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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Sep 22, 1955

Page

19

Winners dominate pet, poultry and livestock shows at Leicester event

Winners across classes including John Copeland J C Stoddart and D R Allan in lambs and cotswolds led a multi-species show featuring poultry prizes won by Fred Kentner and J McCready. Awards covered sheep cattle and heavy horses with Barbour Bros and Gardhouse among top entrants and P Peavoy earning fleece and lambs accolades.

Fred Kentner J. McCready McCready McPnail D. RS Allan D Wilson Dodds Copeland Stoddart Ken Raley Spence Leicester Cotswold A. Gardhouse J. A Kelly Kelly Gardhouse Fred Hampton Southdowns Bob Duffield Peavey Ewe Lamb Mr. Hampton Barbour Bros Oxford Kelly, Stark Peavoy Cox Duffield Shariuag EO Griffin William Jackson Campbell Farms George Burt Roop Leste George Bart Griffin John Willmott John McColl Ross Harrison Joe Dunbar Wheeler Dee McCann McCann George Wheeler McColl Jackson Harrison Harry Loree Son George Leslie Keith Sinclair Douglas Campbell D Moffatt Dunbar Freeman S. E. Griffin Campbell Moffat Jackson Loree Norrish D. Moffat S. Quriffin Ro Leste W. Jackson Burt Jackson F. W. Townsend Fractal Farms T. J. Brownridge W. D. Sterritt R.M. Storey Evans Jack Robertson Ralph Ford William Reid Ayrshire Ron Coxe Grahams Townsend

Midland editor urges keener eye on government costs

Five hundred editors from across Canada meeting in Vancouver for the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association urged more editorial focus on government costs. W Ole Cranston Midland Free Press Herald urged papers to probe tax structures and indirect levies, noting high tax income and the shifting buyer seller balance in public services.

Canada Vancouver Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association W Ole. Cranston Midland Free Press Absocestion Cranston

Letters of congratulations flood Free Press after awards

Readers and prominent figures including Munro Brown of Bank of Montreal F C Manton Graphic Equipment Ltd Lions Gate Times Oakville Trafalgar Journal George Wallace J K Brown and MP Sybil Bennett sent warm notices after the Free Press won two top Canada wide weekly newspaper awards with circulation between 1000 and 2000.

the Free Press Munro Brown Bank of Montreal Vancouver Charles Clark Acton Free Press

Bus Trip Enjoyed By United Ladies

A United Ladies bus trip featured visits to Jarvis and a wheat factory, with boxed samples, park time, and a community supper at the United Church on Kitchener Street. The group included numerous members and ended with a return home satisfied with the outing.

United Ladies Ladlon United Ehurets Niastia Fallalant Jarvis SPH Helen Ladion Vallen Kitchener Street United Church Graham Actan Nisgars Lake Thore Mra G Adama J. Agar A Wiletow J. Roach Mra Shoemaker Ci. Simpson Thetford Mra. Tarewell Bo Veldhuis Men Me. Walker Mex Olean Mike Kentner Ruddick Mia al McCutcheon Weatty Miller Mias I. Linwthorne Minn

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