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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 15, 1942
Page
7
A reflective verse by Richard Burton contemplates time and companionship. The speaker longs for the chance to comfort a comrade and share life fully, imagining how words and actions could ease hardship and foster brotherhood across a divided land.
The season’s first light snowfall fell yesterday while St. Alban’s Church observed Children’s Day with services led by the children. Rev Baugh presided. Rev MacGillivray was elected Moderator of the Synod of Toronto and Kingston in Toronto. Acton juniors beat Milton 8 to 4 in Halton County League play. Acton citizens donate to Northern Ontario sufferers. council urged a 100 contribution. Gilbert Creamer’s Esquesing farm sold to John W. Frank. Obituaries: Alfred JG Turner died October 16 1922 at age not AT years. Mary McEachern Sinclive of Erin Township died October 1922 in her 111th year.
The Wartime Price and Trade Board pursued infractions across Canada for price and rental regulation violations during September 7 12. Cases included a Toronto wholesale grocer fined 231 and costs for overcharging, a Montreal store fined 1000 costs for tactics, and a Montreal retailer acquitted on appliance pricing. A Toronto furniture firm paid 500 plus costs for consumer credit rule breaches. A Toronto plant worker faced 100 plus costs for false sugar ration coupons. Other prosecutions occurred in Glace Bay Quebec City and Marysville with fines from 10 to 225.
The lesson explores Jesus growing in wisdom and favor with God from childhood to manhood. It discusses his twelve year old visit to Jerusalem, the balance of his humanity and divinity, and how humble growth prepares him for his future work. Peter’s exhortations on grace, knowledge, virtue, and diligence emphasize Christian growth through God’s power and righteous living.
The Lancaster, flown to Toronto from England and later shown in the United States, stands as Britain’s answer to a persistent question about wartime effort. Described as a masterpiece of engineering, it blends brainwork and superb workmanship from turret to cockpit. It symbolizes democracy’s resolve and the British wartime role across Europe and North America, highlighting mass production and the contribution of skilled workers, including women.
The report notes women are an increasingly important part of Canadian fish canneries and processing plants. The department cites a rise in female workers last year, with total women employees nearing one thousand and Newfoundland leading with the largest female workforce.
War report marks the Entente Allies under pressure as 1917 draws to a close. US entry reshapes the conflict delivering a new strategic challenge while Russia’s upheaval and a faltering French offensive test Allied resolve and readiness for a fourth winter of war.
In 1917 British, Canadian and Anzac forces under Sir Douglas Haig pushed uphill in Flanders and Arras, breaking through at Passchendaele and shaping the war in the west. Italians failed at Caporetto, while Greece, Serbia and the Allied contingent held Monastir. In the Middle East Allenby and Maude prepared winter campaigns, and German colonies in East Africa fell under British control as German uniforms appeared in Britain for officer prisoners.
London reports a birth rate rise with 158,200 babies born in England and Wales in the first quarter, the highest in 110 years. The Health Ministry faces a shortage of midwives as salaries remain low, with many qualified women earning the equivalent of 13.50 a week.
The quote notes that true character shows in ordinary conduct, not only during heroics. It suggests soldiers struggle more to keep steady principles daily than to exhibit zeal in battle.
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