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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 08, 1945
Page
5
Local notes show residents and visitors from Galt Toronto Brantford Ottawa and Hamilton spending weekends in Acton and area. Names include John Saath Cecil Gibbons Hinton Lane Mainprize Chalmers Chalmers Lantz and Bayliss with several family and staff from Acton Public School and nearby towns.
Morning Worship at 11 AM with guest Rev. R. A. What tam from Toronto. Church service at 12:15 PM. Evening Worship at 7 PM continuing the sermon series The Master Went His try. Wednesday 8 PM mid week service The Lord is nigh to all that call upon Him in Truth. Everybody Welcome.
Sunday schedule lists morning worship The Light Hea…n Sun 3.00 p.m. Sunday School and Junior Bible Class Evening Worship The Cross and the Fathers Heart They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.
Gurry of Gt Alber the Martyr hosts Holy Eucharist and Instruction at 10.00 am. Parish Hall gatherings include Evensong and a sermon on Envy at 7.00 pm, fourth in a Deadly Sins series. Wednesday 10.00 am Holy Communion in the church.
Canadian and American units drive toward the Rhine as the Hochwald battle closes and Cologne nears fall. Soviet forces push toward the Baltic shore with Stettin key, while Pacific and Italy fronts see continued offensives and island landings. The western drive includes the 1st Canadian Army countering German defenses as Rhine operations intensify.
Beardmore & Co workers in Armed Services respond from Canada to service questionnaires. Many plan to return home after the war and pursue further study. The committee explores educational courses to aid service members and advises discussing training with Legion War Services representatives.
Moncton New Brunswick Scout Robert Oke is awarded the Carmwell Decoration by the Governor General for Canada. Though bedbound and confined to a prone position, he earned Tenderfoot and Second Class tests and works toward First Class while continuing home schooling. His bedroom displays many model aircraft he has made. He suffers a diseased hip bone and wears a cast continuously.
Toronto's transportation board proposes a $51 million rapid transit network for downtown arteries with 4.5 miles of lines from Union Station to Eylington Avenue, including a subway and open cut sections on Yonge and Queen Streets, plus a 45 mile Queen Street route and postwar employment for 1,000 workers, subject to council approval.
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