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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 12, 1939
Page
6
A reflective poem on life’s uphill climbs and the fleeting nature of success. The speaker seeks wisdom from divine strength to avoid failure, asking for guidance and courage to traverse hardship and fear with a steady, faithful hand.
An Acton reminiscence notes visits by John Shanks of Pettapiece Manitoba and a large Methodist 74th anniversary gathering with Rev. J. D. Fitzpatrick. It records a Halton-Wentworth inspectorate teachers’ convention in Acton, a Queen City Victoria Quaiting Club visit for Thanksgiving, Acton players playing Toronto clubs, and local pitcher John Mellon earning a daily champion honor. Also mentions births deaths and marriages including Kean and Oram notices with addresses and dates.
A 1881 Acton ratepayers meeting considered building a Town Hall and lock up with varied designs. Speakers urged a central front street site, different configurations, and costs from under 4000 to over 6000 dollars, with plans to authorize securing designs and specifications within a set budget.
Town Council moves to award a $5000 design for a brick Town Hall 40 by 70 with tower and public hall above, plus council chamber and cells. Plans from Snyder Cameron and Toronto firm reviewed. petitions circulated. estimated cost $4500-$6000 and ratepayer approval sought. The Free Press foresees a new hall within twenty years.
A missionary and his native Christian boy flee across West Africa by night when a distant roar signals approaching lions. The boy offers to walk behind, citing danger to the Gospel teacher. The missionary urges him to proceed, trusting in the Lord between them and the danger as dawn breaks and the lions fade.
A sermon outline on Matthew 4 1 11 sets Jesus fasting in the wilderness driven by the Spirit as Satan tempts him with hunger and power The speaker notes Jesus resists with scripture from Deuteronomy and shows temptations reflect human struggles while affirming Christ as sinless and aided by angels after the struggle.
The 1939 Canada Year Book extends over 1200 pages detailing national life including natural resources demography production trade and finance. It features over thirty maps and a Royal Visit frontispiece with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Copies cost 1.50 dollars with 0.50 for students teachers and religious ministers.
In Hull England a municipal project finished housing for twenty elderly men and women. Lord Mayor Akjerman Notines promoted the plan in honor of his mother aged 83 who suggested the idea and helped arrange a ceremony where recipients received their house keys.
A reminiscence of Acton’s early days recounts a murder on Mill Street and the home location. The book answers questions about land purchases, residents, and local figures such as Charlie Wiegar and Knox Church’s first Precentor while urging readers to pre order copies.
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