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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 19, 1945
Page
3
Of Interest to Women features practical guidance on preserving onions, making onion soup and sauces, stuffed onions, baked minced meat dishes, and reheating tips. It includes a Q&A column with cooking advice and notes on onion storage, plus a brief agricultural update on the corn earworm and moth reinfestation.
The writer laments President Roosevelt's death as spring inspires renewal yet the Ginger Farm crew faces a slow power upgrade. Wiring, plumbing, and heating progress drags with stalled poles, elusive hot water, and an ironic stove that serves no function. The narrator muses on upgrading or rebuilding, choosing gradual improvements within financial limits.
A young woman watching drill is startled by rifle volley and backs into a private. She apologizes with blushes and asks for forgiveness. the private grants it and invites her to watch artillery together.
Agricultural pests hide in storage cells and root houses each autumn including carrot rustfly, green peach aphid, cabbage maggot, gladiolus thrips, and celery leaf tier. Dormant insects awaken with warming weather, so growers must clean and destroy crop remnants in cellars before spring and compost edible waste. hotbeds and houses should be cleaned to prevent early infestations.
Private Johson secures a marriage honeymoon by furlough but asks for a one week extension. His CO replies that it is wonderful anywhere and orders him to return to camp at once.
A National Selective Service survey by Arthur McNe mar a shows Canadian Indians contributed to the 1646 prairie grain harvest. In Saskatchewan over 3,500 reserve Indians were employed, and more than 600 Manitoba Indians from northern districts worked a total of 12,600 days, averaging 20.6 days each.
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