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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 13, 1945
Page
7
A wartime poem about how parcels from home lift spirits more than chocolate or tobacco. The message from loved ones across the sea steadies loneliness, turning mourning and distance into comfort as soldiers read the care sent in letters and items. The verse emphasizes memory, gratitude, and the ache of separation, with a hopeful note that kindness endures.
Twenty years ago Acton Citiven's Band planned to take part in a tattoo at Oaksille next Saturday evening. Rev John Hull, missionary to Nigeria, gave an address at the Baptist Church. In Exhibitions large family contest winners included Walter Hayward of Hornby winning first in Class Sho. Hillsburg will get a skating and curling rink next winter. Duncan Campbell of Moffat chosen Liberal candidate for Hatton in the general election. Jame Landin holds the 77th seat in Lott Con Al Nussagawesa Township.
In postwar Britain private builders plan to raise output by about 70 percent, targeting nearly half a million homes annually. An All England and Wales committee has produced 27 competing designs for semi detached houses, each within cost limits and using bricks and mortar.
Frank Rupnich, a cafeteria employee in Montreal, found a pearl in a Prince Edward Island oyster valued at 800. He almost sold it to a Montreal newspaper for two.
A Sunday School lesson reflects on Judah's moving plea to Joseph to release Benjamin. It notes Judah's compassionate intercession, Joseph’s likely joy at his brother's changed heart, and the enduring sorrow for their father Jacob.
A brief, fragmentary report notes a juvenile remanded for ten minutes on multiple theft counts. The text references a 12 year old, a foot patrol views team, and an escape act involving a window and a child named Shelley. Further details are unreadable.
A dense catalog of beef pork veal lamb and related cuts lists bone in boneless rolled and skinless varieties. It enumerates rib roast loin chop tenderloin sirloin and chuck along with brisket shoulder blade hip ham and side pork in many preparations and terms.
A dense list of pork cuts, sausage varieties, and other meat products with labeled sections such as PORK FRESH, SAUSAGE FRESH, and COOKED MEAT. Includes rib, loin, shoulder, ham, bacon, and back bone details, plus references to brawn headcheese liver sausage and canned meat categories.
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