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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 13, 1942
Page
8
A plea for renewed strength and courage in faith. The speaker asks God to grant a heart eager and alert to face any test, to endure with laughter, and to be reborn through hardship, while acknowledging feebleness and dependence on divine guidance.
Local notes report Acton highway progress with R J Kerr and A B McLean driving a one horse rig to Crewsons Corner though they remain unimpressed with the road. Allison & Sons meat business sold to W J Patterson. Bands provide park musical tattoo. A baby named Wilderspin born to Jack and ?iderapin. Deaths: James Brown in Acton aged ?. Memorial service for Robert Campbell in his later years.
Troops and BBC listeners seek a wartime anthem while old favorites like My Blue Heaven and The Holy City remain popular. Boosey notes Croon to Your Balloon failed, as new tunes struggle to capture imagination amid conflict. In Gibraltar and North Africa, GIs sing Get Thee in Your Sights and Bouncing Back to Egypt.
A Sunday lesson on Isaac in Philistine lands. Envy and strife arise when wealth grows. Isaac refrains from fighting, reopens wells, and moves toward Beersheba, trusting Jehovah to fulfill promises. Peaceful yielding echoes the Sermon on the Mount as he seeks God.
Real veteran Robert McDonald recounts service in the Royal Navy. He witnessed the sinking of the Bismarck and Prince of Wales, survived the Cornwall, fought in Malaya, and was among those who left Singapore.
The fragment notes a saying about servants digging a well and assigns greater influence to those aboard the Pile stiaes than the house they inhabited. It references a verse marker 26231 and a commentary style line.
Thousands of worn tires from the British Army and other services are being retreaded at a Staffordshire pottery factory. Three hundred workers, two thirds women, have been trained to reclaim tires using damp clay, vulcanized covers, and leftward clay feeds. The plant also continues utility pottery production in adjacent sheds.
The 24th annual Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association convention meets in Saskatoon in August 1915 with publisher delegates from across the Dominion. Notables include Walter R. Legare Granby Quebec and Major Walter Ashfield Grenfell Saskatchewan. sessions cover wartime information, publicity, and publisher challenges.
Wartime restrictions hurt motor trade but revive country blacksmiths like John Dunn and Dinnett. Horses now power wagons and farm work while welding and repairs keep shops busy. Dealers expect turnaround as manufactur ers and suppliers shift to horse powered work and scrap drives.
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