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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 18, 1941
Page
6
The article argues that farming is a business with extensive needs from equipment to services. It notes modern farms require houses, barns, water systems, machinery, and supplies, and that farm purchases support town economies. It concludes prosperity rests on farming benefitting all Canadians.
Toronto readers are reminded that true courtesy in gift giving means selecting items the recipient will appreciate and avoiding overlarge or indiscriminate gifts. Parents should guide children to limit gifts to close friends, avoiding embarrassment from broad exchanges.
A reported tale from Ontario recounts an aging minister who buried a woman from his congregation and later failed to recall the funeral when he met the daughter on the street, asking how her mother was “standing the heat.”
Montreal police advise careful holiday decorating to prevent injuries from toppled trees and falling ornaments. Secure lights and trees, avoid draping decorations, and promptly clean up broken glass to prevent accidents during Christmas gatherings.
A small boy dined with a distinguished professor and, when questioned by his mother, confessed a minor slip at the table. He said meat fell to the floor while cutting it but he handled the moment by remarking that tough meat was to be expected.
The region eyes a new Pacific war affecting Canada United States ties with plans for stronger collaboration and production. By elections loom in York South Weland Montreal St Mary and Quebec East as naval and air defence efforts expand and gasoline rationing signals strain.
An appeal urges Canadian women to help enforce price controls in the war economy. Readers are asked to list weekly purchases, note quality, and record the highest prices charged at local stores between September 15 and October 11 1941. They are advised to report overages and keep a personal price list as a safeguard.
Fifty London Midlands and Scottish and 92 London North Eastern Railway freight locomotives have been equipped for service with Russian forces.
British Empire women have knitted scarves that would stretch 32 miles when laid end to end to honor officers and men of the Merchant Marine since the start of the war.
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