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the acton free cress acton ontario ihubsoay february 311 jm camncuviue group holds euchre party the campbellville recreation and community club progressive euchre pmrty u held in the masonic hall on monday evening with mr and mrs robert mcphail and miss mar jorie chester an mr william coul tcr jr in charge prizes were awarded to mrs wal ter hambly mrs douglas agnew mr s hall and mr wjn coulter another party will be held with mr nd mrs frank quintan miss rett hubbert and mr james wallace in charge sugar is thi cheapest of all thi energy foods but not mi cm adlans realize it is cheaper to da bv a few cents per 100 punds than it was in 1949 gideon sunday in your church february 15 19s3 the gideons are a group of interdenominational men from all over the world who place bibles in schools hosp tals hotels jails and many other public places where entrance s given to god s word thm mn wish to tall you about their work dont miss it at your church oil tane if you have a gun type ml burner you should try v oil tane to cut your fuel oil costs oil tane easily put in your f ring chamber reflects boat and retains heat this reduces on and off per od thus saving up to 20 in fuel oil oil tane sehs for 4 95 enough for a season or more tf your deafer cant supply you sand 4 95 to rathweu agencies box 38 rocfcwood ont haltons 2000 farms classified in size crop power by survey there were 29 acres filled with spinach in helton countv in 1951 there were 13 acres of onions and nine acres of green peas this information is among th- pages and pages of figures that the government compiled following he census taken all over canada last j ear vegetables is just one small part of the break down of produce in hal ton that will 1 i local farmers know how many oth or onion patches there are in tin counk or spinach patches or green pea patches the total value of vegetables grown in 19w wis estimated a 651 800- not bad for the humbl vegetable the lowly cabbage ruled like a king over 128 local acres if the total of 1 502 devoted to veg elablc growing in 51 most acre age of all was copped bv the lush halton tomatoes 463 runner up was asparagus with 255 acres the number of farms altogether reporting vegetable grown wis 363 main vegetable crops wer cabbage carrots btans peat on ons corn tomatoes asparagu beets cauliflower celen lettuce and spinach altogether 3 058 ncres of halton lind were devoted to tree fruits in 1951 and the value of thes crops the year before wis 428 051 over 76000 apple trees provided the county with spring blossom and summer fruit surprisingly high is the totil value of production of greenhous es mushroom and rhubarb houses a cool 338788 of course most fanners stuck to field crops which occupied 97 000 acres of halton land as thehime of the census compared to 1 500 acres torvegetables and fruits top crop was cultivated hay with 1291 halton farms sowing 42000 acres oats for grain came second with about half the acreage altogether the number of occup ted farms in the four townships of halton totals 2035 another survey breakdown by the government has shown that only 33 of these farms have an annual turnover of 20 000 and over and on over stsb farms the value of products sold is even les than 250 mot farms fall in th class with from 1 200 to 2 499 of value of products sold 34 of the local farms are under three acres and 273 are from thre to nine acres on the other end of the scale four halton farms re ported having from 560 to 759 ac res most of all were in the group with from 70 to 129 acres of land almost all of the 2 000 farms are operated by the owner 54 are op erated by a manager 180 by part owner part tenant and 103 by a tenant the total value of farm machln ery rh the district is tremendous in halton 6 86125900 worth of equipment works the good land tt southern ontario there are 1 559 ears on these farms but even more tractors 1662 there are threshing machines throughout halton and 990 binders 131 grain combines 635 milking machines 1 780 of the 2 000 and some farms have electricity with all but five of the farms receiving power from power lines the other five two hae wind electric source of supplv and three fall into a tvplcal de pirtmental classification other radvertisement priceless heirlooms worn by star whin ou set republics nc technicolor production the qui min coming februarv 16 at the rqxj lactorf thiatre be sure ra take a close look at thi shawl and wedding gown thil maureen o han wears for thev are gm u ne irish heirlooms thi beiutlful shawl which mis o han wears in the scene wher shaugrauq marriage broker bar rv fitzgerald visits her with the n ws f john waynes proposal one of the famous connemara shawls these shawls were hand woven in connemara manv yeir go and have since been handed down from mother to daughtei throughout the years and the few shawls now in existence have come to he regarded as heirlooms maureen lace wedding gown is another example of delicate and ex quisite irish workmanship the making of this lace also is a craft handed down from mother t daughter and has not been com mercialized the secret of the in dustry