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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 05, 1948
Page
15
A poetic meditation by Winifred Davison contrasts rosy beauty with thorny truth. A mother shields her child, picking roses while warning of hidden thorns, recalling life’s hardships and the price of youth.
In the 1944 Saskatchewan provincial vote the CCF captured 43 percent, winning 16 seats while Liberal losses widened. The piece notes rural discontent with government monopolies in fish, furs and lumber, and farmers seeking better prices clash with labor unions. Farmer R. H. in the Scene comments on monopolies and policy.
Reader note warns milk should not linger on doorstep after delivery. Delays in refrigeration can ruin freshness and hasten spoilage, risking unusable dairy.
A Sunday School exposition on Jeremiah 38, amid imprisonment and false charges. It highlights Jeremiah’sDeliverance by Ebed-melech the Ethiopian and God’s faithfulness to protect His servants, even amid royal inaction and public peril.
Ottawa to host the third national Liberal convention August 5 to 7 with 299 delegates and 140 alternates to select a new party leader and craft a fresh platform. Delegates include Liberal MPs and former candidates from all provinces plus 27 women’s associations and 27 Young Liberal groups.
News and views from Malton report on farm labor employment from August week and a Halton crop meeting attended by ninety farmers. Discussions covered weed control with 2 4 1 s, oats and barley varieties, and demonstrations at Currie and Sons farm. Local officials and agricultural officers urged farmers to contact Milton Agricultural Office for year round labor.
Wind and rain damaged Halton crops last Tuesday. wheat yields exceed 50 bushels, spring rye strong, corn backward but improving, and fruit vegetables hay in good supply. Dr J D MacLachlan warns Late Blight on potatoes in Dufferin County and tomatoes in Niagara District and urges immediate spray or dusting with fixed copper products, covering all above ground parts if weather is wet or dewy, repeating as needed in wet periods.
The Annual Review of the Live Stock Market reports Canada wide grading changes with about 260 000 more hogs marketed due to stronger marketing and heavier weights. Top grade quality declined while marketing in stockyards remained low. Average hog weight rose from 103.2 to 103.7 pounds due to heavier classes.
A professor delivers humorous marriage counsel advising husbands to be patient with wives on schedules, keep a good book to read while waiting, and reflect on a bride’s view of church weddings with a pun about the altar. The quip emphasizes calm, shared calmness, and learning in marriage.
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