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thursday november 18 ibm the acton free press acton ontario lwwk priced to sell ladies rubber foot wear lined slickers side zippers regular 5 50 special 2 91 ladies velvet motor boots fur lined button zipper tie front regular 5 50 special 2 98 ladies oxfords dress shoes from 1 8 lo j2 9 broken size range in all abjshe z wool flannel slacks semidraped with belt loops sewn in front seams size 12 16 black green brown regular 7 95 special 4 69 these bargains will not last i dont delay see these values today bells across from the y 41 mill st acton top quality printing weve been serving acton and district for many years with quality printing business institutions and individuals find we are very dependable there is no order too big or too small to receive our best attention our plant is equipped and our printers have the experience and ability to supply any printing you may need our facilities cover the field from photography to layouts and art work printing is our business phone 174 acton ont 407 forums hold first discussion i the development of neighbor nras and of a better informed com munity are the two most important features of successful farm forums this was the opinion of the great majority or the 407 forums which met throughout ontario on novem bcr 5 or the first of their weekly discussions during the 19m so sea son topic for the opening night was farm forum in the commun ity and the groups were tackling the job of assessing the value of the forum in their community the bailie s corner forum n glengarry county summarized the feelings of many groups when they said neighborliness and sociabll ily was considered to be the most striking feature of our forum the educational value of a forum can not be overestimated we learn to respect the opinions and judgments of other people other features listed by the for urns as important were an improved understanding of agricultural prob lems in all parts of canada and the development of leadership to these were added the fact that many forums had undertaken pro jeots which kept them active and interested projects were many and varied all the way from sponsoring 4 h clubs to developing medical co operatives from sponsoring a shoot course on farm machinery to petitioning the township council to have road signs erected on the question of ways in which the forum had worked with other groups the list was equally broad shilo forum in wellington reports helping reorganize the junior farmers of the district blantyre south in grey reports they have worked with the fed eration of agriculture and their township council having warble fly control and calfhood vaccination made compulsory in the township then from durham county comes th blackstock forum report of co operation with the school board in the early stages of developing preventive medicine in the schools they add the important point that the roll of the forum has been more of initialing ideis through discussion which have then been started on and developed by other groups neighborliness new information considered main forum features snowbau sylvia alcartra a purebred holstein owned by gordon w smith milverton ontario is the new world champion for official lifetime production of bulterfat and also world cham pion for lifetime milk production on twice aday milking in 14 lac tations on record of performance test she gave 226 355 lbs milk and 9 199 lbs fat snowball and her owner were honored by the holstein fnesian association of canada and the perth county hoi stein breeders club at the annual banquet of the club where the new record was announced snowball is now past 18 years old she has had 16 calves and is still in good health as a seven year old she was grand champion at the helton black and white day for her owner morley watson burlington and at 14 yearsold was of ficially classified excellent the highest rating attainable for type pollock and campbell manufacturer of high grade memorials memorial engraving 62 water si north oalt telephone ims residents of acton and district are cordially invited to attend the official opening and inspection of new acton high school on acton boulevard monday november 22nd 1954 hon w j dunlop minister of education will be the guest speaker doors open at 7 30 p m for inspection by the public program at 8 30 p m promptiy former halt0n grand champion snowball named dairy queen a new dairy queen has come forward to take the crown for life time production she is snowball sylvia alcarlra a purebred hoi stein owned by gordon w smith milverton ont snowball was bred by morley watson burlington in whose herd she made her first six records she was sold to gordon smith after being named grand champion at the halton county black and white day snowball has replaced as world champion lifetime producer of but urfat i n offic al ut the famous spnngbank snow counlesj whos 1 fes 7c figure m unted on a moil i ment on the farm of her owner t r dent jut outside wodtock onl has itlncled dairymen 11 d sighscers since it was erected n 1937 in 14 lactations on official reco d of performance test snowoall has produced 226 355 lbs milk and 9199 lb fat average test 4 06 per cent buutrfat countess had a 10 i eta ion total of 207 050 lbs milk and 9 062 lb- fat however the records mmi niuacn m iii bom mum clearance at v2 price mens leather work gloves and mitts of countess were made on three and four times aday milking while those of snowballhave been made on strictly twicca day milking in addition to her butterfat laur els snowball is also world champ ion lifetime milk producer on iwicea day milking have replac ed supreme ruby echo another holstein owned by james r hen derson kingston ont for this nor or ruby s record was 220855 lbs milk n 1949 announcement of snowballs re tord was made it the annuil ban quet of the perth holstein bred irs club held the evening of oct ober 21 at milverton a suitably tnenbed tray was presented by the club to owner gordon w smith from the holstein fries an association of canadi he rec ivtd a gold ribbon certificate of i ng limi production now past 18 years old snowball is still in good health and looks quilt capable of adding to her pro duction totals she is not in calf but her owner is quite hopefu of get ling at leist one more record rom her the champion started on test as a two year old and made he- a test ncord of 14 212 lbs milk and 610 lbs fat as a 17 year old he larg et yearl record wis made as a 13 year old when she gave 21006 lbs milk and 813 lbs fat she has had 16 calves monday november fl the first forum broadcast of the season was heard in the guide the