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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1941-05-15, Page 6TIWBSI1AY, MAY Will, J»ll THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE LOOK OUT FOR YORR LIVER .BmcSc ' It up right now and feel like a million! Yqut liver I# the largest organ in your My and most important to your health, It pours out bile to digest food, gets rid of waste, supplies new energy, allows proper nourishment to reach your blood* When yow hver gets put of order food decomposes jn your intestines. You be­ come constipated, stomach and kidneys can’t work properly. You fee! ’fyottea’*—headachy, feackachy, dizzy, dragged out all the dine. For over 33 year? thousand? have won prompt relief from these miseries—with Fruit-a-tives. So can you npw. TryFruit-a-tives—you’llbe simply delighted how quickly yog II feel hke a new person, happy and well again. 25c, 50c. Canada’s Largest Selling Liver Tablets simply delighted how quickly new person, happy and well; FRUITATIVES son last and CREDITON EAST Mr. and. Mrs. Wm. Wareing and son and daughtei’ and Mrs. Raechel Sims, all of Exeter, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs, Eli Sims. Mrs. Alex Hamilton and Barry, of Grand Bend, visited week with her parents, Mr. Mrs, H. Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Heatherley and Mrs. Frank Scheiding, all of Lon­ don, and Mrs. R. Motz and Shirley and Bobby, of Exeter, spent Sun­ day with Mrs. C. Motz. Mr. Harold Truemner, of Wood- stock, and Mr. Eber Lewis, of Lon­ don, spent Sunday at their homes here. Mr. Charles Anderson and son Jack and Mrs. Wilson Anderson spent Sunday in Exeter. ZION on Sunday in the com- Gunning, of Exeter, is the community. Day service was It was well at- ■Wedding bells are ringing! in Zion. Mrs. H. Kyle, of Exeter, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Ross Hern on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George Earl, of Exe­ ter visited munity. Mr.s A. visiting in The Mother’s held, on Bunday, tended. The Mother’s Day program was followed and five babies were baptized: Doris and Doreen Brock, Edward Hern, Gretta Stephens and Harry Jacques. There will be no services in Zion Church next Sunday as it is Wood­ ham anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Harold -Bell, Mrs. (Philip Murch and Marion Murch spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Norman Jacques, The May meeting of the Zion Women’s Missionary Society was. held at the honie of Mrs, Welling­ ton Brock. The meeting was open­ ed by singing hymn 39.9, followed by the Lord’s Prayer. The minutes of 'the last meeting were read and adopted. Roll call was answered. The business was then discussed. It, was decided that the supper be held the 11 of June. Hymn -500 was- then sung, after which Mrs. Warren 'Brpck led . in prayer. Mrs. Mil­ ton' Brock then read the scripture. The offering was taken and hymn 356 was sung. The study book was taken by several members and Mrs. Edgar Baker favored with a piano instrumental. Hymn 384 wa% sung and the meeting was closed with prayer 'hy Mrs. Melville Hern. The bale was packed at this meet­ ing. The monthly meeting of the Zion Mission Circle was held at the home of Erlma Jacques. The meeting was opened by singing hymn 444, followed by the Lord’s Prayer. The minutes and roll call were taken. The business was discussed and the Bible lesson was read by Erlma Jac­ ques. Jean .Brock gave a reading and hymn 399 was sung. Follow­ ing Mother’s Day prayers the study book was taken by several mem­ bers. The offering was received and hymn 500 was sung followed by the National Anthem. The meet­ ing was closed by the Mizpah bene­ diction. Pert and Pertinent “Be sure you are right before you go ahead—“ —or back up. “A receding chin is considered a handicap in practically all the pursuits of life.’’ ■—except when indulging in that pleasant diversion <of eating Cora off the cob. AH Tired Out Before Day Half Over Women who should be strong: and healthy become Weak, run down and worn, out, and are unable to attend to their household duties. They get up in ^-he morning dreading the day’s work ahead of them. Some disease or constitutional dis­ turbance has left its mark in the form of shattered nerves', impover- iehed blood, and an exhausted con­ dition of the entire system, Women Will find in Milburn’s Health and Nerve Pills the remedy they need to supply food for the exhausted' nerve force, and one that Will help them back to sound, perfect health again. The T. Mllbnrn Oo^ X4<3., Toronto, Ont. I I WOODHAM A splendid play was put on here by the Young People in the Orange Flail on Friday evening last. This play, “Lena Rivers”, was most in­ teresting and humorous and was en­ joyed by all present. Everyone taking part did exceptionally well. The Misses Marion and Muriel Ste­ phens and Marion Mills sang a trio number between the acts. The pro­ ceeds amounted to $42.0:0. Combined services were held here last Sunday morning in the church auditorium. The Mother’s Day ser­ vice was observed, Mr* Leonard Thacker, assistant superintendent, conducted the services. The leaflet was followed and Donald Rodd and M. Copleand. read the scripture les­ son, Miss Audrey Johnson gave the story; Mrs, Cecil Carnm, Mrs. Jack Thompson and Kenneth Parkinson dramatized a portion of the New Testament, Timothy, his mother and grandmother talking with the Ap­ ostle Paul, Rev. A. Laing gave a very splendid and fitting address foi’ the day. The minister also con­ ducted the baptismal service, which was administered to five children of the congregation. Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rundle were Mrs. Ellen Rundle; Mrs. Walter Stewart: Mrs. C. Mackintosh, Ted and Agnes, of St. Marys. , We are pleased to report that Mrs. John Rinn was able to return from Victoria Hospital on Friday last. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Squire and Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Stone and daughter Donna, of Kirkton spent Friday last with Mr. and Mrs. How­ ard Andersoxx of Washington. Mr. and Mrs. E, Ray yisited with Miss .Hanna Rinn on Sunday last. Mx*. A. Vanderlin, Ted and Bill, of St. Marys, werte the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Merriott, on Sunday last. Leonard Harris has enlisted and will go to Vancouvei’ to train. Mr. Wendell Camm, of Burgess- ville, was a week-end guest at his father’s home. Next Sunday, May 8th, anniver­ sary services will be held here at 11 a.m. in the morning and 7 p.m. in the evening. The speakei’ for the day will be Rev. D. McTavish, of London. LETTER BOX DIGESTION IMPROVED Complexion Cleared Up BRINSLEY his re- buried Tues- in the Mrs. Mr. and and Mrs. Mrs,, bap- hadMrs. Jas. Trevethick of the music for a Mothers’ and Mrs. Walter Lewis of Gunner Cyril Morley of Petawawa Camp spent last week-end with family. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Morgan port the birth of a baby boy. Mrs. Dan Lewis is visiting her daughters in Toronto. Much sympathy is extended to the friends of the late Mrs. Wm. Hodgins. Mrs. Hodgins was at St. Mary’s Cemetery on day of last week. Mother’s day was observed United Church on 'Sunday. Eldon Hodgson acted as leader. Rev\ L. Turner spoke on the subject, “The Ideal Mother”. Ken Sholdice and Mr. Wes. Watson had their babies tized. charge choir. Mr. Centralia spent Sunday with their mother, Mrs. Alice Lewis, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Morley. Mr. Beatson and Miss Willa Beat- son, of Granton, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ken Sholdice. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy, of St. their daughter, on Sunday. Pte. Clayton Camp called on day last.. Miss Eva Bardwell, spent Amos. Kennedy and Miss Marys, visited with Mrs. Wes. Watson, Lewis of Chatham his parents on Sun- of Appin, Sunday with Miss Gertrude HARTLEY and Mrs. S. Greb, DorisMr. Kenneth, of Exeter, and Mr. Mrs. Oscar Greb, of Zurich, spent Sunday with Love. The pupils IX), Stephen, Mr. and of School attended and and Mrs, Hugh Section No. the recital given by their teacher, Mr. Douglas Gill, at Grand Bend United Church on Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Love, of Lon­ don, called on Mr. and Mrs. Love and family. Mrs. Harold friends Newton Hay ter, and Elson Spent Thursday Grand Bend.at Ross Mrs. with CORBETT Mrs. Maurice Murray and McBryan visited in Sar- Mr. and Mr, Fred nia on Sunday. Mr. Gordon Woodburn had a butchering bee recently. Mr, and Mrs, Ted McFherson and family, of Toronto, spent the week­ end at their summer home here, Grace Church, Greenway, are not holding a .strawberry social this year. a Each family is contributing one dollar instead. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hutchinson announce the birth of a son on Monday, May '5th. Many friends and relatives at­ tended the funeral of the late Mrs. Wm. Iledglns, of Brinsley, on Tues­ day of last week. Mrs. Garfield Steeper and Lyle spent Saturday evening with friends at Grand Bend, The following letter was receiv­ ed from Trinidad by Mrs. Chas. Johns, superintendent of the Main St. Mission Band: Palm Grove, Princes Town, Trinidad, B.W.I., April 14, 1'941 Dear Friends: It was my pleasant duty some weeks ago to unpack a Mission which you had contributed. I hoped to get a letter off to promptly, but there are many mands on our time and letter writ­ ing is often put off till a more con­ venient season. We know that the supply depot on the local home so­ cieties is putting a lot of work into getting materials ready to send to us here and we want you to know that we appreciate your work and expense and we assure you that the things you sent are put to good use. Since many of the Mission Bands are studying Trinidad, this year and the books are so good, I won­ der what you want to ask me. While you in Canada are of yoqr snow, we dry season, which time” for since the many