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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 07, 1946
Page
7
An aged farm named by the orchard and derelict barns shows nature’s reclaiming power as weeds grow, fields lie fallow, and structures sink. The poem laments human neglect and celebrates wild beauty returning, with scenes of purple flowers and meadow scents contrasting with exhausted land.
Twenty years ago the Acton to Guelph highway remained closed to motor vehicles for three weeks. A Wi T Smith Company Rockwood plant fire destroyed rubber goods last Saturday morning. fourteen workers narrowly escaped entrapment. James Noble and family relocated from Acton to Detroit this week. An old Canadian National locomotive near Koschureh Church drew crowds while beech and maple used as furs were noted. The Koschureh Church Choir and friends enjoyed an evening at Mrs. Totin Mann's home on Street in Acton. Brown attended with Ann and SINTY facing an unclear event.
Beekeepers urged to place orders now for package bees as sugar rationing tightens. Provinces like Saskatchewan and Alberta limit five pounds per colony for established beekeepers while first time helpers face eligibility hurdles. Allocation details and permit requirements detailed by provincial agencies.
Reports from Ottawa describe firefighting at a blaze as observers remark on blitz rhetoric and nerves. In other notes the month of December shows higher business volume than November reversing a two year trend while sugar prospects stay tight into 1947. Canada’s 1945 honey output reached 31,683,000 pounds and wage payrolls rose by one percent from November. The War Prices and Wages Board will periodically review ceilings on items to track price changes.
A Sunday School lesson outlines Israel’s failure to drive out Canaanites, leading to God’s wrath and repeated deliverances. It ties the Judges era to the New Covenant, stressing faith, obedience, and separation from pagan nations as essential for security in God’s land.
The article describes extended soil survey operations across Canadian provinces under provincial and Dominion supervision. It covers organizational structure, cooperative farming experiments, technical oversight, and the exchange of maps and reports, noting interprovincial collaboration and the goal of comprehensive agricultural data collection.
Capetown's 70 year old butcher I mat Adams received a gift ticket from Fred Holdom a former assurance agent. Adams who has nine children feared $2 050 but learned the ticket won a prize of 45 000 pounds. The surprise came when the gate lifted and the prize was over 80 00 pounds.
The covenant of grace calls for a life of faith and obedience to our Lord. We are to be separated unto the Lord according to scripture.
Auctioneer A Elliott advertises a sale at the farm on Iph Road, Saturday March 6 at 2 PM. Items include Brown fielding ponies, harness, garden implements, furniture, textiles, cookware, glassware, a Victrola, stove, sewing machine, and tools. Cash terms, no reserve due to proprietor’s move to Hamilton.
The Ontario Motor League offers bicycle safety guidance urging riders to travel single file, avoid sudden turns, maintain distance from vehicles, keep hands on handlebars, and not pass on the wrong side. It notes bicycles must have lights or reflectors and a white back surface visible to drivers, emphasizing safety for students using school bikes.
Fragmentary report notes a team achieving a notable result and earning a silver medal certificate. Mentions a producer group and a torque of performance with figures including pounds of tooth and fat, but the text is garbled and several proper names are unreadable.
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