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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 06, 1945
Page
7
Poem urges readers to improve their town by personal effort and cooperation. It argues real towns grow when residents work together and take responsibility rather than blaming others for stagnation. The speaker insists the town reflects the people.
Twenty years ago Acton kept a quiet Tabor Day while Fair Day drew locals to community events. A wedding at St Joseph’s Church united Kathleen Gibbons to Richard Brady of Toronto. A sprinkler system was installed in the tannery and warehouse with a 180 foot hose and 100000 gallon tank at Willow Street.
The Department of Agriculture announces DDT barn sprays for farms are now registered under the Pest Control Products Act. DDT sprays are to be applied to walls ceilings and surfaces to wet them without runoff, with coverage about 1,500 square feet per gallon. Protective clothing is advised and cattle barns stables and similar structures are the intended use contexts.
CPI Smith Fisheries Limited of Lunenburg Nova Scotia has been sold as the first step in a planned amalgamation of 18 leading eastern Canadian fish producers and marketers to regulate marketing and sales in the region.
A Sunday school lesson explores Joseph's journey from slavery to rulership in Egypt. It links his trials to God's timing, notes his names meaning and his role as a blessing to the Gentiles, and draws lessons on forgetting the past and bearing fruit through divine guidance.
WRA YWCA staff in the Philippines convert 2000 feed bags into garments for Manila workers. National Board bought bags at 35 cents each, shipping ready dresses towels and sheets patterns. Bags washed at New York HQ for cutting and sewing. urgency cited by Flora Tingan, Manila YWCA president, due to cotton shortages prompting import of bags from Delaware.
Three carloads of youths and adults attacked a Langside Street house causing cable damage before police arrived. The disturbance is linked to a bootlegging feud and a court appearance is anticipated for the involved parties.
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