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page sue the acton free press acton ontario thursday december jo 1s01 poets corner it was the week before chriximaa when all over town the people were ruxhln up street nd down the ciiroln were playing from two of our stores at manning and huaords christmas atonies were tcld the merchants were kept a busy ar be providing the gifts to place on the tttnmi the children were playing out n the know and the fact of a holidiv mad their eye glow the pah office staft arc smothered with mall hiyn working like- mad -so- th- greottngs wont fail now if nnvone doubts that actan ha got it for real christmas spirit our town sure can top it when the big day is over and the stories are told tttrfrre pi w record them have like treasures of old this paper to many who chanced to roam ik just like a weeklv letter from home nd just let me say as i stop for tofiight merry christmas to alland let a all spend it hem anonymous nonl j union hold excellent hnlton county may well ha proud of her junior farmers kec- ently it was our privilege to attend the annual public speaking and amateur entertainment con teg tjvtht juni orrot t h rtjl 1 1 tbn high school while only three vnunv people participated in the public speaking competition they are all to lw commended foi their excellent effort it ls no easy task for anyone l gettlrptt0t miditor itim and participate in a public spimkipy competition as stated by kfr genrri e elliott in his ex cellent and constructive criticism it is onlv by practice practice praitico that uioonc becomes pro- iicicnt our only regret w that only the ibrookville and palermo club- were tepresented in the competition in the homo camera artist now offered w ith a new attachment for vour present 16 mm setqp e- crding to the financial post you also need a unit that stands up in front of your home projector div iding light beams into two pictur es and polaroid classes for the vis itors e phead optometrist eyt examined sdnttfklh f glasses fitted guelph phone 15 tfriamfawj ttfi the amateur entertainment con tent all ave halton clubs were rcp- itsented in so fin as w cm determine ill flw of the skits or scripts had been written b the juniors them- seles which makes their respect ive eltorus all the more prauu- worthv this pist w eek hi ing a free evening vvc dropped in on the reg ular moiithl meeting of the norval juniors thus meeting was held at the home of mr and mrs douglas currie and it was inspiring to find licit a clean cut group of young people in attendance the v oung men had dr wm mitchell vs of the halton health unit as their special speaker one had only to observe the at tention and listen to the discussion which followed hls address to know- that his subject matter was ilraely and much appreciated for the joint meeting the young people had an old favorite in the penon of mr george e elliott of milton mr elliott took as his subject vitammcs and trace elementm how ever it was not a technical address but one filled with both humour and meat which held his audience throughout to acton electors thanks to all who supported me in the municipal elections in acton and elected me to council to all the citizens of acton a merry christmas and a happy new year lawrence wieck manning electric as we have stated on previous occasion we have been delighted to note the progress being made by the junior fanners of halton in r cent years in brief they hav reached the point where they ac- ei pt responsibility and run their ovrn s h nn nn d what n j oh t n ey- ean tin thefe li only one crltlclim which we have to offer and that not onl applied to some of the jun ior mgamratinns but also tn many senuu group in brief time do not seem to mean nn thjng to tin rh they it art latr nd end i id the scottish group of miii pi nph w ho v isiti d oiiuii it inst siimniei weie ilso unfavorably ini- pusmd b this weakness on the part of sn manv of our rural organ lations halton plniinnrn kuu t llaroul picket as president the annual me ting of the hal ton plow men w as held in the ki i liters building milton on vi di iviiung of last w i ek despite the heiv v storm which made mot onng ver treacherous to sa the i tst a goodlv numbi r of enthus iastic plowmen wen in attendant e from three of lite four towndnixs piisident v v mearthur was in charge of the meeting mr u l skiue public school inspector foi iltllon was the guest speaker and a- usual delighted his audience uh his interesting iddns mr skuee on icqucst gave t illustiited ad- drtf on hus recent tup to euiope which included lnils to krani italv switzerland germain 1m1 and england and ireland those in attendance felt more than compensated for the effort made to attend the nucting under difficult road conditions the elect ion of officers resulted as follows president harold picktit horn- b 1st vice president j spencer wilson norval 2nd vice president geo rcii- head milton sccrctarvtreasurcr j e white- lock directors esqucsing ro cur rie milton j c