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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 22, 1947
Page
3
A domestic article offers stain removal tips for grease ink and gum with benzine and carbon tetrachloride, plus washing machine times. It provides recipe directions for pot roast with potatoes, steamed pudding, veal stew with noodles, and bread pudding, ending with a note that heated opinions are no substitute for hearts on fire.
A farm column recounts wet weather delaying field tasks but keeping busy barn life with calves and feeding. It covers a W I district annual, a provincial event, a lighthearted costume parade, and a newfound car purchase after a weekend test drive, ending with mixed excitement and doubt about driving.
A narrator recalls choosing to take to the road alone. He laments the clumsy old car and imagines better times with time and plentiful gas to explore distant places.
Thieves shattered a back window of Georgetown’s Waterworks Building to raid the ration office. Seven ration hooks and forty condensed milk coupons were stolen as local Provincial Police investigate the incident. Meanwhile hockey player Bob Golitham reported discharge from hospital after an arm graft due to an earlier injury, with the cast to come off in June.
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