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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Jun 01, 1939

Page

3

Howard Demars wins Hillside quarter mile record race

The story follows Howard Demars as he battles Skeeter Ellis and challenger Merle Anderson for the Hillside College quarter mile title. Demars finally breaks the tape in forty eight and five tenths, while Ellis wins the subsequent 440 in a dramatic finish.

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Newspaper and Community Duty to Share News

The article frames a local newspaper as more than a business, a tool for town development and community reflection. It urges residents to contribute news, information, and items while requesting support through sales, subscriptions, and advertising.

Youths receive forestry training in Maritime program

Thirty Nova Scotia youths completed a six week forestry training course at the Acadia Forest Experiment Station near Fredericton under a Dominion Forest Service and Maritime cooperative program. The fourth such course, it began in November 1937 with earlier classes from Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick.

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Queer Luck in Mourning Fashion in Spring

Miss Gadder-Oh laments spring dressing as hard work and envies Mrs. Mayfair for her perpetual mourning. Mrs. Chatter asks why and Miss Gadder explains Mrs. Mayfair always looks lovely in mourning and rarely goes three months without a relative’s death, signaling ongoing misfortune.

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