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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 14, 1949
Page
7
A devotional poem urges facing life’s obstacles with courage and faith. It counsels not to fear the bridge you’ll never cross and to engage in honest work with hand and heart, trusting God for strength and guidance. It emphasizes optimism, wisdom, and purposeful action.
In a rare exchange, a daughter asks how to limit Willie’s spending on outings. The father bluntly advises marrying him as the solution.
The article compiles batting averages from the softball circuit based on available games with 300 or better, led by Ben Bayliss of Poree Electric and Gord James of Kachlin. It notes possible changes from three unevaluated games and lists leaders across the early weeks.
The article notes tractors cause about 28 percent of farm machinery injuries with cranking and hitching as common causes. Combines and threshers account for about a third as many, while home-use machines mainly affect women. Aerosol bombs are introduced as cheaper, quicker floor cleaning options.
Years of effort by Oakville residents culminate in a Sunday service at the completed Calvary Baptist Church on Colborne and Wilson Streets. Next week a group of Oakville youths will start a local day camp on the west bank of Sixteen Mule Creek beneath the Queen Elizabeth high level bridge under the Oakville Recreation Commission.
Public auction in Acton district on Saturday July 16 at 1 40 p m offers horses Percheron pairs and geldings, pigs, farm implements, buggies, hay rack, manure spreader, milking gear, plus a large accredited Shorthorn herd headed by Jewel and Skylark lineages. Sale by Swackhammer Auctioneers. Cash with clerk. no reserve as owner retires.
The lesson discusses the temple reconstruction and the enduring praise of God. It covers the biblical background from Zechariah and Haggai to Solomon's temple, the call to praise Jehovah, and the forward-looking hope in God’s future triumph.
A reflective hymn asserts universal invitation to worship God through grace and creation. It links Christ’s lordship to salvation, urges reading the Word, prayer, and holy contemplation to deepen knowledge and praise, warning against hardened hearts and spiritual neglect.
Two aircraft sprayed ten tons of fertilizer from 400 feet, releasing one ton in seven seconds over nine acres. Costs vs land dressing not published but air application with 20 ton capacity planes would lower costs.
The Financial Post reports an American firm offers a ten quart termal food container with sealed fiberglass insulation. It claims to keep bottled drinks salads or dairy chilled for hours or to keep casseroles warm as long as it remains oven heated. The unit also preserves ice and hot hamburgers and resists greases and stains.
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