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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), April 30, 1953, p. 3

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into spooky blackness for the three of us doug held of brampton champion tractor plowman algie wallace of north gower champion horse plowman and myself roy shaver of finch ont team managerit was an ex prienc we will never forget we arrived gpsoxal aylmht 0h0i0b ungraded peas 2 29c gold seal fawnr red bookeye salmon iff 39c oenrdne imported english assorted fruit drops candy 37c xuh m onowmipd by ljtum ot london floor waxrl9c floor gloss 35 59 9 clothes pegs london the approached bis stranded car and asked if he coum htlp j ahoum be glad to know the way to buckingham palace i have to get my aunt there tha prince replied don t be sarcastic im only try ing to help replied the cop h apparently took quite a time tx persuade him it was not a bad joke just around the corner from us l marble arch a movie house displayed this sign owing to the fog the management cannot guar antee the clarity of the picture the fog got everywhere all sur face transportation came to a halt several times and only the tube london subway wan running but the fog even reached the plat forms far below ground then was no escaping ft on the sunday we made our way across the city to th vast earls court arena where the annual smlthfleld livestock show was to open the next day oflldabj at ontario house had arranged a pre view for us the fog got there first though by then several of the prize anim als were suffering from severe respiratory ailments caused by the murk eventually i understand two of the animals died and one big paulhenry spaak of belgium the ftrit president of the united nat ions general assembly was on a lecture tour in america oh mr spaak exclaimed a lady after one lecture you have been wonder full you look like winston church 111 and peak like charles boyer madam retorted spaak i would prefer to look like charles boyer and npeak like wunton churchill the women of canada gained the right to vol- in federal election in 1917 mayor k metropolis a dry of absorbing interest new york offers to visitor of all incfinanora a variety of activity and a host of sights to see on this delight ful trip you have 3 full days and 4 nights in new york of america i including a visit to greenwich vtfloge and chinatown you have i your choice of several j other features that will make your trip bom m- i foresting and enjoyable 51 35 4kmd hound trip fare from toronto mm to tf mcwks hoth room kw4m0hts from s doz in fko m9 oasbolls romas coffee s 95c success tuffy ajax sunlight rldos wax plastic scourer soap 59 39 229 29 douglas s reid doner norman robertson tnd then o n t a r i r house to meet ontario s agent general mtjor j s p armstrong at canada housi i nmwl ac q uaintanccshl r with prime min istir st laurent who wis then in fn gland flymg pans where we had spent a brief 2 day trip visit ing the war grav ts fortun ilelj our first twt dtys wen to free and so wi were ijbli to visit ctntda llousi i meet cimdi high cummi harold wiles agent phone 207 his own patent garmasks or should it be fogmasks he poured bottles of whisky over sackcloth and tied the cloth around the anlm- als nostrils it was effective too i for the animals stopped coughing smithflcld has been compared to our royal winter fair but it is i fur comparison tor smith fitld is a fat stock show only the roytl is a retailers exhibition wia the exhibitors eye fixed on the farmer smithficld ii a wholesal ers show machinery and excellent mach inery at thit was on show for for eign buyers rather than domestic ftrm rs dunn tnd atit w n partu ulirly impressed with the machinery exhibition on the m i chines tviry part that could poa sibly be gilded had been chrome pitted so the whole arct glinted and glistened in tht arc lights one tractor company had a model with an all pi islic body so the engine and frame was exposed to view the next day our last in europe the fog liflid lnrik noinh fur us to catch the boat train to south tmplon tnd then the queen eliza bith i could write a book about that ship but i will spare you i would like to sty one thing if you tix thinking ol going to europe by boit it is a wonderful experience we til appreciated the plane trip iv i r but it could never compare with the return journey on that btvitiful craft o rws j new swansdown angel food mixpkg53c black pepper quaker oats pork beans 4 oz pkg 45 2i5 0z jjjc lynn vauey green beans 2 27c pineapple cello tomatoes potatoes firm ripe bananas cooking onions dole crushed sunkist 288 s oranges pineapples 29 pkg 17c 10 lbs 27c lb 17c 6 lbs 25c doz 27c 3 for 89c com algie wallace m inw i tlth prime minisli rs con f ronci hi remembered us all from tt onttno pliwinfi aswi ntinn b inquet tftcr thi inter naliontl milch mr riibtrtson placd t ctr tt ou disposal ind thtt dtv strtndy enough in quite bright u tw st ptuls ctthedrtl thi tm r df 1 ondon tnd w itched the rhinmc of the rinrd it buck