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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 04, 1945
Page
17
A verse prayer reflecting on Thanksgiving and harvest gratitude. It asks divine blessing for crops ripening, strength for workers, rest for the dead, and daily provision for bodies and spirits. The text invokes the Bread of Life as sustenance and comfort for believers.
The issue notes prizes and records including a lime crop, a large potato weighing 12 pounds, and local improvements on Mill Street. It mentions funeral attendance, renovations by Nelson & Co, and various residents like Mr Starkman, Mrs Johnston, and continued community activity in Nassagaweya and surrounding towns.
The Vernon News of Vernon BC won the Mason Drohfs award for the best all round Canadian weekly with circulation over 2 000. The Midland Free Press Herald and the Hirampton Conservator followed in close competition. Also honored were awards for front pages and editorial pages across multiple circulation classes, recognizing papers such as the Richland Free Press Herald and Brampton Conservator.
A Sunday School lesson interprets Luke 10 25 37 with the lawyer’s question and Jesus parable. The priest and Levite fail to act while the Samaritan shows compassion binding wounds, placing the man on his beast, and paying the inn bill, signaling duty to neighbor and God. The lesson urges readers to act in mercy and await Christ’s return.
A fragment from a Western text reflects on a lawyer testing Jesus and being found wanting, prompting a broader self-questioning about virtue and judgment in readers. It ends with a call to emulate the mercy theme echoed in the tale.
At the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association annual gathering in Quebec City, treasurer Onesime Gagfun urged newspapers to foster understanding among Canadians and promote tolerance for other groups. He cited anniversaries relating to the 1759 Plains of Abraham clash and urged editors to build unity amid two major racial communities in Canada.
The Australian migratory shearing corps midseason with about 20,000 shearers traveling from north to south. Main ranch season runs April to November with pay around seven dollars per hundred sheep. Noted records include band shears finishing 210 sheep in a day and 152 million sheep in Australia during peak flocks in 1940.
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board loosens distribution limits to aid new entrants with up to 20 percent of current production, allowing manufacturers and distributors to select new wholesale or retail outlets. The policy aims for equitable distribution across regions and markets.
Peter L. Edie, an octogenarian long active in swimming, is described as a daily swimmer who adheres to the rule of not bathing within an hour after meals. The piece notes his 0 years of formal training yet no cramps and mentions his background and routine along the Iter River.
Salvage operations salvage a sunken slip within the Mulberry artificial port off Newlands coast. Ships including a French battleship and UMS Centurion are refloated or beached for salvage craft work as experts reassess port use. Weathered plans for mercantile marine or resort are abandoned. salvage is pursued.
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