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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 28, 1946
Page
7
A lyrical meditation urges living in the present with cheerful acts. It emphasizes the clock of life wound once, the uncertainty of tomorrow, and the value of helping others and smiling through daily deeds. The piece encourages spreading hope and kindness in everyday moments.
James Watson cut a bee tree on Exquesing farm yielding twenty five pounds of honey. Mrs Robert Sprowl bought Mr ES Rice home on Willow Street and will move this month. Lyme Village Quartette gave a crowded concert at United Church last Wednesday. Hewet ton Shor Company held annual supper and dance in Town Hall. James Symon elected president of Acton Chamber of Commerce with C H Harrison first vice president EF J Vinsard second vice president J B Shorey treasurer N H W Garden secretary. Died Sporey Elizabeth Storey of Bower Ave Acton on February 25 1926.
Leslie Millin and his wife Therwan Byzick of Duval Sask describe their Shanghai hospital operation in 1942 paid for in Shanghai dollars valued near zero Canadian money. They were missionaries in Shanghai when Japan occupied the city. They were interned, endured prison diet, and were released weighing far less before recovering to resume work in China.
Soldier Rowland wrote four verses in a cafe in Armentieres after a 1917-18 tour for a show. Lieutenant Gus Rice composed the music. The song failed at first but soon spread through troops, eventually yielding hundreds of verses and a BBC broadcast re telling its origin.
Sunday School lesson centers on Joshua leading Israel across Jordan after Moses death. Faithful service, active obedience, and abandonment of self interest unlock God’s land promise. Joshua 1 1-4 23 1-11 themes emphasize courage and adherence to God’s law for victory.
Merchant seamen who were prisoners of war or shipwrecked will get priority certificates for suits, on par with discharged service personnel. The Wartime Prices and Trade Board Ration Administration and the Department of Transport will stamp a notation on the seaman's identity card when such a certificate is issued.
Production in 1945 leaves Canada with seed stocks barely meeting domestic needs. Exportable quantities will be far short of shipping requirements due to high demand in the United States and Northern Europe. Leeds Administrator says export prospects through 1946 look strong and not at risk of overproduction.
The sale at Lot 2 Ji Concession three miles south of Norval on Wednesday March 6 starts at 2 o clock. Items include numerous Jersey horses and cows with named animals, dairy equipment, hay, grain, farm machinery, harness, poultry, furniture, and real estate in Exqueuing. Terms: cash with 10 percent deposit and no reserve on the home farm. Auctioneers Frank P.
Niagara Falls resident Murden Johnson expanded a single swarm into a major bee industry with 75 colonies from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. His hives produce about 50 tons of honey annually using large extractors and evaporators for export across Canada and the United States.
Werrison Kent of the Western Canada Produce Association cites British officials noting tests by the British ministry of food in Manchester and Liverpool show the overall quality of eggs shipped from British Columbia to England last October was excellent. The report adds the shipment is the best yet received from Canada.
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