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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Feb 28, 1946

Page

3

Of Interest to Women Tastes and Tips for Pancakes and Syrup

A nostalgic column offers pancake and waffle topping ideas including maple syrup, mock maple, honey with peanut butter, and old fashioned sugar syrup. It provides quick cooking tips, batter variations like buckwheat and potato pancakes, and a Newsy Suggestions section on household hacks from a Northern Ontario town lady.

Ratsina Jules Addi Apoontuls Anon Ontario

New Dress Designs Draw on Buddha Motifs in Modern Shows

New fashions reveal diverse historic influences in a Brooklyn Museum and Textile Museum of Washington, D C exhibit titled Five Thousand Years of Fibres and Fabrics. Designers blend ancient motifs with modern fabrics to yield striking dresses from Egyptian, Japanese, and European inspirations.

New York Apsing Abe Ted Barna Napoleon Cleopatra Brooklyn Museum Textile Museum Washington, D .C Teable Dreas

Cow Causes Taxi Collision in Saskatoon

A taxi driven by Victor Attridge collided with a cow on a street in Saskatoon. Damage estimated at 350 dollars to the taxi and the cow wandered off under its own power after the crash.

Saskatoon Victor Attridge

Clearing Auction Sale at Thompson Farm

A public auction by Vernon Picket Yosel at the Thompson Farm near Stewart Fawn offers a diverse lot. Shorthorn cows and calves, Grade Shorthorn and Jersey heifers, Holstein cow, and various cattle ages are listed alongside harnesses, implements, and furniture. Cash terms. Frank Petch, Auctioneer. A. W. Benton, Clerk.

Vernon Faquesing Stewart Fawn

March heating fear and coal shortages in village notes

A village diary recalls coal shortages, heating worries, and a harsh winter ahead. Talks of coal dealer shortages, breeder coal orders, and potential cold weather in Canada and England. The writer describes bottle and glass disposal efforts, a glass smashing episode, and humorous misfortunes with tea and cocoa.

Oour Inen Bromter Enyglant England Canada Smith

Pasture Experiment Shows Superphosphate Yields High

In a long term Ottawa study on heavy North Gower clay, the Dominion Experimental Farms Service found that applying superphosphate alone raised pasture production as much as or more than commercial complete fertilizers, with similar or lower cost after seven years of observation.

Ottawa Dominion’ Experimental Farms Service

Dorothy Davison Heralds a Drummer's Quiet Life

St Louis based Dorothy Davison, 71, longtime percussionist with the St Louis Symphony Orchestra, recalls how she began by accident while living with a love of dance. She mentions practicing on a block at home and avoiding trouble, having previously played with the Oklahoma City Symphony and National Symphony, and notes she would rather dance to music than perform it.

ST Louis Dorothy Davison St Laure Symphony Dorothy S Daltet Abe Dorothy Oklahoma City Symphony National Symphony Washington Antonia Ale Atastrot Julliard Cme Gare

Auction of Farm Stock and Goods at W Murray Farm

Public sale announced at Lat 31 Con 2 Pwp of him ques Ing on Thursday March at 1 o clock. Horses include Brown Mate Hay Geld 200, White Hanoverian Gelding about 3000. registered Shorthorn cattle and numerous cows, calves, heifers with due dates. Hogs poultry hay grain implements furniture and farm gear listed with cash terms and no reserve. Auctioneers: W A Elliott Row Hindeen with George Currie Chester Plank clerk.

Wenley Murray Marcte Hearnes Maple Lawn Maurman Lodge Boane Som Shapleland Advance Orace Durham Wiolstein Jersey James Foo& W. Mower Harrow Adams Clerka A_ELLIOTT Row Hindeen George Currie Chester Plank Clerkaa

Black market sugar probes land fines on small retailers

Mea Phyllis Simon of Toronto and nineteen other small retailers face fines after buying 100 lb bags of sugar on the black market from A Goodman and Sons. Coupons were misused and several sellers offered sugar to customers at inflated prices. Capt Ouellette, a dairy expert, was named cheese production specialist for Manitoba and will assume duties mid April.

Phyllis Simon Toronto Simon's. Grory A. Goodman and Sona Magiatrale Mia Simen Traumacfeoey WIND Aon Ouellette

No Mistaking Brown's Team in Town

Garnet Brown and his brother Charles manage their farm team when visiting Saskatoon by setting a sleigh sign and guiding the horses home after a long day. A stranger helps them locate their way, ensuring they stay safe in town.

Will Sask Garnett Brown Charles Hutt Garmmet Brown

Verona Villagers Mark Milestones and Averages

Verona village residents average six years across 13 youths with an oldest member Henry Haethor aged 118 years. The group notes include two couples celebrating long marriages and local residents Hale and Vanoest marking their sixth and seventh welding anniversaries.

Mlete Verona Othe Stenry Haetoh Teain Aiemop Pepresent A. ‘Trouse Hale Hips Vanoest Abellrock Ree Seth

Munitions Loaded on CN Express for Pacific Coast War Effort

Canadian National Express crews hurriedly load thousands of shells and grenades at Montreal and Quebec under armed guard for distant Pacific deployment. The operation, secret until now, aims to speed wartime supplies to invasion forces in the Aleutians and Pacific theater.

Montreal Quebec CN. Express Aleutians Atrategic ‘de Butt Pacific Coast C.N. Exprem

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