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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 26, 1946
Page
15
The speaker longs for a return to a beloved home in Canada where peace and joy replace bondage and darkness. They describe tranquil hills lakes and grass and see in children singing a miracle of renewed freedom. The verses hint at relief from grim lands and the cleansing power of Cod state peace.
Reading narrative notes from Acton recounts 1896 events. Mil ton defeats Acton 11% at Georgetown after Acton leads to the eighth. local residents Graham Ho Ramshaw and others are mentioned alongside home sales and public notices. Various obituaries and marriage anniversaries appear, including fairview avenue residents and local ministers.
A 1926 roundup reports Main Street road work by contractors, the Halton Rifles sixtieth formation anniversary at Esquesing Fall Fair, Milton Citizens Band named regimental band with Wo Ro Dewar as bandmaster. A quiet wedding in Acton joins Emily Shull to Robert Dunbar. Obscure notices include a birth in Acton and a few death notices from nearby Georgetown.
The lesson stresses love as the fulfillment of the law, urging believers to imitate Christ by practicing patience, mercy, and forgiveness toward all, including enemies. It cites scriptures from Romans, Matthew, Psalms, and Luke, urging a holy, selfless attitude and perfection of love mirroring God.
Folkerts of Maple Creek, once a delegate to a rehabilitation committee, complains he has missed every war since being turned down at age nine after the First Great War and stresses he fought in the Spanish American War of 1899.
Acton Branch Number 197 of the Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League will hold a special meeting at Knight Hall in Hamilton to seek authority to sell beer for The Acton Island Premises on Main Street Acton Ontario. Objections may be filed three days before the hearing date.
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