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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 09, 1941
Page
7
A nostalgic verse recalls a mother reading to a child, naming tales like Marmion and Gelert, and praising the moral memory of stories over material wealth, while noting the mother’s reading as a lasting treasure.
A Sunday school lesson on Christ’s mission to save through humility and service. It covers Jesus teaching that greatness comes from serving others, the Jericho stop for Zacchaeus, his repentance, restitution to the poor, and the Salvation offered through Jesus the Son of Man.
The issue recalls Erin potatoes selling at 1.50 per bag and a minor early snowstorm. Rockwood Continuation School discussed a new class, while Mesaru Leslie and Pearen sold three pure bred shorthorn cattle to Nova Scotia College. Acton notes include Mr A W Large returning from war service and two births in 1921, Wilson and Crewson.
London reports that famed public schools are diverting pupils to harvest work. Over 16 000 boys volunteered for farmer aid camps and 4 000 trained in 70 tractor schools to replace regular drivers. Rugby Harrow and Eton boys join the effort in tractor and machine courses.
John Atkins argues Canada faces a farm problem tied to food supply and urban rural income gaps. He notes urban wages rise while farm net income lags, urging skilled farm labor retention and farm help to sustain production for war needs and postwar stability.
The National Research Council has spent a year improving canning methods for poultry. Advances cover packaging, raw product handling, pre cooking, broth strength, and uniform product quality to match fresh meat. Experimental egg storage methods also aim to allow non refrigerated shipment with minimal quality loss.
In Carmarthen Wales Mia Ann Reames a 74 year old widow could not physically obey a plowing order and was fined the equivalent of 2.30 dollars for failing to plow one quarter of an acre.
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