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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 26, 1942
Page
3
A Canadian Consumer Section outlines several rhubarb based dishes for spring using rhubarb, sugar, and optional substitutes. Recipes include Rhubarb Foam, Rhubarb Crisp, Rhubarb Custard, and Rhubarb Syrup with notes on tartness and substitutions for corn syrup or honey.
In a cryptic tale from Londonzopy and Cuval Street a 1-year-old Donald O Boyle contemplates action after learning his mother’s link to Walter Blake and a post involving letters. He plans to join the Navy, hoping for a real chance next July while CBC airs a feature on Canada’s expanding naval service and a coast to coast program titled Sailors Heritage.
Wartime garden guidance emphasizes practical farming at home and group efforts. It advises plowing large plots, using hired help or communal machines, and planning crop succession to maximize soil use. Details cover row widths, soil preparation, and pest precautions to protect yields.
At Ginger Farm a busy Friday sewing a family quilt ends in a joyful Saturday as the son returns home from leave. The family plans to visit Hamilton, watches How Green Was My Valley, and notes spring worries about pasture, hay, gas rationing, and radio batteries amid wartime constraints.
An Acton Free Press reader reports a three day inland voyage in Arabia with observations on deserts, camel trains, diverse workers, and mosques. The writer notes starry skies at sea, talks of silks and rugs, and moral support for merchant seamen and the navy, ending with requests for missing mail and stamps.
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