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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 01, 1942
Page
3
Consumer guide suggests including beef heart kidneys and liver in weekly menus. Instructions cover pot roasting tongue and heart, kidney dishes, and liver with spaghettini, plus tongue curry and dessert pairings. Includes preparation steps and cooking times.
Twenty years ago 1922 blew in with Lorne School electing Mrs. Harry McDonald to the board alongside John D Brown and R L Davidson. Ballinafad native Hiltz wins Toronto support with 21 036 votes for the Board of Control amid Dominion election chatter. Hockey results at Acton rink feature Erin and Runnymede wins. Milton junior team defeats local intermediate 6 to 1. The 1922 council includes Reeve George Barber and several councillors. school trustees listed. A newborn daughter to James Henry Cubberley and Mrs John Perken is recorded. Margaret Grant Lawson and James Arnott Early wed in December. A wartime letter scene shifts to home reading with bustling banter, tongue preparation described in a recipe.
Poem celebrates friends welcoming the New Year with playful children and furry costumes. It underscores kindness and care, noting each child grows wiser and stronger and pledges to share sunshine and love throughout the year.
A family reflects on hardship and hope as 1940s wartime life continues. The narrator notes missing loved ones, Christmas at home, a soldier son home on leave, a daughter at a munitions plant, and efforts to keep Christmas spirit alive despite shortages and illness.
A short guide on hosting and attending New Year Eve celebrations encouraging punctuality good listening and thoughtful entertaining. The piece advises avoiding excessive jokes and bringing a friend with ease and mentions a car battery trouble anecdote as a light aside.
A family blogger recalls a Christmas together as sons recount military life in this war and the last. The writer notes their shared language now and cherishes the time, while one son heads out again Saturday morning, leaving uncertain when they will meet again, yet grateful for past pleasures.
Louise Weaver outlines homemaker aims for 1942 wartime morale. Plan meals with liver kidneys whole grains fish veal and lamb and serve milk to strengthen health. Emphasizes vitamin C foods outside storage, rationing, avoiding rumors, daily outdoor activity, meditation, and cutting non essentials to aid defence efforts.
Mass meetings across Saskatchewan Alberta and Manitoba back a $1 a bushel initial price for No 1 Northern wheat at Thunder Bay lakehead or ocean terminals. Farmers and pools push for higher price while government payments and acreage bonuses are debated by officials and farm leaders in Winnipeg Regina and Lethbridge.
Regional offices explain that eligibility requires at least 180 daily or weekly contributions in the two years before a claim. Misunderstandings about misconduct disqualifications and appeals are outlined, with the court as a semijudicial body and reasons benefits are paid as a right, not by need.
In Carlisle England the Cumberland Federation of Women’s Institutes reports raising funds in autumn equaling the ration for 100000 people. The effort supports wartime food distribution and community aid programs through donations and organized campaigns.
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