cunningham hornbv clebert mcdowell hornby llovd fisher georgetown nelson pov ellenton lowville glen campbell lowville j h taylor freeman t e ellenton lowville trafalgar leonard lister horn bv frank hall strcetsvillt j c marshall ormgh j irk marchmont hornbv t nassagawev a hugh warmington campbellv die j mcphail camp- bellv ille ross gordon rockwood hon directors stanlev l hall mpp hughes cleaver mp w j rolwitson victor hall j a elliott w e bnckon i a dixon m t mcnabb arthui di imond w h robinson v a robinson c f picket v e mcarhur ird ross segsworth associate divi rtors fpii sing stanlev may c wnggkwohh f ruvsill nassagawt v a tom p itvrsci elmer blicklnik wm m ihnn n lson ervvin gunbv jno rich ardson john readht ad trafalgar llovd mi tin mi is how den george hall two sister cows set world records for manv yeinn dulrymen throughout the world huve uliued at having a tow pimlnre 11100 lb hutterful in toa diivu cm twlre-a- day milking vet no itnimul enme within in km hut of iiiih ligure until butt sprliiil when itoelaml tug apple cherry a purehte ilijbttehi set u n chanipioiuthlp mark of 1011 lbs fat now her patornil sister roe land rag apple lilly mfl wretted the championship from cherrv hv producing tmin his of butteifnt from 1041 llts of mklu in mw davhtn twiteji dn milk if ur vwpgmemtmwubg a fine selection of christmas gifts for the whole family may be secured from us the stock onhand at present of f a very fine selection to choose from a very merry christmas to all our old and newfriends kennedys book store 25 wyndham st guelph angus kennedy prop tin hit edi i anil iiwiii l of both attimtls is j w gt twood mapl nil chen v made her n rfra n n seven veaiold and lilly ns a fivevear oltl moth were tcth d in the ilitonl ot 1erfot innnee under the supei v isinn of the cnnaili in de li it tun nt of agiltiiltufr a vear ago ltllv establlsfnxl a woild recoxl foi rit of 1 015 iks in iht senior four-veai- old class of hip i iliv division mi twlceaday milking at the time she was ex pected t si i a new mark for the 10 dav division hut missed calving b several das within the 400 day liml from tn a of hrr nrort siasstisltiaissls which is rt pitted for the flol dav iivisnn ai n senioi thieeveai old k1i prodiued in mi davs on 2x 10701 lbs of milk tontainlng fill lbs of fat which stands second for fat and fifth for milk in canada for all time and is a junior twoyearold produced in 111 days on 2x h27 lbs fat from ib so lbs milk which a the time was a world record for the class lilu cherrv daisv and jam four paternal slsters in the green wood herd have between them in the past few vears broken nj less than mjc world records for production and have completed 12 superior production records that ah records that rale within the top five ever made in canada in their cnss all are sired bv kenevclyn rag apple supreme and lilly nni daisy are full sisters as are cherry and jane of the famous four aln- ters two of them lilly and cherrv have been classified excellent the highest attainable rating for type and daisv has been classified vcry good while jane is good plus- short talk it would be a wonderful world if we would all smile with as much sincerity as a dog wags its tail to all on this glorious day whether you are near or far we wish the most sincere greetings for a mpst blessed christmas victor b rumley and staff afore ahouf seed gnrni our article on the seid drill survey made in halton last spring his apparently treated some inter- is ilu mibjict was dlscused a a nutting rmnth sonu of those in itiiiduue wen quite sure tha sinipus had bun puked up onlv from tin poori st farmers in the conn v oihi rs wtrt of the opinion th it he s impli s nuisl h iv i b i r in n f wn bins of iml gr un thls nunn n in ordi r to in- ii m out wivioi st it nn i w u t n ksi v h 1 ml tint mi i i s h i i 111 inv i i m ls d wo ild fi 1 1iu d ui m v bt t in 1 i 1m w iko 11iiid wal- l tv c v v d 1 wi i id tin srn s i 1 h i l 1 n h it th s nvl s in hit i iivfi d r f- i i s i du s m lu tit id i v of he f i in rs tl i i i i th it hi hid tli med tin ir s sd a lu tww i 7 and tu h id bit n all 1id it hoiu this k uls ils ti siiggvst again th it a 1 irge percent ik of he fiiiung mi ls miit tt ne d ng m overhml job nrml hi some new scrttns the more one looks over the result of thw si d drill mih i the more om rtahzs whv weeds are on tht mere t on so m mv halton counv f irrns whi n the famru rs from whm the vjmph s w t re securnl receive i report back on their seed nnnv of them mum have been just as mdelv shocked as we were to note whit thev were sowing thw seed drill survev wa long ovurdue and we stncerelv hope others mav bt made in the near future mav we repeit that la pavs to know what you sow gf i gray coach i mother and dad or anyone on your christmas list will appreciate such a thoughtful gift as a bus trip to the sunny south to the bright lights of th big cities or a book of commuters tickets for everyday use buy them from your local agent phone 207 harold wiles agent acton