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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 21, 1946
Page
7
A reflective piece on attachment to a single place despite a longing to roam. The narrator speaks of towns named in a lyrical array and the pull of home over endless travel, noting space is infinite yet life keeps one heart grounded in familiar roots.
The Robert Wallace homestead at Wallace and Bower Avenues is sold to George Soper who retires from mercantile business. John Robertson of the Bank of Nova Scotia transfers to Bracebridge. Western farmers receive £37,600,000 via prairie wheat pools. Births marriages and a death are listed: McEnery birth in Erin, Cook-Scott marriage in Elora, Williamson death in Guelph General Hospital.
Dr Niven of the National Research Council discusses the Habbakuk project to build a 2 000 000 ton ice air carrier from pykrete. A 1060 ton model floated in Patriot Lake, Alberta, with refrigeration from the start to preserve a frozen hull and skin. Proponents argue large scales possible if costs justify, while skeptics note durability and wartime vs peacetime uses.
A Chinese committee studies American roads and regulatory methods as it eyes a future of building 100000 miles of new highways in China. Officials seek lessons on traffic control accident prevention and vehicle rules from U.S. systems.
The lesson describes Israel seeking deliverance from the Philistines after returning to Jehovah. Samuel leads a nation prayer gathering at Mizpah to cast away idols, seek repentance, and trust God, resulting in a decisive victory and a memorial stone. The piece portrays prayer as the catalyst for unity and triumph.
Public auction announced for April 3 at 1:260 o'clock on Somerville farm Lot 26 Highway 25 Baggues ing adjoining Act on the nouth. Sale lists Holstein cattle, horses, hogs, cattle herd from Montyie Koes Apple Petre, farm implements, and equipment. Catalogues available from A B Brubacher Dublin W T booth on grounds. auctioneers Brubacher Elliott Hindley.
Unsigned instructs sale by auction at Lot 23 on Thursday March 28. Items include WM Ritchie horses and numerous grade Shorthorn cattle cows and calves, purebred bulls, Tamworth pigs, hens geese and other farm stock plus farm implements. Cash terms. sale under cover in bad weather. auctioneer Frank Petch with clerk M-2 Aington.
Snow cover vanished in December and January exposing meadow mice to hawks and owls. Farmers benefit as predators swarm, reducing the vulnerable population while nature shifts the balance of prey and danger in the fields.
Public sale by Struetiane Crone NTANLEY STEWART Yowl includes horses cattle hogs sheep and extensive farm implements. Auction near Luttrel school south of Rocks, features Shorthorn cows, roans, calves, hogs, sheep, poultry, axes, plows, hay equipment, wagons, and household goods. Cash terms, removal after settlement. sale led by Hindley and Elliot.
The first estimate for 1815 compares with 1944 figures, noting the value is gross farm production, not cash income. Strong declines in principal grains offset higher values for hay and clover and other forage crops due to reduced production.
An un identified man walked onto 150 feet of thin ice at the Toronto waterfront and disappeared after distributing religious tracts. Police search ongoing as witnesses describe the incident.
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