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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 30, 1943
Page
2
The notice expresses thanks to readers and staff as 1944 begins and reflects on the spirit of Christmas and New Year. It discusses seasons as true beginnings for farmers students and soldiers, and emphasizes hope, friendship, and enduring community ties across distance and time.
Postwar planning calls for thoughtful, civic welcomes for troops returning from overseas. The piece argues against costly celebrations, favoring simple, informal gatherings that reconnect veterans with old friends and community. It emphasizes the value of personal welcome over extravagant gifts and stresses shared responsibility.
A reflection on newsroom ethics urges selectivity in Letters to the Editor. It cites the Ottawa Journal’s stance against offensive or unverified content and warns editors bear responsibility for publishing untruths. Includes wartime remarks and local observations about licenses and weather.
The piece notes Canada as a future key supplier of bacon cheese and other foods to liberated nations and details a forthcoming National Selective Service survey on providing year round dairy workers. It also covers postwar election timing talk and Prime Minister King’s stance on social security and manpower goals during wartime.
A Bristol drug store window displayed bottles of flu remedy and a notice that the shop would close for several days because the entire staff was down with influenza.
Ottawa reports women joining war plant and other work for a few hours daily. About 2 100 indicated they could take part time jobs, many being wives with home duties. Part time staffing shown to work where pre-planned, with higher supervision for new workers.
Residents of a British town recall midget submarines that attacked Germany and a Norwegian fjord. Local workers at the submarine factory were briefed by the Admiralty on the element of surprise as the craft’s key value.
In wartime London Yate brings together elderly couples with orphaned children finding care at Chapel House in Ealing. Dorothy Kerlin, wealthy, offers a suburban home and surname ties for four children ages from toddler to early teens, promising love and stability through faith.
A large anti war petition gathered around 1 000 000 signatures in London and was delivered to the House of Commons as part of protests this week. Organizers urged action on civilian peacetime reforms and demand to value long standing policies.
Dr T H Wylie of Teronte takes charge of Dr Buchanan's practice for the present with office hours 1 pm to 8 pm. Thursdays Fridays and Saturdays are listed as availability days. Office telephone 149 DH. H S Austin Dental on Hergeen Mill Street corner Frederick Acton lists hours 8:30 am to 5:36 pm with evenings by appointment and telephone 10.
Advertises veterinary surgeon services in Wrookville Ontario and farm agency offices in Laargent Oldest Awney in Canada. Mentions Georgetown and Ur township with phone references and company names.
Daily transit schedules listed for Georgetown and Guelph with variations on Sundays Saturdays and Sundays. Specific times include 635 p.m. and 229 p.m. with multiple entries noting daily runs and exceptions for weekends.
Schedule fragment lists routes and times including trips to London Guelph Kitchener Stratford. Mentions holiday and Sunday service with daily operations and multiple coded times and abbreviations.
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