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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 16, 1941
Page
6
A collection of winter recipes and serving ideas for women. Includes a fruit and nut platter with orange, apple, prunes, and dates, lemon maple dumplings, meat and cabbage soup, lemon butter for meats, meat pies with rice, and a Mexican cafe coffee method with spices. Serves range from 4 to 6.
In Sydney January, widowed men protest new tax rules claiming wives pay no tax yet face alimony and income tax. A Norfolk earnings example shows a worker with 12 pounds a week facing about 7 pounds in taxes and alimony, reducing take-home pay.
Chronicles from Ginger Farm note a son leaving home for an eight month radio course at the Technical Institute in Hamilton under a Dominion Provincial Youth Training System program. The departure prompts reflections on farming life and the changing role of sons. The piece also touches on farm policy debates, butter storage, and farmer concerns.
The Free Press notes a 19 below zero reading Monday night. It lists local group formations including Acton Water Commission with George Hyinds as chair and Miss Ethel Starkman as secretary treasurer. Greenock Farmers Club, Acton Horticultural Society, and officers for 1921 are announced, with Society reporting 174 members. Obituaries include Margaret Ashley and Janet Lang. George MacPherson Dills is noted among family notices.
In postwar context Cape Town reports a small rise in living costs. Officials note price controls and wartime factors have kept increases modest. The report cites a 3 percent uptick since the war began and highlights constrained food and goods.
A drifting scene at Windsor Station Montreal shows a party of youth travelers from Montreal Toronto Quebec Hamilton and Philadelphia enroute to Iron Hill Youth Hostel near West Shefford for New Year holidays. Officials from Quebec including Mr and Mrs Pred Denton oversee arrangements at the hostel with support from youth leaders.
A World War II tax guide urges every Canadian to pay income tax promptly to fund war material production. It outlines three monthly installment methods, including eight equal payments of 7.80, and notes options for individuals, farmers, and businesses with forms and deadlines.
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