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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 18, 1947
Page
4
A homemakers guide offers simple yet festive recipes for holiday gatherings. It covers buttermilk cookies, coconut cookies, decorated cookies, basic baking powder biscuits, cheese and cranberry variants, raisin biscuits, nut additions, and pastry dough basics with practical tips.
A writer urges embracing Christmas in midwinter with faith hope and kindness. The piece emphasizes peace for a troubled world, the joy of family and children, and shared greetings that return personal happiness. It closes with a cheerful wish for readers to spread the message of a Happy Christmas to all.
A girl recalls defending herself after being taunted by the Jones boy. She reports he called her a tom boy and she kicked him in self defense, tripped him, and pinned him until he cried out that she was a perfect lady. The incident followed her tearing dress and a streaked face.
Mrs Alex Tilley received a life membership certificate at the Angela Bruce Chapter 13.0.D. Bi December meeting while Russell C Cumberland led Trafalgar Township Council election votes with 810. Joseph Wickson 329 and Robert Marshall 481 followed. Brantwood School remodeling delays reopen until about March.
Voters approve a 1200 dollar annual grant for the band and form a Georgetown Board of Education. On December 8 Mr and Mrs H Pryor hosted an open house on King Street for their golden wedding anniversary. A curling season is planned by a large group of devotees. Kindergarten opens after Christmas with Mrs Joseph Dwyer as teacher. High school commencement concluded a busy week with a switch of venue to the Public School auditorium.
Benzene hexachloride shows promise as a repellent against the warble fly and may kill the fly's eggs and larvae before they enter livestock. The report notes potential effectiveness in preventing warble infestations in animals.
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