The Beloved Son Goes Overseas in War News Poem
A heartfelt Canadian village poem by Corp. A. G. Parsons portrays a family and community bidding farewell as a son departs to fight. The piece captures tears at the station, the train, and hopes for his safe return with church children cheering and a promise of reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corp. A. G. Parsons
No. 4 Wireless School Flying Squadron
Bartch
Ont
Neil
Norman Lambert
Rockwood
Lambert Twins
Folka
Yeu
Local notes from Acton Park picnic and regional events
Last Thursday Rebecca Lodge of Georgetown held an annual picnic in Acton Park. The Presbyterian Sunday School picnic from Georgetown followed in the same park on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Chas Heard brought home a ten pound lake trout from Tobermore. Acton district lads are at Niagara on the Lake with the Lorne Scots Reserve. Ontario Volunteer Firemen's Association convention set for Acton July 31 August 1. Lightning damaged the home of Mr and Mrs Alfred F Marshall near Acton with minor consequences. Mrs Wilfred Halliday Orton sent a marked V egg on display in Paris window this week. Raspberries offer good value as wild patches yield a strong crop. Political notes appear in advertisements. Lawn mowers cut V symbols. Richard Harris sent a leaf from a Rockwood lawn showing a perfect V carved by the mower. Report error on Wm Chisholm car accident. Mrs D Hodge injured face and arm. R M Storey Acton graduates from O T C class at Brockville with Brig E Blais presiding. Sgt Bob Chalmers stationed at Dafoe Sask, leading a ball team there. Local youths keep active in sports during wartime.
The Farm Wife
The article recalls drought years in the Prairie Provinces when poultry revenue helped feed and clothe the family. It praises farm wives as essential contributors, noting they run kitchens dairy herds and flocks, sometimes drive tractors, and stand in for missing hired help in Canada's food front.
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Prairie Provinces
Canada
Lethbridge Herald
Priest Brings Church to Troops in North Africa
RAF chaplain Father G Sparrow travels over 2000 miles to serve soldiers in North Africa using a portable altar and tent. He cross deserts by plane, horse, mule, camel, and Arab cart to minister to servicemen.
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Cayro
G. Sparrow
RAF
North Africa
Captain Riche Talks of Boy Scouts Training Value
Capt Eddie Rickenbacker lauds Boy Scouts training as forging better soldiers through self reliance and courage learned in scouting. He notes that the skills help them adapt when on their own after rescue and during wartime.
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Eddie Rickenbacker
Overseas Mail Letters From Local Boys Serving
A letter from Pte. A. E. Perryman, one of the Canadians who went overseas in June, describes rough seas, sickness, and sightings abroad. He mentions Harold Simpson Aubrey Kerr and Bob Vance, damp cool nights, bombed villages, brick buildings with slate roofs, narrow streets, and a march time approaching. He notes scarce cats, good meals, and asks his parents to write back.
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Pte
A. E. Perryman
Harold Simpson
Aubrey Kerr
Bob Vance
Wilfred Harding
Canada
Parade Ume
Railway Agricultureist Elected by Technicians
J. S. McGowan of Montreal director of Colonization and Agriculture with Canadian National Railways was elected Vice-President of the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists. He has chaired the finance committee for three years and has led the railway colonization and agricultural department since 1934 after joining in 1924.
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J. S. McGowan
Montreal
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
Mrr. McGowan
Canada
Railway
War era price list and local notes from Acton 1918
A column reflecting on July 1918 and World War I era life in Acton. It catalogs prices on ham beef eggs and butter, clothing and fabrics, Canada Victory Bonds, groceries, and farm goods, plus Cross relations to local events, Red Cross shipments, overseas letters, park baseball games, and council finances from 1918. References to WWI milestones mark the piece as a retrospective.
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Fere Pares
Nell Patterson
George Wallace
Canada
Victory
Conway and
McLean
S. J. Stauffer
Drayton Drayton Misstep Onboard Farewell Train Tale
A Canadian National passenger train passes Drayton with an elderly woman anxious to reach her doctor. The conductor recalls promising to alert her, but she misses her stop and asks for pills she was told to take at Drayton. The engine backs up to the Drayton platform as the passenger explains she took two pills at departure.
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Hugh ‘Templin
Canadian National Railways
Drayton
Drayt
Super-Diet Advocated To Boost Ration In Britain
London CP reports Dr E H L Milligan Medical Officer of Health for Glossop Derbyshire suggests a four item superdiet to raise average response by ten percent. He cites milk eggs butter fish meat onions and mayonnaise but notes Britain in peacetime cannot supply such quantities. potatoes and bread are the main available items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
E. H L. Milligan
Glossop
Derbyshire
Canada
Britain
New Zealand Corporal Describes German POW Camps
A New Zealand corporal freed by the Eighth Army in Africa says German prisoners of war were kept in fake newspapers to demoralize captives. He details appalling hospital and camp conditions with swollen limbs from underfeeding.
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Cairo
New Zealand
Eighth Army
Africa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aurevo
Granny
Ufe
Rebecca Lodge
Georgetown
Acton Park
Presbyterian
Chas. Heard
Tobermore
Acton and District
Niagara
Lorne Scots Regiment
Ontario Volunteer Firemen's Association
Acton
Alfred F. Marshall
Wilfred Halliday
Orton
Paris
Richard Harris
Wm. Chisholm
D. Hodge
R. M. Storey
O.T.C
Brockville
Brig. E. Blais
Centre
Bob Chalmers
Dafoe
Sask
Word
Bob
Captain Riche
Overseas Mail
Cause of Freedom
Royal Palace
da Barry
Red Skelton
Lucille Ball
Tommy Dorsey's
Orch
Bill ‘Robinson
Cab Calloway, In
Charles Boyer
Joan Fontaine
T. B. McQuestin
T. A. Blakelock
Halton County
GOD Save the King
W. H. Storey
Acton Red Cross Society
Army Medical Corps
Ar Young
Ernest Brown
Stephen George
Toronto
Brampton
Mosales
Kennedy
Smith
Agnew
Holmes
Anderson
Edmonds
Brown
McLeod
Cann Food Board
W. R. Kenney
C. Woodhall
Geo. Barber
D. A. Henderson
Reeve Geo. Hynds
1918
Rayton Pill Point
Naita
Hinton’s
Ontario
Quebec
the Department OF Munitions and Supply
Howe Pini
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