War era arenas and weekly papers shape Acton Elora town life
The Acton Free Press notes arenas in Acton and Elora used during the war, praises local hockey zeal, and laments outdoor rinks’ decline. It contrasts weather between Milton and Acton, and warns about shrinking weekly newspaper staffs across the Dominion while stressing their public role and wartime campaigns.
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Elora
Acton
Manitoba
Dominion
Victory Loan
Red Cross
Weather and Romance Through a Mild 1943 44 Winter
The article notes the 1943 44 winter as mild and historic, with December light snowfall, sunshine in January, and potential late spring. It encourages Valentines and stifling sentimentality for soldiers overseas, urging homefront morale and affectionate notes to boost spirits. It also mentions Acton and Elora juvenile hockey teams playing away, lamenting lost local hockey centers.
Editorial Notes on Economy and Youth in Canada
Editorial notes compare rising spirits consumption from 1939 to 1942 and urge parental support for youth during Boy Scout Week February 20 25. It highlights an active Board of Trade as sign of a thriving town and warns about black markets amid inflation with Bermuda and Canadian price controls cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
Grand Forks
Canada
Bermuda
Lindsay ‘Watchman-Wardor
Jesus Transfigured on the Mount and Purpose in Valley
The lesson centers on Mark 9 2 8 17 18 23 27 and the Transfiguration as eyewitness testimony of Jesus's divine sonship. It contrasts MT and LU accounts, notes the mission to the cross, and explains the glory and humility seen in Jesus. Moses and Elijah appear, then depart, leaving Jesus only. The event confirms faith in Christ as the Son of God and links transfiguration to the forthcoming atonement.
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Jesus
Mount Hermon
Mount
Mark
Matthew
Luke
Peter
Jesus Christ
God
Moses
Eli
Phil
Elijah
Christ
Luks
Jesu
Eliah
Moacx
Promised Land
Moxey
Earth
Jerusalem
Veter
Hon
Russia expands Arctic farming in northern station milestone
Moscow reports the world’s only rural Arctic station marked its second anniversary. Experiments at the Ubia station on the Kola peninsula pushed cultivation beyond the 62nd parallel. Frost resistant seeds from the station funded collective and state farms, boosting grain sevenfold, potatoes twofold, and vegetables severalfold in twenty years.
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Moscow
Useas
Ubia
Kola Peninsula
Arctic
Time Tables Details for Yong Es Dally Service
Timetable snippet lists daily departures except Sunday at 6.49 am and 9.56 pm plus 6.50 pm on other days and Sunday 8.19 pm. Mentions Georgetown and Guelph routes with 9.25 pm flyer service.
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Dally
Georgetown
Guelph
Yong Es
Gray Coach Lines Timetable Notes For Acton Area
Eastbound departures listed 6.46 am 9.16 am 2.06 pm 6.26 pm 9.16 pm 9.51 pm with notes y 10.53 am y 2.38 pm 5.08 pm 7.2 pm to London Sundays and holidays only x to Guelph daily to Kitchener Sundays holidays y to Kitchener to Stratford and other service lines referenced.
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Acton
Westboun
London
Guelph
Kitchener
Stratford
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