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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 26, 1940
Page
2
The Editor's Corner recalls a weekend in Bruce County visiting Hugh Ferguson of the Port Elgin Times and meeting Art Rogers Jr of the Kincardine News. The piece highlights local newspaper praise, wedding fashion details, and wartime fundraisers including Dutch auctions and tag days in Forest and nearby towns.
A nostalgic Toronto area poem traces a mother’s memories of her son through clothing from childhood to aviation blue sky uniforms. It recalls family pride and separation as the son serves, with prayers for return and thanks to country and crown. It mentions Crawford Street Toronto, Ralph Gordon, and Jean McCoy in Ontario.
A devotional line emphasizes living the gospel through daily deeds and words. It urges men to read the gospel regardless of faithfulness, framing faith as tested by conduct and speech.
A wartime public notice declares the war as total and global, urging all Canadians to contribute through War Savings Certificates. It argues the war involves every citizen, emphasizes investment in national security, and frames buying certificates as a patriotic duty and direct support to Canada’s war effort.
G O Rothney of Canadian National Magazine notes the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad reached the U S border in 1852 and extended to Portland making it the first trunk railroad in Canada and the first international railway in the world. The line linked Quebec Province with New England and grew in importance as a conduit of intercourse.
Parliament moves to mobilize human and material resources for wartime needs and national safety. The Defense of Canada Regulations face debate as Ottawa committees weigh curbs on civil liberties and fifth column threats amid arrests and police expansion nationwide.
Poem fragment from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow reflecting despair over lack of peace and rising hope. The speaker notes hate mocks peace while bells grow louder and proclaim God alive, the Wrong failing and the Right prevailing, with a refrain of peace on earth and good will to men.
In a Palmerston Observer letter, residents critique an unmarried man living with a partner and relying on parents, noting his apathy to voting bills jobs and social norms, yet declaring him the new baby boy of a well regarded family and questioning his Aquor stance.
The Canadian National Railways passenger traffic department announces nightly illumination of Niagara Falls from August 32 beginning at 8 15 p m until 10 45 p m Color lights display after thirty minutes and shine on the waters for forty five minutes The spectacle remains a strong draw for travelers using the National System direct services to the holiday resort area.
A garbled notice asks merchants to inform the public that the Herald will publish next week. It reads oddly, likely OCR errors, but conveys a call to publicize upcoming Herald publication.
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