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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 09, 1936
Page
2
The piece laments the annual spring cleaning push that grips housewives nationwide. It notes winter and summer drawbacks and compares the season to crocuses and daffodils while stressing cleaning as a major life operation driven by habit and family dynamics. The author jokes about trout season timing and legislature, but concludes cleaning remains essential each spring.
The article discusses Dr. Blair's proposed substitution for hanging as a punishment for murder, favoring a humane method over capital punishment. It notes the traditional use of hanging, hints at inhalation of car exhaust as a modern option, and urges a clearer plan. It also reports Canada’s February nickel exports totaling 4.12 million dollars versus 2.705 million the prior February.
The article notes floods, wars elsewhere, and unsettled conditions but hails Ontario as a high and dry, reasonably pleasant region. It admits cold winters with deep snow and hot summers, judging the area a pretty fair place to live on average.
Easter tomorrow marks Good Friday and Easter Sunday as spring arrives. Across this region churches carry the resurrection story in services, renewing life and hope for all ages as the season of renewal continues.
Acton plans daylight saving adoption on April 25 and will revert to standard time on September 7 to align with Toronto and ease the fall school term. The proposal supports uniform time while balancing rural preference for standard time.
Editorial notes discuss life insurance in Canada in 1935, road repairs, spring fashion, Hauptmann’s execution, school tax politics, potential market for Nico, fishing tackle season, Conservatives choosing Ontario leader on May 28, and Hamilton Herald ending 47 years of publication. Durham hockey champions celebrated with a town parade and half holiday for students.
A Sunday school lesson reflects on the women at Jesus tomb early on the first day of the week. Mary Magdalene leads the group, their love overcoming fear as angels announce the risen Christ and challenge doubt with the call to preach the good news. The resurrection confirms victory over death and the hope of transformed bodies for believers.
A reflective speaker recalls pumping water as a boy and being taught to pour water down a dry pump to draw up water. He compares this to Christians needing a well of living water with abundant grace for themselves and others.
A small church baptism promptingly prompts the young minister to imagine the child’s future. He muses the child could become a great labor leader or a famed businessman, even England’s prime minister, before asking for the baby’s name. The mother replies Mary Ann.
A devotional fragment cites 2 Corinthians 5 21 describing Christ who for us became war to strip death of power and penalty. It proclaims the tomb breached and victory over death and the grave with final destruction of the hostile power and the fulfillment of Isaiah 25 8 that death is swallowed up in victory and God all in all.
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