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raoikkjht the acton free press acton ontario thursday octonot tth itm canadian in ffw uk enjoys last short excursions before journey back to canadian home by mm sprawl september has been a month when one can hardly realize where the time went it has gone so quickly since my last writing i returned to windsor from london picking up my car at the howe hill fnrm of mr nd mrs mnrphur my tnrmer host where 1 stayed during the hoyol show from here i sp rt n week end nt loudvnter counlv of durkhikhnm- bhire with mr nnd mrs george whithv chii k v rk d for my faint r in o joiiiik man frmn 1810 14 during the innii vvcik md i attend ed hlffh wtomb ant nullum show i one dav nffnir from lmidunlt i i travilltd down to bnglilon suvm x n iiislde n sm t koine la windsor and aldershot home of the brlthh armv from brighton i drove west along the english chnnnel to chichi ster going to ch1tinhm gloucestershire vin reading newbury cirencester to the farm ot mr c davidson smith my first farmer host with whom i spent my first three weeks mr davidson smith told me that harvest was three weeks behind in the cotswold hills and he had only 400 acres of barley combined while ci nnd families nl wtslbury nnti is in ine spirits nnd enjoying himself tin past six months hnve gone verv ciuuklv and 1 n joyed my stay in the united kingdom even though driving is difficult according to all hu wheat stood only partly rip laiwrtwwd ctnaus r the u k cned he also went on to say that the roads were planned for horses most of the wheat combining nm1 are dcath lr hoimh the would be done in october i british are the world s safest drivers m nnd traffic on the island is denser i stayed at w farm for two nn olhtfr ln days with the weather nothing but thc usa eirht win and mqrc rain after lenvlng i vehicle not counting motor wcstfleld farm the next part of my flnd tractor journey was to poss on wye north f pipes in style having n lingering preferenci for the dmnty type of women wh keep cignrelti moklng to a reosunabk minimum we fet i slightly apjut lunui about ieeinu indus puffliik pip whethtr th pipis ii o tin plain unidurmil kind or dengmd to mitdi wt mug np parol comjtli xioii or ioihi hnn houyn nuiindi tcjui pres teenage cowboys build secret ranch cii some ounu i about going west jind iolin a group f inn w miiilrial nalitii tl bin tetroi cityowned the bojs group mt tast to llwlle fuld inlo ubut md tumid i muuiilur along the wye valley thc great orchard country to hereford and leominister crossing into wales at rf flllil new raxnor going on to cross now on every mile of road lane and city street in britain yd the country is the onlv orld where the road death rate has decreased over 19 ew naxnor gomg on w y ytnpi 600 morc miles of ncw roads gates next k north to newtown vphiclrs the country through this particular avc doub on ln section is quite rough and most of fow the land is grazed by sheep d nth miv ronc down by from newton i drove west to pcr cont w is indcid amazing machynlkth and from this welsh nr have nevtr seen such danger- town on through to north wales j road nnv plnco bcfoie a knst the country becomes very moun- as dangeious as here nn m months on the from 1 wo feet to 3000 feet north thrw mon bwn wales looks very similar to the i m fllrla aild lrnvhk thrnu8h all 41 counties in wales i travell ed lluough tight out of the 13 and during im r das spent in scotland i travelled through all the scottish counties exci pi the three most arter seeing mount snowdon s n another month was spent 3 w0 feet highest piak in wales the between thc continent ireland and countrv in the southwest corner or thc irish republic around killarnev county of kerry h also is very much like the highlands of scot land next part ot my journey through bettwsycoul mold war rington preston lancaster ken dal penrith carlisle to dumfries this is the third occasion i have travelled over this road after spending two daysatdum fries the town of robert burns i travelled on to mauchlinc in avr shire while staying there with hugh mair young scottish farmer he took me to ayr 11 miles away to see thc cottage where robert burns scotlands national poet was born it is just on the edge of ayr and has a thatched roof painted yellow thc inside has been retained and remains the same today as the day burns was born from mauchlinc i drove to glas gow where i met mr and mrs joe findlay and glen of toronto on hoi ida s with relatives in