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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 31, 1938
Page
6
Betty Barclay presents meatless dishes for Lent including baked stuffed fish with Brazil nuts, savory macaroni with cheese, and a tamale pie using Lima beans. Recipes cover fish, pasta, and vegetable sides with simple bake instructions and pantry suggestions.
Gwendoline Clarke describes obtaining a collie pup named Rusty to join the Ginger Palm farm. The diary covers training, early mischief, neighborly tea, old livestock departures, and a detailed account of rescue breathing procedures from a medical article.
Fragmented verse in a small place note by Nina Welles Tibbatt ends with a plea to be faithful and serve faithfully in a heavenly race. The stanza expresses devotional submission and spiritual longing.
The writer mentions anxiety about sending her bicycle after repairs by Son who has renewed and enameled it. They plan to deliver the bike to her and note starting housecleaning as a future topic.
The weekly Garden Graph by Dean Halliday explains how to dig up overgrown delphiniums in early spring, wash soil from the roots, and divide clumps into three or more plants. Replant only after enriching soil, ensuring new shoots and strong roots for better blooms.
A column blends inspirational quotes with April themes. It notes nurse Elkra m April birthstone diamond and flower sweet pea, adds advice on patience and willpower, and includes tidbits on mending glassware and wallpaper paste. It closes with a light family quip about a father learning of a marriage proposal.
Fashion notes emphasize many blouses with suits to vary outfits. Sheer blouses return for warm weather and Easter styles feature petal jabot and lace trimming on organdy and voile fabrics. New browns greens violets blues appear in crisp sheet blouses with bow necklines.
A condensed directory of doctors dentists lawyers and veterinarians serving Acton Georgetown Milton and surrounding towns. Listings include contact phones office hours and locations for Dr E J Nelson Dr W M Cullen Dr A J McIntosh C P Leatherland Kenneth M Landon P W Pearen D D S and veterinarians F G Oakes and B Y Young with addresses in Acton Milton Brookville and Aston.
Train times listed for eastbound and westbound services with daily, Sunday only, and late night departures. Eastbound include 7:00 am 9:54 am 4:26 pm Sunday only 1:04 pm. Westbound include 4:48 am 2:38 pm 1:07 pm 12:38 am 11:32 pm with Sunday variations.
Rail timetable fragment lists coach departures and arrivals from Acton eastbound and westbound services via London. Entries include times: 4.57 p.m. 5.31 p.m. 6.42 p.m. and later connections to London with multiple station notes and times throughout the day.
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