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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 26, 1926
Page
4
Poem urging Acton residents to support and uplift their town. Encourages boosting others, avoiding sour words, and welcoming visitors. Promotes honest pride and strong community presence as the core of local booster spirit.
Acton Gazette items note street repairs on Gunnersbury lane and parish church activities. Communicants' Guild formed with Rev. Fulcher-Medcraft as warden and Miss Hickson secretary. Funeral for Dr. John Winder. a motorcyclist killed near Challey, Sussex. an engaged couple injured in accident. Sermons planned at Acton Hill Wesleyan Church and church events funded by parish profits.
A Southland woman and her eight year old daughter gather moss near Great Slave Lake when a bear is spotted. The mother blocks a bear’s den with her body to keep light out, then sends for her husband who shoots the animal. The tale, noted by Arthur Heming in The World’s Work, highlights fearless woodcraft and practical bravery.
The piece recalls a rustic school and old friends in Acton. John Lasby visits from Grand Rapids to mourn Oliver Laaby and reflect on classmates, farming, and community life, noting Oliver's late years, family ties, and legacy in the town.
The writer recalls the “schoolmates of Acton School” and reflects on lasting friendships through life’s trials. He contrasts Oliver’s reserved nature and John McGibbon’s civic zeal, noting McGibbon’s long service in local government and Oliver’s quiet faith as they ponder aging and community roles.
A humorous tale from the Liverpool Post about Professor Blank who, caught in a sudden rainstorm while grouse shooting in Scotland, disappeared and reappeared dry. He explains he shed all his clothes and sat on them to stay dry until the shower passed.
The passage collects admonitions on making wise decisions, avoiding impulsivity, and using time as thought and character. Quoted lines from Ramsay MacDonald, C Simmons, Xenophon, Spurgeon, Milton, Alice Meynell, Rutherford, and others urge careful judgment, self discipline, and living with purpose rather than mere study or rote belief.
A contributor to Everybody's Magazine describes a city couple newly settled on a purchased farm and linking with neighbors to improve their estate. The wife asks a farmer how many eggs a truly good hen should lay each day.
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