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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 01, 1948
Page
3
A vintage recipe collection offers garden salads with French dressing and boiled salad dressing. Includes Garden Salad with carrot spinach beets onion radishes and greens, Cheya Salad with lettuce cucumber tomato radishes onions, and a French dressing recipe with vinegar sugar pepper paprika salt. Tips cover preserving nasturtium seeds capers and green varieties, plus tips on washing drying and serving.
On June 12 the Andersons held their reunion at the home of John and Mrs Russell in Hornby with about sixty five dinner guests. On June 19 at the Hadley residence Annie Ida Wilson wed Joseph Edward Drew in Milton. Comrade Jim Kennedy led Legion Post 136 members at the Acton Faust parade. The note also mentions population growth despite wars and famines.
The narrator reflects from a pantry window on farm life during haying season. She recalls the smells of freshly mown hay, the work’s heat and nerves, and the dance of loads and wagon brakes. She notes the appeal for visitors, the roles of men and women, and hints at a sister visiting from Toronto next week.
Gore Peters of the Lions Club handed awards to Grade VOL club members Marilyn Bell Eileen Kerr Elizabeth Ireland David Doble and George McClure for outstanding year performance. Mary Brown Buchanan wed Albert Trouson in Brampton Presbyterian Church. Terra Cotta youth John Garden McNally, 16, killed in a nearby accidental shooting. Jack Gilbert injured in a motorcycle crash near Wasaga Beach while returning home from races.
Public auction of a farm on the Guelph and Fergus Highway No. 6 five miles north of Guelph and seven miles south of Fergus. Items include Shorthorn cattle, cows, horses and harness, sows and pigs, sheep, poultry and equipment, tractors, implements, hay, grain, lumber, and household effects. No reserve. sale starts Saturday July 3 with lunch counter. Hindley and Elliott, auctioneers.
The Acton Y program committee under BI Rawson outlines July day camp plans with a seasoned staff. George Mason Ray Canham Tom Jones BA Denny Ken Haxsard John Gray direct the boys camp while Mae Du March directs the girls camp with Mrs Don McLean. additional leaders include Frances Chew Lois Hunter Feeida Harris and Pete Trade rs. Swimming at Camp Norval on Thursdays remains optional with transport costs paid by campers.
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