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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 27, 1939
Page
6
The Federal Government appoints James A. Northey of Toronto to the vacant CN Railways directorship left by James Y. Murdoch’s resignation last winter. Northey is president of Telfar Paper Box Co and Northey Printing Co.
Practical tips for refreshing summer beverages and garden-fresh snacks. Includes lemonade with vitamin C benefits, Lemon Fizz, Lemon Ice Bergs, and a vegetable tray with mint garnish. Provides step by step lemonade and lemon sherbet recipes and crisp vegetable preparation ideas.
The Fort Beausejour Museum near the fort ruins in New Brunswick adds a new wing to house expanding civil and military history exhibits. The expansion frees space in the main building for caretaker living quarters and a new cottage, with future plans for a shelter to accommodate increasing visitor numbers. The fort, built by the French 1751 to 1755, changed hands to the English in 1765 and played roles in the American Revolution and War of 1812.
Migratory bird officers across Canada conduct field surveys and patrols from spring to fall. BC staff count waterfowl on Vancouver Island and in Kamloops Okanagan Cariboo. Manitoba Saskatchewan surveys cover 6000 miles of travel. Ontario Quebec patrol gulf coast sanctuaries. Maritime duties include lecturing bird protection areas and banding 200 black backed gulls.
Gwendoline P Clarke writes of neighbors visiting and a son offering to drive the guest home. A Model T keeps the mood light as farming challenges continue with a damaged barn siding. She tests a pressure cooker, recounts cooking trials, a borrowed book, and road gravel progress in Acton.
A Toronto debate pits Tony Galento and J W McAfee against each other on alcohol as an institution. Galento leans toward facts and reform, while McAfee defends traditional limits. The piece notes beer room openings increased consumption and criticizes McAfee for ignoring youth impact. A. J. Irwin of the Ontario Temperance Federation dated July 12 1999.
Hints on Fashions describes a lightweight homespun coat in pale blue, with a high yoke, folds, slight fullness, stitched pockets in the seams, and a carved wooden button at the neck. The piece notes the coat pairs with most dresses and suits coolly for summer occasions.
A fragment shows a parent scolding a boy for not disposing of orange peels properly. The tone suggests a domestic moral lesson typical of mid-century newspapers. No additional identifiable names or locations are present in the readable text.
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