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Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Feb 12, 1948

Page

3

Of Interest to Women and Local Notices

Georgetown welcomes Jack Polly and daughter Susan Kathleen who arrived last Friday to join Polly at the Roxy Theatre. John Bird was unanimously chosen president of the Esquesing Agricultural Society for the coming year after Craig Reid retires. Deputy Reeve Armstrong asked Dr Mather to report on local water samples showing Grade D, with a call to explore chlorination costs.

Jack Polly Susan Kathleen Georgetown Polily Roxy Theatre John Bird Fesquesing Agricultural Society Craig Reid Reeve Armstrong Mather Halton Herald

Valentines Day Cake Recipes in 1944 TA Mat

Readable page offers cake recipes and kitchen tips for February 1944. Includes Two-Tone Cake Banana Cake and Chocolate Cake with step by step mixing, oven temps, and notes on common problems. Also features food garnish ideas and a Q&A on sandwich tray decoration.

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Housecleaning and floor refinishing at Ginger Farm

After ten years without updates we begin redecorating the living room. Painters refinish knotty white pine flooring, inpainting advances, papering to follow, while budget limits push self effort and drapery decisions. Barbara Ann’s news brings unexpected joy as work proceeds.

Teterater Ood Barbara Ann

Barbara Ann Scott Recounted As Lively Skater

The writer extols Barbara Ann Scott a nineteen year old skater admired for natural charm and family likeness, noting her appeal beyond her talent. The piece also touches on economic jitters with tumbling prices and slow business, including a quiet downtown shopping scene and a beauty parlor with subdued activity.

Barbara Ann Scott Misa Scott Barbara Ann Jeweller's

Archery Through the Ages in World History

The article traces the bow and arrow from ancient hunting to military to sport. It highlights the English long bow as pivotal in English military success, notes few specimens survive, and mentions crossbows and early examples in the Royal Ontario Museum’s Arms and Armour Gallery with prehistoric Egyptian origins.

Arms and Armour Gallery Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology

Ducks Fight Snails In Australian Grapevines

In South Australia a vineyard combats snail infestation threatening grape growth. Ducks are used in a moving duckery with a duckhouse on skids allowing ducks to patrol vines each night, then return to safety from foxes that raid the fields.

South Australia

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