HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1939-06-22, Page 7tber' Royalty
Visited Canada
King George artd Queen Eliz-
abeth . First' as Sovereigns.
King George and.Queen Elizabeth
are not the first rogalty to. corse
• to Canada. But they are the first to
visit
in.,the capacity 'of 'sovereigns:
In 1779, prlhtcer Willia'm'Henry, later
King William IV,. in command of
Pegasus, .was attached ,to
the 'Halifax and - Weat Indian sued -
the• Halifax and West Indian squad-
fon
quadion•of the IlbyaI Navy: • ••
• Prince Edward, , the eon of Bing
• .'G.eorge III,. and. later the ;lather of
'Swap Victoria, .visited Canada In'
§t, making a •second ,vieit a% :a
Member of a'British 'regiment, and-
' p third' anti- last one .in 1799. '
In'1860;• Albert Edward, .Px ince of -
Wales, :when .brat 18,.yearst of age,
eame• to this county'.He- was later
known ,as King .Edwarih ViI. hn
4'4 1901',.. the Duke. of :Cornwall' and
York, with his Duchess, visited the
Dominid a .It• *as. he who later b,e
came King George V. •, '
,Tn 1919, Canada went into :e great .
spasm of enthusiasm when.,anotlier
Prince .of Walea made a tour of the
.Country. I -he was back again in 1927.
This Prince of Wales became King
Edward • VIII...
King iGeorge VI,' of • course, had -
been in Canada btefoie. In 1913, .
while a youthful naval' cadet, , he
iouehed briefly :on the shores of
this . Dominion. •Lit.tle 'aid ;he think'
then that' he would some day, re-
turn to it • as the 'teloved: King of
Canada.
Wanda Goes By Air
dmo�.Ms
rhe only,•anitnals allowed on the
planes of the Trans -Canada Air.
Lines are "Seeing Eye" dogs guid-
ing their blind masters., 'The first
dog passenger en the T,C.A. was,
Wanda; who accompanied' her mas-
ter,'R. P. Thompson, executive of-
flcer, Canadian ,National. Institute •
for the, Blind, Calgary; Alta.; from
Calgary to. Lethbridge :and .Van-
couver and .across to• Victoria by
Canadian Airways.
Clean, Fumigate.
To Banish Moths
Gegin Your Attack On Them
With A Thorough Clean= ,
ing ,Bee
'Begin your attack,, with a (her-,
ough cleaping because moths and .
carpet beetles dislike notoriety,
. says McCall's magazine. They seek
dark, quiet 'places to lay their egs.
Brush 'well all article's 413. rooms
and closets. Thoroughly vacuum
clean rugs, upholstered furniture
and draperies. 'Fregueat and thor-
ough . use of the vacuum cieaner
prevents infestation of, upholstered
furniture -and rugs as •it removes •
lart•ae and eggs,. •
• Spray In Cracks ��'
Larvae' thrive on the -collecttl•
. wool lint and' hair in floor cracks,
and behind base boards. `Spray
these piao'es thoroughly with com-
mercial oil fumigants, which are
stainless. -Repeated application may
be necessary, as the, spray ,must
-M ke --a ..dir. t hit „i,,o kill. Power
Sprays o4 vacuum cleaners are ed-
pecially useful for this yon anti for'
saturating wool 'clothes with moth•.
proofing solution, :
Fumigate closets', chests . and ,
rooms With .paradichlorohenzene or •
tt:tlithaian•e'•fhtkee, kVA. under• brand!'
