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thdttsday october 15th 1m2 the acton free press pacje thtieb the mixing dowl anmi attam lv40 hm lfmmllt tiiankraivino hollo homemnkem dont miss the joy of n rcnl omfiwhloniml thanksglving dinner even in these war days not in nny pnrt of europe not in ruanln nor in the brltlnh isloa fot thnt matte- enn thankurtvlnr be celebrated this year so every can adian citizen should wilier oldtime harvestast with nnh- eore prayer of ilpksfflvl rig for n free country where the hnrvenl t plentiful where woal and coal for winter tires rnn still he hnrt where henrty laughter of ynunft and old can still be heard and uhereiltizens may worship on the sabbath ns they wish thanksrlvlnr liny mnj be kepi in the trndltlonnl wny with family- gatheilncs but dont foret to keep your home open too to some of the lotfrty boys nnd rlrln in the wnr ser- vlcoa you will ret n thrill from hnrlng your thnnkurlvlnj dinner nnd servlnr the rood old turkey in all his klory to some of these ounp folk recipes rrsjsd gopon pound fowl cleaned nnd trussed 2 slices fat salt pork 4 inch thick 5 slices carrot cubed 4 onion slic ed 2 sprigs thyme 1 sprig parsley 1 bay leaf 2 tabs butter 2 cups boil ing water or chicken stock i pry out pork strain fat add car rot onion parsley and bay lenf cook until surface is well browned turning often place on trivet in deep pan pour over fat add water or stock cover and bake in electric oven nt 350 degrees until tender ad ding more water if needed strain stock remove fat and use for sauce or gravy pumpldn oram ile pastry for 9inch pie 2 eggs slight ly ben ten vup corn syrup cup brown sugar 1 cup ennned or cooked pumpkin i tb corn starch tsp wilt 5 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp ginger i cups rich milk line 0inch pie pan with pnstr flute pnstr edge bake in hot oxen 150 degrees f for 5 minutes re move from ocn to slightly beaten eggs ndd all the other ingredients ex cept v cup of milk pour into par tially baked shell pour remaining cup onrefullyon top bako in an electric oven 4w degrees f for 10 minutes reduce hont to 150 decrees nnd continue baking for 30 minutes qr until n silver knife inserted in the centre comes out clonn when cool serxejj tablespoon df whipped t ream flavored with orange flnxorlng with each serving npieed ixiaf caur cgglt ss 1 cup sour milk 1 tup min svrup i cups nllpurpoie flour 1 tsp salt 1 tsps baktrik soda i tsps ginger 1 ijp unnnmon up foes tup melted shoiteniug mi t hod combliu stmt milk and corn siup sift in the dt ingiedi- ents tir igornuslx ndd melted shortening pour into loaf pan l r ltu lies lined v hit wast d paper and grt used httkt in eletliit oxen nt iso dt glees for 10 nfinuus max ih itaked with roast uirkt foi sup- jmi mtal tkr a tip 1 sni lett r took d bu nkfast tertal to sttxe foi next da s sup iter slue told iiiial and lt until brown sei with iiicim saint jt s rent gmtd j lletneiitlit i lo use a di x t lot h to renutxi w at tn glass disht s fium tin jaxjukh navarre tliis is the joung mtlenn lyric tenor who nppenred with maurtte ichevnller at the thentie plgnlle when thnt famous star wni the rnge of pa licf the wnt now mon sieur in iu s lf kinging for ctic nmllontes he is feat tired i hursdny ninhts nt 10 pm klviwlth tnrlnue mlro and his spanish american music from the cuc montrenl studios he is a favorite cafe entet- vainer in his ndopted cll nnd sings with eunl ease nnd nppenl in front h spnnish nnd english oven a damp doth may cause the utensil to crnclvr tiie qvkwtion rox mrs d mc asks recipe for serv ing fine cucumbers as n vegetable answ er cumimnar in oram g medium cucumbers tb fnt 14 ths butter ih tbs butter 14 tbs flour 1 cups milk- h lap snu 1 tb chopped parsley dnsh of paprika pepper mace peel cucumber quarter nnd re move seeds cut in hnlf cook in boiling water salted with fnt ndded when tender drntn saving the liquid melt the butter blend in flour nnd let bubble gently for 3 minutes slowly ndd the milk cook nnd stir until thickened ndd seasonings nnd heat pour oxer cucumbers and sprinkle