Things Worth While in Life by H B Mayo
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 29, 1940
Page
7
Local Notices From Acton and Ottawa 1820s to 1930s
A colonial era notice list recounts land purchases in Ontario, moves by the Watsons, and Ladies Auxiliary officers. It notes Baptist church anniversaries, horticultural society membership, births in Toronto and Churchill, and a Canada wide survey of historic sites memorialized in 1939 by the Department of Mines and Resources with plaques for Fathers of Confederation and notable scholars across Charlottetown, Saint John, Montreal, Halifax, Churchill, and Kingston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Wiggins
Powaasan
Edward Cleave
Victor Watson
Kassagaweya
Acton
Aulditary
G.W.V A
Smith
G. W. Cook
H. Harwood
J. Bryne
J. P. Scarrow
J. J. Cooney
Clifford
the Baptist Church
Mr. Johnston
Acton Horticultural Society
Canada
Department of Mines and Resources
Ottawa
National Parks Bureau
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
Charlottetown
George Coles
John Hamilton Gray
James de Mille
Dalhouse University
George McCall Thal
McGill University
Montreal
Lord Rutherford
Sainte-Sophie d'Halifax
P.Q
Louis Philippe Hebert
Chambly
Royal Military College
Kingston
Arctic
America
Fredericton
N.B
Ministry of Health
British Empire
Cornwall Canal
Great Lakes
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Mdians
Orillia
Ontario
Through a Bomber's Sights an Old Soldier Writes
An editor's letter reflects on wartime politics and conscription in Canada. The writer condemns political manipulation after World War I and argues for universal sacrifice, warning against party maneuvering and urging unity to support national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Turning Over the Pages Week by Week and Faces of Familiar Years
A look back through time as local pages reveal familiar faces from past years and the week by week changes that shaped the community. Residents reflect on memories tied to long gone events and long standing local traditions.
Ontario Health Record for 1939
Canada enjoyed excellent health in 1939 with a mortality rate of 90.5 per thousand, far below earlier years. Tuberculosis deaths fell sharply, now a lower ranking cause among wage earners, while pneumonia deaths dropped by 19 percent in one year and 55 percent over ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dresden Galleries Visit Mentioned in Family Exchange
A brief exchange notes not visiting Dresden galleries while in the city. Instead the family highlights their daughter who paints as the notable focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden
War Supply Board Orders Reach About 125 Million
Since the outbreak of hodttuides and up to February 16 the War Supply Board has placed orders totaling about 125 million dollars. The figure reflects broad procurement efforts during ongoing mobilization and shows the scale of wartime manufacturing contracts.
Pilots Face Twenty-Eight Week Training Under Plan
Pilots trained under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan will undergo an intensive twenty-eight week program. A small portion may join the RCAF, but most will serve overseas. Air observers train twenty-six weeks while gunners complete twenty-four weeks. All recruits enter as Aircraftmen Class II and begin with four weeks at an initial training school before branching to their specialized courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RCAF
Royal Canadian Air Force
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Thomas Atkinson
Mackenzie King
Dr. Manion
Quebec
Manton
Hig
Milton
Gordon Graydon
Peel
Hamilton
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Hamilton West
L. W. M. Freele
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King
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United Church
Churchill
Muggs
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