names. • ,
HEADLINES . AGAIN:. After six
welts of keeping people in darkest •
ignorance, the ' newspapers' are
flashing on usthe sudden light of
European events. For a month' and
a half we were scarcely .let knew -
that •Stich a person ae Adolt fitter
existed so chucked 'w:ere the pages
of Canadian datlieg and- weeklies
with news stories. of the, royal tour, ,
nmultitudinous, • pictures :• Their
Majesties. Madre us ,'Imeasy not to • •
`.hear: the latest he, Was up AO. But
now .,the, big streamer 'tread Ines
are back' on the .front' pages, and'
it all blood; thunder and'. Crisis•
once ` more.. 'Sgreat tq be " in :the
know again 'Much more comfort"'
• GAS •TAX STRIKE: Although_ the ,
• ay returns haven't been figured
*tip yet, it is •expected that gasoline
tax revenues' in Ontario will show
a 'falling -off from 1938 for the sec- •
and month •since the. eight -cent tax
Went into effect.- In April' they
dropped $45,0,00. 'Provincial offic-
ials; ,believe,' however; that It was •
only a 'temporary decrease, • and
the Government has no intention
of rescinding the 'increase, it: is. '
]earned. '
1M•PREGNABL,E BOCK: When one •
thinks of the solid, 'unchanging
things, of this ,world, the Rock 'of•
,Gibraltar is among those that •come i
first .to mind (with er without the
life. insurance . sign 'on it).' ,But •. as
Fascist boldness in .Europe •inereas-
es, . the" Rock becomes daily less •'
solid, secure. German. guns have
been 'trained on it from . across the
£.tsaLta for .eea:er:J;roars•.mow, IIS`
even come to .the point that ono of:
Italy's most influential—newspapers.
is deinanding transfer of the Rock'
from Britain•to Spain, Says>Il'Teto
.,grafoi "7n S,pain the question of
Gibraltar is essential. for the life
and independence of the nation."
WHAT, NO TITLES?::' in the
King's Birthday Honore •List.• this
year the name ;of. no Canadian is
included'. (except 'Sir parry 'Oakes',
of course, but' .he . has lung since.
fled to the Bahamas•).• None: inciud-.
ed because • no one : was ' recom-
mended. Thee was no recomm,enda-•
, tion. because : the present Premier;
• Who for the' time being does the
recommending, is• net in favor of -
titles, • Neither ]s' anyone else' so
far aswe can discover, ekeept Per-
haps the. people •.who can see them-
selves -getting one.
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THE W.EEK'.S •QUESTION; Why
Is the Polish Corridor (which Ger-
many wants surrendered to •'her)
essential to ' the national • life of
Poland? • Answer: The Corridor is
none other than the .province of
Pomorze which belonged to 'the an-,
cien•t kingdom of. Poland. .The
-people of• the Corridor 'nave always •
been piedoniinantly'.IPolish. Some
of Poland's most important indus-
trial areas' are located there. The
• Corridor is the lifeline passageway
through which the nation's econ-
omic products are transported • to
,the ocean abd the outside world. .
'Honolulu, Hawaii, is to have a
$1.,000,000 low cost housing pro'
jeet,
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Rural Health:
ISS Conservatluzn '
County Health .Units Make '
'Valuabl'e CeptributionOne
• of" Canada's :Most Important
Problems - ..
Attentiot is drawn: to ,the• value
of the county health units: by an- '
nouncenent of the awards in.: 'the
Canadian Rural Health .Con'serva-
tion .Contest for 1238. Financed by
the. W. K. Kellogg Foundation, the
contest is conducted in Canada by
the Caned'Ian Public Health Assure
iation in co-operation with. the Am-
erican Public. Health Association.
F r rho second time the major
awad• iti,Canada has been won by
the St; Jean-lberville-Laprafrie-Na-
pierville County Health, Unit, • t e
headquarters of, which ai•C at St.