i lkhtm ptltc onl machints i m min could match th tlorn work prtcision of those soldier our visit to buck ptlace provided n uiuxpetted thrill for vvhili ac wirt sttnding then ihe litte 1 rmciss anni ctmt to the vvindo ill wivod ptrhaps she t o liked iur western hats i wi visited our second house f tw w t l c mmins in less thin thret vv ek tll bi usi d thi v while in northern in hod w wcr md thi united st 1 lown through the hoilc of com irl p nl n nv tnd sentw bv mr a wil dim m hut b cms v n diputv l the ulsur ministi i pv md th mu s f agriculture we of course nl i i in the spnkirs chtir in i ondon i t the best ptrl of th fn j vaccine for polio must be tested both n in ij vv ipon by in i i i n thi hilit t i it id i short s of nn i vnlib ihoi rttv mnrning the british h him gh gl lbulm th pirl if flvi 11 i iis vi iuht wks 11 hlvi of g iporti in hi ly ih i ll s thi univrs tl r which i i region- fresh daily asparagus cwry him gmn aint lettuce radishes green onionsr com j cimtiitn it wti imfnrttinntcu hurmn blonrl tt members dtv and only lvvvhuh ivtry individuil ovirninint supporters were pres f on is is fihlmj cvn mcmbt rs of th his irmcl l b thi bis opp v hum ont of whom wis op i n vip 1 i u i n t tion itadir clement mllt in plmi pinlvsi allli uil1 visitors rtllerv with us w is mum former canadian russell utxai iw living in london th it tftirnoon the fog started t inc dovin and it not prucrcii j i ly worse until at night one roulci t s i more thtn t fiw ytrds ietd wi w i re stav ing at thi umo hand hotel at hvdt park c inur ilinll one if thi buaiest s in london but that night and in n salurdtv it a quieter thtn tor into kin and btv struts in supp siki t bi at three oclirk m a sundtj morning an amtrican who was sning it tht cumberland with us had his own car with him stturday night he wanted to dnv five block1 t he hotel garajie to do it hi had 1 1 o a man lo walk in front of the ctr with a flashlight while his ojughur walked along the curb with one hand on the cars left front fender it took them more than an hour to make the tle blocks believ e mi it was dark outside the usually brilliant west end reet lights looked like tiny candl e even when- you were standing boneath them you could hear people and vehicles passing you on the street but you couldn t ee them it was like moing in a void if vou opened your window to let in some fresh air within 30 minutes what looked like a cloud iif smoke would be hanging from the celling howcvtr the iondoners native krnso of humor came to his rescue and some vrv tmusing talc came out of the fog i cannot guarantee them but i think some are worth repeating pnnce alexander of yugoslav i vas driving his aunt the duche of kent through london but be came lost in the fog a constable nil of ti nt 1 k km th s lt b riimiiight med orttortis hop ti dost s rt adv niot usl for fit id ust serin is outbn tk- uir all requests fr go sp i sored bv d icl rs nd th irt thn igh pruvm nl hirtlth i ptrt mntvi bv fy cinadt hopes t triple its production of gtmma globulin the greatist bottleneck htrd to get equipment and on th is solved the canadrtn red blood plasma which forms the cross will st p up the supply mtjor ingredunt in gamma glob lin another anti poll weapon ava c4ne which mav provide long range protection has been pro duced in pittsburg pa by dr jonas salk vaccine research u ilj be ng earned out in toronto tn dr andrew j rhode and team of connaught scientists wit a grant if jlfmooo from th naium fo inrtn in for infantil ptralvsls before the new vacclie ctn b wndtlv usi hiwcver its effective nes n i t be prued bv miss tests n1 in plints must then be butt to produce it in larce qutntitiis once this his been d ine n setrch experts confidently anticipate that polii wi i become a vanish ng disease where does the money go r tamnub at times most of as have looked at pulte wiflet off bank book and wondered whcredofjthemooeyio lach year we at imperial add up the company bbk to sec what happened to the money wc received intna previous 1 2 months for the gasoline fuel oil and otnet products c sell i icrcs where each dollar of imperial 1952 income went crude oil and other raw materials we bought pba freight tixik more than half of each dollar operating expenses took more than 28 cents tul v as the tost of searching for and producing crude od and of manufacturing and marketing the hundred of products wc supplied for thousands of uses through out the car hiph quality products were made availabls whtrc and when ou needed them taxes to provincial and rsderal governments rook 10 cents and this did not include gasoline tax which depending on where you live took from 24 to 14 cents out ot every dollar you spent for standard grada gasoline dividends paid to shareholders for use of plana and equipment amounted to 4 06 cents to repiace worn out equipment and to make mre that we can supply your needs in the future 42 etna was put back into the business imperial oil limitk ii makai caaatry ilraaa

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