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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 26, 1936
Page
7
A poem by A. Strome Galloway urges turning from mourning to pride for the fallen. It calls voices to rise, honor life, and fashion a hopeful morrow beneath scarlet poppies, transforming sorrow into tribute for the dead.
News from Acton and district dated November 1916 covers social events births and deaths. Highlights include Mrs Havilland and Mrs Laird attending a Provincial Women’s Institute Convention in Toronto, a new Acton Bugle Band organized by Boy Scouts, and local church activities. Deaths include W T Stone and Charles W Dalton noted as killed in action in France.
The article urges daily relaxation to rest muscles improve digestion and reduce anxiety. It suggests brief on duty breaks after meals to learn letting go and cultivate mental calm for better judgment and happiness. It also notes a Rhodesia irrigation project near Yuluweyo with a large reservoir and leasehold farming plans.
The report covers a Book Pair event with Ralph Connor as second speaker, Martus Barbeau on Quebec folklore, and a beaver preservation theme led by Grey Owl. It notes Barbeau’s old world charm, a Quebec habitant singer, and Grey Owl's life story and advocacy for indigenous people and beavers.
The passage discusses Onesimus from Philemon in Colossians, highlighting his transformation through the Gospel, Pauls tender love, and the idea of vicarious atonement. It links Onesimus to becoming a brother beloved and the voluntary service pleasing to God, with broader notes on faith and redemption.
A child’s diary recounts a week with school, teachers, and family news. Entries touch on dinner with a preacher, classroom jokes, a teacher’s tale, and a government election vote with parental views on candidates.
The text explains how shellfish construct hard protective shells from lime carbonate. It describes the mantle as the body part that deposits lime from the animal to form the shell, with growth enlarging both mantle size and carbonate deposition.
After a clash with a giant swordfish the Fateh el Khafr an Arab dhow was sunk off Berbera in British Somaliland. Passengers were awakened by a crash as water flooded the hull from two rents, the ship then foundered while a rescue dhow saved those aboard.
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