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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 22, 1940
Page
6
Of Interest to Women presents several old fashioned dessert and dish ideas. Lemon meringue pie with a failure proof recipe uses sweetened condensed milk and lemon, plus a vanilla wafer crust option. Also included are prune and vanilla wafer pies as well as a big curry for lent and lima bean recipes with simple step guidance.
Sheer wool garments trimmed in rich embroidery or self fabric ornamentation dominate. A rouge red wool piece features chalky gray embroidery at the hem shoulder yoke and sleeve tops with a round neck and gray leather belt. An eight gored skirt completes a travel wardrobe look suited for the college girl.
A buyer notes two old stained glass windows in the country house. The seller comments he can replace them if badly stained. A potential occupant jokes about the aunt not staying, referencing the trunk and the baby’s arrival.
Practical tips on cooking and cloth care include pastry crusts brushing with fat and tinting starch for dark fabrics. A wartime farm diary recounts Mugs the cow causing chaos at Ginger Farm, the barn scare, and an unexpectedly late meeting.
The lesson on stewardship explains gifts as God’s possessions given to believers to use for His service. It contrasts the productive use of talents with the fear driven waste of one talent, emphasizing accountability, reward, and joyous reward for faithful service.
Conservative leader Hon. R. J. Manton spoke to residents of Brookville Ontario as part of a nationwide campaign swing. He touted support for Hon. Dr. A Stewart and pledged to travel to the Pacific coast and back before the March 26 election date.
A Hartford Connecticut hearse displays a license plate reading U-277 tare yee, prompting local curiosity about the plate’s meaning and origin. Authorities have not released an explanation.
A nostalgic musing recalls a nursery rhyme Finders keepers losers weepers used to teach children to safeguard possessions. The piece contrasts a childhood dispute over a toy watch with postwar lessons and a jab at modern British reactions after the Altmark incident.
A short dialog notes people with opposite traits seek happiness. One speaker jokes they want a girl with money, while the other agrees that money shapes affection and luck. The tone is light and satirical.
The Royal Canadian Navy's six 1500-ton destroyers carry 4.7 inch guns capable of hurling a ton of metal per minute to distances up to eight miles.
Group Captain Haroll Edwards is appointed personnel chief of the TRCAF succeeding Arr Commodore WR Kenny, who transfers to Washington. The item mixes unrelated anecdotes, proverbs and a brief note on telephone service highlighting its value to families and a Farmer McDougan example.
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