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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 19, 1940
Page
6
A page segment presents festive recipes and menus including Cranberry Punch with coffee cream, Manhattan salad, rennet custard, Christmas candies, and holiday drinks. Instructions cover ingredient measures, mixing steps, and chilling times for communal winter dining.
Women in Canada’s Institutes mobilize nationwide war effort through Red Cross work. Alberta and Saskatchewan funds support Bren guns and hospital units. Ontario houses a Red Cross project and 65 canning centres produced 25 tons of jam. Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island donate ambulances. Canadians fund war savings and Red Cross needs abroad.
The writer wishes a bright Christmas while noting war shadows and family absences. She describes preparing cake, threshing duties, and meals during a busy season, and recalls a nephew’s visit and potential family reuniting. Local women gather clothing for refugees and send aid to bombed England via the Salvation Army.
Canada has received a goodly share of the 50 tons of Christmas puddings sent to the Dominions and the DSA. They have been going out since mid summer and will keep for a year if necessary. A New York buyer has taken ten thousand dollars worth for Christmas and Thanksgiving. Americans with British associations began ten years ago buying Plum puddings from England and now it is fashionable in the States. A London baker dispatched tens of them in basaths of special design.
An Order in Council announces that Canada’s Military Forces will be designated The Canadian Army in the future. It explains the former C A S F and N P A M disappear and the terms Active and Reserve will apply to formations units and personnel.
Advice on hosting large gatherings from a writer urges readers to avoid cramming homes with decorations or guests. Recommend inviting only as many as the space allows and favor buffet style service to keep events warm, relaxed, and merry without overdoing formal detail.
In Chester England Mrs Kate Clarke becomes mayor and holds the title Admiral of the Dee with authority over a 20 mile river stretch. She is to be piped aboard a warship and receive a guns salute.
The text notes persistent rain since Nas began enlarging it and mentions bombs dropping around the old home. It asserts people in England will still try to celebrate Chickatana, even if done in an air raid phillert.
A naval seizure failed to halt a three hundred mile crossing from Scotland to Winnipeg Manitoba Canada where 2d pure bred Aberdeen Angus heifers were landed. Kenneth McGregor of Brandon plans to build blood lines with stock from Ballindalloch Doonholm and Grantown on Spey. Some cattle will winter at the McGregor farm while others head to Ada Minnesota.
A reflection on paying debts to others highlights that humble contributions count as much as abundance. The widow's mite is cited as evidence of dedication and resilience in giving.
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