with parsley mrs m o suggests crisp top pings foi vour fruit puddings wheat flakes corn flakes or rice flnkes or a mixture of these saxes a third of the sugar required anne allnn invites ou to write to her care of tint acton fun pssss send in xour questions on homemnk- ing problems nnd xxntch this column for teplles chronicles ot j ginger farm f-xtw- written hpaclajly for z the aetan fra preaa ity qwendoune p clarkk wests big crop su f f ers- ravages of fall- showers tabor shortage party reminded hy aiitul harvest plann but clcfiniip itadly upset by climatic elements 57 miles without a cure iheie are manx stt night stretches of ralixx ay irm k in t he morethnn jitilh miles of lines operated bx the i anadlan nntional hnilwaxs the longest being on a brnnih line in western canada phis tangent torn- nu nt t s near t nmtosc- and ends nt alliante alia a distante of r fi i tulles in second date totalling vi if miles is a piete of ct ntroi uegion main line ttatk hetwein kontoka ami hat ham ont nest i i a portion of main inn traik in the wtstim hi gion vhuh mensuies tf units bilng on the rute of tin t on- tinental 1 imittd ficm cuimm to just i west of melxilh bask hast of kt nt luiutitiii to wts of tatamiiunt in b id j nilli is t lit longi st canadian national tangi nt in the atlnntlt ireejon on a lint ititutint ftom dtitnnd to itiaud llapnls mult llnie is a stiaighl piete of ttatk of jsot miles w hit h l the longest taiifent on lines opi tati in the anadian n itionul lnilwnxs in tin i niti d states ti1e tell me vv thnnksglvlng weekend nnd whnt a grand weekend it hns ijeen truly the wenthermnn was in a smiling mood and added much to the plea sure of homeeomers nnd visitors alike whose fortune it wns to spend a few biief dnys in the country with flntuvo putting on a grand s in unusunlly i right shades of russetrcd and gold ngnlnst or mingled with the quiet green of pines nnd spi uce it is several years since t ho autumn coloring hns been an hentttiful ns it hns been this yenr it would almost si em thnt nature wns putting forth every effort to drom h the world with lodgiven hnrm in ion- trast o the ugliness of manmade wnr a striking t ontrnst indeed- nnd a very welcome one somehow ot other to see n mnple these dnvs sort of does something to you if en vironment means anything surely so much ov6llncbs must have some good effect upon the twisted nnd warped intellect of axis warlords for i sup pose nutumn folinge is lovely oven in germany even hitler ennnot arrest natures nnturnl function ns long ns trees nre standing nnd even hitler ennnot blnst every tree from the face of the earth well in common with n lot of other people we have hnd visitors coming and going this week-end- and ns n result the chickenpen is minus n rooster inst night my neptifw gnxe us a onemnn recital on bis violin nnd be lieve me he can renlty piny just nnythlng nt nil nil the w ny from classics to imitating an nlrrnid siren as ji wnt died him inst night hand ling his instrument with so much skill nnd nnturnl ability i thought how strange n thing it is that while he could bring forth the soul of music ns it were from his violin nn- other person might take the same in strument nnd hrlng forth the most grotesque sounds in the nnme of music is there nnythlng worse i wonder thnn n violin played bndly but yet whnt vou mnke on the swings you lose on the roundnbnuts m nephew is by xxny of being an nrtistlc sensitive type xxlth some- timcsnmus1ng results todnyr for instance be wns out nnd around the chicken pirns hnlf the time and again in the nfternoon he snld it amused him to watch the chickens his mother remnrked how much he was enjoxlng the fresh nit nnd freedom of the farm i laughed nnd said lie will get more than fresh air if he pokes around in those thiiken pens alt dax of course we do tr to keep our pens ns clean ns we can hut will xou haxe them to denl w it h know w hat chit ken pens nre like they ate apt to be inlmbited bx other things than thickens tills was ex plained in ni nephew after a bit in tame in went upstairs and in n little white