Junior Farmers Stage Annual Plowing Match at Penarave Farm
Halton Junior Farmers and Halton Plowmen's Association sponsored the event at Harvey Nurse’s Ashgrove farm on September 10. Youths used motorized plows to win in multiple classes, with John Cunningham and Arnold Howden slated for Leamington’s International Plowing Match and North Halton and Oakville Trafalgar high school teams named for their upcoming inter-school contests.
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Halton Jr
Penarave Farm
Don Taylor
Apple
Harvey Nurse
Ashgrove
Halton Junior Farmers
Halton Plowmen’s Association
Winfred Timbers
Stouffville
Burt Speck
Hornby R.R
Marilyn May
Milton R.R
Martha May
Garry Break
Streetsville RR
Ross Austin
North Halton
Tom Hunter
Bill Speck
Oakville-Trafalgar
Glenn Iwin
Oakville - Trafalgar
Leamington
Halton
John Cunningham
Arnold Howden
Glen Irwin
Milton Fire Brigade Sponsors Fire Prevention Meetings
Fire Prevention Week runs Oct 10 in Ontario. Milton fire chief A E Clement notes 29 rural fires this year in the area. A series of 8 p m meetings is set Oct 3 Omagh School Oct 4 Hornby Orange Hall Oct 5 Kilbride Community Hall Oct 6 Mason ic Hall Campbellville and Oct 8 Milton Town Hall with films to educate residents.
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Ontario
Milton
Milton Brigade
Milton Fire Brigade
Omagh School
Hornby Orange Hall
Kilbride Community Hall
Masonic Hall
Campbellville
Milton Town Hall
Dairy Show Entry List Grows for Halton Event at Milton
Records show 74 Jersey entries in Milton with Keith Butcher of Princeton as judge in the Jersey ring. Bruce Butcher of Cobourg to award Guernsey ribbons for 79 head, and Bruce S. Beer of Brampton to officiate Holsteins with 119 head entered. Weather favorable and junior farmer section expanding in a new Halton Agricultural Society building ahead of September 24 show.
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Milton
Halton
Jersey
Keith Butcher
Princeton
Guernsey
Bruce Butcher
Cobourg
Bruce S. Beer
Brampton
Howard Armstrong
Halton Agricultural Society
Litter Buildup at Campsites Sparks Travel Etiquette Call
A travel column urges picnickers to pack out trash and keep car interiors clean to preserve highway beauty. A Peru Montreal dispatch notes a rare mummy dating to about 3,000 B.C. exhibited at a Peruvian art show, described as aristocratic in origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Montreal
B.C
Egypt
Krays
Poet's Corner by Mary Ellen Varley
A personal poem recalls a farm spot where hills meet the skyline and a woodlot glows beside ripening wheat. The brook, wind, and woodland creatures create a peaceful scene guiding the speaker toward inner calm and companionship with God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ellen Varley
Alderman seeks ban on Laburnum trees as poisons
Victoria CP Alderman Robert Macmillan says he will ask the city council to outlaw Laburnum trees. He cites complaints about uncurbed growth and reports four children hospitalized after eating seeds this summer. Roots taste like licorice and are poisonous. foliage has been lethal to cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria (Cp
Robert Macmillan
Auction Sale at Trafalgar Township Barn Estate
Public auction by J W McLIMONT at Puckering Valley Farm Trafalgar on October 1 at 1 p m features poultry and equipment including 85 hens 50 pullets and 50 cockerels plus farm cattle two Jersey cows with calves one Shorthorn brindle heifer open and a steer 15 months. Heavy farm implements tractors and feed items, 1200 bales hay 350 bales straw lumber and household goods. Cash day of sale. no reserve as farm to be sold. Hindley and Elliott, auctioneers. Total immigration to Canada in 1955 is estimated at 130,000.
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J. W. McLimont
Con
Nds
Trafalgar
Dundas Highway
7Th Line
Puckering Valley Farm
Colony House
Jersey
J.D
M.H
McCormick
Gem
Empire
Dispersal sale tops price for Reidson Holstein herd
The Reidson Farms herd dispersal saw Reidson Simonne U S fetch 610 dollars as the top price. Purchaser T Puccini of Kings City bought nine animals including Browview Pabst Monty at 310 dollars, with other milking cows and bred heifers fetching various sums. Ontario buyers from Rockwood Brampton Brantford and surrounding towns purchased several lots. Canada adopted the standard time system now used universally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reidson Farms
W. T. Craig Ried
Norval
Reidson Simonne U. S
T. Puccini
Kings City
Browview Pabst Monty
Lochinvar
Marge
Dought
Korndyke Aristocrat
Pansy Ideal Captivator
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Acton Fall Fair
F. W. Townsend
Fergus
Farm News
Mary Lou Taylor
Appleby
Ian
Streetsville R.R
Howard Speck
Ornby R.R
Hornby
Tipson
Gray Coach Lines Services
Gray Coach Lines
Poet’s Corner
Tome
Ford Rogers
Canada
O’keefe
PRO
Acton
Don Timmings
George L. Smith
Rockwood
Reidson U.S. Simonne
Reidson Eagle
Clayton Davis
Elgin Cummington
H. C. Parkinson
Floyd Dieeman
Woodbridge
Georgetown
Robert MacDonald
John K. Ganford
G. W. Fraser
Streetsville
W. M. Reid
J. A. Fraser
John Wagstaff
Glen Williams
A. W. Kane
Georggtown
E. L. Buchner
Optometrist
Mill ST. E. Acton
E. G. Tyler
Business: College
Thurs
W. A. Robinson
Therm
Isi Ae
Ice
Ieee
Roahaa
Windsor
Ross
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