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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 21, 1942
Page
13
Edna Jacques writes of listening with the heart to nature's signs. She imagines hearing grasses grow and spring sounds, observing crocuses, flowers, birds, and the robin as she contemplates tender ears and the chrysalis of life in a garden.
The excerpt notes May rainfall and hay prospects, Harry Harrison loaning the Acton Creamery store and opening a shoe shop, Acton Athletic Association installing radio equipment, Hatton Women s Institutes anniversary observed June 8 in Acton, Ales Kannawin opening a wholesale depot in Acton, welcome home for Kannawin family, birth of Robert John Goldham in Georgetown, 1922, Coleman Powell marriage in Toronto 1942, Adams interred in Burlington, Dor J G Adams of Acton aged 51.
Bishop Michael Furse of St Alban’s told a conference that the Church has failed to provide ritual and moral leadership. He urged standing by convictions as Christian life is the greatest adventure though popular opinion often opposes faith.
Exposition on the Last Supper from Luke 22 18 20 and 14 18 focusing on Jesus' desire to share the Passover with His disciples before His suffering. It discusses the meaning of the bread and cup symbolizing His body and blood the denial of the substitutionary atonement and the deferral of the Passover until the kingdom.
In Bath England heavy air raids bring a note of resolve as auxiliary training service girls gain first exposure to anti aircraft gun crews Amid harsh conditions the commander states the battery is here to stay and that there is no reason to fear these yards during the heaviest raids
London officials propose enabling farmers to convert straw into cattle feed to bolster milk production for next winter. The Agricultural Ministry plans facilities and support to help farmers process straw efficiently.
The CCP Auxiliary reports a transport training centre with no complaints about Cher Aint forms thet are Ctted by on former court dresser QMS Mary Tillett. Before the war she dressed some of the smartest women in London.
Women replace men in the TCA maintenance shops essential to war effort. They work in instrument engine accessory and propeller areas, 48 hour weeks, under same conditions as men, until the war ends. Eva Grant grinds a valve. Mary Goshlake assembles ignition. Mary Bavernitick finishes a bomb sight instrument.
A Penn State tale celebrates Mrs Rose Murren a widow with nine children who became a master farmer on a 140 acre farm. She raised prize cattle and potatoes and expanded to another 100 acres while guiding her family and earning state recognition for farming citizenship and innovation.
Canada’s timber industry shifts from metal to wood amid war demand, aided by Forest Products Laboratories findings. Wood and wood derivatives are proposed for roofing, beams, barrels, furniture, wheels, bridges, tanks, aircraft hangars, and many daily goods as adhesives expand plywood applications and new wood products emerge.
War era industry shifts as North England bat makers convert to weapons work. Machines adapted from cricket bat production carve four rifle butts from four slats. Ammonia chamber processing follows, while veteran craftsmen value the tactile feel of older cricket work despite new uses.
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