main features of successful forum were listed and members were flaked which they considered the most important these features included understanding of agricultural pro bkms in all parts of canada development of leadership neigh borlincss and sociability and de velopment of a better informed community according lo the ft w report from hnlion forums most listed ncighborlines and sociability no 7 nossanw e i thought was the beginning of a sutpisful forum and leads t the do mint of other futures ligny forum in ont group fiored neigh borlincss and sociability in first place but the second group pi iced doilopmml of i belt r informed commumt w hich thi y clnmt d livt a bttur understanding of soc lal and community projects and activities and broadens into 4 h clubs and womin institutes mount nemo in giving neighbor i mess first place felt the other features wcrejalso important in order to have a successful forum boync forum favored the develop ment of a hotter informed com mum the feature which has made t their forum successful in the limestone forum two groups were j of this opinion while the hird i group decided neighbor iness and sociability had made their forum i successful the next question was arc there other features not listed above boync forum claims they have tried to keep informed of the local coun cil and school trustees work and the growth in the community mount nemo states another feature which is important for a successful ibrum is punctuality all member should be on umi fur all the broad cast limestone claimid that in the 13 years of continuous forum activity their success to the plan of electing of officers by nominating committee in the spring and the regular rot ation of officers each year each member is given the oppor tunity at public speaking in voic ing the thanks and appreciation of members to host and hostess at each mooting this gradual v hivea a member more confide nc in hear ing his own voice in public in wlnt wa has oiir f rum worked with other groups in your community answering the quest ion mount nemo forum lists don ations to the community pirk pro ject provided lunch and program f r fedirition of agricultun nuet ings 1 igny forum men i s co op eration with the federation of ag riculture folk schools and worn en s institutes ss no 7 nassagawtya forum in co operation with other forums in thtir township sponsored the tnct- ing of no dumping s pus on the side roads of their township post- vlue forum co operated to raise funds for red cross drives and as sisted snider s forum to raise funds which are used for community pro jects and for donations to disaster nlief boyne forum report3 33 contributed this year to he hurri cane relief fund limestone also had a varied list of action projects bannockburn forum had tr hon or of entertaining miss jean mac leod and mr and mrs floyd gricsoach the two latter from the national farm radio forum office this forum was chosen as the pre testing group for one of our topics this season from 44c to 125 4 kuueuue quality clothes for dad and the lad dentist travels to pull teeth if you will not go to the dentist thtnm the interest of our health thi dentist must go lo ou that is he w t ni w ork dmtist dr james a kirr reis ned n w whin he goes visiting he tikes his office with him it con sists of n comph t s t of dtntil in strum nts including i portable t lee trie drill which he packs in a small bhek ing with this equipment he cin do n euhr di ntil work such as filline t ith filing dmtuns nn cn pullint titth nehl m tht pit m nt s h mi or office for those patunts who nud to hi a tooth ixtncttd h improiss i nick rest bv bncinl his 1 g ic unst the back of in or limry chair dont forget hat teenage dance hen sat nov 20 s here acton ymca ho all teenagers hy for fun galore trip to sweden is in store for joe tran 37 of claremont ont as a result of his victory in canadian championship competition for esso silver plow held by ontario plowmen s association at ballan trae ont he and runnerup ivan mclaughlin 50 of slouffville ont w ii travel to sweden next year as guests of imperial oil to ompete against plowmen from other countries in the third annual wortd championship plowing match two ontario plowmen to compete for world tractor championship in sweden ontario farmers will travel to sweden next year to represent cam da in the third annual world tractor plowing match they are joe tran 37 of clare mont and ivan mclaughln o0 of i slouffville winner anj runner up j in the annual canadian plowing championship which was held at i ballan trae 30 miles northeast of i toronto afle bad weather forced j its postponement at the list inter 1 national plowing match at breslau i near kitchener in addition to the trip abroad tran won the esso silver plow svmbol of canadian plowing supre macy which w 11 be held for a year b his provincial group the ontar pit w men j associat on th s years canadian champion s p was contested by two plow its coming wmt of our new store watch next week for our grand opening news manning electric men from each of the provinces of ontario man toba and british col umbia tran scored b3 points out of a issble 100 mclaughlin 81 points in hird place with 784 pointj was a 14 ear old lad genld lytte of portage la prairie who captured thi western canada plowing cham pion p at manitoba s provincial mitches in th portage area last june alan werbiski also of por- tige t pra nc was fourth with 78 points f r h uid sixth respectively were the c ntestqnts from chllliwack b c tm hckman with 73 and b c champ oi henry thomson with 24 point trar s canad an championship rlorj romrs after 22 years of com lettvc plowing during h ch me he ha amassed a large ar ay lr hp re medals ind other priz es i c id njf t t silver medals and n go d ntrtfll from imperial oil f i i h fv claw comp- r i hilhlht gold medal ho ca id at th 19w inttnatmna trjn a vi won a tr p to portage la pn o man whore he took part n n p ureal romp it n a h n- i- firmer he lives with hi i- children on th m wirrc h a a rn up ian mclaugh n w ii ree nt wh tchurch ont hi hen a r rndlj rival of tran n p jirg c mptt inn for many yei i he defeated tran in the on ar o champ oruhip class orly a few da b c ho ca d an champ- tt n mclu m and w c bano f gal a d rector of the ontario p u anr alien who has ben chen their team manag er wi make the trip overseas aa guertj of imperial oil rack p nwmen from mor- than a dozen natoru a expected to comdcte n sweoen for the earn golden plow perpetual tropny warded each year to the world best tractor- plowman it was woo in october this year by hugh barr of northern ireland and inrtuhf james eccles of brampton onl ci e the