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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 15, 1946
Page
15
Polly digs a garden corner and fashions diamond beds with careful planting. She waits for sprouts but grows impatient and pulls up seedlings to see why they do not yet show leaves. The narrator notes Polly’s mix of care and haste in a playful verse.
From the Free Press dated Thursday August 18 1808 Messie Worden Bros reopen a barber shop on Mill Street opposite Kannawin Drug Store Rev Father Haley and family depart for Europe seeking health improvements Landlords of three hotels before Justice Storey on Friday over selling on Sundays Evidence weak magistrate scolds for loafers Ex Councillor Anderson lays cement pavement Town considers cement pavements on principal streets Bicycle tourists frequent town Church Street road bed complete and in use BORN McCann Acton Aug 21 a daughter DIED Ford Trafalgar Aug 8 James H M Ford 72
Local items include progress on the Prospect Park entrance in 1926. Ottawan centenary events feature C C Henderson and C H Harrison attending. Local electoral nomination W J L Hampshire for Halton County contest announced. Family travel notes report Richard Wansbrough and family leaving for Seattle after weeks in Acton. Births list a daughter to Mr and Mrs Wilfrid J Duval Acton. Obituaries note Oliver Lashy of Nasangaweya and Daniel Alexander Whitley of Nasangaweya.
The piece argues that small towns often lack funds to push big improvements yet share national trends. It notes residents read widely, follow news and radio debates, and generally uphold high standards of conduct. The text implies returning soldiers deserve more than employment, a broader destiny.
Sunday School lesson on Exodus 20 13 and Matthew 5 21 24 discusses the sacredness of life, forbidding hate and contempt. It notes anger can lead to murder, emphasizes reconciliation before offerings, and urges fearless faith and care for little ones as God’s love.
The article emphasizes the Christian calling to share the life giving gospel with all mankind as commanded by Jesus in Matthew 28. It highlights the duty of believers to spread faith universally and to bring others to salvation through the gospel.
A Saskatchewan farm family preserves a concert standard organ room with a 1774 Teatore violin and a home built organ tuned by Stewart Kalben. Stewart trained with Casavant Freres and now builds organs with pipes from a Saskatoon church and Regina carvings. Nearby readers gather for recitals by Saskatoon Winnipeg performers. Quebec settlers form 200 cooperative syndicates to centralize mechanized work on settlers lands.
A collision between a hearse and a car on the highway between Roberval and St. Joseph d'Alma left Jean Louis Morel, 40, the hearse driver, dead in hospital.
All persons having claims against the Estate of William A. Frank late of Esquealng Township Halton County Farmer who died about April 18 196 are required to file proof with the administrators solicitor by August 7 1946 after that date the estate will be distributed with regards to the claims then filed Dated Acton July 22 1946 John Douglas Frank Dorothy O Rourke Administrators By their solicitor C F Leatherland Acton Ontario
Saskatoon cemetery supervisor J Hunter holds a stuffed white whale offered for sale after 13 years. The creature, one of two known white whales, was prepared by Hunter before the Chicago World’s Fair as would draw crowds. He received partial pay and awaits the remaining $25. the whale rests in a granary.
In a rough exchange the rookie describes leaping in to surprise the top sergeant, grazing his wrist and twisting his arm before landing on his back, indicating a dramatic turn in the bout.
Report from Montreal indicates grade seven to nine students in a Catholic school voted in favor of doing homework during the school day rather than at home. The hallog survey shows preference across the sfth and eighth grades with the ninth grade also in support.
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