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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 12, 1940
Page
7
A wartime verse by Daniel B. Sraley declares fear for liberty as war darkens Europe. It invokes Belgium, the Channel, Scotland, Hastings and the Union Jack, rallying for God and liberty against a ruthless foe. The speaker vows that freedom will not die as imperial forces lend a fierce, united cry to hold fast.
Twenty years ago on September 1 9 1920 Danville and district note property purchases and improvements. Noble buys Farrell farm Esquesing. Malcolm McLean buys Mrs Denny's cottage on Bower Avenue. Two men Albert Maynard and Alex Henry die at Rogers Quarries Terra Cotta in a derrick fall. A T Brown retires after 24 years as Bell Telephone local manager. George Lantz named successor and exchange moves to Agnew Block Main Street. German trench mortar arrives from Ottawa for Soldiers Memorial Monument site. Cooney Nicklin and Napkin Bentham marriages recorded with births and a new daughter at Guelph General Hospital.
The piece outlines Britain’s export group uniting to win a share of about 250 million square yards of rayon trade diverted from Europe. It notes Britain India and other regions as major markets, with £10 million value and over 50,000 workers involved in rayon production and export.
A Sunday School lesson outlines Psalm 139 1-12 23 24 on God’s perfect knowledge of all things and His universal presence. It cites examples from Scripture of divine insight into people, places, and events and urges trust in God’s ongoing discovery of our thoughts and words.
A destroyer flotilla grips its night watch as dawn nears. The captain surveys currents and next moves while crews remain disciplined and weary, cocoa passes, and a sailors longing for home and sleep shadows the dark vigil before Heinkel time.
During National Guards maneuvers in Northern New York the Central Vermont Railway ran eight special trains through Vermont to Rouses Point New York. The trains carried 4500 citizen soldiers, with a return movement also on Central Vermont lines. The operation was efficient and incident free.
Weather experts say modern forecasting can predict in advance the conditions on a flight from Toronto to Ottawa Montreal and Moncton and return. Jack Ross TC A L Moncton manager notes 24 hour meteorological service with teletype links and radio ground stations aiding pilots. His background includes RC Signals service in northern Manitoba and the North West Territories and staging weather for Fort Rae Great Slave Lake.
A speaker warned about dangers of modern foods and wagged a finger at a listener, exclaiming What is it We will eat it same time or other, set our worst through in the world for us. The hushed whisper answered Wedding cake.
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