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Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Sep 03, 1953

Page

19

Halton Region Adds Wildlife As Fisheries And Pheasants Expanded

Halton county released 6,000 bass and 18,000 trout into local waters over two months and 1,300 pheasants joined stock from Oakville and District Hod and Gun club. Dudley Hitchcox led the effort with club members. wolves linger in Nassagaweya township. Fish were stocked in Bronte Oakville creeks and streams north of Milton while bass were released July and trout earlier. brown trout now inhabit Twelve Mile creek north of Lowville. Pheasants came from Oakville Rod and Gun club on Morden Road. a similar number released last year and wintered well. No pheasant shoot date set.

Halton County Halton Dudley Hitchcox Oakville Milton Georgetown Black Creek Credit River Twelve Mile Creek Lowville Acton

Safety education for children and road crossing lessons

The piece urges parents and teachers to teach safe pedestrian habits to young children including looking both ways and crossing at corners. It notes early safety training can shape future drivers and mentions the Canadian National Exhibition marking its 75th anniversary with high expected attendance and planned attractions. The fragment ends with a miscellaneous anecdote about a boy and a fish tale.

Acton High School Moves From Fairview Place History

The late Sidney Smith Sr home Fairview Place built nearly 100 years ago becomes part of Acton High School after a 1885 fire and later sale to the School Board. The old building to be preserved as part of expanding Acton Public Schools while the main campus relocates to Mall Street in fall 1854. Waterworks at Fairview Place were provided by a hydraulic ram from Corporation Pond. A separate vignette tells of a quarrel between a couple and a donkey with a wry marriage joke.

Sidney Smith Acton Acton School Board Acton High School Mall Street Acton Public Schoul Fairview Place Corporation Pond

As We Came By Miss Robinson Delights Canadian Readers

A review praises Miss Robinson for a distinctive self assured style in As We Came By. The writer notes strong authorial voice and suggests she resembles a Telegram Ottawa columnist while praising Canadian books and poets and highlighting the 193 CN exhibition showing top athletes from Aug 28 to Sep 12.

Countrie Judith Robinson Good Miss Robinson Oroate Telegram Ottawa Dorothy Livesay Earle Brney John D Robbins Robert Wes Stephen Leacock States Planers Tery Ec Canada

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