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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 16, 1954
Page
9
A brief auction notice lists seed drill 13 discs Fisher land roller No. 77 Fleury single plow and 4 section draw bars for cultivator. The items are presented as available equipment for bidding with no further details on date or location.
Vancouver CP reports Dr Hilgard Strathmann, German medical graduate, notes few Canadian women pursue medicine and urges more women in the field. She plans post graduate work at UBC in internal medicine and pediatrics, citing Germany’s stronger acceptance of women doctors, especially pediatricians. She mentions postwar fears influence Germans choosing Canada. The article also notes the North Magnetic Pole now lies midway between Winnipeg and the geographic pole.
Dr. Ernest Mastromatteo unearthed an age-blackened coin minted in 1840 while raking the back yard of a Toronto suburb property in Etobicoke. The discovery adds a rare relic to local history.
Windsor Ontario police commission rules that circus and carnival operators must post a one million dollar bond against damage to city-owned property.
Amherst Nova Scotia report features a young mother of two who learned carpentry and taxidermy after serving in the Canadian Women's Army Corps. She built a garage, helped assemble a car, carved furniture, mounted deer antlers, and knitted and sewed while raising her children Brace and Brenda. Her husband touts her wide range of crafts.
Special exhibit scene in Ottawa as Jimme Hayter crawled onto a display table and slept amid the vegetables while judges ruled. His father Ralph Hayter won the trophy for highest total points in the vegetable division.
The Super clan reunion on Labor Day at Brookville Hall Nassagawega drew 127 attendees. Officers were elected including president Charles Martin and vice president Edgar Howden. Prizes were awarded for races and games, with winners from Cedarville Milton and Detroit. A poem by James Nelson Martin was read, and attendees enjoyed music, dancing, tea, and cake before bidding farewell until next year.
Guelph born Heather Kathleen Boyd and Robert Richard Dingle Kemp united in a ceremony at United Church in Guelph Norfolk Street. Rev Bruce Hall officiated. Reception at the bride’s home in Guelph. Couple to reside in Boston after a honeymoon trip.
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