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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 12, 1946
Page
2
Ration authorities urge women to inspect new ration books for correct page counts as print runs exceed 12 million. If faulty, replacements are available at the nearest WPTH ration office. The pages listed cover B M S and X coupons across multiple sheets and spare sections.
The undersigned sell from THOM S. JACKSON auction at his Nas mile north of Camp WEREDUESDAY September lath at Zaclock DST. Items include Percheron horses and foals, roan and red Durham cattle and heifers bred on dates from June to July, two brood sows with pigs, York pigs and sows, farm implements such as grain binder, mower, loader, manure spreader, cultivators, seed harrows, and farm hardware. Cash settlement with clerk day of sale. Proprieter and auctioneers: WINDERY & ELLIOT Aucioneers, McMillan Clerk.
The article compiles home recipes and serving ideas centered on vegetables. It includes baked stuffed peppers, green peas and mushrooms, steamed carrots, and a variety of combined vegetable plates with techniques like boiling, frying, and baking. It also offers refinements for canned soups and salad plating with suggested garnishes and flavor boosters.
Weekly diary notes from Ginger Farm recount humorous misfires in onion preparation and household innovations. Joy and companions test remedies for teary eyes, while domestic life unfolds with kitchen chores, weather, family events, and a hawk sighting near the chicken pen.
Local farmer Cas Andersen confronted a groundhog attack on his hunting dog in Brendenbury, Sask. The incident left him with concerned maternal feelings as three of the young groundhogs were adopted, replacing others lost to the fray.
An article discusses the problem of very slow drivers on main roads creating dangerous lines of traffic. It argues slow drivers have right to the road but should use side roads when possible or pull over to let following vehicles pass, to reduce accidents and rear-end risks.
A Canadian Pacific report from Prince Albert notes a railway porter named BH Witkins caught a bouquet thrown by a bride at a station. He promptly handed the flowers to a nearby bridesmaid as a small farewell moment among the departing group.
Lilian Wright, a 5 foot 0 inch parachutist, wowed a Woodbine crowd as a gust hurled her toward the grandstand. She later spoke of relaxed training and her unusual hobby begun in 1939, noting she remains wary of gear and health risks while stressing parachute jumping as a normal sport.
The Ontario Department of Education shows starting salaries for public school teachers vary by city. Toronto offers the highest minimums around ratio with rural areas lacking a defined maximum beyond the stag minimum. Other cities like Guelph Oshawa Owen Sound Peterborough and Woodstock report lower scales with several towns clustered near the 8200 to 2600 range, while Ottawa Hamilton London and Windsor reach higher figures.
Canada now supplies Rt. Vincent in the Windward Islands with most imported foods and has increased gains in beer, autos, auto parts, and lumber. Canada now holds 57 percent of St. Vincent's boot and shoe trade and 40 percent of automobile imports, says T. G. Major, Canadian Trade Commissioner.
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