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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 08, 1945
Page
3
A children friendly feature offers St Patrick s Day inspired recipes including custard cups gingerbread men and a green ice cream. Also includes a tale of a girl and a flirting boy with ticket scene and a warning about adult child ticket balance.
A rambling rural column recalls boyhood friends and a changing school scene. The narrator notes a chum's shift toward a girl and a new focus for John as he copes with friendship shifts. A letter from abroad arrives, and reflections on snow, travel, and a radio host frame a slice of country life with reminiscence and humor.
Two refugee women from the Caucasus and Poland, Maria Gronent and Martha Korwin, express eagerness to work with UNRRA in Europe. Gronent, a former prisoner of a German concentration camp, recalls daily camp relief and hopes to aid displaced persons in Germany. Korwin, Warsaw siege survivor and concert pianist with a passion for music, recalls her unexpected turn to service and future military aid roles.
The piece profiles several women linked to the UNRRA and wartime relief. Polish Underground helper Miss Korwin aided Germans-occupied Warsaw by smuggling hospital supplies and bluffing passers with a carload of chickens. Ruth Cann, from Albany, NY, engaged in children's social work and later led at Paris and the American Women's Club. Francesca Wilson, tied to refugee aid across Britain, Vienna, and Hungary, directed relief for starving children and assisted Serbs, Jews, and other refugees.
Dr Israels of Regina warns public health publicity now breeds a nervous disorder called health anxiety. He notes anxiety can affect the individual family and nation, and stresses that health is not unattainable with sensible care.
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