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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 08, 1940
Page
6
A feature for women suggests a hearty breakfast, focusing on codfish balls to banish morning grouches. It provides a full recipe: simmer codfish with potatoes, mash, mix with butter pepper and egg, form walnut sized balls, fry briefly, drain, and serve with tomato sauce. A note explains soaking dried saltfish to remove salt, and warns against cutting with a steel knife to avoid a steely taste.
A stylish wool suit in light navy features a waist length jacket and a circular skirt with curved and slant pockets outlined in soutache braid. It includes a detachable white pique collar and is designed to transition from under a fur coat to spring wear.
Toronto speech by the Minister of Pensions and National Health launches a nutrition program through the Health League of Canada. The piece notes education as the first step, with emphasis on educating the public about food choices, affordability, and cooking, aiming to improve child nutrition and national physique through action after education.
In a Toronto Hotelmen's Association address Parmier Hepburn calls critics a minority group. The piece argues liquor interests fear a full referendum on beer rooms and Ontario’s local option under the Canada Temperance Act, noting historical contest results and public sentiment.
A reader writes about water shortages and unexpected river and well conditions across farms, pondering earth tremors as a cause while noting some creeks stayed full and others ran dry. The piece also touches on egg quality debates and a roadside incident where a hay wagon blocked a car, causing frustration and unanswered questions about manners.
The Port Royal Habitation at Lower Granville is being rebuilt by the Surveys and Engineering Branch of the Department of Mines and Resources. The replica mirrors 17th century layout with handmade timber, forged hardware, field stone chimneys, and bricks made on site. soil readings anchored the site plan and foundations. The project aims to produce a monument unique in Canadian history once the buildings and surroundings are finished.
A six to eight week program at the Acadia Forest Experiment Station near Fredericton, N B, offers farm woodlot management instruction for selected farmer sons from Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. The courses run annually through cooperation among the four provincial governments and the Dominion Forest Service Ottawa begun in 1937 to address PEIs forest challenges.
A short course in woodlot management started November 1 at the Acadim Station after demand from Maritime provinces. The practical program blends lectures and forest work to teach proper treatment of home woodlots for maximum financial returns. Students learn to survey woodlots and decide treatment methods including producing logs, pit props, pulpwood and fuelwood.
A public notice advises keeping war bonds in a safe place and suggests using a vault safety deposit box for important papers or small valuables with a low rental cost.
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