Dairy cattle show crowns new champions at CNE week
At the Canadian National Exhibition a long list of top animals was judged. Grand Champion Guernsey female Openhearth owned by J H Crang of Newmarket and Grand Champion female Dunveen Sylvia 4th from Dunveen Farms Paris shared top honors among breeds. Reserve prizes went to Cesar Marcus Vivian and Fraser’s Spring Farm Reflection, with multiple exhibitors earning premier breeder and exhibitor banners.
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Guernsey
Ed Sullivan
CNE
Sullivan
Ontario
J. H. Crang
Newmarket
Cesar Marcus Vivian
Henry Borden
King
Mr. Borden
Brooknill
Kingsfield Enterprise
W. R. Cochran
Almonte
C. F. W. Burns
Kingfield Farms
Burns
Hector I. Astengo
Brampton
ABC Shamrock
J. M. Fraser
Streetsville
Leslie Collins
Cobden
Fraser
Spring Farm Reflection
Selwood Victory
Stansell Bros
Avimer
G Reid
Ramner
Dunveen Sylvia
Dunveen Farms
Paris
Stansell Bro
Selwood Pansy
Alfred Bagg and Sons
Edgely Qouk
Edgeles Beacon
Lindale Basil Estella
Lucille
Maurice C. Beatty
Milton
Don Heid Farms
Richmond Hill
San Bon Head
Zanalua
Prince
Mr. Base
Ice Problem and Plans for Junior Farm Year Agenda
The Halton Juniors board met at the Farmers' Building to plan an active year. Milton arena’s ice issue due to a fire disrupted hockey, with contacts to Georgetown Oakville and Burlington arenas for arrangements. The plowing match, public speaking, debating, and drama festival were discussed plus a New Year's Eve dance at Trafalgar Hall.
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Milton
Halton
John Picket
Milton Arena
Georgetown
Oakville
Burlington
Milton Tair
Trafalgar Hall
Island Mystery of Georgian Bay Still Unsolved
The 1868 disappearance of Captain Charles Fothergill, Owen Sound postmaster George Brown, Southern landowner John Robertson, and invalid sailor Charles Kennedy remains unsolved. Their sailboat vanished near White Cloud Island as skeletons found in 1898 on Griffiths Island sparked theories, with authorities unsure which remains belong to which men.
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Owen Sound
Ont
Georgian Bay
Keppel Township
Charles—_Foth
White Cloud Island
George Brown
John Robinson
Canada
Charles Kennedy
Kennedy
Fothergill
Griffiths Island
White ‘Cloud Island
Fothergill, Brown and Robertson
Poatmester Brown
Maple tree and unseen hero in a newspaper era
A composite piece presents a poem about a maple tree heard by birds each morning, linking simple rural life to a quiet tribute to the ordinary man overlooked by papers. It contrasts nature’s steady abundance with a biographical aside about a mundane, uncelebrated figure and his quiet virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Sharpe
Anaon
Teachers Remember Pioneer Days at Nova Scotia Normal College
In Truro Nova Scotia a centennial celebration looked back at the college founding 100 years ago noting deplorable early conditions irregular attendance and limited resources. Records recount licensure by clergy or justices of the peace and early efforts to organize schooling culminating in the 1854 act and the college opening under Dr Alexander Forester.
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Truro
Nova Scotia Normal College
Greentiefs
Nova Scotia
Charles Randall
William Dawson
Normal College
Alexander Forester
E College
St Lawrence Gulf Yields Big Halibut Catch Near Septiles
Adrien Lebel and two friends from Ste Marguerite hauled 32 halibut weighing over 2000 pounds on a Norman multi hooked line 23 miles SW of Sept Isles. The trio used herring bait and fought the line with thick gloves and steady effort.
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Adrien Lebel
St .Lawrence
Lebel
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Frederic
Emilien Poirier
Ste. Marguerite
Milton Knox Presbyterian Service Held at Halton Manor
In Halton Centennial Manor Milton the Knox Presbyterian church visit featured Rev E Ors at the chapel service on September 16. Miss Joy May of Hornby sang In the Garden and Mrs Lockie of Milton played piano and hymns. Mr Orsborn delivered a sermon on Psalm 4 about the three classes of people blessed.
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R. F.snyder
E. Ors
Knox
Presbyterian Church
Milton
Joy May of
Hornby
Lockie
Orsborn
Iceberg insulation aids salvage of DC-4 crash plane
Salvage engineer Amos Henacock explains 5000 bags of wood shavings and 10 carloads of hay spread over a 100 yard circle around the DC-4 to prevent melting. By June the craft is covered and fitted with 15 pontoons, awaiting water clearance to Churchill before towing to shipyard for repairs at an estimated cost of $200,000.
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Montreal
Hudson Bay
Amos Hencock
Seattle
Wash
U.S
Heacock
Churchill
New Jersey
World Traveller Writing in B C
Vera Kelsey, author of travel and mystery works, tours British Columbia writing a descriptive book on the province and its people. She plans to sleep in logging camps and tents, journeying for over a year to record impressions of cities, towns, and hamlets. She notes tough travels in China and other regions. The piece also mentions maples planted in University Avenue and their poor survival.
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Vancouver
Vera Kelsey
Manitoba
Red River
British Columbia
China
Peiping
Tientsin
Gobi Desert
Himalayas
B.C
Soviet Farm Delegation Ends Canadian Tour Amid Tensions
The visiting Soviet agriculture team led by Vladimir Matskevich left Ottawa with mixed impressions of Canada. They praised friendship but condemned anti communist demonstrators as traitors and hooligans. They noted potential adoption of Canadian grain practices and hoped for future farm machinery orders, while stressing bilateral goodwill during a tour that covered Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
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Ottawa
Canada
Vladimir
Matakevich
Toronto
Matskevich
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Matskevitch
Winters
Russia
Sinclair
Petropavlovsk
Bering Sea
Peiping
Red China
External Affairs Department
China
Livestock Parade Tops Million at Canadian Exhibition
More than $1,000,000 in livestock paraded as judging ended at the Canadian National Exhibition. Top exhibitors included G. Bennett of Georgetown for short horn and Scotchdale Butterfly. reserve Glenburn Graceful Legs Mth owned by K. E. Deacon. Red Polls winner Minnesota Edgar 2nd owned by Coulson. reserve Ron Bud shown by Coulter. Champion female Rose Ruth Blossom 4th owned by L. W. Coulson. reserve Reedlyne Snowflake shown by G. E. Readhead. Over two million squirrel pelts taken by Canadian trappers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Bennett
Georgetown
Prand
Glenburn
K. E. Deacon
Unionville
Laslynoturn Ghowman
George J. ‘Lasby
Roy Coulter
Campbellville
Rose Ruth Blossom
Leonard W. Coulson
George E Readhead
Milton
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M. Beatty
S Island
Poet's Corner
Canla
St. Lawrence Gulf
Halton Centennial Manor
City of
University Avenue Boulevard
Allan Donnelly
Alistair Fraser
Froger
Sineclair
Moscow
Bureau of Statistics
Bureau
Alberta
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
R. W. Grant
Acton
Watson
Music Store
Robt. R. Hamilton
Fred A. Hoffman
Optometrists
E. P. Head
Guelph
St. George's Square
Torey Weer
CARY “EXTRA_WEYS
Hinton’s
Wyndham ST
Guelphont
Magic Pantry
Better Business Bureau
Ted Darlington
MAIN
Horn
Lorne Garner Motors
Brampton Monument Works
WM. C. Allan
Queen St. W
Tom Nicoll
Staffen Meats
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