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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 01, 1944
Page
9
A hopeful poem fragment urges healing after destruction. It envisions beauty reborn, happiness returning, and a united people building a just, truthful world. The speaker calls readers to courage and to lift their hearts toward a shared bright future.
Twenty years ago on June 5 1826 the Free Frees Thursday notes warm furnaces and garden boxes. The Horticultural Society adorns the Government Building and Town Hall with window boxes. Rev Findlay and family travel from Medina New York to Owen Sound. Rev Hackett moves to Lincoln Avenue Church Galt and Rev Culp of Tara succeeds him. Alban’s Church Choir participates in Halton Deanery festival at St George Georgetown. DIED SHORTILL Jane Bennett widow of William Shortill aged 76 at Ballinafad May 1904. VANNATTER Myra Vannatter sister-in-law E Beswick John Street Acton May 3 1904.
At Cornell University researchers explain why some garden flowers bloom earlier in the northeast and later in Florida. Using a graphic light meter, Howland notes that long northern days trigger flowering while Florida’s shorter days delay blooms until summer, with zinnias and marigolds flowering differently. The study cites solstice day lengths and records from Ithaca.
The lesson outlines Pauls three months of teaching in the Jewish synagogue at Ephesus and a two year daily ministry there, emphasizing salvation by grace through faith and the believer as Gods workmanship created for good works. It notes Ephesian context, healing signs, and Paul's prayer for the saints as a model for intercession.
Fragmentary text discusses the Christian need for spiritual growth in the heart. It asks whether Christ forming in the believer’s heart is the basis for intercession and love guided by God. The passage references verses and doctrinal ideas about personal transformation.
Postwar life returns to Goldfields Saskatchewan as Consolidated Mining and Smelting and Athena Gold Mine owners anticipate activity in the Athabasca region. Two watchmen guard company interests while a few prospectors work near Lake Athabasca. 300 inhabitants have left for total war, and the Consolidated Mine operates in 194 but is abandoned with equipment shipped from Athena Mine.
A Syracuse University Home Economics teacher and students promote peanut flour as a meat substitute and protein source. They note many dislike soy beans and argue peanut flavor improves appeal. Researchers report peanut flour is being packaged commercially and used in cake recipes, with varied results.
Lt Henry W. Kent reports in a North African campaign journal that Arabian traders modify a tent or shelter with holes for fittings described as “arabian root suits” and discuss securing one mattress in exchange for 400 dozen eggs. He characterizes the Arab traders as tough and capable in barter amid wartime constraints.
A married couple strolls by a familiar street corner in their hometown, sharing nostalgic memories of youth and courting days. A motorist’s warning sign and a casual remark frame their sentimental pause in a quiet moment away from city bustle.
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