Ontario Community Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), November 8, 1956, p. 5

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v- r fr- moffat scouts create camp of 30 farm acres a new scout camp to be called the first moffat scout camp is rabidly being formed in a picture les-north-ef- the capable eaaue setting a fewrail caanpbellville under t lerhip of the areas scoutmas ter don kennedy mr kennedy a ymtng man who has been in scout werk for quite a few years has big plans for his 30acre camp which vll soon be open to all the scout i of the south wellington dis- the new camp is being under taken on his farm although he plans to sell the farm hes keeping tote 30 acres lsth bush and 15 in pasture fat the scouts a roadway through a swamp in to the bush camp is now under construction and over the week end mr kennedy and four of his local scouts worked to fill in the swamp with rocks from a nearby field once the road is in the set ting up of the actual camp wont be too hard and part of it has al ready been started the boys workedhardat digging a well near their camp only to hit bed rock and had to start over again a witcher was brought in and pointed to the exact spot where they should strike water at the six foot level mr kennedy and one of the boys dug for four hours and found water right where the witcher had indicated ine nrst well willbe used as a refrigerator storage for food fireplaces and heat reflectors have been set up and two perman ent log shelters come next the boys camped out over the week end in a tent this isnt the first time the place has been used for camping purpos es cast year a temporary camp was set up and 15 attended there are presently about 25 cubs in the campbellviile area as well as about four boy scouts all of them led by mr kennedy hes planning to increase the size of his pack considerably though once completed the camp will be open to cubs and scouts over 0 of them from such places as fergus elora rock wood p linch aberfoyle guelph and campbellviile the group has been working so far with limited finances the club treasury is nearly empty and if it had not been for volunteer labor and materials the camp might not have been started scoutmaster kennedy says hell welcome any other wub or scout troop of the area including milton to spend a night or a weekend at the camp umehouse anniversary service sees pulpit exchange i rev r d a currie ba of waterdown exchanged pulpits with rev a calder ha bd who preached anniversary services at waterdown on sunday the wl met at the home of mrs harry brown on thursday v mr e kara mr william kam visited relatives in london on sun day mrs william kara remaining there to be near a very sick son in hospital messrs harold and carl karn visited him on tuesday mrs ramsbottom of toronto visited with the c a fosters and miss ramsbottom recently mr and mrs charles sinclair and daughters or wellandmr and mrs elliott patterson of acton mrs stuart smith and grandson jimmie hutchison of weston were with the a c pattersons on sunday obituary mrs albert huard inferred at fairview mrs albert j huard of jdres den who had lived for 26 years in acton was interred here on oct ober 30 she had passed away in toronto after an illness of several months j rev evan jones officiated at the nineral service at the rumley fun- there a farm forum group in eral home interment was in fair- j vour neighborhood if not those view cemetery j w are members already urge you the former grace knowles she toget some of your neighbors to- was the widow of the late albert geiher and form one start phot first moffat scout camp is being set up on the farm of scout master ton kennedy northwest of campbellviile and one of the biggest jobs is building a roadway through the dense swamp lead ing to the site scout master kennedy and two of his scouts spread around some of the field stones that have been dumped by tractor toform thafoundation for the- roadway urge organization of new farm forums huard she is survived by two daughters mabel mrs s burk- holdcr toronto and kathleen mrs h farns worth dresden one son james of toronto and one brother john knowles of leyton england she was born in london eng land and came to canada 49 years ago likes career montreal cp otto kars- ten 68 of bremerhaven germany is a first class cabin steward aboard the liner seven seas which docked here hes been a cabin steward since he started in 1905 but says he cant remember how- many ships he has sailed on people buy the free press to read and read the free press to buy farm forum belongs to the farm people themselves and all farm organizations and educational groups may benefit all rural or ganizations are invited to make use of farm forum if any of these are interested in the opinions of those most vitally affected by any project or controv ersial question they are invited to send questions to the forum groups who will discuss them and pass on their findings this method is recommended by the provincial board farm radio forum is simply an implement to be