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page kksht the acton free press acton ontario thursday april ttrd 1 laat vretk 1 had a letter t a friena oiathlhrtwswbtwfcj does everything happen to ust the writer had good reason for asking that question as her family seems to have more than its share of trouble of various kinds long after i had read the letter the query she had raised remained in my mind and 1 wondered how many of us in our own time have asked the same thing and gener ally in connection with family problems from which none of us escapes sickness accidents in ancial difficulties or quite often a combination of all three for it would seem that trouble never comes singly often it is one thing after another and we think even if w dont say it why does everything happen to us isn t that right friends haven t you jiorc than once had occasion to ask the very same thing but supposing lady luck has smiled upon us supposing the things we worried about never happened the loved on who was ill made a remarkable recovery the lack of farm help was suddenly solved bj tbereturn of a man who had worked for us years ago or housing accommodation was re lieved in a miraculous way by an offer to those who shared our home an unexpected legacy might even have corps oullwjuvr l hit it lucky on a radlor pro gram or il could be that some member of our familj escaped unhurt in an automobile accident nov wonder when good instead of bad luck comes our av do we still say to ourselves why does every thing happen to us i venture to guess thii few of us even think of iiocing such a question under those conditions we take it all for printed ind jo mernlv on our wav such lilt riral creituns as most of i us are i but then we ire no more in j consislon thin the weather here we ire imc in almost snow less i winter thit is in ontinos ban nna beh nadv and anxious to ret on with our outdoor spring chores ind whil ort nf other do wei get- sn v of all things md strong cold northwest winds ton c both for silag cold and rough to work outside i purposes 12 farms with in degree of picture or i 7 variety test with 8 tven inside without fires or fui s 1 farm nace in fict we might well sa made uk numbers of acton women s institute a the 50th anniversary of ihe group observed recently in acton united church were from left to right mrs george lantz a past president mrs f j wilds mrs fred anderson the secretary and mrs r i davidson the president the women s institute was organized in acton on march 24 1903 with the first meetings held in hill s hall the first president was miss meda nelson now mrs j r kennedy of umonville projects undertaken by the active group during the past half century have included a drinking founlain drinking trough for animals refreshment booth in the park the cemetery entrance and most recently the trophy cabi net donated to the new school addition many donations have also been made to worthy causes slides on mexico shown to juniors the regular meeting of the acton junior farmers and junior insti lute was held at the home of don matthews the boys meeting was in charge of the president calvin sprowl the business included the organ izatlon of a farm machinery club with the time and place left to a committee to decide r n brown was guest speaker his topic was the future in farming after which a general discussion followed the girls meeting was handled by the president anne mclaugh- 1 lin the business was selecting two delegates to the guelph conference in april their guest speaker was miss eleanor cook r n who gave a very interesting talk on first aid at the joint meeting a euchre and dance was decided to be soon sored by the club in the hope of raising some money in april miss grmdley of th acton high school staff showed films on hei trip to mexico city a dainty lunch concluded the evening acton public school kindergarten enrolment the public school will be able to accommodate alt pupils of kindergarten age this year to enrol they must be five years old by december 31 1953 to avoid confusion please com plete the form below before may 1st and send or mail it to garnet w mckenzie principal box 302 acton patient how can i ever repay you for your kindness to me doctor by check money order or cash plan extensive sou- and crop program an extensive program of sod and pprojeiaingpo h the county soil crop improve ment association inthe various sec tions o the county this year ac cording to president fred nurse well know ashgrove farmer thes will include the following 1 tests with ammonium nitrate on winter wheat on 16 farms 2 ammonium nitrate vs ammo phos on meadows on 5 farms 3 methods of seeding 1 new ttst to be 1ud down in 1953 and follow up on five similir tests laid down in 1951 and 1952 4 dates of seeding this involves lowing red closer and alfalfa on winttr wheat on januan 1st feb ruirv 1st march 1st pril 1st and pnl 15th 1 farm 5 mulching s cultivation v corn 6 vanetv tests with 8 virutics and gr i n pause refresh with icecold cocacola samuel coleridge the spring comes slowlv up this wa or is it that we are a