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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 04, 1940
Page
9
Poem asserts that truth cannot be suppressed though may endure long but finally prevails. Images of river grinding rocks to sand, justice delayed but not denied, with references to God, humanity, and Christ guiding world renewal. Doughs Malloch.
Twenty years ago The Free Press reports Wingham reelecting Acton’s W H Gurney as mayor. Pte Ernest Smith son of J R Smith dies in Toronto military hospital. George McGarvin visits from Vancouver after thirty years. William Williams family celebrate 50th wedding anniversary. School trustees reelect C Speight Rev I M Moyer and James Symon join board. Waterworks bylaw defeated. Williams family choir performs at Methodist Church. Birth of Donald Waldie’s son. Obituaries for Robert Henderson aged 62 and James H Nicklin formerly of Acton.
The King visits balloon defence units and a British factory producing steel rope for all three services. Ropes will moor balloons guard seas and mine moorings while other cables serve aircraft controls telephones and heavy industry. The article highlights wartime industry adapting to meet military needs without neglecting domestic and export production.
A feature reflects on Acton's Family Album and recalls familiar faces from past years as the pages are turned week by week. The piece contrasts current viewings with memories of neighbors and events long settled in local history.
In a fog and snowbound harbor a flotilla of transports and their convoy depart toward Europe as the Second Contingent of Canada’s Active Service Force sails. Veterans of Mons Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele share a deck with younger troops while four Canadian Press correspondents join Major Tom Wayling aboard. A mascot cigar store Indian watches the ships depart as family histories and wartime glories drift into memory.
A fragment mentions Lena, a young woman who bought a vacuum and vanished after an incident at home. A seller offers a $3 buy for a piano as part of the scene in a cluttered dialogue.
A Sunday School lesson on Matthew 16 outlines Peter’s confession that Jesus is the Christ and Son of the living God. It discusses the church’s foundation on Christ, the keys to the kingdom, and the cost of true discipleship through denial of self, cross bearing, and following Jesus.
Conductor Whispering Dan Cox retires from the Canadian National Railways after a long Westward career. A Maritimer by origin, he worked in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta earning renown for courtesy and a voice heard from end to end of the coach.
Ontario listeners will hear Andy Clarke host Neighborly News from Ontario Weeklies starting Sunday January 7 at 10 00 to 10 10 am EST on CBC Ontario Network. Clarke, a former Globe News editor, brings deep knowledge of Ontario communities and their daily interests to this program.
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