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thursday september ib 1b33 the acton v free press acton ontario pack seven rain or shine its acton fair 19 20 itv not bmong the oldest fairs but for nearly 40 year acton fair nan earned a reputation for one of the best in program that arc dif ferent and entertaining thu year event is scheduled for friday and saturday september 10 and 30 and given a break in the wea ther the event promises to eclipte any of the former ones the entire arena show has beon changed for friday night and new features have been included in the prize llit which should bring out a fcl exhibit acton fair has for two years been handicapped by bad weather and this year directors are endeav oring to assure the public a super ior event if the weatherman co- operate but rain or shine its acton fair on september 10 and 30 scenes from acton fair in 1937 fifteen years ago acton fair continues on eve of 4 ann i this year marks the fortieth an- f events and contests the first niversary of acton fair but the nisht show grew in popularity and holdtne of an annual fair in acton i the arena was filled to capacity dates back many more years for each year the program has been many years esquesinff fall fair varied and most everything has was held alternately in acton and been presented to bring new at iwhi living cosb so high one has to be careful of expenses van when taking trip thats why the low bus fares appeal to roe i haw a bute extra is spend on enter tainment or for some of my shop ping white im away and travel ing by bus these days is really enjoyable fares are low round trip boston 2510 pittsburgh 1725 detroit 1120 new york 2290 ticker and information at harold wiles phone 207 acton fp georgetown but at the annual meeting in 1912 the directors de cided to hold the fair in george town continuously and acton and esquesing farmers of the district drcided to hold a fair in acton as well the two organizations separated and have operated since that time as two separate fairs at that time there was a fall air held in every town or township uf the county oakvillc and bur lington and mossagaweya fairs have since been abandoned leaving ony fall fairs in acton milton and georgetown continuing with suc cessful events- milton is this year marking its centennial having op- orated since 1852 perhaps some of our readers will recall the early fairs of forty years ago george havill was the first president of acton fair and george hynds was secretary treasurer for many years of the fair the hall exhibits were presented in the old drill shed and on the first night ot the fair the band played a concert from a rather precarious platform in the hall and a hundred visitors or so came to view the display popular in those days were the sewing machine demonstrations where a nice cardboard fan was decorated with a frilly material pi anos were popular in other exhib its and fine sots of harness were on display by the local harnessmnk- crh yes we can even recall that philip drurnmond used to proudly exhibit sides of leather that had boon processed in his small tan nery electrical appliances werent on display in those days because there was no hydro power availnbo the lighting service was supplied by a local plant and it was closed down at midnight back when acton fair was found ed the pa rk entrance was at t he end of park avenue and the section whore knox avenue bisects wa a bin field with a high board fence there wasnt any motor travel of consequence and the horses and herds or cattle started arriving early on the second day of the fair and the midway moved in early and took up a section of what is now park ave it was necessary to go down through the midway to roach the hall exhibit in tho eirly days the competitions wore different the farmers wives com peted with choice exhibits of dair butter in pound prints five pound i oils and crocks of 10 pounds it wasnt until 1929 or 1930 that acton fair hfti the big arena show the firbt such event we think feat ured n name of broombill with the participants mounted on donkey gordon beard mo re took i keen teiest in the fair and had a group of military personnel put on ndinu traction to the event forty years later on friday night another new type of shqw has been arranged the program directors have been versatile and the arena show has been continuous except for the wartime interruption when the arena was not available acton fair has changed with the times the horses dont become frightened at the automobiles any more times have changed and the fair has kept pace this year we note that a feature will be a safe tractor driving demonstration but the best lady driver will also be a f feature although there may not be so many of them the quick hit and once around the track contest isnt held any more but the gentle mans road race will thrill the stands there have always been bands sometimes the 48th highlanders and the grenadier guards but mostly its been good old acton citizens band and thsi year the second armored divisional band