little prev ions in our anticipation of its coming most of us looked for an carlv spring but as so often hip pens ojr expectations fill short sterdav for instance such a cold miserable da not much eh mce of visitors we thought but bv hrcc o clock we had i part of four and while 1 was retting ha for thim three more arrived to di monday we have extra jobs tc do right now a nnn is at th bim dehorning a couple of hcifir avrshirc cattle grow such wicked horns we would think after vi irs and vears of domesti at cittle would stop growing horns like the polled angus horns an not onl a menace to farmer but also a menace to the earth themselves a cow neanng calving time can receive injurj by a bossy stable mate a little too bus with her horns and what those same horns can do ti a ftnee isn t funnv sometimi- we stop the growth of horns w hen the calves are little and sometimes we don t- if we have a run of several bull calves in succession we have lost the habit by the tune a heifer calf comes along another job on hand for today ii an electrical check up we find that switch boxes down barn gradually get choked with dust and chaff and when this be comes damp through humidity or by repeated freezing and thawing n short ctrcuttt win sometimes result so we try to get ahead of tht garni if we can it is often quite a job to and an electrician who isn i loo bus for these small jobs so when we do get a man here i kenerally havi a job or two lined up for him mvsclf this time it is an outlet in my little office at pn sent i have extension cords traihntg across the floor because tn room is the back half of what i was one big room w hen the house was wired i remember when the wiring was done the electrician said don t ever be afraid of having too man outlets and iii guarantee that no matter how manv i put in you will still find as time goes on you haven t en ugh he was tight there were 4 out lets to start with and we are still adding to that number some people do little add electrical jobs like that themselves but in our familv no one feels he knows en oufh about the work to do a safe job for which i am very thank fui 1 would rather we paid to have a job done by an expert than have it bungled by an araateur fr better to ge safe than sorrj ineties of beans 1 8 vanetv test with 8 varieties o1 both oats and sovbeins 1 farm 9 4h forage club this in volvcs sowing one acre of an im proved hav pisture mixture using improved stnins of brome i chard and timothv along alfilfa md red clover fifteen club members will check this mixture ignnst their homt mixture w also understand that tentati pirns are under wiv to check the relative merits of hyperphosphitc i iri african products igainst rock phosphate superphosphitc and a complete fertilizer on meidows the association also sponsored a 50 bushel winter wheat club list fall and there is i strong likelihood of a bus trip being organoid tn the stau of michigan further details concerning this long list of projects mav be secured from the milton office of the ontario de partment of agriculture cutting a girl met an old flame and decided to high hat him sorry die murmured when the hostess in troduced aim to her i did not get your name i know you didnt replied the old flame but that is not vour fault you tried hard enough king sway kiwams again offer scholarships during the past week agricul tural representative j f white lock met with the agricultural committee of the kingsway ki wan is this service organization has been taking an active interest in a h club work in halton for the past five vears during that time they have awarded 38 scholarships each to the value of 12 50 which were applied on some one of the short courses at the ontario agi cultural college it ma also be recalled that few weeks ago some 3u members of the kingsw ay kiw anis enter tamed a similar number of haltoi farm leaders to dinner at the tra falgar memorial hall the event was so successful that already both the kjwanians and halton farm leaders are talking of a repeat performance next winter at the meeting referred to above president ev leyland and ken mcdonald chairman of the kiwan ians agricultural committee auth jnzed j e whitelock on their be half to offer ten similar short course scholarships to the mem ber of halton s 4 h clubs for 1953 garden clib members organize club leaders training day was held recentlv in the farmers building milton with particular reference to garden clubo mrs ruth clarke home economist for halton peel and york counties was in charge a total of 44 gard eners were signed up and six clubs are being organized at the foljovv ing centres hombv east hornbv west acton low ille ashgrov e- norval and omagh it augurs well for some good gar dens on at least forty four halton organization meeting planned for 4h calf and forage clubs the court house milton on fn dav evening mav 1st is to be the soene of the organization met ling for halton 4 h clubs with h 1 stein jersc guemsev beef and dual purpose calv es halton s new 4 h forage club will be officially organized at the same time artbennett popular