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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 22, 1943
Page
3
Gracious column offers canning tips using limited sugar. It explains oven and water-bath methods for fruits, including berries, cherries, blueberries, and gooseberries, with syrup recipes and processing times. Anne Allan invites reader questions to the homemaking column.
Mlle Barthe, long noted as a pattern setter for women announcers in Canada, has been appointed to a production role at CBC Montreal Studios. She continues to host programs aimed at women and pursues history, languages, and piano, presenting with a polished, engaging style.
A farm diary reflects on changing seasons and farming life. The writer muses on holidays, busy towns after rain, and a brief visit with a daughter, then describes a field trip to an iron ore mine with drilling and sample pans before returning home.
Dorotivy Bok AP reports on turning worn sheets into fashionable garments. Women can create dresses, aprons, collars, and underwear by reusing unworn sheet sections and dyeing them in candy colors. Even small scraps yield piping and trimming options, with a worn sheet becoming a stylish gilet or vest for a two piece outfit.
Now that hot weather is here, consider how you behave in the heat. Do you grumble about yesterday or try to forget the heat and keep your temper? Improve your appearance and speak civilly to others to help make the season more bearable for family and friends.
Agriculture experts urge Victory gardeners to plant a second crop this summer for winter storage. Succession planting requires knowledge of local frost dates and careful soil preparation. Use commercial fertilizer sparingly, rotate crops, and plant beans, corn, squash, Swiss chard, lettuce, carrots, and peas before the first fall frost.
The Colonial Office appeals to qualified women for key postwar roles in colonies. Doctors education officers nutrition experts and welfare workers are sought. Pioneers include Dora Ibberson to Trinidad as Social Welfare Adviser Beatrice Ebden in Niagara supervising midwifery A Plummer in Nigeria education chief for 20 million people Pelham Jordan in Tanganyika and P Culwick on nutrition surveys in Tanganyika London committee.
The Dominion Department of Agriculture warns farmers they will face delays if they wait for haying time to order repair parts for mower, rake, and loader. Prompt orders now may mean the difference between a fair yield and a good harvest.
Postwar home life centers on nutrition and home economics as Canadian women embrace the idea that proper food planning prevents illness and boosts happiness. Frances McKay describes the nationwide move, with committees, lessons in schools, and community campaigns teaching menus, lunch boxes, and Victory meals.
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