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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 25, 1951
Page
7
Fragmentary poem text praises beauty and peace as God's gifts to humanity. The lines mention Heaven, home, and a universal call, with garbled phrasing reflecting damaged OCR. The piece reads as a devotional verse celebrating divine blessings.
The Financial Post reports a British discovery of one new synthetic fibre claimed to feel healthy and be twice as strong as cotton. Made from by products of crude oil, it could be used from rope to lingerie and offers good drape, quick drying, and strong crease resistance.
The Newton can be built in units with first unit covering 22 by 26 feet and 528 square feet. It includes a bed closet, combined bath and dressing room with wardrobe, a kitchenette, dining space, and a living room. A basement isn t required to extend for future additions, and a vestibule can be added.
Considered the most accurate planimetric maps of Ontario to date, the four inch to a mile aerially plotted maps cover rivers, land heights, contours, lake shores, and highways. The Aerial Surveys Section of the Department of Lands and Forests produced them, and the Army Survey Establishment of the Department of National Defence, under a cooperative Ontario distribution agreement, will publish them.
A new map series at two miles to the inch covers Pamour Iroquois Falls Timmins Kirkland Lake Cartier Capreol Espanola and Sudbury. The first eight sections of the long series are now ready.
The Financial Post backs bringing German workers to Canada to fill a labor shortage in mining. It argues German migrants would become good citizens, notes overcrowding in Western Germany, and cites available jobs in Canada as a motivation for rapid, substantial immigration.
A Sunday School lesson discusses Jesus teaching beside the sea, using the parable of the sower and the seed’s growth. It links mustard seed growth to outward expansion of God’s kingdom, notes the need to sow the word, and explains parables as a means to reveal truth to earnest listeners.
Acton residents are urged to support the Fight Polio campaign as the Red Maple Leaf, emblem of the Canadian March of Dimes, appears on store counters and prices nationwide ahead of the 1951 drive from January 7 to 31. The symbol, adopted by the Canadian Foundation for Poliomyelitis, underscores the nation wide effort to combat poliomyelitis.
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