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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 28, 1937
Page
6
Readable items note Halloween events on Saturday with ghosts and witches in town. Other notes cover repairs on highways, new cement culverts, a steel flagpole erection, local club meetings, and a thriving Y activities scene. Obituaries mention John Byers and local ministers announce Knox Church services. Government alcohol statistics critique calls for blood testing to deter drunk driving.
The astronomic clock of Strasbourg Cathedral will celebrate its 100th anniversary next year. Begun in 1838 the clock displays time day and religious and civic festivals and planetary movements. Allegorical figures act as noon visitors watch the Twelve Apostles kneel before Jesus Christ while a rooster crows.
After forty two years the plan to establish a mission corridor from Mombasa to Lake Chad is finished. The Africa Inland Mission leads with two French Equatorial Africa partners and oversees about 230 workers at 53 stations in Kenya Uganda and West Nile. Church schools operate in 1500 centres with 3000 evangelist teachers. In 1936 some 20000 catechumens studied and 6900 were baptized. World Dominion Press.
A brief, garbled reflection on how a shattered entrance affects a building during bad weather. It notes a guest waiting for the door to open and mentions rain exposure and the importance of the doorway in protecting the interior.
In a London queue Pat Murphy attempts to buy a ticket to Scotland for the fifth time. He overhears a misread instruction from a person ahead, calls out to the agent and blurts Patrick Murphy married as the joke lands.
A gas stove exploded at a home causing the stove to be wrecked. A father, Griffynhan, escaped with only minor facial injuries while children may have opened gas jets before he tried to light the stove.
A ratepayer from Acton replies to an editorial, praising the recent Historical Exhibit and urging continued local effort. He suggests a winter exhibit of hoodies and handmade goods with demonstrations and admission by members, proposing charter members and a meeting to finalize plans for a community museum.
The article notes extensive motor highways in Canada’s National Parks, with 800 miles of routes and 75 percent all weather. It highlights the Halt Jasper Highway under construction linking Waterton Lakes to Citadel National Park and cross-border access via a new international highway. It describes the park system’s goals to conserve wildlife and provide recreation, stressing the parks as a national heritage asset.
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