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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 04, 1940
Page
7
Poem speaks of truth as a river that cannot be stopped by prisons or injustice. It asserts that truth endures beyond lies and delays, with a divine justice and the soul of Christ renewing the world.
Twenty years ago from The Free Press 1920 reports Wingham re elects W H Gurney mayor. News arrives of Pte Ernest Smith son of Mgr J R Smith dead in Toronto hospital. George McGarvin visits from Vancouver reconnecting with old town friends. William Williams marks fiftieth wedding anniversary with family. School trustees re elected C Speight Rev I M Moyer James Symon join board. Waterworks by law defeat. Williams family choir at Methodist Church. Births and obituaries list Waldin boy born Lot 22 Second Line Sequeing. Henderson dies aged 62 in Esquesing Township. Nicklin dies in Grand Rapids aged 68, former Acton resident.
The King tours balloon defence plants and a factory grinding steel rope for all three services. Ropes mooring balloons, nets, mine mooring and minesweeping gear, plus aircraft cords and cables, show how British industry quickly adapts consumer wire into vital war materiel.
A young man and his daughter visit New York for a theater outing. The father frets the show may be unsuitable for her age but the daughter remains hopeful the performance will improve.
A retrospective feature recalls familiar local faces from past years as pages turn week by week. The column invites readers to reflect on people who once graced this town, revisiting memories through archival portraits and stories.
A flotilla of ships moves from harbor under snow and fog as the Second Contingent of Canada’s Active Service Force sails for Europe. Sailors, officers, and four newspaper correspondents aboard share a mood of camaraderie and duty, while spectators watch through the wintry gloom.
A local fragment recalls a tragedy in a home where Lena buys a new vacuum cleaner. The narrative shifts to a discard sale exchange, a bargain offered for a daughter's piano, with a rough barter involving a wood shed, sawed and delivered.
A historical lesson from Matthew 16 13 24 in Capernaum during the summer of AD 29. Peter proclaims Jesus as the Christ the Son of the Living God and later Jesus reframes discipleship stressing denial of self taking up the cross and following. The passage contrasts divine revelation with human opinion and explains the cost of true discipleship.
Whispering Dan Cox, famed as the Whispering Dan for his deep voice, has made his last run as conductor with the Canadian National Railways. The Maritimer, who served in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta, retires on pension after a long Westward rail career.
Andy Clarke hosts Neighborly News from Ontario Weeklies on CBC Ontario Network Sundays from 10:00 to 1:16 am EST. The program highlights Ontario towns villages and farms with local interests and people, drawing on Clarke’s extensive newspaper background and ties to The Globe.
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