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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 12, 1940
Page
3
Barbara Baines notes colleges lean toward vocational focus with studies by Paul H. Hornbeck. Parents shift to accepting children’s limits, valuing work aligned with talents. Vocational and technical schools attract more students, especially near war industries, with summer runs and provincial Youth Training plans.
The article urges Canadian women to aid the war effort through buying War Saving Certificates, donating blankets to the Red Cross, and supporting ambulance and refugee programs. It notes Canada will produce tanks and send men, planes, and munitions, while urging hospitality for refugee children and vigilance against fifth column activity.
A vintage advertisement promotes Kruschen mineral salts as a daily tonic to prevent headaches indigestion rheumatic pains and neuritis. It touts a gentle laxative effect with no violent results and claims a one dime daily dose. Available in 25c 45c and 75c bottles from druggists.
Sunny days invite picnics as holidays and weekends approach. Food is the key to a successful outing, from simple sandwiches and fruit to salads and iced drinks. Two recipe ideas, cookies and small cakes, fit travel and storage needs.
Recipe fragment describes making two desserts with chocolate and pecan twists. Instructions cover sifting flour with baking powder and salt, creaming butter and sugar, folding in milk and egg yolk, dividing dough, adding chocolate, chilling, rolling, slicing, and baking at 400 degrees for five minutes yields 3 3 dozen pin wheels. Also miniature pecan chocolate cups baked 375 degrees for 10 minutes yields two dozen. Ends with anonymous aphorisms about personal conduct.
A reflective poem about a grandmother who spent life teaching manners and hymns to children while shielding them from vulgar truths. The speaker notes changing times as she has passed on and cannot hear the children’s modern songs about love and play, questioning what she would think.
EALIA Officials urge cautious swimming for children, recommending practice in supervised pools and avoiding rivers or polluted waters. They stress gradual, moderated exertion, and warn that ragweed pollen and other allergens worsen hay fever for many Canadians.
A reflective meditation on nature's influence and the garden as a living, fragrant scene. The speaker notes care at the gates and a wistful gaze, while nature guides personal breath and expression.
A vintage recipe describes dissolving gelatine in hot water then layering jelly in a mould. It layers hard boiled egg and tomato, followed by salmon, celery and pimento, then seals with more jelly. Serve on lettuce with cucumber garnish and mayonnaise on the side.
Mrs. Wallace Campbell pantry head of the Women’s War Work Committee reports a steady stream of Canadian Red Cross supplies going to England for British and French relief. She urges prioritizing essential items, efficiency, patience, and high quality to support allied needs amid ongoing war hardships.
Dr Bates says hay fever itself is not serious but can lead to sinusitis and other painful maladies. Vaccines may prevent his falling victim when his foe appears and early steps can avoid recurrence.
The Red Cross ship list shows weekly items including surgical dressings 19 by 12 and 9 by 10, wipes, compresses, towels, bias and straight bandages, factory cotton and related medical supplies. Also notes a golf anecdote about a visitor paying a green fee and missing a tee shot due to course elevation.
A vintage Father’s Day menu offers a Hawaiian chicken dish with ham and artichokes, orange marshmallow pudding with segments, and a coffee punch. Recipes include dumplings, coconut garnish, and decaffeinated coffee tips for stronger ice cream pairings.
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