used by farm people but it cannot and win not do anything for them unless they use it members of the county commit tee are willing to give any help they can at all times eden mills thanksgiving speakers topic at wms fall thankoffering order investigation into faulty wiring attorney general kelso roberts has ordered an investigation into faulty electrical wiring in homes and businesses the probe was ordered after mr frost received a deputation from the public safety and protection committee of the electrical con tractors association of ontario drawing his attention to amateur wiring osprinoe btatf photo lloyd may of hornby shows his skill with a twofurrow horsedrawn plow at this years halton plowing match mr may had one of the four teams something unusual at the match held recently represent school in speaking contest recent visitors with mrs martha jackson were mr and mrs stan- field and reta of weston mr and mrs murray wilson guelph miss margaret winter oustic mr don cameron fergus sharon bessey sandra mcewin georgina wragg garnet bruce and garry warren represented the local school at llillsburgh on friday night fur the preliminaries in the provincial public speaking contest the five contestant made a credit able showing but were not placed in the top ranks mr and mrs m parker and utm- lly who have ben livinp on the farm of the latters parents mr and mps 1 hilts first line moved to toronto during the weekend mr and mrs norman mckenie linda and billy visited on sunday with the formers mother mrs b grieve and mr grieve guelph township miss doris fines showed her colored pictures of a recent tiip to the west coast on wednesday after noon at coningsby womens insti tute at the home of mrs chester burt she was accompanied by her mother mrs t h fines mrs martha jackson and mrs d g ro bertson mrs f johnston has been visiting with her daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs chester allan third line the fall thankoffering of the wms of the presbyterian auxil iary was held in the church with representatives from knox church acton united ebeiiezcr hockwood presbyterian and united eden mills the president opened the meeting with a poem my life de votions were conducted by mrs w lowrie and mrs mino solos were sung by mrs c welsh man acton mrs cowell eden mills united mrs griffiths ebcnczcr and a piano solo given by mrs freeman of rockwood mrs j o lowrie gave a reading my moth ers bible the guest speaker was mrs john smith of the edna smith wms or st pauls church guelph the topic was thanksgiving and was most inspiring and helpful after the courtesy convener mrs j d lowrie had spoken the meet- ing closed with a hymn and prayer by mrs wallace lasby a social half hour was spent over a cup of tea mr and mrs george ramsey of st george visited with mr- and mrs clarence ramsey and mr and mrs w lowrie recently mr and mrs kd brown and baby girl of toronto called un mr and mrs w lowrie last week mr and mrs joseph abott of toronto were also visitors in the same home sun day mr joseph lashy of toronto visittd with his fathir in lhr iasby home on sunday the many friends of mrs anna coulson will be pleased to know she has recovered sufficiently af ter her operation to he home from hospital i the long indian summer is en abling the v farmers to get the root crop in and plowing done everton a elections gas council concern elections natural gas and ac counts occupied most of bsquesing township councils time at their meeting in the council chamber stewarttown on monday all the members were present withjecve walter linham presiding the bylaw pnividing fw holding of elections was passed another permitted the united suburban gas company to distrib ute natural gas in stewarttown the clerk wns nsked to prepare a bylaw regarding the licensing of trailers in the township george martin was paid 3 for a fox destroyed sheep accounts were paid albert presswood meldrum stark mrs george jennings arn old mcenerynnd a n stark accounts included those to dale and bennett lor georgetown an nexation 600 and acton annexat ion 110720 a w benton 5 ncwsom and gilbert 2375 bell telephone 1965 halton registry office 305 g c brown insur ance 42 road accounts 378056 ln settlement of a claim 24 was accepted v the acton freetpress thursday november 8th 1956 growing painh corner brook nfld cp incorporated as a city a yetar ago corner brook has learned it costs 27000 annually to keep street lights on at night mayor allison bugden said if all the councillors get nil thc new street lirhts t want for their wards that 27000 will be closer to 37000 wasssbaawxmbbsk water supplies diminishing farm pond value increases talunafad awatj srai the importance of small farm poads in coping with an increasing demand and diminishing supply of water especially in southwestern ontario is emphasized by lake erie district forester j k rey nolds of the ontario department of lands and forests in this extreme southwesterly corner of ontario where water supplies for many cities as well as farms are obtained from wells streams