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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 28, 1946
Page
7
A reflective verse celebrates a man named WES Roepe who overcomes dejection by maintaining a cheerful start to the day. He finds satisfaction in honest labor and unpretentious living, with a loving home where wife and children give him strength and purpose.
Twenty years ago potatoes sold at 2.50 a bag on Saturday while highway opening boosts motor traffic. First hot house radishes from Acton delivered to stores via A H Bishops greenhouses. John McDonald brings first sample of new maple syrup. McDonald taps about 800 trees in his maple orchard. Walker Lodge AF AM hosts DDGM visit. Wedding notice for John Robert Sprowl and Heatrice Melanae Elliott. Nassayaveya Township wife aging 3 remains listed.
Florida's Dabney family of ten children faces life in a tiny wood house with no plumbing or electricity. The Tallahassee board of realtors funds a campaign to buy land and build a proper home, opening with a $500 donation as nationwide support and offers of adoption pour in, which Mrs Dabney declines, insisting the children stay with her.
About 30 windows were smashed in homes and stores at Robedale village near Drumheller Alberta after two eight year old boys started a fire with a box of dynamite they found. Authorities investigated the incident as a dangerous fire accident with no reported injuries.
A Sunday lesson on Israels demand for a king in Ramah 1130 B C and Gods response through Samuel. The text warns against priestly heirs ruling, notes Samuel's failings from parental ambition, and contrasts divine kingship with human desire to imitate surrounding nations. It emphasizes obedience to God over worldly glory and the consequences of choosing a king over divine leadership.
A biblical reflection notes Samuel hearkening to the people's voice as a stern judgment from the Lord. It warns that allowing people to have their own way invites divine consequence and calls for attentive obedience.
Ace Carver, a Ontario wood craftsman, carries a 500 pound carving display and an insured thumb worth 10000 to the International Sportmen's show in the United States. He began carving at 15 after a schoolproject. Patterson, with a family helping in the business, plans a formal tour and shows off cedar carvings and moose figures.
The British Columbia government has funded a bounty program since 1914 to eradicate wild horses harming pastures. About 10,000 horses have been shot. an estimated 2,000 remain at large across Cariboo, Ashcroft Kamloops and Cranbrook areas as licensed hunters race to remove grass‑eating pests. Bounties range from 2 to 5 dollars per animal.
The Undesigned sell at their Esquesing farm two miles north of Milton on March 36 at 1 32 oclock. The catalog lists Chesterford and other dining suites. substantial oak pieces. upholstered furniture. beds, dressers, tables. kitchen and garden items. lamps, radios, books, curtains and more. The sale emphasizes starting on time and furnishes details of items and coordinators J A Elliot Roy Hindley George Currie Clerk.
In January 186, 54 200 men and women were released from work and the percentage decline in unemployment was below the average of the last 25 years.
Public sale on a rural Ontario farm features Holstein cattle including cows and calves, Holstein heifers and a pure York sow lot, plus horses and farm implements. Auctioneers Brubacher and associates set sale for Wednesday at 12 noon with no reserve. Location near Enquesting on Highway 25, Dublin Twp.
The Kent Federation of Agriculture passed a resolution urging the Dominion government to admit at least 200 European families to help with seasonable labor in Kent County crops for 1946.
Footprints in the snow reveal a brutal duel between a large male deer and a large black mongrel dog in suburban St Vital. Two rabbit hunters found the carcasses. marks in the snow showed they had fought fiercely to the end.
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