Heart Disease Becomes Canada’s Leading Cause of Death
Canada faces about 50 000 annual deaths from diseases of the heart and blood vessels, half of them in people over 50. Heart disease ranks first among death causes, with strokes and other circulatory conditions far above violence, tuberculosis, and cancer. Hardening of the arteries drives mortality after age 40, while rheumatic fever remains notable in children. About 700 infants die annually in Canada from congenital heart disease.
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Canada
Canadian Heart Association
Halton Garden Club Achievement Day at Milton Town Hall
Thirty five Halton Garden Club members judged carrot and tomato classes and answered a garden quiz during the morning. Afternoon demonstrations and eight exhibits featured by third year members. six clubs participated including Acton Ash grove Norval Hornby Home Garden Hornby Happy Hoers Lowville and Omagh. U S REFERENDUM CARRIES Farmers polled August 14 backed quotas and 90 percent parity price for 1953 54 wheat crop with 87 2 percent favorable result and related Canadian Wheat Board marketing quotas.
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Halton Garden Club
Milton Town Hall
Mabel Borgstrom
Halton Home
Marion Montgomery
Acton
Ashgrove-Norval
Hornby Home Garden Club
Hornby Happy Hoers
Lowville
Omagh
U.S
United States
Canadian Wheat Board
Dominion grain forecast and July meat stocks
Do minion Bureau of Statistics early August crop estimate projects wheat at 603.8 million bushels barley 283.2 million rye 29.7 million oats 402.3 million. Wheat may rise 43 percent above 10 year average but frost risk remains. Meat freezer stocks fell in July in Canada and the United States with notable seasonal declines.
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Wargce.grain. Crore
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
U.S
Water leaves lake area as conservation stance cited
The shallow lake on the Esquesing Nassagaweya line near Speyside Road has mostly vanished. Engineers found draining uneconomical and noted water likely absorbed into ground strengthening springs, a view endorsed by Halton Conservation Committee chair Geo Currie. An Ontario wheat competition shifts to sixty bushel targets for 1953 54 with Dawson Golden Chaff Cornell 595 Dawbul and Genesee varieties. Halton growers may enter via Milton office. A Royal Coach replica from England will highlight this year’s Canadian National Exhibition built with 4500 hours of work.
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Tne
Geo. Currie
Halton Conservation Committee
Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association
Ontario
Dawson's Golden
England
Canadian Friends Meet Delegates in Toronto Tour
Delegates to the Associated Country Women of the World convention in Toronto toured Ontario with lunches in their honor. Acton district ladies Mrs J Ellerby and Mrs R L Davidson attended YMCA Hamilton events, meeting Lady Binney of Tasmania. Other guests included Sonja Fred Barth of Sweden and Mrs Charles Tilden of Ireland. discussions covered WI greetings and home island notes. The group shared meals and address exchanges with local clubs including Hatter WI and Farm Forums.
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Toronto
Ontario
Acton
J Ellerby
Halton Women’s Institute
R. L. Davidson
Y.M.C.A
Hamilton
Wentworth Women's Federation Committee
Lady Binney
Tasmania
Ellerby
Clifford Wane
Eleanor Saracuse
Ever
Balld
Service
Sonja Fred- Barth
Sweden
Charles Tilden
Austral
Alex Fawcus
Desezates
Everry
Editorial notes on western convention and travel
Editorial continues from Page Two detailing Western convention events including a grand buffet, beef price quip, a Royal Canadian Air Force fly past, CBC broadcast of Dear Mr Editor, and a Western musical dance. The writer praises Western hospitality, reflects on duties with the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, and looks to Toronto for next year’s Ontario-hosted meeting.
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Entercun- Unental Parkers
RCAF
CBC
Empty Lots Gone In Prairie Towns
An Edmonton writer laments the loss of vacant lots across the Prairie cities Edmonton Calgary Regina and Saskatoon once plentiful before the 1913 14 real estate collapse. He notes oil gas and farm prosperity have filled the spaces and infrastructure now serves growing populations, pushing boys to travel farther for play and work as towns modernize.
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Edmonton
Prairies
Calgary
Regina
Saskatoon
The
Financial Post
Morning Beauty Through a Child's Eyes
A poem urges children to know nature's morning light and outdoor joys. It reflects on hills sunlit, flowers awakening, birdsong, streams, grass, waves, and wind. The verse links outdoor peace with spiritual growth and inner dignity.
Mystery Office Visit Sparks Boss and Boy Exchange
A stern hatchet faced woman barges into the office demanding the chief. The boss compliments the visitor and, after she departs, hints the office boy is her husband, prompting a sharp exchange about beauty and relationship.
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Dominion
Mnoleum Thes
Armstrong’s Dominion
Quaker
Clement
Mill ST
Coxe
Mill
Howard's
King Calcium
Pratt’s
Paris
REAL
Ilome
Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
Bill Cranston
Midland
Atlantic
CNE
Poet's Corner
Cecil A. Carr
Optometrist
Guelph
Douglas
Tel
Acton High School
Mr. Robbins
Canadian National Exhibition
Toronto Bus Terminal
Harold Wiles
Grond
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