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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 21, 1944
Page
23
The verse laments the world’s struggles and calls for God’s love to dwell among people. It prays for hearts to hear the healing chime of the season and to yield to God’s will, yielding mercy and renewed purpose. The text closes with Rev. Shannon’s blessing.
Twenty years ago in Nassagawega district the Acton Hockey Club elected officers and formed a town league including Acton Tanning Co Hewetson s Beardmore Co and the High School. Ebenezer Methodist Church members visited Mr and Mrs Akins with a gold watch awarded to Akins for long service.
The Canadian Red Cross explains blanket rights for German POWs. In winter two blankets, in summer one, plus private blankets allowed. if only one is issued, dormitories must be heated. German authorities pledge to honor these terms and allow transfer with personal blankets.
Representatives of 3,000,000 Beltish women discuss maternity and child welfare. Proposals call for large four bedroom houses, draught proofing, domestic help, and nursery schools to aid families. Miss Denby urges councils to focus on housing. Miss Hall argues for home-based childcare with husbands present. Miss Hawtrey supports nursery schools to ensure early childhood starts.
The piece outlines Allied and Axis pressures on the Italian and Hungarian fronts, noting Budapest’s faltering defense, the Danube capital’s by-passing campaigns, and the drive toward Vienna. It mentions Canadian efforts in the West Wall cracking and Mindoro operations in the Pacific, plus political strains over postwar governance and a warning from Prime Minister Churchill.
A prowar forward looking piece urges Canadians to forget regrets about the old days and work together for a prosperous future. It praises science industry education and high intelligence and argues these assets can solve problems and create good days ahead.
The Sunday School lesson outlines the shepherds as the first to hear the angelic message of salvation through Jesus Christ. It emphasizes fear not, good tidings, and the twofold result of Christ's birth: glory to God and peace on earth among those well pleasing to Him. It also discusses God speaking through His Son and Jesus as the express image of God.
It is predicted that many service men returning from the war will seek farms and rural life. They will likely own cars and radios, enabling social life and entertainment. Telephones and labor saving devices will keep them connected with neighbors and ease home and farm work.
Niagara Falls Ontario reports Pio Verno Gregorio a 19 year old attached to RCA stationed at Camp Borden as the smallest man in the Canadian Army standing just four feet one inch in stocking feet.
G A Holmes, a New Zealand agricultural expert visiting Northern Ireland, says New Zealand should accommodate at least 31.5 million settlers. He notes immigration policy, once postwar issues ease, may favor emigrants from Britain.
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