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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 29, 1955
Page
30
The Inter county Tennis League held its final meeting at the Acton club house with delegates from Acton Milton Brampton Port Credit Woodbridge and Hespeler. Port Credit won the league, Milton finished second and Brampton third after Port Credit defeated Hespeler in the final. Plans were made for the annual banquet, likely at Brampton Legion Hall.
Dr. H F Mowat was appointed chief of staff of the new Sudbury Memorial Hospital by administrator C C Evans on September 9 with several department heads. The article notes his notable surgical career from 1923 onward including roles at Toronto General Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Children, his Inco Medical Services leadership in Sudbury, and his status as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. An election will be held next year to fill these posts.
At the International Congress of Biochemistry in Brussels Dr Nari Folkers of Merck discusses isolating and chemically synthesizing a two thirds fragment of vitamin B12, a key step toward understanding the molecule and potential synthesis, though large scale production seems unlikely with current knowledge.
Joseph Francis of Montreal crafts a detailed model church that folds for quick assembly. The 7 foot wooden replica, complete with pews organ pipes bell tower and pulpit with a Bible, took four years to build and will be given away. He and his wife immigrated from Nottingham England 50 years ago and attend Peoples Church.
Trafalgar council awarded a six inch water main between Bronte and Coronation Park to Halton Paving and Contracting Coa Lid for 24 425 22. Gurney Construction Co o of Brantford won the 12 inch industrial main access road north of Queen Elizabeth Ways east of Eighth Line for 20 842 50. James Hollday Construction Ltd. received the Speers Road 12 inch main project, former Morden Lane, to serve an industrial area. Eight applications were received for the portion of assistant township engineer and will be considered for selection.
Auction from Norman H. Ellis on No 5 Side Road near Streesville features Holstein cows and heifers with various calving dates, veal calves, hogs, and extensive farm implements including a steel thresher, tractor, grain savers, rakes, and a bank barn reserve sale. Terms cash with clerk, no reserve as farm is sold. Hindley and Elliott Auctioneers with Geo Currie as clerk.
A poem defines success as doing your job well and just to others. It blends effort, integrity, and perseverance with faith, hope, and striving for higher aims. It emphasizes learning, caring for others, and making life meaningful through work, courage, and fair play.
Gordon Brain son of Mrs Elizabeth Brain RR 1 Norval will enter the University of Western Ontario at London this fall at age 16. He received a $500 Board of Education bursary. A Milton High School student, he aims to pursue a career in law.
Campbellville reports show Mrs James Baynton hosting Blair Evening Auxiliary with prayers readings and a bazaar and Thankoffering planned. Mrs Robert Elliott hosted the Women’s Missionary Society with devotions praise and a study on teaching others to teach and India. Attendance was modest but engaged, followed by a social period. Canada’s 1954 consumer spending rose to 15 581 million, up 466 million from 1953.
Advice urges parents to model safe driving and guide children to school. Emphasizes obeying traffic laws, using crossing guards, and practicing safe routes until kids learn the way. Parents bear major responsibility, with schools teaching safe pedestrians and motorists remaining vigilant in school zones.
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