Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), July 12, 1956, p. 8

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m page eight the acton free press acton ontario thursday july 12th 195s miss omtamo farmerem jean peterson 21 of hornby joins in with a farewell wave for 120 ontario farmers who left toronto thursday on the annual goodwill crop tour to eastern canada sporting jeans straw hat on the front of the cnr locomotive hauling the farmers special train is engineer eldon adams below l c roy cnr agricultural agent who arranged the tour and wil liam wallace of south woodslee president of the ontario soil and crop improvement association which sponsored the two week tour hold a tour placard photo canadian national railways four from haltdn at 4h conference you and your home was th theme of the third provincial con ference for 4h homemnking club girls held recently at the ontario agricultural college 180 girls rep resenting all- parts of ontario par ticipated in ithe three days of tlks discussions and campus tors which will help them prepare for their future as individuals as club members as family members and as citizens among those who addressed the conference were dr j d maclach- ilan president of the oac dr margaret mccrendy principal of macdonald institute padre a young miss ethel chapman alex sim of ottawa and dr c d gra- hnmn good homes just dont happen stated padre young they are the product of a fathers toil a mothers love and the cooperation of all members of the family you and your family was the theme of miss chapman former haltonitc among he many thought provoking statements by miss chapman was this significant com ment you can start the sort of history you want for your own family by making sure you marry the right sort of person to help you make it we were also interested to note that margaret bird of ashgrove teamed with margaret peacock of york county in presenting a dem onstration entitled the hows and whys of tea biscuits each county was permitted to send four delegates and the fortunate young ladies from halton were martha may hornby marie harrop nor- val glenna rose nelson marilyn wrigglesworth ashgrove ming about reports and articles from hahons farmlands and farm organizations over 100 enjoy annual soil crop twilight tour despite the busy season over 100 program dr h l patterson dir- werc in attendance for the annual ector of the farm economics branch twilight tour of the halton soil i for the ontario department of ag- and crop improvement association riculture and well known farm last week the two main points of i management expert was the pop- call were the farms of ften ella at ular speaker for the evening pos- hornby and fred nurse at ash- fsible adjustments in the farm bus- srove mess necessitated by the installat- at the ella farm the group was ion of bulk tanks and other dovel- impressed by the excellent long opments in the agricultural indust- electronic experts taught in montreal electronic technicians for can adas far north are being turned out in an old office building in mont real the school is in defence commun ications operated by the bell tele phone company it provides an in tensive sixmonth training course in all phases of communications re quired in the far north including microwave radar radio and tele type the 60oman student body includ es r caf and telephone company personnel from various firms across the country jim spielvogel of ac ton is among those attending j peterson heads fair jr section the juniurjaririer section at the milton fair over the pastfive or six years has been one of the high lights of the annual county fair staged- by the halton agricultural society as a matter of fact mil tons junior farmer section has gained the enviable reputation of being the top junior section in the province in order that this high standard may be maintained a meeting to plan the prize list was held rec ently with junior farmer officers 4h club leaders agricultural soc iety officers and representatives of both the canada and ontario de partments of agriculture in at tendance john w picket chairman of the 155 junior section presided the i95g prize list provides for five classes in the interclub educ ational display section junior farmers junior institutes 4h ag ricultural clubs 4h homcmaking clothing clubs 4h homcmaking food clubs the following is the committee which will head up the 1956 junior section chairman jean peterson vicechairman earl wilson com mittee members freda mcfadden joan wrigglesworth marie mar shall kathleen stanley don john son cliff mcdonald roy ford jack marshall w s mcmullen of the canada department of agric ulture mrs mabel borgstrom mrs delbcrt downs a t woodlcy art bennett and j e whitelock attention parents two new beginner classes in swimming will start next week at the y mca vre can accomodate twenty children registrations will be taken on friday and saturday only application must be accompanied by one dollar fee children most be 810 name address age phone television amd radio service by r w grant phone acton 594 collect located at watsons music store the corporation of the town of milton t en der s for chlorination equipment sealed tenders clearly marked as to contents will be received by the undersigned until 200 pm edst july 23 1956 for the following work at the milton sewage dis posal plant 1 reinforced concrete chliorine tank chlorinator building 1 parshall fluem effulent line and necessary piping and electrical work plans and specifications will be available at the office of the town engineer in milton on wednesday jury 11 1956 the lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted j costigan assistant clerk milton ontario r v anderson associates limited consulting engineers toronto ontario term pasture laid down in 1955 ovvine to the luxuriant rrowth it was found necessary tv cut i por tion of the fiveacre field fur hiy the yield was 141 bales to trie ncre which moans around three tons of hay per acre at the nurseland farm the gntiji inspected the crops of wheat spring jjrain corn and hayill were out standing fur the year the pit silo which was recently filled with 2h tens of grass silage the farm work shop and labor savins equipment around the barn also attracted a tood deal of interest dr ii l patterson speaker following the lours tlu group met on the spacious lawn at nurse- land farm where e ross seps- worth presided -over- the excellent ry was the subject of dr patter sons interesting address basing his facts mid figures on dairy htrd improvement work dr patterson presented a fund of val uable information in which he gave comparative returns per crop acre depending on the main livestock enterprise dairy cattle poultry and hugs stand at the top of the list according to dr patterson the discussion which followed indicated the interest and timeliness of the tpie a t woodlcy expressed the appreciation of the group to the speaker and the hosts of the even ing refreshments served bvagroup of 411 club members brought to a conclusion one of the most success ful twilight tours ever staged by the halton association opp accident log for district in may j figures released by the ontario provincial police for may pertain ing to the no 3 district which i comprises five heavily populated counties in this section of southern ontario including halton reveal a total of 204 accidents for the per iod there were four fatal accidents with four persons killed arid 69 injured in other accidents a total of 14i68 vehicles were safety checked and 3417 warnings issued there were 1118 charges laid of the 109946 immigrants who entered canada in 1955 vniore than 52000 were women and children sw conservation committee advises acceptance of coulson 92acres the devise of 92 acres of farm land to the county of halton for re forestation purposes under the will of the lute john coulson of horn- tby was the main topic of discuss ion at a reevnt meetins of the hal ton conservation jcomniittee pre sided over by qhairroan george currio in the discussion which followed it was generally admitted that 10 reforest such excellent farm land was not proper land use on ihe other hand it was pointed out that the same might also be said of the sale of much similar tarim land which has been purchased in hal ton for subdivision for housing and- industry it was pointed out by solicitor george e elliott that under the terms of the will in the event the county of halton refused the de vise the executors must sell the land to the highest bidder in such event many of those present were of the opinion that the land would be purchased for subdivision and would therefore be lost from agric ulture inany- case after considering the matter from its various angles the meet ing recommended to the halton county council that they accept trie theres a great deal to be said for a man who quits smoking i and he generally says itwjthout letup devise of 92 acres for reforestation purposes the members of the com mittee on agriculture and reforest ation of the halton county council who wore all present at the meet- mg will 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