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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 25, 1951
Page
15
A fragmented poem contemplates God’s gift to the world as peace and joy. The speaker references heaven, mercy, and the wonders bestowed by divine grace, musing on life, laughter, tears, and the hope of reunion in the afterlife.
A report in The Financial Post describes a new British synthetic fibre said to feel like silk and be twice as strong as cotton. It uses crude oil by products as feedstock, offers good drape and quick drying, with excellent crease resistance for applications from rope to lingerie.
The Newton can be built in units to fit 22 by 26 feet, creating a one unit living space with bed closet living and dining areas, a combined bath and dressing room with wardrobe and linen cabinet, and optional vestibule. The first unit spans 528 square feet with TI cubic feet of basement volume, illustrating efficient use of limited budget living accommodation.
Considered the most accurate planimetric maps of Ontario to date these sectional maps show forested areas plotted from aerial photographs. The maps produced by the Aerial Surveys Section Department of Lands and Forests and published by the Army Survey Establishment Department of National Defence are distributed through a cooperative Ontario agreement. They feature rivers land heights contour lake shores highways and other features plotted from aerial imagery at four inches to a mile though printed for easier use.
The first eight map sheets at two miles to the inch are ready covering Pamour Iroquois Falls Timmins Kirkland Lake Cartier Capreol Espanola and Sudbury. Each sheet marks a section of Ontario mining districts for industrial use.
The Financial Post urges Ottawa to admit German workers amid a labor shortage in the Canadian mining industry. It argues Germans would become excellent citizens, notes overcrowded western Germany with refugees, and emphasizes jobs awaiting newcomers as vital to national development.
A sermon discusses Jesus teaching at the sea side to reach crowds and the parables of the sower and mustard seed. It notes sowing the Word as seed, growth in the heart, and the outward spread of God’s kingdom from a small beginning to global reach.
Actonians urged to back the Fight Polio campaign as the Red Maple Leaf symbol appears on store counters and prices signaling the 1951 Canadian March of Dimes. The emblem, adopted by the Foundation for Poliomyelitis, marks Canada's nationwide drive from January 7 to 31.
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