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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 16, 1954
Page
19
A compact notice lists farming equipment including LHC seed drill with 13 discs, Fisher Land Roller No. 77, Fleury single plow minus four section, draw bars for cultivator, and a 5 section harrow. The ad emphasizes practical farm gear for sale or auction.
Vancouver report notes Dr Hilgard Strathmann, German medical graduate, laments few Canadian women enter medicine and plans post graduate study at UBC next spring. She cites greater acceptance of women doctors in Germany, especially in pediatrics, amid memories of Hitler and fears of Russia influencing German emigration to Canada. The article also mentions the North Magnetic Pole position between Winnipeg and the North Pole.
In Toronto suburb Etobicoke an age-blackened coin minted in 1840 was unearthed by Dr. Ernest Mastromatino while raking his backyard. The discovery adds a rare early Canadian piece to local history.
Ontario ward commission orders carnival and unit circus operators to post a one hundred thousand dollar bond to cover potential damage on any city-owned property, enforcing responsibility for costs and protection of municipal assets.
A bustling Amherst mother of two, formerly with the Canadian Women's Army Corps, takes to carpentry and leatherwork. She builds garden furniture, helps in garage construction, decorates with antlers, knits and sews, crafts large stuffed dolls for a nurse fund drive, and is proud of her hands on skills while raising Bruce and Brenda.
In Ontawa's horticultural show Jimmie Hayter aged five wandered from his father's vegetable display and fell asleep among the produce. Ralph Hayter earned the trophy for the highest total points in the section as judges ruled.
The Soper clan reunion on Labor Day September 1 at Brookville Hall Nassagawega drew 127 attendees. Officers named include president Charles Martin and secretary treasurer Neil C. Martin. Prizes were awarded for horse shoe, races, and various contests while poems by James Nelson Martin highlighted the event.
In a ceremony at Norfolk Street United Church Guelph Heather Kathleen Boyd and Robert Richard Dingle Kemp wed. The bride, daughter of Mrs Joseph Boyd, wore satin with a pearl crown. bridesmaids Josephine Boyd and a delphinium blue gown, guests from multiple Ontario towns and beyond attended. The couple planned a honeymoon in Vancouver then Boston with study at MIT.
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