.Jean: Quer, and the medical officer,' •
Dr. J. A. I:apierre,
Judging in the contest is ' made
by a carefully selected .group of
health Prperts, the communities..
being appraised on the measures -it
takes: (l) to pro'v,ide and safeguard
its water supply; (2) to furnish
adequate and safe sewerage •dis-
posal; (3) to: reduce infant and
maternal deaths; (4) to Combat
ttt'bercnlosis, and syphilis; (5) to
protect its. citizens against other
conunitnieable diseasee; (,0) to in -
'sure, healthy . ch'ildre'n; (7) to pro-'
tett and safeguard fts milk and
other foods; 18) to promote -effec-
tive eo-operation with its physlciatis
and dentists• in furnishing neees-'
-sa'r'i--set t res•-•te-fill Thos tvh.o n eat
them; (9) to enlarge and intprov,e
its 1ey•trndeestanding of ways and-
sticans- of preventing sicktieas and
death .a4td of tnalittaining good
health. •
tbaral health eon•set•vetiou is one
Of tl:,. 'most' ;linter tett pi blear iu:
Caiteda and it is to be ;leaped that'
tho e%atiple • Sal by the ' •various
eouaty health units in the. Province
of Qtkbec will stimulate action hi
Litany otlacr :Barts of. Canada.
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A. thousand pictures she •had. seek of the Falls.fell far Short ,of its .real
beauty •declared Queen:.Elizabeth during. the Royal visit to Niagara Falls,
Ontario. ;
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..N• AR:iO
'UTDOOR•S'.
1By 'Vic . BAKER .
BASS POSTER
Angier Ernest Grand of ( Tor-
onto is, credited wit)i the, idea :for
the bass. poster: picturing the legal
minimum size, which the Ontario
Department of Ganie • and Fisher-:
req is posting throughout the bass
resorts of Ontario this year.
Twenty-five thousand were Print-
ed
rinted at a .cost .of $600 'at the recom-
mendation of, that active Otani- .
zation, the Ontario Federation of ;
A'ng'lers, we are reliably'informed.
WE'RE ALL FOR IT
And speaking of the 'Ontario
Federation of. Anglers recalls to
Mind—their current progress report
cowering' the .1938-39 season of
their popular' and' widespread con .
servation activities.' We quote
-from this report what we think will
be interesting information for, e-
ery conservation -minded • citizen.
of Ontario;: '
"If politicians, newspaper crit-
ics; non-member clubs;, converse-.
tionalists rather than cons.ervation-
alists, or other individuals or
groups of 'men, feel that they can
'do more•, with a $1,000 grant of
. public money, in. •a constructive,
consistent way, on behalf of een-
servation and. restoration •of vdii.id
'life in Ontario, the Federation
would like to hear from them, and •
the letter will be published in our
next bulletin.
"It is our', opinion that. over a
period of years' our affiliated clubs,
. through the Federation, ,have gii . '
, ai the Department of Game and
Fisheries more constructive help
with their many problems than any
' other voluntary agency. We have
had the satisfaction of seeing
many• of our' recommendations ac-
•cpted and carried out.
"Why 'should• the government -
not subscribe to our work.htpder
'.these' circumstances, .even more•
. fully than •at, present?' Next year,
we''propose asking the governin'ent
' for $3;000, justified "on the basis
of what :we have started and will
,ac•coniplish.; in ,this 'prese'nt year
193.9. . • • •
. "Our. experience 'with' the pres-
ent • Department. of ' Game and-
, Fisheries has been' that they do
willingly acre t honest, construct-'
ive criticism -
Ontario Fruit's
Fine Prospects
There's, Going ,To. Be A Bump-: •
er 'Crop In Some Dista acts
This Year—Outlook Bright .
in Others • •
Bright prospects for. 'the fruit
crop in Ontarid are forecast in the
.first fruit and • vedgetable crop re-
port of the season - Issued by` -the
Ontario Department of Agricul-
ture, :
' • Weather ;conditions have been
favorable' for growth of •fruit in.
Western 'Ontario and frost damage.
has been negligible., Nearly ill -var-
ieties of fruit trees, plants and
vines wintered '•well and showed'
good to heavy blossom, 'with the
.exception 'of Spy apples ..in some
areas. • • '
• They've Weathered. Weil
• ' Spies showed average to good in
Norfolk County and the Georgian
• Bay. dis'tric't; but light elsewhere.
Trees generally' wintered well and
rodent injury to young •trees 'was
tho only damage reported.
