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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 24, 1946
Page
3
A dated homemaker note explains canning applesauce with peeled apples strained and sugar, then processing jars in hot water or oven for 18 minutes. It also outlines an Apple and Peanut Butter Crumble with sliced apples, lemon juice, cinnamon, brown sugar, butter and peanut butter baked until tender.
A jumble of recipes and food tips covers pies ginger ale salades and noodle dishes. Instructions mix baking doughs jelly salads spaghetti and casseroles with notes on shaping steam time and serving suggestions.
John Weselowski, 48, turns a rural workshop in Sifton into a manufacturing hub producing spinning wheels to kitchen chairs. From an old European wheel the self-made inventor built a world wide customer base shipping to France Iceland and the United States. The venture spurred mills and factories while the town runs on manual power awaiting hydroelectric plans.
A diary fragment describes tidying a shared living space with Ginger Farm Partner. The narrator recalls cleaning the stove and chimney, comparing city life to farm chores, and musing on visitors and family, rain, and the value of purposeful activity for elders. It ends with reflections on happiness tied to usefulness and a quiet domestic rhythm.
In London a famed actress Lilian Giverega known as Mrs Stephen Giverega, returns to Canada with her husband to settle in Regina. Born to a Harley Street physician, she trained at the Harvard Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in repertory before wartime touring. After meeting her husband on tour, they married in 1940s London and moved to Canada in 1944. She later worked in radio, film, and television, expressing happiness to be home with Canadian friends and awaiting potential screen tests abroad.
London reports softenings in postwar farming rules as farmers plan 1946 crops. Acreage for cereals fell to under 2 million from 3.5 million in 1943 amid reduced wheat payments. Government urges 1947 wheat area to 2.5 million and restores payment to prior level amid ongoing feed shortages and wet weather.
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