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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 15, 1946
Page
7
Polly tends a small garden in a corner of a lot. She digs seeds into diamond shaped beds and awaits sprouts. Growlings fail, she digs up the seeds to see why they will not rise, while hoping for warm sun to wake them.
From the issue of the Free Press of Thursday August 13 1868 Messie Worden Bros reopen a barber shop on Mill Street opposite Kannawins Drug Store. Rev Father Haley and party depart for Europe seeking health with hopes of return to his charge. Ex Councillor Anderson completes a cement pavement at his residence and hopes for more paving. AORN McCANN a girl born to Mood McCann on August 21. DIED FORD James H N Ford aged 72 died in Trafalgar on August 8.
Pros pect Park work advances on a new entrance as Ottawa Centenary ceremonies unfold. Local notes record births and obituaries including Duval daughter in Acton and Whitley in Nasangaweya. Liberata of Halton endorses W J L Hampshire for upcoming county election.
The piece argues small towns often lack funds for progress yet share national trends. It notes residents stay engaged with media and radio, hold high conduct standards, and suggests returning soldiers deserve more than jobs, a true destiny.
Lesson notes expound the Sixth Commandment asserting the sacredness of human life and reducing anger that leads to murder. It appeals to Jesus teachings in Matthew 5 21 22 and emphasizes reconciliation before offering worship and fear not God’s care for all including children and the lost.
The Christian duty to bring the life giving gospel to all mankind is emphasized, citing Matthew 28 verses 19 and 20. The text stresses obedience to Christ and spreading salvation to every nation and person.
A Kindersley Saskatchewan farmhouse holds a treasure trove of instruments led by a concert-standard organ. Stewart Kalbenson, a self-made organ builder, learned from Casavant Freres and constructed his own instrument in 1934 with pipes from a Saskatoon church. Recitals attract regional organists from Saskatoon Winnipeg and local builders. Colonization Min- Inter Begin notes Quebec settlers forming 200 cooperative syndicates to centralize mechanized work on lands.
Saskatoon cemetery supervisor J. Hunter holds a 200 pound stuffed white whale as part of a long stalled deal. He says the creator carved two such whales before the Chicago World’s Fair, one paid half and the other never paid, leaving him awaiting $25 for the first whale.
A hearse driver, Jean Louis Morel aged 40, died in hospital after a head on collision with a car on the highway between Roberval and St. Joseph d Alma. The crash occurred in Quebec and the hearse was en route to a funeral.
Persons with claims against the estate of William A. Frank of Esquesing Township Halton County Farmer who died about April 18 196 filed proofs with the administrators solicitor by August 7 1946 after which date the estate will be distributed according to filed claims Dated Acton July 22 1946 Administrators John Douglas Frank Dorothy O Rourke by solicitor C F Leatherland Acton Ontario
In a rough account a rookie recounts a wrestling clash with a top sergeant. He describes leaping at the sergeant and grappling, ending with the sergeant on his back after a series of holds.
Upper grade students in Montreal Catholic Schools prefer doing homework during the school day rather than at home. A recent ballot shows among fifth to ninth grades that a majority voted for in-school study to complete assignments.
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