• Cherries, peaches, pears • and,
. plums all' showed a heavy yield
to come. • .
Grape vines are in a• healthier
and hardier condition than for
•some seasons past. Strawberry
plantations are in excellent condi-
tion. Raspberry acreage was re-
duced slightly this :year.
The Province of Sind,' in India,
will build 79 new .toads • before
1941i•
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oF the
PRESS
PAGE A RED HERRING
You can recognize. a political 'is- -
sue by the way party .lead'ere snort ,`
• and shy when they pass it 'on the '
road. _Windsor Star. .
OVERPOPULATEU '
With huge throngsimeeting them
at every place they stopped at,'
the 'King ,;arid Queen may have
gathered the idea Canada ig over,:
popitlated---•-St Theenae, Times-
Journal: A
WE.- CODE D'LEAD THE WAY
Just • as 'Canada . encoprage,d by
her.acts the iallapse ofthe League
of' Nations, so today Canada by
vigorous' action which would again
, . receive th'e "approval of all sec-
; tions" of this . country could help
to lead the way to the only way of
peaceful life that offers itself,—•
Winnipeg Free,Press.•
,.GONE W1TH THE WIND -
,.In St. Thomas' a memorial foun- •
• thin erectedyears ago for the
watering 'of horses is to, be moved
,to: a park and filled with flowers .
because there are few,` if any
horses left to .• use it and because
it interfereswith motor . traffic.
Like . the hitching -post, the water-
; ing-trough is today an urban ana-
cbronism and it may soon join the
. cigar -store Indians in ' the. '.muse-
urns.—Brockville "Recorder and
Times.
CANADA'S'SH.il.Mi '
J<aE there -is any, O.ne using wxh,.c t_.,.
the Federal and Provincial Gbv-..
ernments have failed in during re-
cent 'years, it has' been " • in . the ,'
handling •of the single 'unemployed
mein. The United States has its
.GCC camps, and South Africa has
formed. semi -military reginients
where'youths are given a training.
However, every effort in Canada '
Seems to have failed tei touch the
problems' as a ' whole:' London
Free Press.
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Neighbors Lend',
Farmers Grain
Neyvcariaers to Burgessville Dis-'• :
.trio,Unused to Canadian'
.Meth•ods, Are Helped By Old-•
.'er Residents . -
International ,friertiship Was evi-
denced .,when 15 neighbors' .of John:
•Bersejovsky and Andre* Stentail
rey, Holbrook, near Burgessville, •
Ont., helped ',tlie •two "new Can-
adians" .wi.tli • spring seeding.
The. is o men are of 'Hungarian
bi'r'th, but resided' in Slovakia 'until
the fear of •what might happen in
the future caused 'then, ea' move
to, Canada in September, 1938, with
their wives and' Stentimrey's fam-
.
.ily. •
• 'Unfamiliar with • Canadian ways
of` farming they, were far behind
with seeding this' spring, and had
reached the end.,of their, rope iii. •
more ways than one.
Paid Back After Harvest
One' neighbor ,loaned „them suffi-
cient seed grain, to be .paid.;bac•k
after harvest, and one day seven
tractors and eigllt'teams of horses
were 'pulling • plows,• harrows, •etc:,
and,,'flnaily seed drills ovcr,23 acres
of land: •
MAGIC CARPET
It doesn't matter what, you're
thinking of buying—a bar. -pin'
or a baby grand, a new suit for
junior- Or a set of dining -room
furniture—the best' place to
start your shopping tour is in
'an • easy -chair, With an . • open
newspaper. •
The turn of a page will car-
ry' you as swiftly as the magic
carpet of the Arabian Nights,
from one end of the shopping
district to the other. You can
rely on modern advertising as.a
guide ,to good values,you can
compare 'prices andstyIe fab-
ric's and finishes, just as though
• your were-'sta'nding in a store.
Make a habit of reading the
adverti'sentents in this paper
every week. They can save you
time, energy and money.
