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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 28, 1944
Page
15
A garbled note hints at a speech by a leader named Inenic. It references marching features and a proud deed, with lines suggesting concealment and desire to mend past actions.
Twenty years ago a Fres rea item notes Major Mervin Kennedy converting Mesomic Hall into a residence and Easter Bly booming on Lake Avenue. The Mason Knit employees held a weiner roast at Brem Mra Howard Mas home. A Young Women's Auxiliary meeting occurred at Knox Church. Obscure notices mention Wyandotte Michigan and a deceased or named individuals with brief biographical snippets.
A Coast Guard air campaign with RCAF RLCAF crews saw five German U boats damaged or sunk during individual patrols. Notable aviators include Winnipeg native W C A Walt, Penticton’s F O Acres, Dundas Ontario’s H C Kuhn, and Halifax bomber crews led by G L Powell with Sgt H F T Terry aboard.
In Western Australia emus entered dry season fields and bred, devouring crops and forcing farmers to seek wartime rationed shotgun cartridges and petrol. Farmers circle paddocks with three berries to drive birds to a central point, a dangerous but repeated method amid water and food shortages.
The sermon on John 9 centers the blind man’s healing by Jesus as a theophany occasion. Jesus highlights works of God, contrasts disciple curiosity with divine compassion, and guides the man from witness to worship. The healed man’s faith deepens when Jesus asks, “Do you believe in the Son of God?” and he replies, “Lord, I believe.”
Attendance reached a record at the Acton Fair on Saturday with numerous exhibitors across cattle, sheep, poultry, and produce divisions. Winners include Alfred Bagg and C. W. Swackhamer in cattle, Raymond Clarkson and A. Winter in sheep, and Fred Kentner in poultry, reflecting strong display from Halton County and neighboring townships.
At the end of June 1944 Nova Scotia hosted 208 active credit unions with 30 892 members and assets totaling 61 996 000. Since inception the movement has issued loans totaling 87 478 604 across the province.
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