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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 11, 1941
Page
7
Fragmentary text mentions burning oak forth thy gold and silver coins. References to Renee, Palester, East or x Dalgete erds, Maethiehem, Galilee, star ray Piso and a Christmas tryst. The content resembles a devotional or poetic pastiche with biblical imagery and archaic phrasing.
Local notes recount a Christmas edition copy from Auckland Weekly News. Elections show 12 309 polled in the county with figures for Dr. Andersen Fisher and Ford. Acton School events include a concert at Town Hall and a Women’s Institute vote for female school board members. A Woollen mill project joins old power house site via Amos Mason. hydro works plan new water source. Obits note George Worden and James Hall.
Winnipeg dispatch reports H. W. Chiddy of Hudson's Bay Post at Holman Island visiting after 16 years notes Eskimo women are great tea drinkers. He recalls a family hosting a tea gathering with multiple neighboring households joining in sequence.
A Sunday School article discusses generous giving as a grace from God. It highlights the Macedonian church’s abundant liberal aid amid affliction and urges believers to give joyfully, not reluctantly, citing Jesus' poverty to enrich others. It emphasizes sowing and reaping and the need for voluntary, cheerful support.
An Ottawa expert from the Central Experimental Farm states lawn winter covers are unnecessary if the lawn is well constructed and properly maintained. He warns covers exclude air and promote disease, and that leaves and debris should be removed in fall. Straw and manure can carry weed seeds and pests, and even pulverized manure should be evenly integrated into the sod.
In Liverpool 1CP undertakers placed sand in two coffins instead of bodies to spare relatives further suffering after a Nazi air raid. They faced a charge of fake burial entry but were released on payment of costs as the judge ruled it a slip up rather than deliberate offence.
A Canadian farming essay laments the erosion of neighborly ties as farm prices lag, youth migrate to cities, and farms abandon cultivation. It warns that declining farm production threatens food supply for Canada and allies, stressing interdependence and the rural code.
Martin Ekar mans, 25, was sentenced to 12 months with hard labor for culpable homicide after driving into marching soldiers in Cape Town. One soldier died and several were injured.
Dominion Department of Agriculture supervised pari mutuel betting across 25 racing associations. Canada ran 282 days with 35 meetings, total wagers $21,363,629, prize money $1,073,625. Dufferin Park led wagering at $1,352,968. Claresholm had the smallest at $510. Ontario wagered $13,650,148 over 98 days. British Columbia $307,935 over 57 days. Manitoba $2,093,266 over 28 days. Quebec $1,298,830 over 56 days. Alberta $920,356 over 31 days. Saskatchewan $382,901 over 12 days.
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