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the acton free press acton ontario thursday june- 7th 196 reports and article worn heltons fannianda and farm crgantohom j campbe ju win top awar at halton clubs lynne coulter campbellville won the hamilton spectator award of a championship trip to the 411 chib congress at chicago which entitles the winner to 75 in cash to apply on the trip next fall this is a general proficiency award based on judging ability shown over two of the past three tears activity in 4h dab work and junior tanner work and out standing leadership ability display ed this award was made at the milton town hall last saturday ev ening following the annual junior farmers livestock judging compet ition during the day the young men under the leadership of art ben nett had judged ten classes of live- stock at the following peel country farms holsteins at j m frasers angus at l v wrights dual pur pose shorthorns at sanford farm yorkshires at harold parkinsons suffolk sheep at ray clarksons ayrshires at vim reeds jerseys at b h bull and son follows peel visit the junior fanners of the two counties were in action and was a followup to the visit of the peel county junior farmers to halton a year ago the official judges were d adams of the industrial council of canadian meat packers don jose of the farmer magazine j w mccuuough agricultural represent ative for peel county and agricult ural representative j e whitelock john w picket of hornby a previous trip winner was the top judge of the day and thereby won the norval juniors challenge tro phy the cne shield for the high novice was won by ted nightin gale of rockwood rjt 2 nsaymwotkyrvsyga humane shelter cares for four groundhogs the oakville humane shelter which has cared for dogs cats pig eons horses skunks and even a monkey in its history has now got four baby groundhogs in its men agerie some dogs treed the mother on d r watts property on the radial road bronte the babies were found and were brought to the shelter 1 dont think well put them out for adoption said shelterkeeper al macnab although they do make good pets i think we may take them to the riverdale zoo juniors take to air for trips meetings junior farmers are now travel ling by air- on saturday may 19 the years junior farmer delegates myrtle stewart eleanor iullico david barric and mac mclaren left malton airport for great brit ain in june president russell mcal lister of carlcton county and mrs josephine bird haldimand county will fly to theprovince of alberta at the last provincial directors meeting held at the 0ag guelph president russell mcallister set a record by travelling by air to a dir ectors meeting the first provincial president to do this his wife drove him to ottawa airport from their farm 40 miles west of ottawa he took a plane to malton then tra velled by car to guelph and was ready to chair the directors meet ing at 1030 am boy scouts take on cenotaph facelifting improvements to the grounds surrounding the georgetown war memorial on guelph st will be made through joint action of the town council and boy scouts the town is paying for flowers which the scouts will plant and scouts gave the cenotaph a facelift ing last week when they cleaned tne lettering on the plaque council decided to expend 100 on flagstones which will replace tne present bare patches where at tempts to grow grass have been unsuccessful the scouts- will care for the property in future as a civic project 1 1 i mutob juuora top dan milton junior farmers repres ented by jojhn w picket george greenlees john c willmott lynne coulter george hume and mervyri colling won the- dr r k ander son trophy emblematic of the top club and three of their members representing trafalgar township won the intertownship award and the bank of nova scotia trophy mother trophies winners other trophy winners and awards were made as follows palermo junior farmers challenge trophy high coach lynne coulter baron- ston trophy high score in dairy cattle norman bird duncan campbell trophy high score in beef cattle john w picket mason knit ting co trophy high score in sheep john c willmott thos blakelock trophy high score in swine howson ruddell juniors 16 years and under in order of placing george greenlees don moffat george hume ross austin sandy hepburn delmar ford harold patterson don taylor and ted nightingale tie bob mer ry- intermediates 17 to 21 years in clusive lynne coulter doug star- rctt and tom hunter tie bill rob inson ross shortill mervyn col ling ian norrish jim storing ke- van burge seniors john w picket sandy buchanan john c willmott nor man bird howson ruddell halton defeats peel for the second year in success ion hlaton juniors represented by john w picket sandy buchanan george greenlees won the spe cial intercounty award donated by art bennett by defeating their riv als from peel the program presided oyer by jean peterson president of the halton juniors also included a number of special awardsmade by mrs mabel borgstrom home econ omist for halton