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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 19, 1945
Page
7
The text presents a fragmentary, archaic sounding meditation on humility, restraint, and kindness. It expresses a resolve to avoid selfish acts and harmful words, seeking calmer thoughts and genuine goodness despite a troubled world.
The Presbyterian congregation places a Rev. J C Wilson memorial in Fairview Cemetery to be unveiled. Acton Ball team wins third weight by defeating Rockwood. Acton football loses 3 2 to Taylor Forbes Guelph. Salvation Army Band of Guelph holds a second open air concert. Zimmerman relatives meet at Mr Arthur Swackhammer's Churchill home for Ortie Zimmerman visit. BORN HARDING in Feaquesing a daughter born to Mr and Mrs WOOD Harding on Sunday July 12th.
Reports from the coast recount bear sightings in Giscame and a Mrs J C Coleman plus her daughter narrowly spared by a bear attack before a shot ended the danger. Powell River’s Mrs J A Duck famed for fast shooting. she nailed two bears in a chicken pen. A 340 pound cougar terrorized Sunnyside until Victor Mironko shot it. In Clinton Cranbrook cowboys were authorized to shoot wild stallions due to forage losses. Albertan fishermen report rising sharks off Alberni Canal damaging nets. Duncan Kerth narrowly escaped a net mishap as a giant fish lashed. Fishermen call for an expert seal hunter to curb the growing seal population on the Fraser River. Indian fisherman Henry Splockton lassooed a 14 pound sturgeon in the Fraser River and towed it ashore as a government dredge disturbed the river’s rest. The west remains wild, even as noted by officials. Count Alfred de Marigny, who sought Canadian Army service, was medically rejected. He is married to Nancy Oakes, daughter of the late Sir Harry Oakes.
The three maple leaves on white background used by the Canadian Infantry Corps are to be replaced by the former insignia a white Canada badge. The whale-leef-inelgnta-was-enat- and related details are unclear in this fragment.
A Sunday School lesson recalls Abram and Lot returning from Egypt, choosing peace, and avoiding strife. Abram shows generosity by letting Lot choose first, foreshadowing unity among believers despite wealth and conflict with nearby nations. The text emphasizes keeping faith in God over material gain and the value of altars to the Lord.
Hollywood talent scout Le Pring says today’s attractive woman is educated and poised, not merely beautiful. He cites married winners with children as ideal, and favors how a candidate walks and carries herself over mere looks. He values poise, high heels, and camera-ready presence in selecting debutantes.
The passage reflects a religious meditation on possession and lineage, invoking Abram and divine promises. It touches themes of inheritance, separation, fruitfulness, and contemplation of spiritual riches as described in biblical references.
The article notes Canada’s rational poultry breeding program began in 1921 with a plan to improve performance records, cock and hatchery approvals. It cites the 1930 World Poultry Congress in London as the first global demonstration of these standards and highlights its influence on other nations.
Beekeepers in Squamish Valley report a non stinging bee variant that resists disease and yields high quality honey. William Freedman, an official with the honey producers group, says even a child can handle the hive frames.
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