wns down again looking dmdedh white his mother asked him what was the matter ixe got chit ken lice all oxer me the jkx answen d inspection of t lot his and skin soon rexeahd he had nothing of the kind ltlng to innxince him xns another matter there are times w hen imagination enn produt e as much mental torment to a senatlxe person as hard cold facts e are still hus with our will but the drill hnsn t been going all the time phtie haxe been xnrious hold- ups for engine and belt npaits in drilling the man finnllx came to imk and tould drill onlx about three fi t a cla saturdax we wre hoping to stiik i a new spri ot water nn time in- stt id we struck quicksand and it vwns hi it at thing believe me yen h was lit- hill genuine vailttv and it pluggtd up tttxthtng in no time nt all o now w bat happens 1 hat is what we don t know exrept nv kll canadian press ruff writer winnipeg cp heavy rains nnd shortage of tnrm tabor have i a used great delnys in harvesting of western canadas record grain crops fnimers in alitor a saskatchewan and manitoba face a crop estimated nt 512444004 bushels the set nnd largest in hlstmy oat and barley yields in the three provinces are es timated at more thnn double the 1011 production the former nt 471010100 bushels nnil the inlter at 21t untoo bushels flax production i estimat ed nt lovn too bushels ompnred with 701 bushels inst sonson piodtk tlon figures inst enr were wheat 270wmhh1 bushels nnts 20r- km00 bushels bnrley lnoiooooo huhhels cixu bodies nnd hends of vni lous nrgnnlntlonk appealed to citizens to take their vacations by helping the fanner harvest stores in ninny dths nnd tow ns t hi nughout i he t liree ptovinces closed down enrl in order to allow staffs to nsslst some stores set nslde three nfternoons n week to let their employees ofr to help hnrv- est holiday rxtenilnl high school students were urged to help nnd many school lioards set batk opttnlng dates from two weeks to n month students in trnining nt sev eral air schools operated under the british commonwealth air training plnn nlso volunteered their services the labor shortage was reduced n hit nlso when united states farmers were given permission to bring com bines across the border nnd help can adian farmers several entered can ada south of lcthbrldgc nnd more thnn 20 combines crossed the line to w ork in snskntchewan many xvo- men besides farmers wives nnd fam ilies joined the crusade to the flelils 1 he added helpers nlthough inex- perlented grently relieved the inbnr ptnhlcm but unfavorable weather handicapped operations the flnnl crop report issued by the winnipeg free press sept 17 said delays in harvest ns a result of labor shortage vnried from one to two weeks n mnnltnhn nnd saskatche wan nlthough he figure mny lie exceeded in northwestern saskntehe- wnn where threshing hns not yet be gun in albertn the report sjild the need of labor is greater nnd in the whole central areas there is n holdup of nearly three weeks itnlns added to the difficulties and harvest ing operations suffered further set backs thrrshlnt hsuulhappod dieppes incrnlihle galhuilry trlhule wns paid to lite canadian army hy the itoyal canadian air forte at the oen house hold here this afternoon nt central aircraft i j ml ted one of the grentest aircraft hospitals in the fjomlnlon for the employees nnd their families more thnn 0000 london nnd district people heard u c a f officers just hack from knglnnd tell of the gnl- inntrv ndd the heroism wide h the canadian nrtm showed nt dieppe include d in tbn speakers were flight it brad walker dpc the home fown hoy who was flight com mander with a canndlnn fighter squadron overseas nnd who hns just been repntrlnted nnd fh kt k h field who recent iv brought n cnnnd- inn bonibt t t r w bin k to canada th ree tly ftom nn operational bombing flight nt snnrhruc ki n cermnny i he canndlnn ntniy gnxe an al most lm rcdible display of heroism nnd gnllnntrv fit it held snld i saw those buxs nfler thex came hack from hhppe and tnx hat is still off mirage whit h thev saskatchewan government offlc inls in a