from toronto will also appear on the program as well as our own band there have been good fair days and miserable ones some cold some hot soma wet and some dry but down through the forty years acton fair has grown and made its way it has been a meeting place for friends from far and near at forty its going strong and on fri day and saturday many will gath er and reminisce and recall the things we have talked about and recall many others there are things which come and go m the entertainment world we dont see the garden parties any more and the old boys reunions arent as plentiful but acton fari goes on because it fills a need of town and rural dwellers to get to gether and a joy and pride in iichievement and exhibition for the school boys and girls the men and women shoe changes foot in dollar exchange ah the confusion and resentment caused by the depreciated us dollar is unnecessary comments the financial post when the shoe was on the othr foot no thinking canadian expected to have american hotels or stores accept our dollars at par most cannuian visitors to the vs as a matter of course had their money changed into us currency before they crossed the border its a pity that our american visitors would not adopt the same practice where they dont and ins lit on using their own currency here we should not hesitate to discount it and we should tell them this it may have the same name but our dollar is not the same as your dollar for a long time you took 10 cents off each of our dollars be fore you even started to do business with us times have changed you and a lot of other people have been buying into canada have been investing in our oil wells our mines our industries that invest ment has made our dollars scarcer more valuable it is the old law of supply and demand cool milk once 145 degrees hot one of the potent factor in the reduction of sickness and death rates in both children and adults is pateurixation of milk pasteurization id a simple pro cedure involving la h the simplest form of the heating of milk to 145 degrees f for half an hour with subsequent rapid chllunfc the im portant thing to remember in this connection li that paste u rival i on will destroy all disease carrying germs or organisms and that the process does not destroy any of the fundamental nutritional qualities of milk none of the arguments brought forward by the opponents of this lifesaving process has the least validity in spite of this we are faced with the tragedy that in eight provinces out of ten there u still no province- wide legislation for the pasteuriz ation of milk it is a reflection on our common intelligence that in only two provinces out of ten ontario and saskatchewan is it possible to be sure that milk pur chased for home consumption is pasteurized and therefore safe it is important that in every part of canada citizens realize that th only safe milk -is- paste urizedjnilk looking for excitement tv draw oames bingo entertainment door prizes all at the rotary fun fair in acton akena october 24th 1952 dollars and sense the son in college was applying pressure for more money from home i cannot understand whv you coll yourself a kind father ho wrote his dad when you havent sent me a check for three weeks what kind of kindness do you call that thats unremitting kindness wrote the father in his next letter announcing a chance to help acton progress through the addition of liejylhajjojujemodern equipment tickah on tala this waalc for a lucky draw on a peterborough sportsman modal outboard motor boat with 7 hp watt band outboard motor tickets 25c each or 6 for 1 boat will be sold to lucky ticket holder for 1 draw- will ba hald at fi ram nt annual dane dae 5 1952 answer no a young man went in to sec his chief and asked for a 5 a week raise but look here said the boss if i give you this raise thats 20 more a month thats 2fl0 a year his voice grew louder and thriller in ten years you will have 2600 out of my pocket in twenty years 520u and in fifty years in fifty years he clutched his head ns though in some dreadful nightmare then he screamed im bankrupt ach meat market 81 mill street telephone 541 more for your money in meats of quality schneider bacon squares bacon lb 17c fresh hocks pork lb 17c margarine lb 29c we are interested in purchasing chickens and fowl for retail sa1e5 sun brite impossible two revelers in a bar were di cutmng life i had the strangest dream last night said one sud denly there were about a thousand little men dancing on top of my body they wore pink caps and green suits and red boots that curled up in the front ye- j greed the other and there wib a tmm bell at the toe of ejeh boot how do you know that osked i the tirst a couple of them are till -it- ting on our shouldt r bjbnanerararaiimaiis news used to be spread by three timetested devices telephone telegram and tellaw0man to these now is added tfmtltlwfcuvol jltfflf ifcif television see our display of the best in television at the acton fair with 0 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