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the acton free press acton ontario thursday september 3 ims heart disease biggest killer diseases m the heart and blood vessels now constilutes the largest group of death in canada each year ap proximately 50 000 annual ly reports the canadian heart as aoclation nearlj halt of the deaths in people over 50 years of age fall into this group disease of the heart and blood vessels caused three limes as mam deaths as can cer five times as many as from violence and accidents and eigh times as marj as tuberculosis hardening of the arteries i the chief offender in causing heat disease in p ple over the age of 40 amongst children rheumattc fever is still in a prominent posit ion although h has fallen some whal in the la 10 years in 1m2 it was the second leading caus- of death from dieaw amonc school children no is fourth each year in canada there arc ipnroxi mately 700 infant who cl in he first year of 1 fe from congen til heart disease your floors are our business sfe vxsffl dominion ufflufilm hus armstrongs nairns dominion inlaid linoleum and tiles rubber and plastic tiles quaker floors and congoleum congowall quaker wall plastic wallttles venetian blinds plywood aluminum moldings waxes and cleaners sanding machines for rent clement floor wall covering 46 mux st phone 440 halton garden club aciiikvemfnt day thirty five ha ton garden club members hi id their lehicvement dav in the milton town hall on fn da j of last wnk the program was directed by mrv mabel borgstrom i ha lion home economist assisted by mrs marion montromery i during the morning the club numbers judged chwt of carrots and tomntew s and inswered a gar den quiz the afurnoon program included five club demonstntions and tight special exhibits staged and cummtntid n by third year mlmbcrs 1 six clubs namelv acton ash grove noral hornbv home gir den club hornliv hippy liners lovvville and onnlh jnrtie lpated in ihe dav s program us referendum carries the poll f united stitcs firmers conducted on august 14th to deter mine v hether marketing quot as and high level price supports were favored for the 193 i4 wheat crop carried bv a 7 to 1 margin the vote was 87 2 per cent favorable with only a two thirds majority re quired to carrv this rneins tint u s wheat farm ers will be assigned acreifie quotas and will be assured of i price equal to 90 per cent of pinl hid quotas not been approved the support uimld hive been onlv r per cent of panlv or abou 122 per bus in place of 220 marketing quotis similar to those adopted bv the ctmdnn whent rnarrt will also ht- designated from a vear ago was shown by pork which would be expecttd from tin lower innd of hog muiketintis in both countries tin companions are an follows lreeter blocks of meat million pounds l umtid stile aug 12 1 19 2 pork beef 32 inr 21 h 211 ti till 9 202 1 i lid 1417 10 1 125 i jin n lift 11 i4tgkvhgrjuauckq forecast the first crop estimitt bv the do minion bureiu of statistics based on conditions at august 1st indicat ed that 19i3 crops of wheat barley and rye will be the second largest on record the forecast for wheat is 603 8 million bushels 43 per cent larger than the 10 ear 1943 52 average how ever this vear s crop is later than normal and an early frost could still cut lelds and qual ity although recent warm clear weather has improved chances the barlej crop is forecast at 283 2 million bus only slightly be low last year s record 291 4 million a possible rye crop of 29 7 million bus would be second only to the re cord of 324 million in 1922 production of oats estimated at 4023 million bus is down 64 s mil ion bus from last ytar mixed grams also show a small decrease- when this jears harvest is added to last vears carrv over an abund ant supplv of feed per graincon sum in g animal unit seems indicated august 1st meat stocks freezer stocks of meat declined seasonal during juh in both cana da and the us at the end of the month tht most decided change mike c0xe plumbing heating space heaths air conditioning ettctric stoves refrigerators washing machines television filmill st acton we have an expert service department to serve you 4f i 4 3 ml 36m it will b nted tint us meat stocks show a piopoiti untelv larger deere isi than c in iilnn figures with pork pirtieuhrl bel w the iinji of reecnt v ars despite havv slaughti tints of eitll phc nominil beef cmsumplion ins kept stocks fiom mounting from present indicitions north anuncan meat stocks will be down to fairly modtst levels before mar ketings increase season illy this fall real consfrvation htatfs currif the joung lakt on tht esquimnj nassajawtva town lint abovt the spemle sidtroad has finally just about disapptared in mav the roadwav was under four ftet of wattr for six r seen hundred ftet and extended to the east and west an tvtn grtatcr dislanct engineers who inspected the pocket in ernes tion stated it was not economically sound to itumpl to drain off the water where did the wntei of it evaporated but in the tkn mu rmtntnn re your fall wheat fertilizer now ground that in mv opinion ctntly stated chairman gto curne of the halton conservation com m tlee is true water enervation and it must have strengthened springs somewhere crop leaders raise sights an announcement recently made by the winter wheat committee of the ontario soil and crop improve ment association states the fifty bushel winter wheat competitions of former years will be called six ty bushel competitions for the 1953 54 season these competitions conducted an nually in some 20 on la ne- counties are as we see it justified for two reasons first it means that in each of the counties concerned anywhere from ten to 30 growers sow register ed seed annually these growers in turn serve as a source of high qual itv seed in their respective com munities and counties secondly these competitions serve as a med mm of comparing new varieties with some of the old stand bys the regulations call for a mini mum of al least five acres using registered seed of dawson s golden chaff corntll w dawbul or gen est the latter is a new vanity originated at corntll unncrsitv in new york state hilton growers intertsttd m par ticip itinj in the halton c impttitmn should make their entries with the milton office of the ontino de partrntnt of agriculture am one wishint inform ition n girding a sourct of ai our of the varieties mentioned can ilso stcure