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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 17, 1947
Page
3
A nighttime kitchen note promotes using a refrigerator for summer cooking and offers recipes for vanilla ice cream and variations. It includes directions for making a custard based ice cream, orange fluff, and peanut brittle or macaroon flavored additions, with steps to whip and freeze.
A dated kitchen note describes making orange cream frozen desserts and refrigerator rolls. Instructions cover orange cream preparation in a freezing tray, freezing without stirring, and rolling dough using bran enriched bakers yeast dough with steps for proofing, shaping and baking at 400 degrees for about 20 minutes. Tips warn on sugar effects and proper defrosting and storage.
United Kingdom experts unveiled a beam transmission system for television allowing programs from London to be received and retransmitted over the country. The automatic relay stations would operate without staff, enabling nationwide access beyond the prior 35 mile radius.
A diary style account from Ginger Farm detailing a hot summer with haying rushes, storms, and visitors. The narrator describes workers clearing hay, a near mishap with a wagon, car ignition issues, bees in a barn, calf trades, kitchen duties, and expected visitors while noting the heat and daily farm rhythms. It captures farm life with family and neighbors amid chores and small crises.
Railway bus and steamship lines announce lower fares for the Canadian National exhibition this year covering travel from August to September.
Oakville hosts an Oakville Citizens concert at Lakeside Park led by Rand. Dr D S Kober becomes the town’s first woman physician. The Canadian Legion from Central and Western Ontario gathers in Oakville with over three hundred members. W S Blake arrives to lead Oakville High School as principal. A garden honoring the late Rev Herbert S Lovering will adorn the Dundas Highway corner in Trafalgar Township, commemorating his twelve years of service.
The Royal Bank of Canada opens a new Georgetown branch in the former Municipal Building as the town becomes two-bank again. The Municipal Board approves $30 000 for dentures and artificial limbs, with Georgetown Brena to be fitted. Council meets to discuss Gray Coach rerouting on Main Street and notes a Long's Confectionery closure prompting bus changes along No 7 Highway.
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