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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 09, 1942
Page
7
A wartime poem excerpt recalls children on a lawn dreaming of future roles in service. A boy vows to be a captain to lead men to victory while another aims to be a doctor. The verses mix playful toys with visions of soldiers, surgeons, and a proud, patriotic crowd. Written during the First World War.
Twenty years ago Witla parties are popular. Mr Alex Kannawin nears completion of a wholesale gasoline and coal oil station with 15 000 gallon and 10 000 gallon tanks. Acton Fair directors move the fair to October 3 and 4. Acton Orange Lodge led Glorious Twelfth at Guelph with Citizens Band. John Crawford, veteran Orangeman, reports forty fifth consecutive walk. Rev A L Budge of Hamilton preaches at Knox Church. Rev Mr Stewart holds anniversary services in Hamilton. Died Stovel in Guelph July 8 1922, Harry C Stovel first editor of the Confederate Mount Forest.
East coast Canadian port awakens to vast merchant ship convoys marching into harbor despite two years of war. The ships appear bigger and sturdier, with trim bows and deep bodies, flying flags of many nations as crews from Britain Canada and the United States keep watch.
A Sunday school lesson on Genesis 3 1 13 23 24 and the fall explains the serpent as the devil and the first infidel and universalist. It argues the temptation began with a truth twisted into a lie and shows Eve and Adam yielding after questioning God s word.
On Reach Court Farm near Dover a dairy herd of 34 cows keeps milking as shells rain nearby. Gilbert Mitchell and relatives refuse to abandon the Ruth, aiding other evacuated farms while defence works encircle the site. Grace Harrison joins the Women’s Land Army and Mrs Mitchell hatches chicks in vulnerable incubators.
In Johannesburg South Africa the government announced native workmen will gain collective bargaining rights. Labor Minister W B Madeley told the Union's Trades and Labor Council and the move drew general approval. About 85 percent of unskilled laborers are native workers and while some protested the power shift, many see it as strengthening economic organization in the Union.
During the July 1917 Galician offensive led by General Kornilov the Russian 8th Army captured Halicz Kaljech and Tarnopol while advancing into Galicia. Strong Austro German reinforcements halted the push, leading to retreats, desertions, and rising disorder in Petrograd as Kerensky tried to hold the front. The push ended with a German Austrian counterattack and the eventual Soviet rise, ending hostilities on the Eastern Front later that year.
General Sir John Brown applies a strict test to camp entertainment asking if he would take his daughter to see a show. He notes many young women serve in the British forces and that bawdy or off color gags are being removed. He distinguishes between content suitable for music halls and camp halls and warns second rate perform ers can offend in a military setting.
Ads show that nearly anything can be found or exchanged through want ads though cash is often not returned. Identity should be provided to recover lost items and services like helpers or rent may be listed.
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