through United Artists with a stellar cast led by Robert Mitchum Olivia de Havilland Frank Sinatra and Broderick Crawford in performances praised as career highlights. The film adapts Morton Thompson’s novel focusing on Dr Lucas Marsh whose devotion to medicine costs him friendship and love in a moving screen portrayal.
In the Bela de 5 league action Curry shut out Beam House to hold first place on October 17. Upper Leather beat Chrome then lost the last game as the standings show Curry 91 and Upper Leather 15 with Rolling Room 14 and others trailing.
Acton Ontario residents including Wm H Carnochan protest a Halloween UNICEF fundraising program for children. They argue it spoils the night, degrades kids, and prefer donations to responsible citizens without soliciting door to door. They urge the paper to publish their petition against the undertaking.
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