has been kept within famil lesj which ls whv this insh craft hafrnot acquired the fame of mji tesc or brussels lace prune festival during the wir there apptarcd on the notice board tutside the chapel of a church in the mid lands of england the follow ing announcement the annual strawberrv festi val will be held in the manse grounds on saturday afternoon everybody welcome undemea h in small tpe were these words due to present oonditions onlv prunes will be served fashion hint rciding the hust d crecs from thi fashion kings and queens fun this timi of car the slim and trim skirt is still high in favor so of cour t the diet will be in favor again too in 1953 th full swish skirt ls still shown for even ings and summer dresses luckily for the n i nv who tlnd them so comfortable to anyone with an artistic im agination the names of the new colors arc simply delightful black plum bronze shadow rose smoke twilight red blue blaze green glit ter red flair rose strawberry the fashion spotlight is turning from the recently popular grey to the browns some of the nice neutral colors have been named desert earth blond champagne ivory sand french clay inca copper goldspic and porcelain yelltfw printed wool is the fabric this smartly tailored suit that doubles for a dress it features a three button jacket and a moder ately slim skirt comfort is a top consideration this new year in 1941 a population check show ed the average number of children per familj in canada by racial origin as british 287 french 5 3a others 3 32 horsing abound two cavalry rookies were each given a horse and they wondered how to tell them apart joe the tail off his horse but in time it grew out again thgnjiualcii the tail off his horsttoutitgres back final joe said whj don we measure them ma be one horse is larger than the other they did and sure enough black horse was three inches taller than the white one mrs m smon attended the f mural of her uncle mr g clarke kincirdiiii on saturday rs walter bown of fenelon j fills is spending the week with i r and mrs john bulmcr sr mrs fred hanscll of winnipeg is vi iting for some weeks with her sister mrs james mcgladrcy girrv candler is in morton grove illinois this week on bus incss he flew sunday from ma ton airport mr and mr morlcy chesser and mrs giorge damon of oshawa visited mr ind mrs john bulmcr sr on sundav mr john barr a student at the univirsitv of toronto spent the veek end with his pirenls mr and mrs f barr in acton mr ind mrs divid dhls spent thi week end in toronto visiting mrs dills parents mr md mrs r j brown and family miss jine elliott and m genrgi elliott who are both studvinj in toronto spent the week ind it their home in acton i mr ind mrs harold bums of torinlo and dr and mrs h f mowal of coppir cliff visited with thur mot hi r mrs j a mowat this mr jick main prize who has been working for allischiimers in minnesota has been transferred to montreal he visited over the wiek end at his home m acton mr bob redfern and kcnn spent the weekend toronto visiting mr redfem s mother mrs violet red fern and brother mr norman redfern while he was there mr redfern consulted the national council about ymca trophies ind one of the toronto radio sta ions abo ttf advertising local y activities wirden giorge leslie and the agricultural committee of halton county council reeve j j stew art of acton reeve stan norrish of ntissigaweya reeve e f fqrd and dcputv reeve marshall of tra falgar deputj reeve w bird of esquc inc attended the annual meeting of thi agriculture council held in the pirhament buildings tpronl i wtdmsdav ind thursday of thi week b bright lights the drivers of a large commercial fleets operating throughout most of on arlo were asked to report thhr experiences with drivers dipping lights on the highways at night the niagara peninsula enme out with the best reciird where dim mlng lights is a pretty gmcnl practice rural truck driversand weekend drivers came out wjih the poorest record for headflgh ci urtcsy h s h0lden wptofnttrur eyes examined glasses fitted 7 douglas st guhph suir beet growers in cinada now in producing enough raw tmlcriil to supplv roughly one qinrtei if c nada s sugar needs oeuaous wxrim- jt white bread wboe cracked wheat firnallced lie only completf selection of quality bakery products daily 0venette quality bakery an operetta in three acts by the pupils of attort public school public school auditorium tuesday february 17th 8 15 pm admission 50c ah proceeds will be used for some worthy school project i i m or bust with a new year ushered in and now underway predictions for the 12 months ahead are numerous one noted economist famous for business predictions stresses the importance of the get out and sell theme for the businessman who wants to keep above water the importance of adver tisinggood advertising is important to everyone advertisements in the home town paper enjoy readership much greater than similar ads in larger mediums at much greater cost the progressive merchant of today can not afford to miss visiting his cus tomers through consistent advertising in the local paper in advertising its the steady pull that counts acton free press