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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 18, 1940
Page
8
The article notes two all time low temperature records and lists daily highs and lows for a week, with snow measurements and total precipitation. It highlights northern latitude weather and a need to live far north of the equator to escape harsher conditions.
A portrait of Jack Peach tracing his career from Calgary to Vancouver with CBC starting in 1937. The article praises his vibrant humor, rapid improvisation, and rise from commentator to staff producer while noting his small stature and engaging stage presence amid live broadcasts and concert performances.
A prose passage honors Britain’s enduring cliffs and coastlines from Tintagel to Beachy Head, praising steadfast English courage, shared language, and blood ties. It urges collective aid and rejects talk of detachment as the nation’s resolve remains bold and unbroken despite harsh seas.
Poem-like plea urging the defense of England and justice against barbarism. The speaker warns that England’s death would bring tyranny and cultural decline, but asserts hope if humanity preserves freedom and noble character. Describes a world nourished by England’s strength and a call to action for liberty.
The retired clergyman Rev Br MacNamara died suddenly after illness. He graduated from Wycliffe College in 1806 and served as tutor at Stewarttown. He married Thomp son and would have marked 42nd wedding anniversary this week. He was rector at St John’s Church West Toronto for 17 years before retirement and served as a WWI chaplain with the 40th Battalion. Surviving are his widow and three sons.
Fragmentary text mentions W George of Toronto and Pred R of the Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada as brothers, a Mrs W Sic Eee Rigmer associated with Cliffe College Chapel, services at Gotart and Kouciaean aunties, with burial at Greenwood Cemetery Georgetown.
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