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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 22, 1937
Page
6
A reflective verse speaks of a steadfast friend who shares the journey through life’s seasons and the dark seas. It asks who will walk with the speaker, praising a brave companion whose words cheer the way. The piece ends with a farewell and hope of reunion.
A vintage culinary note outlines cheese as a versatile protein source for meals and desserts. It provides recipes including Cheese Apple Betty Cottage Cheese Pie and Apple or Raisin Pie with Cheese, with steps on layering apples, crumbs, and cheese, baking, and serving suggestions.
A long retrospective recalls the Worden family of Acton, led by John Worden and his wife, revered as church pillars. It notes their farm, the rebuild of their home, and the lasting respect for their honesty, faith, and community service.
Aged survey data show most middle income earners cannot afford skilled nursing, while unemployed nurses price limits. The Victorian Order of Nurses provides in home visits at moderate cost, serving medical surgical and maternal cases under physician supervision. The national voluntary association began forty years ago and now employs 343 nurses, serving a third of Canada with aim to cover all sick nationwide.
A 1920s style tip explains waterproof whitewash formulas for farm buildings and outbuildings. It cites Dominion Experimental Farms methods, detailing lime, salt, alum, cement, lye, skim milk, and disinfectant additives to create durable coatings that resist rain and maintain a bright white finish.
The peanut is a vegetable from the bean family, locally called goober or pindur in the South. It grows as a low plant whose flowers wither and pods bury underground to mature, and after harvest is dried in stacks. US production trails world output, with about half from Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee and the rest from surrounding Southern states.
Arthur W. Milburn reports in the annual Borden Company financials that fluid milk accounted for only about 1 percent of total profits in 1936, with a profit of roughly one ninth of a cent per quart on 761 million quarts sold. Nonfluid milk and other products supplied most earnings, while payments to farmers and workers consumed large shares of revenue.
The dialogue shows Pat and Mike at a dinner discussing Casey remarks about sentiment and memory. Casey values sweet memories that fade yet linger in thought.
In a playful moment a woman asks if she looks terrible while a man grins and says she does not in the photograph. The captioned scene captures a lighthearted exchange likely from a social column.
A humorous exchange notes a man who pitched three years at Yale and now leads a bank. Winks question what he is doing, Hinks adds that his clever aunt deserted him, framing a tale of swift change and lingering baggage.
A note with a caption shows a woman defending her appearance after a photograph. The line reads a playful exchange where she jokes about the image.
Uncommon methods of teaching music outline a course at Gxt where instructors claim every child likes to bang something. They use percussion, gramophone accompaniments, and color coded notes to guide entry points and ensemble plays.
The Duke of York visits the Boys Camp at Southwold and joins four hundred boys from poor and public housing districts in a camp that fosters equality through sports, work, and recreation. The King’s interest signals ongoing welfare efforts to raise living standards and provide better recreational facilities for England’s youth.
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