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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 18, 1941
Page
3
A Dominion Department of Agriculture guide offers a Canadian themed Christmas dinner plan. Recipes include roast turkey, glazed squash, creamed onions, celery and apple salad, tomato jelly moulds, steamed carrot pudding, and a Judy Richards radio feature with holiday entertainment.
A wartime diary notes how imports from the Dutch East Indies and other colonies will be limited, urging rationing and substitutes. It recalls bread pudding made with scarce ingredients and reflects on family life as a son joins the army, warning of future moves and travel amid no conscription.
Mrs Newlywed cuts her first cake for her husband and proudly says she made it herself. He samples it and questions if she lifted it from the oven, hinting at humor and imperfect execution.
CBCs Intenors will broadcast from a tiny Idra Ontario church. St Peter's Erin Dale will air at 10.10 a.m. EDST with Rector Rev. Geo F Banks leading worship. The broadcast mirrors Christmas services in many small Canadian churches offering free worship.
British forces under General Maude renew operations on the Tigris front in 1916 after cooler weather aid. The push follows Townshend’s surrender at Kut and aims to retake Baghdad with revamped lines and heavy artillery. The advance moves from El Arish to Rafa and Gaza to reach Kut by February and Baghdad by March.
A stack of writing paper seven feet high illustrates how Canadian Y M C A war services centers are used monthly by soldiers in the Navy Army and Air Force at home and overseas.
Henry Whitehall of Watford celebrated his 106th birthday. A lifelong abstainer and non smoker, he claims 800 descendants with many serving in the forces. The centenarian’s family notes his remarkable longevity and wartime service.
The piece notes volunteers rush through now as need for men grows. It suggests Major Power’s last Saturday announcement on selective service might be a precursor to more drastic measures and hopes for action.
Australians decorate with the Christmas bush Ceratopetalum gummiferum a shrub from near Sydney blooming two months before Christmas. Calyxes turn bright red as blossoms drop, earning acclaim since colonial days at Botany Bay. The Australian Imperial Force has received 470 awards for gallantry since the war began, including two Victoria Crosses and several Military Medals.
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