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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 25, 1946
Page
7
A garbled historical OCR segment hints at a poetic meditation on endurance power and destruction. Phrases like forever, pure, and destruction contrast with human hate. The passage mentions a figure named Darcy and a belligerent tone amid uncertain scenery and ages.
A fragmented opinion piece contrasts Sweden’s isolation with Canada’s wartime role. It notes currency, debt, and exports, laments shifting loyalties, and cites Aust in Cross on an M P’s longing for New Zealand before choosing Western Canada.
A report describes witch doctors exploiting patients during shortages. Before consultations, a fee or gift is demanded, and patients deliver goats or sheep. The healer then takes edible meat for himself and uses other animal parts with herbs to prepare medicine, often seeking a second animal.
A historical Sunday school lesson discusses the Third and Fourth Commandments, reverence for God, false swearing, purity of speech, and serving Christ. It explains Jesus’ Sabbath rulings, mercy over ceremony, and the Lord of the Sabbath as the basis for Christian worship on the first day of the week.
A. W. Clatt of Swift Current Experimental Station described new wheat varieties bred to resist sawfly and brush aside bread-making flaws in Rescue. Field tests across Canada involve multiple stations with British help, aiming to cut sawfly populations in two to three years and lift bread quality toward higher grades.
In Degoy Boo, Ontario, William McDougall shot and killed a wolf that chased his dog and stood near his home in the village 20 miles south of North Bay. He fired once, killing the predator.
Acton civic holiday events plus police fines for passing stop signs. John Allan assists with farm work. Misllinstad defeats Acton ball team 9 to 4. Park refreshment booth by Women’s Institute under construction. Rainy attendance at Know Ladies’ Aid at G W Masales home. Summer church sermons by Rev H Hes and GC Mook. Wheat harvest begins and Chechen thieves noted. Waterworks to operate under hydro department. Marriages listed: MacGihlvlay Wilson at Know College Chapel, Nicklin formerly of Acton.
Local brief notes dissolution of the Acemn Glove Works partnership by Meers Warden and Murray in 1896. Other items report church calls, barn raisings with 150 participants, social at Cedar Creek farm, musical performances, local business ads, tax notes, and community events including a large funeral and births.
Pacific research reports railways will fit 85 new coaches with electric refrigeration and adjustable seats. Women prefer to nap while riding and the project aims to improve comfort in railway terminals. Canadian Pacific lines plan to equip cars with water coolers as part of a broader modernization.
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