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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 17, 1948
Page
3
A narrator reflects on choices between a sunporch and a streamlined kitchen as families seek comfort. She recalls life with ice boxes, ice delivery, and a yearned refrigerator, noting how small upgrades shift daily routines and contentment.
From the Ministry of Supply comes a cooperative effort to verify authentic wartime research backgrounds for The Small Back Room. Thousands of pounds worth of government equipment are loaned and actor David Farrar is specially coached in dismantling booby trap bombs for realism.
Instructions cover preserving berries with syrup and sugar and canning in jars. Step by step processing times, sterilization, and paring, plus storage guidance for refrigerator shelves, meat, fish, greens, eggs, and leftovers.
William Clayton of the Bank of Montreal explains a five percent Farm Improvement Loan helping Canadian farmers and their wives acquire new equipment and home devices to boost efficiency and profits, with easy terms and no extra charges. Farmers urged to visit for tractors and household improvements.
Milton leads after a strong start beating Georgetown Papertowners 12 to 5 in their first meet here Saturday afternoon. The article also notes June 6 wedding anniversaries for Cyrus Witmer and details several local social events at Milton including a June Tea and Baking Sale hosted by the John Milton Chapter and a wedding at the parsonage.
Ola Marie Trystop and William Murray Fisher wed at Trinity United Church. Knox Presbyterian marked its 103rd anniversary with full services. Burlington pupils were honored at a high school banquet hosted by the board and Home and School Association. Fred Oliver will become Chief Constable of Trafalgar on June 15. Jit Etherington joins Branksome Hall's 1948 graduating class.
A fragmented report notes Britain considering giant umbrellas to protect construction sites from daily rain losses. It also mentions wells as the safest water source for farms amid unsettled weather.
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