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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 20, 1943
Page
14
A fragmented verse laments school dullness beside farm chores. The speaker mocks grammar study as a waste next to ploughing, sowing peas, feeding pigs, and harvesting. Imagery of brown fields, a misfiring squirrel, and birds’ silence underscores the contrast between schooling and rural work.
Social event at Stanley Park Erin highlights Blossom time phase and Acton Citizens Band. George Wallace liquidation plan announced. J A Willoughby golf season opens at Georgetown with Toronto players exhibition. Obituaries include John Brown and Mary Campbell. A World War II era troop train concert reveals volunteer canteen support for 500 soldiers arriving at night.
A clandestine Brussels paper reports Brussels officials named by the Germans fearing for their lives after Burgomaster Van de Meul ebroeck's arrest. They sought life insurance from a German firm agent who listened, offered sympathy, and dismissed the inquiry.
London report on Constance Cooke who, after her husband’s loss on HMS Burnham in November 1941, has cared for the relatives of about 800 officers and ratings. She served as a maternal figure for kin of the ship’s crew, continuing the promise she made.
A Sunday School lesson warns that wine leads to deceit, blasphemy, and loss of judgment, citing Prov. 20 and Hosea. It urges avoiding alcohol, notes delusions and delirium, and compares to the coming of Christ with warnings drawn from Matt. 24 and 1 Thessalonians.
A Canadian Dominion Forest Service note explains many farms have unused or poor land suitable for tree planting. It outlines choosing sites and species, planting from nurseries, securing stock from government and commercial nurseries, and timing and fencing needs for successful establishment.
Wartime cooks in Canada find rolled oats mix with minced beef makes a meat substitute. A tested recipe blends Robin Hood rolled oats with ground beef, egg, milk, and seasonings to yield a meat loaf serving a family of five, stretching the one pound meat ration.
More than 2,000 drifting mines along the Swedish coasts have been disarmed or exploded by members of the Swedish Navy patrol since the start of the war.
A religious passage urges watchfulness for the Lord’s return and readiness to join the marriage feast. It cites scriptures from Matthew Luke Titus Thessalonians and John, stressing vigilance, obedience to the gospel, and avoiding being shut out.
Canada's Wrens convert the Preston Springs Hotel in Preston Ontario into a training residence. Wrens train as laundresses cooks and stewards while others travel by bus to Galt for further trades. The facility includes a dining room galley sick bay and 300-wren capacity with staged colors and regimental routines.
Sgt James Chis holm Lawrie of Peebles earned the Distinguished Conduct Medal for a brave night action at Thala Tunisia. Facing three enemy tanks with his crew nearly all disabled he directed and fired his 25 pounder, silencing a tank and fending off continual shelling through the night and next day.
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