such at the same office editorial continued from inje twnt mori wfstfrn uetwttn rodeo and chuck wagon laeiiih wi win intirlnmed at a pi i i i buffi t limn i bv int rcon tin ntal i niki n i n a fine company gr mnds rhi food was pit nliful and to out cowboy to whom we re marked about the pit nliful supply of btif ik rtlurnd with tht cim mint whv shuuldn i thin bt lots at 17 cents n pound of n ursi here feritd to tin who can ass al that pute tin ar stupid a fly past vtr thi grounds for i ur kfoup iml i ii n lists k numbers haek it tin h lel tint ivinng cbc pul n i spiel il brnadeiisl entitled dear mr fdllor pi rtnps some f our hsltmrs hi ir i it aid could nlers it i of tin itvi iv spirit of uu invention atttr uu buiadeasl a datiei u is hi id but i f coi rst it was know n ai i hi i down and f mind western nuisit h k iiomj ilick hoit i inn wi vi had a hlxliv and a business itietmn c nibintd we havi a verv vivid red shirt two cittifieatis of awards of merit of which the staff may well be proud ind igain the job of bunt chairman of ihe executive committee of the canadian weekly newsp ipe is asseiciation which has a membership of belwetn fivt and sit hundred ind is the i iritst news piper association irt the world next vi tht jruup will mitt in 1 ironto and well be faced with helpint the out in i chairman of the 19i4 convention bill cranston of midland with a convention that on tano members will attempt to make bimer ind better than even the western group put on and th it will indeed be a task lor the ontai tors to attempt weve met again our newspaper friends from the at la n t ic to the pa- ctrc we 3 ve ti a3 in le resltntconr vtrsations both at the convention ind on the long train rides some lime we would like to see other countries but it docs seem there is so much to this canada of ours that a lifetime is hardly sufficient to be come acquainted with the many parts of it we have tasted western hospital it before and we know again that it is warm and sincere we hope we haven t wearied our readers with our ramblings and that the linotype operators can decipher the writing done as we sway along in a railway coach next week we 11 discuss mat ters of more general interest a replica of the ro al coach brought over from england win re it was on display during the cor ort on will be a highlight of this years canadian national exhibi ion exact in e ery detail the model took 4500 hours to build canadian friends howards barnfly spray livestock spray insect bombs king calcium sprays and dusts stockade and pratts sprays frost fence in ttoch w hv a oood ft rtwtchw for thof who purchaso rhoir quality tone koro first gkade sisa1 may fork hope milking machine replacement parts now in stock binder twine 17 so 100 ibs baier twine i acton farm supply meet delegates a number of delegates to the associated country women of the world convention which was held in toronto had the pleasure of touring oi tano when lunches were held in the r honor in dif ferent localiue two acton district ladies mrs j etlerbv presdeni of hilton wo mens institute and mrs r l davidson had uu hon ir of being guests at the y m c a hamilton when wtntworth womens feder ation ce mm net e nu rt i red lad blum of tasmana wh spoke of her home i land mrs elltrbj brought greet ngs r m the wi ci ff rd ua u fr m the fdrm forumi and e anur bar acuc pi pre ler fir the junior empty lots gone in prairie towns an edmonton writer mourns the loss of the vacant spaces where he used to play as a boj the emptj lots have gone he says not only 1 1 edm nton but in cores of other cities on the prairies only a few jeirs ago r tht up to the end of the war in fact there w ere probablj more vacant cil i us ti caliarj edm nton regina and saskitoon than there were full ones they wer lef over f n the great real estate bo m wl it collapsed in 1913 14 oil nalur il r and 1 i fun pr p tili i iv ilur l d all that tavs he f nane al post the emit lots of the pn ne towns ar d c hi long m lf of pa ed re 1 1 iwtr and vnter im is ihi 4 d for cutomer have come i i ho r i the small bj mi huve to g further to find a plice for aims but not ne irly so far a f w vear hence when he sets out to find j job poef s corner a child should know a child should know the beauty c m rning i it t utile with gold the bro f tin hill and wakirus the flowers in wo t land glade lule the wind 4 placing r 1 and still a child hould hear the mu c the daw i the hum f tractor and woni tin w t i nu of crows and tl broken tune of the wee bro ik as it kurgi along a child should feel the tra b tween hes toes and wash of sound where t waves roll over the sun on h b idj ind air we nghls and belwetn his 1 ps tin tm i clover a ci ild should know mistake a stirr hatchet faced wouiar entered the off ee and demii ded i sic the rhief et ss is she good looking office bo yes s r ver beau boss then show after the woman s depar up re th boss ent for the off boss you re a nice j idge o office bo well sr i thought he n no- ight be our snipping cecil a carr gueiph b dougtaa st tall the all of the sun where meado v larks rise above the wide fields where the daisies nod beneath the darling fl jht of dragon flies yes they should know the joy of out of doors should love its peace and all its season s glow and having th s havu god within themselves that thiv in purest dnn ty ma y grow marj ellen varlej oakv lie acton high school reopening the aclon high school will reopen for ihe fall term on tuesday september 8th at 9 a m all students planning to attend next term should be present on the first day in order to register and to get a 1 st of the text books required the only supplies needed for opening day are a pencil and a me mo pad and students are advised not to purchase any text books beforehand mr robbms principal will be at the school thursday and friday september 3rd and 4th to interview any students or parents who might wish to see him before school formally opens to the canadian national exhibition august 29th to september 12th except sunday direct into the grounds reduced return fare 250 for children s fares i icave acton 8 36 a m includes exhibition admission your agent leave exhibition 10 30 p m daylight time exhibition passengers travelling on regular buses wilt transfer at toronto bus terminal to buses running into the grounds tickets and information at harold wiles phone 207 i rs k u a di un new how mv jsbaad toronto aug 28 sept 12