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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 11, 1946
Page
7
The text reflects on weariness and longing for calmer days as the year closes. It speaks of time, eternity, leisure, and dreams, and hopes for a nearer reach to loved ones and unseen truths before a final reckoning.
Mercury hovered around ninety for days. Bannockburn Women's Institute held a garden party at Mr. AG Clarridge's home. Or angemen parade of 2,500 at Milton. Mr C W Iain arrived to work with Teardmore and Co. Mrs Ir win and sons joined him. United Church Sunday School picnic drew large attendance at Huttonville Park. Acton Citizens' Hand boosted the day. Stop Street system to debut with highway updates. Obituaries: Albert Murray died suddenly in Acton. James Hoss remembered in Sond year.
Mr W. Clayton of the Bank of Montreal notes customers are surprised to learn the cost of a one dollar loan. The bank charges 27 cents per month for twelve monthly payments totalling a small convenience fee versus cash discounts. Clayton invites customers to discuss financial needs for emergencies or opportunities.
Bruce Mutchison of the Winnipeg Free Press argues radio cannot replace the printed word. He notes radio offers only a digest of facts and misses the detail and vivid imagery found in newspapers and books, which readers can carry and refer to for fuller understanding.
The lesson argues that no man can serve two masters and urges exclusive devotion to God. It traces Israel’s choice in Joshua 24, warns against idolatry, and notes Jesus’ test of discipleship in Luke 14, stressing self denial and separation from worldly ties to follow Christ.
The battered Canadian destroyer once named Kempenfeldt and later Asiniboine, a WW II hero in the English Channel, faced a long salvage attempt and final Beaching off Prince Edward Island after years of naval service and decline.
The Eastern Townships hay crop will run about a week late this year. Airation operations have been slowed by roughly three weeks, according to a Dominion Experimental Peat near Lennoxville.
Mrs. D. Ho Tattenden of the African Museum crafts small figures and tiny replicas of historical furniture from soap wire and paper. The project aims to illustrate Early South African history and engage both adults and children, with officials noting increased visitor interest.
Halifax reports Captain J. L. Beck aboard the Mary E. Kenney delivered the first shrimp catch to the port and also brought in the first scallops from Atlantic waters. Officials predict shrimp fisheries and scallop operations may expand if profitable.
The British Columbia Game Commission and the University of British Columbia launched a joint wildlife research project in the province. Each organization contributed 2500 dollars to fund the effort aimed at developing wildlife management strategies.
Four fishermen drive along a Northern Ontario road with 17 pickerel and two bass in the trunk. A road flagger steps out and they speed away, an explosion follows, and the road climbs into the upper air as game officers and drivers' fates converge in a grim, ambiguous ending.
A believed coal seam lies about 3 000 feet below Sydney and extends under the harbor. A Balmain colliery operated near Sydney until 1930.
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