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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 15, 1945
Page
7
A fragment from K. Tainan Mortey in the Globe recalls local soldiers who left the village store with parcels and shell shocks. The piece honors their bravery on land and in air, noting changes in the town's youth and the marked memories of their boyhood adventures.
Farm cash income from sale of farm products reached a new high in 1944 totaling 1 732 million, up 350 million from 1943 and 1 029 million above 1939. Government payments raise total farm income to 1 817 million, with gains across Saskatchewan Alberta Manitoba Ontario and Quebec. Projections for 1945 suggest a possible dip due to grain stock reductions and hog marketing, with little price change expected.
Boy Scouts running a salvage drive after a Lake Ontario house fire turn over proceeds to the Boguts Of Leg Patricken family to aid rebuilding.
Snow storm teases town with heavy drift while Nassagaurya resident J J Henderson brings a sample of maple syrup from first run. Ontario group Danley Memorial Church in Guelph stages a musical in Town Hall. Acton residents Ingrey returning to London. Births and obituaries listed for Hull and Brown families in March 1924 1925.
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board in Canada ran ads showing supply facts on milk undergarments and sugar to gauge public study. A farmer milking a cow sketch on the left prompted protests about placement and other details, provoking letters to boards nationwide.
A sermon outlines the final judgment of nations at Christ's return, contrasts first coming in humility with the coming in glory, and describes the inheritance of the righteous and the punishment of the wicked. It cites Matthew 24 and related verses to urge readiness and faithful action toward Christ and neighbors.
A two year field trial in Scotland shows adding sodium nitrate and superphosphate to water boosts plankton and bottom fauna in a dammed loch. Compared with open water, enriched conditions yield richer fish-food stocks and over 200 percent more fauna usable by fish, suggesting major shifts in future fishing policy and production.
In a set of reflective notes on wealth and invention the author discusses Karl Marx and Henry Ford. The piece praises Ford's impact on transportation and opportunity while critiquing Marx's view on wealth and misery. It cites a Montreal bank thief tale and a Cariboo cattle shipment note as contemporary contrasts.
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