glasgow mrs findlnj is thc former minnie stalker of acton from glasgow i droc on to stirling through dun blane to anchterarder stayed an evening w ith ron dalglish thc scot tish oung farmtr who staed at the home of dae pelletterio last jetr previous to thc guelph conference the acreage of the dalglish farm is 260 while 40 freisian milk cows are ktpt from auchterarder i was on to perth and once again up through the highlands for mv last time i wished to make this trip as the hiathir is in full bloom at this time of ear from perth i droe through dun- keld pitlochr dalwhinnie this cotintn is right in thc midst of the grampian mountains from dal whinnie to kingussie one sees many of th new power plants that are being built in thc highlands this section of country on both sides of thc ruer spev is known as the dis trict of badenock in the county of inerncss shire it wis inti resting for mi to see on the map there is a crieff in scot land not too far from the district of badmock as tht re is a crieff in the uwnship of puslinch not far from badenock mar momston on the guelph ha milt on highw iv from grant on sn i dro i to aberdeen ia tominloul th liisrust town in london all in all it lence i will never forget since this is the last week in england and ken and i sni if october 1st on the enm uss of scotland this will be my last writing in closing 1 would like to thank ihe readers halton junior farmers members of the federation of agri culture neighbors and relatives who wrote to me while overseas your thoughtfulncss was much appreciat ed and i only hope that i have been able to give you somewhat of a pic ture of what isjoing on in thc eight countries i visited thank you the british ms ttm a hen i vis 1 thn it show mole surplus in every province ottawa sept i cp prospects for women in search of a man are bet ter than five cars ago for every female in the countrj at the begin ning of june this year there was a male and l8 000 to spare the bureau of statistics has just issued an estimate that at the begin ning of the month so populai with bndis there were 7 683 000 males and 7 485 000 females canada of course tht it s al- wis bein a surplus of mi n at the start of june a war ago there were 7281 300 women and 7474700 nun 113 400 extra men wa back n 1901 the male majontv was 112900 the smallest margin in almost 50 ars turned up in the 19t1 census w inch show ed a mere 164 400 spares since then however the male popu lation has incnascd b 608 600 nnd female bv 565 000 in 1951 que wa the onh province showing lajontv of women this year men were more abundant that wo- ii n in cicn province the currt nt figures do not include he ukon nor the northwest terrt- nries but the burtau gies no informa- ion for woirttn who want to know mw to maki the best of their ad- intage it has a cooling note for hi m betw een the ages of 25 and 34 nd otr 74 tht re were more wo- u n than men it gave no figures about 10 or 12 are in bought five horses red out a 50foot square corral and built a stable for thc animals thcv elled themselves lcs cavi llers and kcpl the project a secret it was finally uncovered when one of the boys concerned about the horses welfare bought home a slick of djnamilc lie told his mother les cavaliers were going to blast a well so that the horses can have water his mother told jxilice thc police told the society for the prevention of cruelty to aninv als the spca investigated and found the horses so well cared for there was no complaint to be made thc were all licensed and the boys hired a veterinary to tome ind see them once a month if one of them gels so much cs j scratch or something like that sud paul etesonne 13 year old pokctman fur the group we call the vtt in right awa the spca said the only worry is that thc slible is unhealed and the ranch may have to be closed down for the winter dot sgt arthur deighton said although iho bos admitted steal ing thc dynamite from a nearby construction site they didnt take anj fuses or blasting caps he said no charges will be lild thc boys told police they form ed thc club and built thc ranch in march just for sport paul said ihe field was covered with bushes when los cavaliers got to it we all pitched in and cleircd it then wc built the stable and a small outbuilding for thc saddles and other gear all of it was built from scrap lumber that nobody wanted ins itnl mi thuds flowil 1 tiiuii s srni i th- nun il itff fiontkr mon1imint nonaimo uc idi a linn ran ill will be built on pioneer