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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 16, 1951
Page
11
Homemakers share several fruit centered recipes including a fresh plum dish with chopped plums and a light batter, a chilled berry cream with gelatin and whipped cream, an applesdike refrigerator pie crust with a chilled apple topping and meringue, and spiced peach squares baked to serve with peaches. The directions cover oven temps 250 to 350 degrees, mixing steps, and chilling or freezing methods.
From late fall to early summer we rely on canned and frozen fruit. The piece gives steps for making applesauce, warnings about burning and spurting, and advice on sealing jars. It also shifts to farm tasks with Partner and Bob handling hay, mower setup, and field work while noting a late dinner and an Institute meeting.
Dr Gordon Bell writes in Health magazine that alcoholism and its secondary disorders exceed tuberculosis and poliomyelitis combined. He notes most cases are preventable and tied to social and work stresses, with secondary addiction common across business and professional life.
In the first 22 weeks of 1951 UK miners produced 63 million tons of coal. UK Fuel and Power Minister Philip Noel-Baker announced in Parliament that the extra shifts would yield well over 20 million extra man hours in 1951.
A reflective note on lightweight summer outfits with striped collars and a trim skirt for cooler days. The writer considers riding with others to ease a conscience while imagining dry weather and clover scented mornings. A bee swarm is found while loading logs, prompting a quick retreat and a tractor escape.
A column argues for state regulation of clothing to ensure basic needs, noting clothing is essential in Canada. It envisions grades of attire, penalties for misuse, and female magistrates to enforce rules, claiming social convenience and conformity with past sumptuary laws.
In Q1 1951 Canadian manufacturers sold 13 757 television sets, far above the 2 445 units reported in the same period of 1950. The surge signals growing consumer demand for home television amid postwar expansion.
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