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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 21, 1944
Page
4
Rev. Shannon offers a meditative Christmas message reflecting on the birth of Jesus, the significance of divine love for all people, and a call to mercy and patient service to embody sacred teachings in daily life.
Twenty years ago updates from the Nassagawega area note Acton officers elected for the Acton Hockey Club with G. T. Beardmore as president and a town league formed including Acton Tanning Co Hewetson’s the Town Beardmore and Co and the High School. Also forty Ebenezer Methodist Church members visited W. J. Akins. a gold watch was given to Akins for long service. Marriages and deaths follow with local families named.
Norman C. Urquhart announces that Canadian POWs in Germany are entitled to two blankets in winter and one in summer or any private blanket, with conditions. The 1945 order allowed one blanket if dormitories are heated, and German authorities will not provide more than one blanket per prisoner of war unless transfers occur, while personal blankets may accompany transfers.
Representatives of 3 000 000 Beltish women debated the falling birthrate at a national conference on Maternity and Child Welfare. Suggestions included four bed room houses for large families, draught proof windows, and domestic help for expectant mothers.
The piece outlines the intertwined fronts on Italy Hungary and the Balkans with Budapest under Red siege, Vienna within reach, and German divisions shifting south. It notes Allied pressure in the Pacific and a Canadian view highlighting French Canadian officers in the West Wall breach and a troubled Greek front amid British-French negotiations.
A wartime era editorial urges looking forward to better days after the war. It praises Canada’s science, industry, and education and calls on citizens to show spirit, judgement, and cooperation to solve problems and create progress.
A 1944 Sunday School lesson explores the angels' gospel to shepherds in Luke 2 8 12 the birth of Jesus as savior and lord and the divine revelation through Christ as the express image of God emphasizing that God spoke through Jesus across diverse times and forms with authority over all creation.
It is predicted many service men will return home to acquire farms and settle in rural areas. They will likely have cars radios and telephones for social life and neighbor contact. Labor saving devices will ease home and farm burdens, making country life less lonely and more connected.
Niagara Falls youth Vernon Gregorio, 19, stationed with RCA at Camp Borden, landed at just four feet one inch in stocking feet, cited as the smallest man in the Canadian Army.
British immigrants Belfast report quotes G A Holmes among three New Zealand agricultural experts visiting Northern Ireland. He believes New Zealand should make room for at least 3,500,000 settlers. He notes immigration policy will shift toward British Isles emigrants after postwar problems ease.
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