Wheat board fixes minimum price at eighty cents a bushel
Ottawa reports the Canadian Wheat Board will pay 80 cents a bushel for No 1 Northern wheat delivered to Fort William. Farmers receive a profit share if the board earns more than 80 cents, while losses would be borne by the public treasury.
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Spectator
Ottawa
Farmers of Canada
Canadian Wheat “Board
Fort William
Prairie Provinces
Wheat Board
Western Canada
Canada
Dominion Treasury
United States
Europe
Premier King Heads Liberal Party Into 20th Year
Hon. W. L. MacKenzie notes King marks twenty years as Liberal leader since his 1919 selection by Ottawa convention. King, 44, has been Prime Minister 11 years and Opposition leader eight. He hosts visitors at Kingsmere while facing Conservative rival R. J. Manion as party enters new tenure.
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W. L. MacKenzie King
Canada
Liberal Party
W. L. MacKenzie
King
Liberal
Ottawa
Mr. King
Wilfrid Laurier
J. B. Hertzog
South Africa
Kingsmere
Earle Page
Australia
R. J. Manion
Conservative
Call for Col. George Drew to join Conservative ranks
The Creemore Star quotes the Orillia Packet and Times urging the Conservative party to place Col. George Drew in its ranks. The piece praises Drew as thoughtful, principled, and decisive against communism and fascism, arguing he embodies British democracy and should be active in public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orillia Packet and Times
Conservative Party
Col
George Drew
Col Drew
Ontario
Or. Kilia
Col. Drew
Canada
Creemore Star
Malton Boomed by Airport Plans Echoes of County Town Past
The piece recalls Malton’s 1859 brief selection as Peel county town, a move overturned within a year as Peel separated from York. It notes Malton’s 1820 settlement, 1924 school building, a long Presbyterian church origin, the United church bricks from Brocklebank farm, and a once busy grain era with hotels as teamsters migrated to rail and airport workers now arriving.
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Malton
Peel
Brampton
York
Blanchard
Thomas Osborne
Moore Farm
United Church
Brocklebank
Tottenham Stays In Dry Column
A Totten ham vote on a beer and wine authority produced 355 votes with one spoiled ballot. The returning officer declared a 2 vote majority for the affirmative, but this fell 35 short of the three fifths requirement. Results were 178 for affirmative and 176 against.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tottenham
Tom Sawyer on Screen at Gregory Theatre
Immortal Mark Twain tale Tom Sawyer brought to vivid life in a Technicolor film by David Selznick. Tommy Kelly stars as Tom with May Robson Walter Brennan and Jackie Moran in the cast. George Gregory Theatre hosts Friday and Saturday August 12 and 13.
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Tom Bawyer
Mark Twain
David
Selznick
Tom Sawyer
Gregory Theatre
Georgetown
Tommy Kelly
Bronx
United States
Norman Taurog
May Robson
Walter Brennan
Jackie Moran
The
Gregory
Drowning scare at Beau mont dam ends safely
Miss Jessie Boyd of Toronto nearly drowned Sunday in Beau mont's dam. Norman Marchment swam to her rescue after she sank twice, bringing her to shore. She recovered from shock and returned home that evening. Dorothy Dibbs, a Toronto guest, visits Glen Haven. Several locals vacationing at Linwood Beach.
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Jessie Boyd
Toronto
Beaumont
Norman Marchment
Swan
Miss Boyd
Dorothy Dibbs
Viviane Guyot
Glen Haven
Wm. Halpin
St. Joseph's Hospital
Guelon
Robinson
Erin
Wm. Everson
Wm. Everson, Jr
John Everson
Niagara Falls
Bertha Schenk
Billie Schenk
Harold Schenk
Trevor Willams
Norman Davidson
George Blyth
Vernon Kirby
Linwood Beach
Lake Simcoe
Speed Restrictions Considered by Esquesing Township Council
Esquesing Township council meets to read by law restricting vehicle speeds on certain roads. By law No. aims for speed limits passed after first second and third readings with seal attached. Adjournment scheduled for September 1 or at the Reeve’s call.
