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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Apr 05, 1945

Page

3

Home Cooking And Mild Wartime Recipes From The Low Countries

Readers share foreign cookery and home kitchen tips amid wartime scarcity. Features cover Belgian and Dutch dishes such as pork shank with cabbage and apple, savory onion soup, roasted sweet cake, and pantry notes on bread, potatoes, and stored desserts. Also includes a light tale about a parrot and a German war tale.

Mellin Italy East Belgium Flanders Antwerp Brabant Cosaux

Nun Writer From Saint John Interned by Japanese

An imprisoned nun from Saint John, identified as Rev Mother Mary of St Evarista, is reported to have broken a three year period under Japanese control after a lapsed internee writings reached Manila through the Shepherd nun. The exact details remain unclear due to damaged text.

Saint John Ooccho Vibanberce Mary of

Wartime housing plan moves 72 temporary houses

Seventy two temporary houses installed under the Wartime Housing plan will be dismantled and shipped to Hull to relieve a shortage. The new shipments follow earlier erecting of temporary shelters in the village of Arnida and surrounding area.

Arnida

Electrifying Ginger Farm Chronicles Report

The article describes Ginger Farm's anticipation of hydro power and house wiring by the Hydro Commission. It notes parts of the home will be wired, with crews working limited days and holes cut through ceilings and walls for lights and switches. Visitors arrive for a weekend, while spring mood and roadside farm activity unfold amid rain and early farm work.

Hydro Taon Hydro Commission Hue Casa Lomat md

Trend from Dairy Farming in Western Canada

The Quarterly Bulletin of Agricultural Statistics notes shifts in Western Canada dairy production. Profitable grain crops in the Prairie Provinces prompt farmers to retreat from dairying, cut dairy hens, and convert cows to beef. Impacts on milk output and finished products may emerge more in winter and summer 1945.

Canada Quarterly Bulletin of Agricultural Statistics Prairie Provinces

Orchids Available as Window Sill Pots From NJ Grower

New Jersey orchid grower offers potted orchids for year round bloom. Plants reach eight to ten years before flowering and can provide monthly blooms with careful care and a sunny window. Cultivation uses agar cultures and community pots before transplanting to individual pots.

New York Ange Br. Lauer Bouques

Aberdeens Angus Record Price Breaks Breed Record

Sir William Rootes, motor magnate and Aberdeen Angus breeder, paid 4 500 guineas for Fruillax of Harwlestoun at the Perth show. It set an all time breed record.

Perth Scotland

Lytham Woman Celebrates 100th Birthday Upon New Birth Certificate

Mary Flien Rawlinson marked her century birthday six months late after discovering a March 6 birth date was mistaken. A new birth certificate showed she was born in September, changing her official age milestone.

Lytham England Mary Flien Rawlinson

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