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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 22, 1946
Page
12
A period column offers fruit based desserts and kitchen tips for housewives. It covers judging fruit by aroma, chilling fruits, and avoiding ice in melons. Recipes include macedine of fruit, fruit jelly, fruit whip, and fruit desserts. The questions box explains chocolate cake streaks and eggplant bitterness with practical fixes.
Cleaning laying pens aids the reuse of well reared pullets for fall and winter production. August and September are best at the Dominion Experimental Farm Nappan NS for cleaning, disinfection, and reassembly of equipment with lye strong solutions and coal tar disinfectants following proper safety steps.
The Royal Ontario Museum notes goldfinches and waxwings peak in late summer with courtship in mid to late summer and nests built using thistle. Young hatch in August as parents sometimes depart south leaving fledglings unattended.
Halifax aldermen, who recently fined absentees from council meetings, agreed they were too tough on themselves. After 24 fines, they conferred with City Solicitor C. P. Bethame on possible amendments to the law.
Victoria BC CP Sandy the cat serves on the Kathleen the troop transport with nearly 500000 miles logged and one world voyage. He vanishes during battles and reappears after the action. His only delay came from overstaying leave in Trypoll. Captain Richard Leicester says Sandy won’t leave the ship.
Winnipeg reporters say two University of Manitoba students Eric Fisher and Bob Hunter captured Manitoba’s grandmammy snapping turtle. The 25 pound, 1 inch long animal was brought to the museum after a 30 to 60 year estimate by Cur Norris-Elye. The discovery follows a nest misstep near the Amikiboine River.
On a hot Saturday at Ginger Farm threshers arrive after rain and the narrator frantically cooks for ten hungry men using an electric stove and warming oven. Later, the ward honors armed forces veterans with a grandstand parade and banquet by the Women’s Institute, featuring pies and memories of a celebrated father and son.
A baby moose abandoned by its mother in Prince Rupert B C is being bottle raised by Harry and (Mrs) Young ranchers. The animal is becoming tame and follows the Youngs around the property.
Readers are advised to plant spring flowering bulbs in September and October for best bloom. Tulips move to back borders as later varieties rise, with narcissus and crocus among other options providing May and June color. Bulbs should be planted in clumps of one variety, 6 to 12 inches apart, 4 to 8 inches deep, with good drainage. Large bulbs over seven eighths inch flower well and can be replanted in September. small bulbs may be sown in the vegetable garden.
Canada sees a bumper peach season with Ontario totaling 1 566 000 bushels and British Columbia about 670 000 bushels. The 10 year averages show Ontario above by 548 000 and BC above by 26 percent. With higher sugar rations canning increases both home and commercial output.
Mrs Ursula Coppock, president of the National Federation of Building Trade Operatives women’s section, argued at a Cambridge conference that queues unite women and reveal political mood. She said queues help understand shortages, housing needs, and that women were not consulted on housing policy.
An Australian woman with a wartime record, Ida Burgess, returned to Sydney in ATS uniform with three campaign ribbons. She served with an ambulance crew in London, then in North Africa with the ATS under Montgomery, later visiting Prime Minister Smuts. Burgess praised Sydney and said she has no desire to seek further adventures.
In Johannesburg a well dressed boy claiming to be the Countess of Aberdeen's son opened a store account and bought a hat along with suits toys and a chemistry net. Store officials later learned no one knew the Countess, prompting police inquiry into the apparent deception.
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