rock re november 27 tin 100th mini ersnry of the nrrival of plant f rs om britain via victoria on the steamship princess royal the monument will contain pictures maps mementots and other docu menlary evidence of life here today tbursfri oct 78 limeught- charles chaplin claire bloom 4tmon oct 911 1ured george sanders lucille ball sunday midnire oct 10 man from cairo george raft tueswed oct 1213 maita story alex guinness jack hawkins thursfn oct 1415 its a pleasure sona heme michael cshea 2 shows nightly cldrcn under 12 r free esquesing teachers meeting at nerval rural teachers or esqucmnr township met jn norval public school on september 20 wllh thc prtident douglas c copeland of norval in th chair thine attending wire miss mur- rnret rusxell and mm ii ii gar diner from gltn wllllnnis school misi ma run ret mced wards or wa terloo mrs iuluck of stewart- low n miss kidd of cularvote bruce sttvensun of duffi rln mrs j t ciiiaildrn anil mis- rs n of nun il slrf mr- w t i ronnr of ashgrovt mrs shurtill btiiiii fid miss -mil- of llntui ktiuni mrs ah11t preswukl f jn hill not much changs trrdcricton cd phuip v tip pet native of frederlcton who now lives in anson la conn paid hl first visit here in 67 yean he con cluded things looked pretty much the same as when he left at least around the old family homestead ml mr ii iwunt anil wforil douglt j k i 1 rhyme reason oil heai at iis rfs mothers feeling proud as punch pi didn t have to soil her with gar wood hurtling in the mayfair restaurant special thanksgiving dinner hi she s furnishing ihe cellar you too will be proud and happy with gar wood oil heating at ill best sold installed and serviced by bilt0n perry limited plumbing ft heating contractors acton ont phoni 44 tax notice- 1954 municipality of acton third instalment now due nmt of 1914 taxes which are taxes are payable to the a hint ion is diawn to tin now payable in four instiilm municipal treasurer at the acton public utilities office instalments are ouf as follows fourth instalment october 15th according to the tjx collection by law a penalty of of 1 per cent p r month will be lidded on the amount remaining un paid after the fifteenth diy of october thispenally applies to each instalment in a similar manner the attention ot ratepayers is directed to the penalties md other clauses as printed on the reverse side of every tax notice and explained in detail on every tax bill make payment now and take your tax notick with you when making payment j mcgeachie collector che i mp ai mount t rvs abound hi last weik was spent in the gran ite cit of aberdeen 1s1tuir relativ es here i old rm ear ana returned bv rail to london leawng aberdeen at 96 n thc morning arming at london s king cross station at 9 0s in the evening this past veekend has been spent at westbur wiltshire v here i met mr robert linham father of wal ter linham township of esquesinjj s deputv reee and neighbor of mine for a great manv ears mr lin ham is vistung his sister and broth cecil a carr optometrist ourph b douglas si tai 1091 midnight dance stanley park erin monday oq 11 1 2 05 a m modernaires band admission 7s conh special thanksgiving dinners at hilltop lodge 1 3 to 24 to 7 saturday sunday and monday upweils ltd sunday and monday roast young turkey or small t bone steak 125 children plates specialty phone 44 erin fair programme ontariol preview to the royal ovar 9000 in prim friday october 8th 830 pm variety concert saturday october 9th harness and saddle ponies jumpers dairy cattle 4h dairy and swine clubs poultry big horse drawing contest hillsburgh brass band 9pm dancing music by the rhythmeim monday october 11th thanksgiving day heavy and light horses regional shorthorn show championship hereford show of ontario championship swine show of ontario aberdeen angus and market cattle sheep beef calf clubs square dance competition fergus pipe band midway by stanger shows 9 pm dancing music by the clansmen general admission 50 cents norman ridler president elmer mckinnon sec mgr r a moodie treasurer rtr bnvarukkc lawprrvatui tsnext week therell bea vrand opening party is at our brand new supermarket although weil be closed from saturday night until friday morning october 15 the bales of bar gains prizes and top values in store for our grand new super market opening party will be worth waiting for i watch for our big announcements next week on the gayest shopping event in actons history i store closes saturday night til friday next ledgers iga