springs and impound ments adequate quantities of wat- er are becoming increasingly -dif- ficmlt to obtain mr reynolds say this increasing shortage is be ing felt not only as a result of drying up or are being filled in partly through mismanagement but largely from the gradual change in the physical feature of the land which foes along with the change in land use against this increased demand i and diminished supply can be bal anced one outstanding nature fea ture namely that southern ontario receives on the average 30 inches or more of rainfall in a year al though there is often a lack of rainfall in the summer months there a an ample supply in winter and spring the need therefore is to store some of this spring runoff by proper land use in the earth itself farm union presents tv lamp to couple ledgers one more issue of our value packed handbill dont miss the savings you can make low prices every day mrs h mcewan mr and mrs ross mcewan and daughters visit ed with friends in orangevitle on sunday mr and mrs geo d robertson spent the week end with their son i w m and mrs john alton and daughterinlaw mr and mrs j rov robertson guelph i u robertson and family was ru speaker sunday morning north bay during their absence mr and mrs- gordon robertson and disciples speaker is rev n robertson mr and mrs h uniterwyk and visited on saturday evening with mr and mrs mckrr and family elora mr and- mrs- h utterwyk and family moved to hamilton last fri day and mr and mrs tom cutting acton have purchased their cottage and also moved in friday we-wel- come the cuttings to everton mr and mrs robert patten and familjguelph visited on sunday mr fred boyd had quite cessful sale on saturday mr and i mrs boyd are movmg to carlisle i chl gm stayed at farm j on monday night the members of i i were at church of christ disciples mr steadily and rapidly expanding and thus increase the ground water urban demands but also as a result of the mechanization of farming operations improvements in farm sanitation the demands of larger herds of cattle and irrigation of farm crops x supplies oh the athcr hand are diminishing shallow wells often get their supply from perched water tables which are rapidly dis appearing and are not likely to be ic established deep wells and some shallow wells draw water ft a th p of -un- 1 on eroding land is the lack ofrwat- derground water this in many l has lowered considerably streams springs and ponds are i supply and maintain summer flow in streams and springs farm ponds are directly con nected with soil conservation the study of soil erosion in southern ontario reveals that the most im portant single remedy for arresting this insidious process is the estab lishment ol good sod cover this in turn shoujd provide a considerable increase of grazing land one of the biggest obstacles to establishing improved pasture ering places for herds- properly managed springs streams and nat ural ponds give the cheapest and the local farm union met at mr boyds home and spent a social time and presented them with a tv lamp mr and mrs ken cotton are moving to marsville having bought a farm there mr and mrs rasberry of carlisle attended church service here on sunday morning and visited with the latters mother most reliable supply of water small ponds offer the best form of management and provide reservoirs in time of drought mr reynolds pointstalso to the importance of farm ponds for fire protection increasingly imperative with the higher costs of buildings and equipment for recreation and for irrigation- recent spells of drought have created interest in irrigation he sayarpondcan serve a useful purpose in this regard either by preservation of pasture or protect ion of a valuable cash croa sympathy is extended to mrs wilfred awrey in the passing of her grandmother mrs charter fergus and mrs weekend william mckeon visitor wijh mr and mrs j a stewart and bill the campbeuviue ministry student st davids guest harry kunu student for ministry completing a course arts at waterloo college took the service of worship at st davids presbyterian church on sunday special music was supplied by the male choir the card party which was spon sored by st johns anglican wo mens association was well at tended this week prizes were awarded to mrs turner mrs deer bill deforest john robb and har old small next party will be held november 15 nineteen boys from moffat and campbellviile attended the cup meetmg at moffat community en- ter tin friday evening under the leadership of mr and mrs donald kennedy and russell elliott at i mrs lloyd cutting and raymond acton visited on sunday with her mother mrs jestin mrs t a morrow dundalk is visiting with her daughter and family mr and mrs harvey dol- mer 36 for tour septic tank well or cistern concrete tile also culvert tile in stock erin tile works main st erin ont a16s pollock and campbell maukttacturers of high grade memorials memorial engraving 62 watar north gait phone 600 acton firiwifiiiif -k-l- mi y

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