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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 09, 1941
Page
15
A poet recalls a mother who read him tales from Marmion Tynham and Gelert as she clutched a yellow placard in the ship’s hold. He treasures these read aloud moments, contrasting them with wealth and jewels, emphasizing the lasting value of a mother’s stories.
A Sunday School lesson explains Jesus teaching that greatness comes through service. It recounts Zacchaeus seeking Jesus, Jesus inviting himself to Zacchaeus house, and Zacchaeus’ repentance and restitution. The piece emphasizes salvation through faith and Jesus’ mission to seek and save the lost.
Twenty years back items report Erin potatoes at 1.50 per bag and a light early snow. A Rockwood Continuation School plan surfaces, cattle sale to Nova Scotia College, Acton politics against liquor importation, and return of A W Large to make Acton home. Birth notices record Wilson and Crewson daughters in Acton.
London reports that over 16 000 boys from England’s famed public schools volunteered for harvest aid camps this autumn. More than 4 000 were trained in 70 tractor schools to replace regular drivers and speed the harvest. Rugby Harrow and Eton boys lead the tractor and machine courses as rivalries grow on the new field.
John Atkins argues in a CWNA piece that Canada faces an urban rural farm balance crisis. He notes farm labor shortages and higher urban wages squeeze farmer incomes while city jobs attract youth. The piece urges coordinated effort to keep food production steady for wartime needs and global peace.
Canadian researchers report advances in canning poultry including packaging raw product handling pre cooking broth and jelly strength control to produce uniform superior canned product matching fresh poultry for export. The program aims to replace dressed poultry shipments and ongoing storage work covers eggs with a non refrigerated method to prevent mold and bacterial growth as experimental export shipments proceed.
Mia Ann Reames, a 74 year old widow from Carmarthen, Wales, could not physically obey a court plowing order. She was fined the equivalent of 2.30 dollars for failing to plow a quarter of an acre of land.
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