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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 24, 1941
Page
7
The poem describes spring arriving without war, as rain forms a vast army of gentle change. Verdant earth wakes from long nights, blossoming anew while birds and skies remain peaceful.
Twenty Years Ago from the Game of the Free Press for Thursday April 21 1921 notes gardenings progress sugar selling retail in Vancouver at 11.50 per ton T P Watkins buys adjoining farm from Chester Plank who bought it from Just Johnson Milton reports T O D E to decorate town Hall and Seven Merry Maids to install hardwood floor Rockwood path chosen for Toronto Sarnia highway Royal Oak Lodge Galt visits Acton notices of marriages deaths and a local obituary list including Cyrus Belton Neelands and William Hipple with brief biographical notes.
Manitoba's Red River Valley expects about 1.2 million dollars from the 1941 sugar beet crop with projected 60 dollars per acre. The Manitoba Sugar Company contracts 20000 acres, while Fort Garry Factory nears completion at 2 million dollars.
A brief exchange occurs in a southern egg store between two Black customers and a salesman. The dialogue centers on whether talking about race is appropriate as one customer asserts and the other pushes back.
Ottawa prepares to resume the 19th parliament with the budget as the central issue. Prime Minister Mackenzie King and ministers discuss wartime decisions, defence talks with the U S, and plans for wheat policy, bond renewals, and technical training for war service.
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