report sept 21 said thnt although much of the cutting of thp grains was completed in that province little threshing had been possible because of rain only 12 per cent of the wheat and about 15 per cent of the coarse grains hnd beentjireshed of ficials said the final crop report of the al in rta government depot tment of ag- rtt ulluie snld that although the harvesting season is almost three weeks later than usual progress situ e sept 1 has been rapid he- unt rains howxxcr hnd halted some operations cutting was well under wax with approximately f0 per cent of the ciop tut threshing was not general but a start had been made in most distrit tb 1 lie fri e press report said onlx about a quarter of manitobas w he nt i in the grnnnrx ami strisvd thnt grade of giain would be reduced in the west and north becnusi of dam age bx fiost and rain to the tin showed fit it in id gave two instances of this lm recllble gallantry he told of the omrnnndliig t r of rite soulh- saskat hew an itegiment col merrll i his officer nfler the lnndliij hnd been effected at i heppe across a group of his boys bogged down at a causeway at one end of this cause- way was n ermnn pillbox on i men- i rltt nsked whnt the tumble was ttie boys pointed to the pillbox oh well tnke core of thnt about n doi n of you follow me colonel merrll snld fit 11 held said that col merrltt and his men merely strolled ncross the causeway col merrltt swinging his steel helmet six limes col mer rltt made the trip nnd six limes he got nc ross ijller when the troops were rcjj embarking the regiment crouched down behind n sen wall col merrltt walked across the top of the xvnll the ftermnni were two hundred ynrds nwav col merrltt very casual ly nllotlcd nil his men to the barges thnt were waiting finally all were embarked oka follows on your wny col merrltt said ns he reached down nnd picked up n couple of tommy guns im going bnck nhd show these so- andsos some fighting thnt is fight ing fit it iteld nlso told a cannd lnn nrrny padre who safely re-em- i barked was nil ready to set sail for england i as his barge wns rendj to shove off he hesitated then turned to another officer on the barge 1 here are n lot of canndlnn boys who are going to be prisoners of wnr the padre said tlfe should have a canadian pat i re with them with thnt lie jumped ovi rboard swam ashore nnd surrendered so hi rould be xvtth his boys a unlph p bell directorgeneral of cnnadian nlrcrnft production wel- corned by w 1 mcdonough presl- i dent and managing director of cen tral aircraft told the workers that in the inst two months thev had re built and put back into sirxlce tw bi as many aircraft as thty had in the previous five months ibis speaks volumes for xour en thusiasm in vud ele hiring th it winning control of the skies was tin path to victorx tin shortest qun k st i hen post path plaslirh mobilizrcr that inoti c aing must be fore d rot k anil then on how nmnv fei t of dow n ihtough the t til otigh the sand that there will he th nnvones gutss e ate past the woyrvmg stage i here is nothing we can do about it anxwav i am sitting out lure in the tar it is nuer and btlghter than ui the bouse and 1 tan stribhle just as well here as anvw here else but i also haxe a good view of the well drilling operations whuh isn t quite so torn forting i he pint bine has started up again and thev are just pulling in i more pipe bve i must fix it k nentlx sup- pert line and i didn t know it good neighbor envov i itous mils tf canadianborn are now making tin ir wax southwaul some will visit the fnited states otht rs will journi on to mexito or t the inlands of the caniibi an mill otln iv will wind r in the in publics n south ann ii t all will spiend good will i h se i nvovs ait the birds aiiortling to oinilhologlsts of lit i to vni out it io musi um bird rillgtnl hon in tin autumn t spu nous unite unllki the h i nii of spi in 1 he at nx il of lln fust robin on xoui i iw n 4ast m in h viis suilv t v lilt tit but tin smut liild s depitturi this autumn will m unnotii ed slosi pt ople graduallv t ome to ti alie