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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 11, 1940
Page
7
Winter amusements and charity events in town
Twenty years ago the town enjoyed bracing winter weather with good skating on Fairy Lake and coasting parties. A hol night at Epworth League raised a doll and toy collection for Deaconess Home Yarmston. A high class Christmas recital was planned at the Methodist school room with a new piano and performances by Milas Laura Gray Mia J W Bows Milton and others. The Methods Sunday School annual banquet featured sonophones and an orchestra providing entertainment through the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairy Lake
Epworth League
Deaconens
Yarmston
Methodist
Milas Laura Gray
Mia. J. W. Bows
Milton
John Cameron
Composite Grandmother and the Old Ladies Fond
Josephine reflects on the Old Ladies Fond distribution committee and discovers grandmothers broaden her view of aging. She realizes grandmothers are diverse, lively figures who shape her own sense of aging, making old age feel possible and real rather than distant. Caroline notes the shift and supports Josephine’s new perspective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine
Clowe Range
Caroline
Josephiny
Joba Fa
Baul the persecutor turned follower on the Damascus road
A Bible lesson recalls Saul of Tarsus meeting Jesus on the road to Damascus. He asks, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do, and Ananias later restores his sight and baptism, marking Saul as Paul the Apostle and witness.
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Tarsus
Christ Jesus
Christ
Damascus
H. Baul
Ultter Hate
Jesus
Baul
Marta Jens
Wilm
Jesu
Jesus V
Waav
Saul
Jesus of Nazareth
Ananias
Jerusalem
Qoid
Otha
Saulsatter
Damascus Road
Storing Apples For Winter Use In Home Cellars
Read guidance on selecting early maturing varieties Ike Wealthy Gravenstein and later keeping types like MacIntosh Northern Spy Russet and Baldwin. Emphasizes discarding bruised or scabby fruit and using proper wrapping in paper with bushel boxes kept in a cool cellar 40 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit.
Fragmentary religious lament on Christ’s resurrection and Paul's mission
A fragmentary passage voices faith in Christ’s resurrection and Paul’s mission. It references testing, direct force, and the spread of the Roman Empire as it declares belief in Jesus’ rising and salvation for the soul.
Christmas Day Reflections From Ginger Farm Diary
A reader recounts a bustling Toronto shopping day and a train ride home to Ginger Farm. The piece notes conversations about farm hardships and crop issues, family letters to Santa, and a wish to gift Christmas treats to those in need, ending with a plug for a tonic.
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Toronto
Ontario
Blates
Mim
Alley
Kibtun
Mother
Anadons
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