assistant agricultural representative halton and peel counties intimates that prospects look bright for an other outstanding club year ap plications have been literally roll ing in for some weeks however the genial art advises there is always room for a few more ken vivian president of palermo 4h tractor maintenance club eighteen bovs joined the paler mo 4 h trictor maintenance club it pilermo public school on mon diy evening april 13th aftei the sifety film minck o paraatse villev wis shown art bennett ssistant agricultural representative introduced bert moggach engineering ficldman for hilton peel and york counties who txplained th project and dis tributed manuals record books and safetj rules ken vivnn burlington rr no 1 w is elected president edward segsworth burlington r r no 2 vice president and ken scotland i orangeville ont milton r r no 6 secretiry local club leaders fred bell ind colin alton were present and fred bell spoke bnefiv isking for cooperation to make this 4 h clib which is sponsored by the pilermo junior farmers and the ontario dcpirtmcnt of agriculture a sue cess dfbattng finals at junior farmer conference halton juniors will play a prom inent part at the annual junior farmer conference scheduled for the ontario agricultural college guelph at the annual church service on sunday evening halton juniors w ill prov ide the choir then on monday evening halton s eleanor mckeown and earl snow i will meet the lambton countv de j batmg team in the finals of the i inter county debating series hilton is upholding the negative of resolved that rural depopu lition threatens the prosperity and welfire of ontarib it should be n interesting debate last but not least david pelletteno pres dent of the junior farmers of or tino will be the presiding office halton s popular dave has lone an outstanding piece of work dur ing his year as prvincial presi dent his successor will be elect ed during the conference at guelph the orangeville bottling works phone 137w ten new protection cases for march ten new child protection cases for march were reported at the directors meeting of the child rem aid society held in the so ciety office milton on april 14 with seven directors and the sup erintendent present mrs m e nixon in the absence of the presi dent presided when the meeting was opened with prayer accounts to the amount j2 14884 for the month of march were passed for payment uhnwert ten new chud pr cases with sixty one cases tpel the end of the month there were one hundred and fifteen children in care with a total of two hundred and twenty flv visits and office interviews pertaining to these two phases of the work i a bntf report wis givtn on the recent opining of the two part timt offices in i usk hill oikvilh cirh tuesd i ifttrnoon and the legion hall burlington on fndiy after no ns the boird impressed its appreci ition in bunt gnnled the ue i this office pice ind is most des irous thit citizens with fimilv pr iblems should contict the so en i v rtpri sentiliv e in ittendinc on th divs specified i w g mackenzie robinson tn i formed the met ting thit irrange mints hive been completed or th bovs choir si jude s church loikvilk to be in iltmdinci at tht annul meeting next week r idjoumment refreshments enjoved child s name christian names parent or guardian signature for further come in today suktionpf guaranteed used cars see us first for your television sets drop in anytime and see the sets running refrigerators radios washing machines etc 10 down on ail electrical appliances ballentine motors phone 1w acton affiliated with milton electric dont miss it on a jstghti new qenenal ucbuc heputfuuo acton juniors sronsoft fabm machinery club acton junior farmers organized a farm machinery club under the leadership of bert moggach en gmeenng fieldman for halton peel and york counties and art bennett assistant agricultural representative on tuesday april 14th in murt allisons implement shop georgetown fifteen members signed up and participated in the first meeting whin tillage and seeding equip i ment were discussed after an election fyfe somer vill was declared chairman and cal in sprow l secretary of the club fyfe somerviue expressed thanks to mr allison for the use of his shop and equipment look at the lovely ring johns givtn me u fits beautifully yes its very nice dear it was a bit tight on me poets corner feee verse by mary ellen vortey we are like little bron cocoons buffi tied bv the wind in our small corners somp burst beneath the strain others in the gaj ipnng release themselves like moth quivering w ih the wonderment of h this j cy ft refrigerator is crammed with special features butter conditioner storedoor storage bin sliding chrome shelves all in the same area formerly occupied by the 7 cu ft model com pletely sealed unit and many other features formerly 459 now only 369 save 90 and if you prefer a smaller size the 6t cu ft size is ideal for sm families with many of the same features as the larger sue see this refrigerator in ow store fodeyt formemy j35 now only 279 save 80 symon hardware phone 49