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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 16, 1943
Page
7
Fragmentary meditation on illness rest fate and life as a calm pool. The speaker contemplates the tapestry of passing years and asks who among the busy world can pause search the heart and glimpse an unseen force detaching us from the whirlpool for a pause.
The lesson explains God speaking through his Son as the fulfillment of the law, with Jesus described as the expressed image of God and the upholder of all things. It notes the diverse modes of divine revelation, the authority of Christ, and his exaltation at the right hand of the Father.
Twenty years ago the Free Press covered events in Huntsville and Georgetown including a maple taffy pull at the Huntsville school, a resignation of Continuation School principal Mr. Ford Gould with Mr. James McDonald of Toronto to take up duties after Christmas. Also noted were the Golden Wedding Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Leslie of Esquesing near Norval, a two act drama Lets AIP Get Married in Georgetown Town Hall, and obituaries for George Forbes of Orion Michigan and Thomas Statham of Acton on December 15 1923 aged 82.
In a courtroom a wife sues for non support while Mose Brown confesses guilt with a joke about a talkative wife. A deli clerk misreads a motto while a frugal farming couple miscount their cash. A 79 year old seeks separation after sixty years of marriage, saying enough is enough.
In Britain the Women's Auxiliary Air Force will see slimmer air force blue uniforms. Skirt length will be reduced and pockets removed to cut bulk. Brass buttons will be swapped for black Plantic ones, a change welcomed by WAAFS.
The text discusses the Holy Spirit serving under divine orders and beginning with the revealed glories of the begotten Son. It presents the Son as majestic, titled Thy throne O God for ever and ever, affirming equality with God and citing Psalm 45:7 to confirm the inspired Word.
London report details a daring raid by 16 French saboteurs who damaged the Creusot works near Paris. They blew up power stations and transformers, aimed to cut 250000 kilowatts, and escaped after 28 explosions damaged the Schneider works and high tension lines.
In London CP report, MPs and women's groups back a pamphlet by Mrs. Ethel M. Wood outlining entrenched gender barriers. It criticizes lack of women in Parliament the civil service and influential bodies and calls for equal partnership between men and women.
Alvin H. Sanders has published The Story of the International a 360 page history of 40 years of progress in breeding roosing and marketing of livestock. Canadians are noted for winning top awards and the volume is privately printed by the International Live Stock Exposition Association and available through Chicago Stock Yards officers.
Leading Seaman H. J. Cundick, a survivor of TM. S. Cilypse, recounts escaping from an Italian POW camp and walking 1000 miles. He was suspected by Canadians of being a spy after a farmhouse raid, but his English voice convinced them he was not British.
Melbourne reports that Tropical Spread, a dehydrated butter mix by the Dairy Division of CSIR, is preferred by Australian soldiers in the tropics. The one pound tins contain a blend of real butter with hydrogenated fats and milk protein that resists melting until about 110 degrees Fahrenheit and reformulates into firm butter as it cools.
Field Marshal Viscount Gort thanks the Canadian Red Cross for clothing sent to Malta in September. Mrs. Campbell of the Maltese Relief Organization distributed the gifts to families battered by bombing as Lord Gort observed.
An official inquiry opens into how German made matches appeared in a Wrexham shop. A local man sent the box to authorities with a comment calling for comment. Officials suggest repatriated POWs might be involved and note the box likely traveled from a repatriation route. In East Africa the King’s African Rifles recruit from Kenya Uganda Tanganyika Nyasaland and Somaliland Camel Corps from British Somaliland Nyasaland. American troops in England are paying Northamptonshire farmers up to 22.50 for live turkeys.
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