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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 01, 1945
Page
4
A century of change shows women moving from home duties to public life. The text contrasts past quiet domestic roles with today’s educated, active women in work and public service, noting broader experience and improved ability to care for families and participate as citizens.
Homemakers urged to save money during wartime by buying savings stamps, planning menus, and choosing seasonable, homemade dishes. Practical tips cover porridge, boiled rice, rice muffins, and clean cooking tricks. Saskatoon notes report a warm day and a swarm of bees flying in the city.
The coloratura star Jose phine Antoine appears this winter in two radio productions. She performs with Percy Faith on the Contented Program Mondays on CHC Dominion network at 10 00 a m EDT. She also appears on Metropolitan Opera broadcasts via the Trans Canada network Saturdays at 2 00 p m EDT.
An autumn diary from Acton tree Presa details ginger farm life, crop patches, and hopeful notes on spring near the snow but mild floods. The writer reflects on crows, spring calves, hens turning to chickens, and chickens’ genders while awaiting visits from war letters and weather worries.
A dated list offers gift ideas for each anniversary year from paper for one year to diamond for sixtieth. It pairs materials with suitable items such as calico leather wood or silverware, and suggests practical tokens like books, gloves, pans, afghans, china, and jewelry to mark milestones.
Fossil corals near Hagersville Ontario show reefs thrived in warm seas 200 million years ago. The Royal Ontario Museum notes corals shed skeletons forming coralline limestones used in building stone and road fill, illustrating corals' role in shaping Earth and civilization.
The gray fox, once common in southern Montana, is spreading northward into Ontario from the St Lawrence to Lake of the Woods. ROM reports its first specimen in 1942 and notes the species’ salt and pepper coat with a black-tipped tail as it reestablishes itself in Ontario.
Haitian nurses Janine Delorme and Marcelle Pierre, both 20, travel from Haiti to study at General Hospital Ottawa with the Haitian Consul General Philippe Cantave. They join Ottawa’s small Haitian Colony as they learn English and French and adapt to life in Canada while training in nursing.
In a crowded Washington terminal two U S soldiers joined a city bus bound for suburbs. They sat beside a charming former Montrealer now employed in the capital. One man learned she was Canadian and exclaimed in surprise, yelling we have the wrong bus as the incident drew laughs from onlookers.
Orchid displays in Sydney attract large charity shows breaking attendance records. About 5 000 visitors paid 750 pounds to view a nine day exhibit and a further 7 412 attended another three day show. One display featured 1 000 pounds worth of blooms from 40 growers. An expert notes orchids flourish in bushhouse and tree root settings rather than tropical jungles.
Manchester reports a luxurious Avro York air liner prepared for the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester to travel across the Commonwealth. The cabin includes an office with wireless, ornate coat rooms, sleeping quarters, special doors, and a kitchen with modern appliances.
Chief Liquor Commissioner W. G. Webster announced Ontario beer consumption rose to an all time high. He cited a 75 per cent increase from November 1938 levels, with 4,5000,00 gallons consumed in November 1944 across the province.
Details reveal the Hamilcar glider built to airlift the Tetrarch tank and other heavy armour. The Tetrarch is a fast seven ton tank with strong cross country performance. The glider design aimed to deliver heavy weapons and vehicles for Allied airborne missions.
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