POP --Beyond Doubt rhe, Bride Thinks of Him
WNAT6Vf`ft MUST A 1 821DE
. 'T141NK' WiaEN; SI -165'
44;F�1' WAITING A"1 TNG
CiIURGw
it DOES torte good. in \a pipe!"
HANDY S,EM.-TUGHT POUCH -1 SC
"L.OK-TOP" TIN -'6ac
also packed in Pocket Tin .'
GROWN IN .SUNNY, SOUTHERN ONTARIO
• Can 1?::
:BY ANNE, ASHLEY
Q,. -•How `cell T ,out ,pies "so'thiat
• 'the meringue Will not stick. . to the '
knife? •
`A.—Dip the knife in cold water -
before cutting • each .slice,. of the
meringue pie, or the cake, and
see how teat the the are, with-
out breaking or sticking. .
..can I clean white silk -
lace
A� It should- be washed and'
rinsed in benzine;. dried in • the
open air, and pressed between
sheets '.of '.white ,paper. .This same..
:-'method-can also be used on cotton
lace. Caution: Benzine is inflam-
mable. • , '•
' ' Q.-H.ow'can I draw an extreme.,
ly stubborn, p1'inter 'troth,. - the
flesh?
A. -Take' Bader -root and .. the
•seed of Jamestown=weed; fry it in-
lard,'mid 'apply. • It•is claimed. that
this will ' draw any selia.ter froth ,
'the flesh. -
Q,. thew can• ]r lubricate the_
food
zrinsler4 or .any •other
similar kitchen device and 'avoid
• un r disagreeable trate or sniell'of
:A.—Use a drop or ivo. of: sly
serine: '
•Q:—How can T simplify • the '
• task: of threading a needle?'
A. -The threadm
can becore ea-
sil,y inserted into the. needie eye .
':if -.it' is clipped on thek•.bias. Slip-
ping -silk threads. through .the' nee -
cite. 'eye twice: will prevent' their •
• constantly slipping. otit.
Q.=How can' I' Clean ''Master of
Paris ornaments?: •
=Cover witha thick .coating'
a starch and 'let it become per -
pertly, dry. Then brush' off. and
' the dirt will .come off with it.
•Degrees of drunkenness' have
been listed by an American. doc- ,
tor, who complains of the 'difli= .
Gutty in trying to prove that driv-
ers axe • drunk. 'He , gives the • six
stages of drunkenness as': (i) Dry
and •decent: ; (-2) :Delighted 'and
devilish. (3y, Delinquent and dis-..
gusting:. (4) Dizzy, and delirious.
(5) Dazed and dejected. (e) Dead
' drunk. -
ition TO..
Iran :Villa e
The first archeological exp'ed1,- •
"tion evezr'sent out -"by the Uniitert_
. sity of Westen Ontario has ,pitch-,
• ed .camp -,at, an. old Indian -village . .
site, ..Ciearville, near Morpeth, t;o
• spend ,six iwegks• investigating the '
historical 'evidence found there,'
• Under the ',leadership of Wilfrid
• Jury, who with his father, A. H.
Jury, is honorarycurator • of the •
‚Indian 'Mutear'at •the Universit3•, .
the party is;ednducting an archeo-
logical survey of the ancient carp:
' site.
' The Clearville si
.te `is o,n the,
farm' of John Cochrane, of:Duart',•
and Mr.•.Cochrane gave' permission`
`• to the :archeologists, to conduct •
their survey.. They are camping.
on .the spot during , he •exeavation,
'wh,ielt 'must. be done very. careful -
ay,.
in: order:,that no bit of, evid- :
ence; no, 'ratter how: small; .may •I e :
damaged. ,
11. Roles' -;.
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FON' YOUR
CONVENIENCE
LIFE'S LIKE THAT
' THE COLONEL,
-,By ;Fred Nunez'
"1 didn't want 'a let of glassy eyes staring at tie:"
rtttd 1$36. by Itiv 11 Sgtidiearq,.tgf,),,
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