h it the hi ids art low and intoik noiu here u claire wallace star of the war finance feature lhev tell me whispering the latest scoop into the sxmpathetic ear of her a nnouncer- partner todd hussell thest two haxe formed ojie of th bestknown radio teajns on the canndtnn air during the pnst three years now they are ninklng their programs work or the war tune in lo they tell me dally at 1 45 p m ed 1 2 43 p m adt over the cbc national network cailooiasskn heav y nrmeci jrish foot soldiers who fought the english in the 14th century were called galloglasses gone it vou rimiinler the long thnn i of swallows nn in d on t lephone wins along lountiv roaiis last lulv po vou renn mher when tile inibolink stopped singing in the hav meidovvst- lvtji tin n these birds were assembl ing ftr the 1ong journev j subhe- ipjentlx then has been a mjuiet pro- irssion passing southward b day 1 and bx night 1 he freeze- up will i stimulate the tnrdv sparrows hawks and ducks to do likewise but these international envovs will be back with goodwill for canadian in the spring v i here ate a great many pi opi who still think that because manx of tin vital metals haxe been divi rt il fi pm t iv ill tin use to c ssi nhaj war production plastics tab step in and take their place as replacement ma te rials it js l not quite so asj a- that ac i ording to the seplenitu r issue of c li oxnl i he replacement of metals bx plas tic s for ti rtain tps of everxditx articles niav be all very will in nor mal times when thev can do tin ju tis well if not better in some i asi s ind tcrtainlx mote coloifullv but to dnx it is pointed out plasties ihim- stives are under strict control for two principal n asbns nam iv that i iw materials entering into their nuitiufu tut ate i irci din to hn ti pi nu in il in othi r nion mijottin plot i ss s and p last n s an uion an i nion r pi n ing nu tals wtll a- nilihi t foi manv of tin munlli t it n w tin w ar ptodut tnm progr mi ind nm thetifote b w ii hdr iw ti ftoii iiviliun um hr instance lastu i mls will still tie availabl but pt i- lu t ih t st ts ji w mi r salt and i i ft shikt r- iiitbrv and tool handles ti will gt iduallv ills i p en fio i the ret nt ib ah rs she lv s i kktiik ki4lons u asiiini 1xn tcpt i nit matts of the i uths irea pi ice brtiu rerims at itmmihdi square milt sii pp s at ltiitmindi square nuls and distrts at 5ihhtx stmare allies ic0bac 7ilbu2c0 clear telephone lines for allout production your telephone il part ot vart interlocking ay tern now carrying an abnormal wartime load dont let neeillem dclaya hold up meaiagea on which pro duction efficiency may depend other wartime telephone tactics oiie sure yon litv ili rlht number connult jhe dlrflctorjr o speak illllnrllr diracdr int ilia motidipleee answkft promptly when rl jik linikf clear your una car ilia next call thii0 ihltg wty ifk trllubm tilt i rtlh tbj mt 9ry tmforlml carrolls mb fio romar offec 39 aunt jtnlma pancake flour e urii paeli 35c our dand tea mib pi j7c libbya tomato juice zr c aylmor hau of ontario peaches 2ut x7c uniwmtanml grapefruit juice chickan haddie 23c paur pan puffaj wheat sqtpi i7c qualar mullets p- i7c 6070 prunes b lie halm baby -i- food8 3 u x5e haiaz pork and beans 12c tqlsons quicu cooking rolled- oat s quaki ig pk- wheatlets a- 9c mustard 10c 27c brocka bird seed it 14c habitant vafaubu soup 2 x 19c kuoi gropnp 2 25c clotbaa pegs 3 toe kleenex loe 29e z in 1 paat stylo sboo polish 10c htwt lemon oil o lc 25c hawt floor wax 25c 45c raclulta blue p fee fly dad sprat t 27c ciotot laaf cboppad clams 21 croan valloy peas 2 23 cornflakes q 2 15c cox gelatine t 17c princess s 33e palmolive sp 3 bo 23c oxydol pk 9c xic 65c lux 1 lakes top for kj bool 23c ammonia ho powdrt cleanser carrouvown paclui tin for a mild cool sm0kf f 5c 5c r tilttkn i a it stmlk ii iimh 5c 2 for ir ii l vikm iv j i ioc iikwit iix- 11c 2 9c llllt vikm iv imi livlttira ltlurr nuoot intato uraiirv miith ri hixrail priori fruit and vegetable priccn cootf till saturday slcht only we rfrvo the right to limit quantltiet to family requirement