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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 14, 1950
Page
2
A home economist urges homemakers to plan three daily meals from five food groups while teaching children adventurous eating. Emphasis on balanced portions, varied breads, hot servings, and tasty wholesome fillings like cheese with jam, tuna, and vegetables to encourage fitness and enjoyment.
After weeks of storms and delays farmers report a robust harvest with full bins and a thriving grain supply. The piece emphasizes interdependence among farmers, wives, machinery, and pests, noting farming as a shared effort. It closes with a 1950 wage figure for Canadian manufacturing workers.
Lever and Hoskin Chartered Accountants advertise as successors to Jenkins and Hardy at 1303 Metropolitan Building Toronto. Veterinary surgeons B D Young and L Young operate in Brookville Ontario with Monday and Sunday hours noted in a fragmented listing.
Fire on the Lindsay farm destroyed a six room frame dwelling on the outskirts of town last week. Mrs Lindsay discovered the blaze and alarms were raised as the building burned beyond control along Victoria Street. Nearby, College View residents Martin Cummins and Thomas Soper were injured when struck by a car reportedly driven by Victor Greyhouse. Both were taken to St Josephs Hospital in Guelph. Cummins suffered a broken leg and bruises while Soper had no broken bones and was later discharged.
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