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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 22, 1946
Page
4
This household page offers fruit based dessert ideas and simple recipes. It includes macedoine of fruit, fruity jelly, barfritt whip, and a chocolate cake Q&A section addressing common baking issues. It emphasizes using ripe fruit, chilling thoroughly, and avoiding browning.
Cleaning laying pens is essential to raise vigorous pullets for fall and winter. At the Dominion Experimental Farm Nappan NS the best time is August and September. After removing surplus stock the interior is scraped scrubbed dried and disinfected. Use strong cleaning solutions with care and rehouse birds in a clean, dry facility with proper litter and feed for high production.
August marks peak activity for goldfinches and waxwings as they delay nesting until midsummer. Their late breeding allows use of thistle for nest building and helps avoid cowbird parasitism, but experts report frequent failures when parents migrate before fledglings mature.
Halifax aldermen who fined members for missing meetings consider amending the rule after 24 fines were issued. They will confer with City Solicitor C. P. Bethame on possible changes to the law.
Sandy the cat aboard the Kathleen, a veteran of nearly half a million miles, is the longest serving crew member and only animal to stay loyal after wartime travels. Captain Richard Leicester says Sandy will not leave the ship.
Winnipeg two University of Manitoba students Eric Fisher and Bob Hunter captured a giant Manitoba turtle weighing 25 pounds and measuring 1 inches long. They first spotted her a year ago along the Aminiboine River bank and finally brought her to a museum. Curator Norris-Elye estimates her age at over 30 years, possibly 50 or 60, and notes the queen may have been about to lay eggs.
A diary recounts a Saturday threshing on a hot damp day at Ginger Farm. Buffeted by shortages and a pie quest, the narrator improvises dinner for ten men with help from Partney and Betty, while Joy arrives for a weekend visit. The piece shifts to last Wednesday’s ward presentation honoring armed forces veterans with a banquet by the Women’s Institute.
In Quesnel British Columbia a baby moose abandoned by its mother is being bottle-fed by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Young. The animal is growing tame and follows the couple around their ranch.
Wartime bulb production rose in British Columbia as the Netherlands regain bulb export strength. Tulips shift to back of borders. narcissus and daffodils brighten May to June. Plant bulbs in clumps, 6 to 8 inches apart, 4 to 5 inches deep, with drainage. Store late summer bulbs dry and dark at 60 to 70 degrees before replanting. Smaller bulbs like crocus and grape hyacinth form front-border mats, 3 to 4 inches apart, 2 to 3 inches deep.
Hundreds of thousands of baskets of Canadian peaches reach markets from Ontario and British Columbia. Ontario production is about 1,566,000 bushels, 350,000 above last year and 548,000 above the 10 year average, while British Columbia yields 670,000 bushels, 26 percent above the 10 year average. Peaches canning rises with higher sugar rations, allowing more home and commercial canning.
Mrs Ursula Coppock president of the women's section of the National Federation of Building Trade Operatives told a Cambridge conference that queues are the only communication among women and should be kept. She argued queues link women through shortages of goods and housing and that women are best to judge prefab and house suitability.
An Australian woman Ida Burgess who served with the British Army in Africa and the ATS near Montgomery’s Desert Rats returned to Sydney with three campaign ribbons. She rode with an ambulance crew in wartime London, later served in North Africa, Italy, and Austria, and praised Smuts and his wife before saying she has no wish to seek further adventures.
A well dressed boy about 13 entered a Johannesburg department store posing as the Countess of Aberdeen’s son. He opened an account and bought a hat then a range of items including suits toys and a chemistry set. Store officials doubted the tale and learned no one knew the Countess.
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