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Stewarttown
W. A. Wilson
C. RH. May
G. W. Murray
Edwin Harrop
N. A. Robinson
Hydro Electric Power Commission
C. F. Leatherland
Leaside
A. G. Hough
Barrop—Wilson
Board of Health
H. C. Maclure
Guelph Hospital
Vm. Halpin
Vivian
David McNally
J. E. Jackson
Wright
R. T. Paul
J. Sanford
W. Alien
Toronto Hospital
L M. Bennett
John Garvin
Thos. Anderson
House of Industry
Een
Murray
Donald Sinclair
K. C. Lindsay
Arthur Brain
Stark
Meldrim Wilson
Harrop
Wilson
Esquesing
Wilson—Harrop
New York Honeymoon for Natalie Barber and Harold Wood
Laura Natalie Barber and Harold Gordon Wood wed at Rosedale United Church in Georgetown with Dr. Ronald MacLeod officiating. The couple, to reside in Toronto, were joined by two flower girls as they began a New York honeymoon after a family reception.
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New York
Rosedale United Church
Laura Natalie Barber
Charles Herbert Barber
Georgetown
Harold Gordon Wood
David Wood
Wood
Toronto
Ronald MacLeod
Gerald Bales
Nancy
Phyllis Barber
Kate Greenaway
Whitmore Ave
Branksome Hall
Rail Subway Work On Schedule At Oakville
Construction on the 7th line subway at Oakville is on schedule says W W King of King Paving Company. The subway should open to traffic around October 1 with walls deck cement and 90 tons of reinforcing steel completed. Tracks expected to move to permanent position around Sept 1 after cement hardens.
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C.ncr
Oakville
W. W. King
King Paving Company
Lions Club Hosts Guests For Ladies Night Meeting
Georgetown Lions Club held a ladies and guests night on Monday at the home of President Harold C. McClure. Guests enjoyed a social supper, then the group discussed plans for transporting the Lorne Scots Band to the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto and a grand parade on Sept. 1. The band will be welcomed by Mayor Gibbons with a reception, torch-lit parade, and a banquet after a park program. The guest speaker was evangelist Les Eldriedge, who spoke on the far east war and East Asian life, followed by thanks from Lions members.
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Harold C
McClure
Georgetown Lions Club
Parmer
Lions Club
Lorne Scots
Toronto
Lions
Gibbons
Col Ballantine
Down Council
Joe Wilcox
Frank Carter
Lion Wm. Long
Lion Dr. Jackson
Les Eldriedge
China
Japan
Eirdriedge
Lion Croy Kennedy
Lion Arthur Beaumont
Let Folks Know You Farm
Farmers should display their farm names at entrances whether on mailboxes gates or signs. It aids visitors and reflects pride and progress. The method—home painted or professional—matters less than ensuring the name is visible to guide travelers.
Holiday Precautions For Safe Summer Health
The article outlines vital steps for a healthy summer with children including safe water, boil or purify water and seek health department guidance, anti typhoid vaccination, learning resume techniques, packing a first aid kit, extinguishing camp fires, and avoiding raw milk with pasteurization instructions. It recounts a Ontario family past a tuberculous hip condition from raw milk, illustrating consequences of sanitary neglect and pasteurization.
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Provincial Health Department
Health Department
Schafer
Ontario
Ess
Fair Dates Announced for Peel District
Last week D. Graham agricultural native for the county announced fair dates: Edon September 13, Paton September 16, Cooke September 20, Albion Township Caledon East September 22.
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Peel District
D. Graham
Edon
Pton
Cooke
Albion Township
Caledon East
Co operation Needed to Make Georgetown a Stronger Business Center
The article argues that Georgetown and other towns fail as business centers when only a few merchants push for trade. It urges all shopkeepers to actively attract customers and expand the trading area, stressing public spirited effort to benefit the entire business community.
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Georgetown
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