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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 26, 1946
Page
11
A fragment describes two moving figures on the Italian front a machine gun company commander and a large Scots group commander advancing across open ground. An airburst and heavy fire erupt as they struggle toward a ditch while the Scots quip between bursts and bravely press forward despite danger.
The Halton Crop Improvement Association announced 1946 Halton Fifty Bushel Fall Wheat Club awards. Top finishers include H B Burkholder and others from local towns. Winners qualify for the inter county class at the Royal Wheat event with a potential purse of about four thousand dollars. Eligible plots require at least five acres and contact Agric Rep J or Whitelock Milton for details. Three top entries exceeded eight bushels per acre with yields between five and nine bushels per acre.
The Halton County Branch of the Garage Operators Association held its September meeting in Milton on Monday September 9. President Hed Waumaley presided and reported gasoline pricing disputes, apprenticeship licensing goals, and proposed inspections. A membership drive and licensing enforcement were discussed with action referred to head office and provincial council.
In Windsor Ontario, a sidewalk rally disrupted the planned hog tally for the Emypoure Chief Scout Lord Row Atlin. The Chief Scout led a 25 mile city drive stopping to greet each Wolf Cub Back and Hoy Scout Troop at their street corner headquarters.
The piece links a Canada wide glass plant strike to shortages of sealers and jars, noting how strikes expose dependence on industrial supply chains. It reflects on inflation, wages, leisure time, and farmer-pivot debates while urging practical thrift and ingenuity in hard times.
Mr. and Mrs. GM Todd of Fall Mass toured the Queens County Jailhouse in Nova Scotia. They were shown through the facility and Mrs. Todd was briefly confined for ten minutes before being released. She described the jail as one of the nicest she had ever seen.
Friends and neighbors gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs C McNally for a shower honoring Mr and Mrs George Peckering. Toronto visitors and local couples were mentioned enjoying weekend events and a Georgetown Fair outing.
Police rushed to two Portage stores selling school supplies as about 1,090 children crowded inside tripping alarms and stressing display glass. No injuries were reported.
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