peel and vork counties in connection with 4h homemaker program here the tod award the halton district v i special was presented by mrs guy bussell district secretary to mar ilyn cleave of the norval club the norval club represented by marilyn cleave marie hanop and ruth wilson also won the toronto- dominion bank trophy incidental ly the halton district wi special of j75 will be applied by miss cleave on the two nations tour other presentations included the foliowing county honors elizabeth gibson beth mcenery evelyn mc kay marie harrop and ruth rob- fertson provincial honors maralyn wrig- glesworth audrey featherstone joan mckay helen vivian and marilyn cleave leaders honored a pleasing feature of the even ings program was the presentation by mrs borgstrom of the canadian council on 4h club certificates of merit for outstanding leadership to mrs wilfred bird and mrs hartley robertson who each had devoted five years or more to providing leadership to their respective 4h homemaking clubs an informal dance to music pro vided by the watson orchestra of fergus brought to a conclusion an other outstanding feature of halton juniors annual program ll optometrist hh acton every wed afternoon 48 office t mill st acton hours 130600 evenings by- appqinrrnen for appointment telephone 115 new fair highlight is pumpkin growing a new competition a junior pumpkin growing contest conduct ed by the acton agricultural soc iety in cooperation with the can adian broadcasting corporation will be a new feature at acton fall fair this year the contest is open to 4h and junior farmer club members up to the age of 35 in ontario and que bec pumpkin seeds and an entry form are supplied free of charge upon request to mrs irene swack- hamer the secretary of acton ag ricultural society rr 2 acton each girl and boy is responsible for getting the big pumpkins to acton fair by noon september 14 in judging weight size and appear ance is to be taken into considerat ion the winner of the contest will be declared the central canada junior pumpkin grower and will receive the bank of montreal chal lenge trophy and four bags of fer tilizer second prize is three bags of fertilizer and thud prize 400 the exhibitor from the longest dis tance will receive 300 the 12 top entries will received two one- pound dust guns each saturday on the junior farmer broadcast george atkins cbc farm commentator for ont ario and quebec is giving informat ion about this contest as the sum mer progresses the committee of the acton ag ricultural society in charge of this contest are mac sprowl chairman provincial executive member of the junior farmers association of ontario president smith griffin william davey manager of the bank of montreal acton nihoj braida director of the society anoz miss irene swackhamer secretary the name or the bow river in alberta originated from the pres ence on the rivers banks of doug las fir trees from which local ind ians made hunting bows forty eight enumerators began their rounds of hnltcsn county fri day to count the county its all part of canadas first quinquennial census its estimated there will be 80000 people counted in haitpn tmsyear with a big increase in the southern part of the county census figures for halton in 1951 showed an urban population of 22293 and a rural population of 21710 this was a considerable in crease from the 1941 total of 28515 commissioner of the electoral district a padbury reports the hotels and motels were enumerat ed on may 31 with the general enumeration- begun june 1st towns are to be completely enume rated by june 21 and rural areas by june so preparations for the census have included three schools for enume rators at acton burlington and oakville as well as distribution of the necessary material to the enumerators supervisors assisting commission er padbury are f l wright acton and gordon grahame burlington of the 48 enumerators only ttyo are male they will be asking six questions in urban households and perhaps 76 in the rural areasr nunes of enumerators cost of canadas census is estimat ed at 5000000 jvith preliminary figures on population to be released before the end of 1956 and final figures on poulation and agriculture in the early months of 1957 enumerators in halton are mrs mary tufford mrs lois mcphail milton mrs e wensley mrs joan mcknight acton mrs barbara brown mrs nora wlliams mrs florence edwards georgetown robert cunningham mrs irene currie mrs betty price mrs hazel marshall mrs shirley armstrong ms joan waldie esquesing mrs jean wilson mrs ida henderson mrs josephine whitham nassaga- weya miss edna lawrence mrs bessie now life insurance and your money back a brand new sun life plan which 1 provides insurance protection to age 65 2 returns all basic annual premiums paid if assured lives to 65 is available for male and female lives ages 15 to 50 at 65 the funds can be a taken in cash b used to purchase a paidup policy for the original sum assured and the balance taken in cash or as 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