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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 19, 1948
Page
3
A home canning guide outlines brining and vinegar methods to preserve vegetables with color and texture. It covers cucumber relishes, corn relish, watermelon pickles, ripe cucumber relish, and mortard pickles with step by step brine, spice, and cooking instructions for sterilized jars.
In rural exchange two farmers joke about unusually short hay this summer. Ned laments his crop failing while another farmer compares his own hay, joking that he had to father his to mow it. The lighthearted exchange captures seasonal agricultural woes.
Georgetown Council postpones action on selecting a town foreman after receiving twelve applications in response to the posting. LeRoy Dale of Dale and Bennett acted as Halton County delegate to a Liberal Convention in Ottawa amid leadership changes. Georgetown Laundry opens on Main Street by Gordon Knight and Sid Leveir from England.
The James St Kendall Leather Manufacturing Company will restart operations once arrangements are set following a total plant destruction by fire last week. In other news Elvina Skelton Gala nt of William Gillam and wife longtime resident of route died at home Sunday. Captain William Skelton and Mrs Skelton noted. Oakville won the OBA Intermedia B game over Georgetown 15 to 4 at Victoria Park Saturday, drawing a large crowd.
One and a half million tons of surplus U S potatoes have been turned into 200 thousand tons of potato flour for relief feeding in Germany and Japan. The move will free coarse grain for bread flour and greatly aid livestock feed.
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