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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 15, 1940
Page
7
A fragmentary poem by Margaret Widdemer reflects on seeking light and guidance in a dark road. The speaker recalls asking for support from others who did not respond, choosing to remain true to friends and loved ones despite loneliness and weariness.
The issue recalls Beardmore and Co installing a 150 hp roller at the sole leather tannery replacing an aging unit. Archie Curtle bought Brock Avenue with Beardmore preparing a general store on the premises. Acts in Canada raised $10,073 in the Inter Church Forward Movement. Premier Drury won by a 2,256 majority in Halton byelections. Obituaries mark Cecil R Mills, Joseph Hall, John P Secord, and Dr. John Lawson among Acton residents in February 1920.
Canada pushes tourist areas as Empire support continues. C K Howard of the Tourist and Convention Bureau notes ads in the United States to counter adverse propaganda while welcoming American visitors with favorable exchange rates. Travel to Europe is limited, boosting Canada as a destination for the coming season.
A puzzle taunts a friend with manipulations of matches to form Roman numerals and hidden words. It suggests transforming five matches into fifteen by subtraction and later changing 30 to 17 without removing any, revealing the trick in the phrase XOKX XVIT.
A young man ill sighted ties a pin to a spike tree in Giles meadow to woo his fiancée and prove he can see. He claims the pin is there and invites a walk, but trips over a cow and falls as they head toward the tree.
A retrospective feature surveys Acton families across years, highlighting familiar faces from former eras. The piece blends portraits, community memory, and notes on how neighbors and neighbors’ descendants shaped local life over decades.
The Free Press album features Mr A G Clarridge once president of the Agricultural Society. A recent note places him in a new home on the Acton highway east beyond Acton. The piece contrasts present and past images.
Canadian agricultural science shows apricots and other fruits thriving on the prairies. At MorDen Manitoba and Sothern Saskatchewan Dominion Experimental Stations, thousands of seedling apples plums cherries and apricots are planted or bearing, proving fruit crops can grow where previously impossible.
A husband realizes his forgetful birthday remark triggers tears from his wife. To defuse the scene he claims his fault lies in her not being reminded she is a day older than she was last year, turning a domestic crisis into a sly quip.
Don Lawson a former Royal Bank eleve at Regina Sask now serves as a private with the Seaforth Highlands in Vancouver. He chose to join on a Sunday, bought passage from Trans-Canada Air Lines, was accepted the next day, then flew back to Regina to settle affairs and returned to the unit within a week.
Mr Blow, a new millionaire, hosts an extravagant picnic. A niece whispers about a criminal helper to carry lunch baskets. Blow admits the man is the cleverest safe-breaker outside prison and vows to pay him to open the sardines.
An exchanged tale recalls a breakfast at the White House during Calvin Coolidge's presidency. The President poured coffee from cup to saucer then sampled cream and sugar. a guest attempted the same before Coolidge placed the saucer on the floor for the dog to drink from.
A spoiled boy sent to a large public school writes home about his new life. He reports there are 6770 boys and wishes there were 6769, revealing homesick humor about the size and match with his expectations.
Poem presents a dialogue where a rover asks a farmer if the sunset matters. the farmer concedes its meaning but notes he will be able to unhitch the horses and go home eventually.
After a prolonged walkout Sandy proposes to her and is accepted. Questioned by the mother-in-law about his ability to support a wife, he confidently replies that he will always leave some of his parishioners behind and if he does not get a wife soon he will get another pig.
A bright child asks his father why the golf ball cannot simply drop into the hole during a round, prompting a simple teaching moment about play and aim.
A Sunday School lesson reviews Jesus silencing Pharisees and Herodians over taxes and the greatest commandment. It explains rendering to Caesar and to God, and declares love of God and neighbor as the law’s core. The piece reflects on moral duties in daily life and faith.
A truck driver Pat faced a lawsuit after a car rear ended a stopped truck on the highway. The judge pressed why Pat failed to signal with a hand, and Pat quipped that if the other driver could not see the truck he could not see his hand.
A teacher asked students to name all the states and a quick student answered perfectly. The teacher praised the child, noting even more impressive accuracy than she could have at the same age, and a light remark about the original thirteen states.
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