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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 20, 1945
Page
5
The poem depicts a morning glory day with a dawn blooming frame pear like blooms at seven, edges closing against the sun, clouds overcast in the afternoon, and purple petals recalling a mid-summer night. It imagines tomorrow's sun tightening gardens and reliving this morning's magic hours.
Twenty years ago a gypay banner advertised the Acton Fall Fair designed by Nicol flew along Mill Street. Acton’s grain elevator business changed hands as H H Lindsay bought it from Robert Noble Ltd at the Canadian National Depot. The Acton Ladies softball team beat the All Stars 12 to 9 in a Saturday game in Guelph. Poultry pens were donated to the fair grounds by Mr G G T Beardmore. An obituary notes Mrs Mary Fo Wilds, longtime Acton resident, widow of James Wilds, died in Gloversville after 39 years there.
A letter from The Hague, dated August 1915, describes how a Canadian soldier befriended a Dutch family. The writer praises the soldier as honest and well mannered, notes shared English conversation, and recalls hardships under German occupation including shortages of food, gas, and electricity. The letter ends with thanks to Canadians for their aid and an appeal for a reply.
Ottawa faces a major labor demonstration as 250 delegates from Trades and Labor Congress and Canadian Congress of Labor converge on Parliament to press reconversion and jobs. They demand stronger government action while ministers caution no guaranteed solutions.
Resolutions at the annual conference of labor women in Leeds urge the government to make wage rates for a job independent of sex and to apply equal pay in the forces and industry. A section seeks heated conditions for domestic workers with shared wages, hours, and holidays, plus family allowances and tax relief.
New York reports that the Navy uses fully packed frozen meals delivered to grocery stores and delicatessens. Homemakers can select a complete plate such as steak or lima beans, place the grooved paper container in a specialty oven, and serve after 15 minutes with no dishwashing. The concept, championed by engineer Maxon, promises to simplify dinner and reduce kitchen work.
A report notes Nova Scotia coal prices rising 33 cents per ton to fund wage increases and an extra week of paid vacation for miners. The piece mentions labor staff efforts and prior relocation of a laboratory, with references to locations including Glace Bay and the Philippines.
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