people are busy cutting sugar cane and hauling it to the factories, Much of the work of cutting is done by the women while the men do the hauling. Thus in crop season the attendance at our meetings is not good because the women have to work in the fields. They do a lot of work in the fields at all seasons but are extra busy now. The rain may come any time and that will make the clay soil very slippery and it will be difficult to get the cane off the fields'. All about here is very hilly and one day I saw three oxen hitched tandem hauling a load of cane up the hill thru the field to the road. This load could be haul­ ed on the road by one ox. Some­ times, indeed, quite often, women carry the cane from the field to the road where it is loaded on the carts. The days are very hot but the nights are cool and pleasant. Most of my time is spent holding meetings with women and girls in the country districts about here. I live here at iPalm Grove with Ma­ bel McNicol, who is superintendent of the Iere Home for Girls. The Home is in the same yard with our 'house. Some 20 girls .live in the Home and go to the Canadian Mis­ sion school which is just up the hill. The school has nearly 300 ■children enrolled. The school ’building is not divided up into ■many separate rooms such as your schools in Canada are but several : teachers are teaching in one room. Sometimes it is surprising how much ’lhey 'accomplish amid so much . noise and sometimes it is surprising how quiet the school is with so. much work going on. Much depends on the attitude of the head teacher. ■The homes here are very pooi^ •and many people suffer from mal­ nutrition because they do not get enough of the proper food. Scrap books and toys just are not known except as we give them to children, and without them childhood is rob­ bed of much of its joy. I wish you Could come with me to a country Sunday ‘School and see how eagerly the ’children receive the used Christ­ mas cards which come to us in the Mission boxes. Often the walls of the homes are decorated with them. ■Of course the small children play ‘ with them and they get lost so the need is perpetual. Books of Bible stories for children are very ac­ ceptable too. Yours in our box had you de­ just getting rid are having oui’ is called “crop end of January, Master’s service, Elma Inman * * lettei’ is from Cpl. t * The following Ivan Culbert, somewhere, in Eng­ land, written to >his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Myron Culbert, of Lucan: « On the Boat. March 12, 1941 My D<ear Home Folks: I am stretched out on my cabin bed in Belfast Hr. awaiting to push off for Hysham where I catch' my train for London. Thus back to camp, the end of a perfect nine days leave in lovely Ireland. Sure and the country and cities on the whole could easily be taken for Canada, not only that, the people also. They afe much more like ourselves than the English sez I. It would do you good, to hear the real old-fashioned talk. The War being the main topic of the day, should, I think, be dis­ cussed first. Conscription is hot even heard of dvei’ here. The young chaps are still going about their daily duties as if nothing Was tak­ ing place just over the water a few miles. There are a few, of course, Who enlisted at the outbreak. Air raids are unheard of. They have had but three warnings since the war began and there were no planes to be heard. The blackouts here ■are very poor. I must say it Was a treat to see lights again. It will take a decent raid to bring them to their senses and make them real­ ize just how careless they are with the showing of lights. ' This part of Ireland, that I am telling you about is the Northern;. part, Belfast in particular. The Southern pa“t, or Free State, have no blackouts whatsoever, It a mail Happy Woman’s Stqry Everyone who is subject to any form of indigestion should know at this woman’s experiences. Advice from one who has had such severe attacks is advice worth having. She writes:-—'“I suffered from # indigestion, gastritis and constipation, and was so very ill, I had (op medical advice) to live on soda biscuits and milk for three months. Wen, a friend advised me to take Kruschen, and now I am® leased to say I am greatly improved. I can eat and enjoy a good meal without, any painful after-effects,, my skin is clearer—in fact, quite clear and there is no sign of constipation. I would advise anyone suffering the same to take Kruschen,”—(Mrs.) M. R. L. The immediate effect of the several salts in Kruschen is to stimulate your liver and kidneys to normal action and help to free your system of poisonous waste matter. . Soon after you start on Kruschen •’ you will find that you are able, to enjoy your food without distressing after-effects. SEMEsaanCTOB? over the he would and in- It does in uniform were to go border into the Free State, be arrested immediately, temed for the duration, seem a shame, that there has to be such a difference in.two parts of such a small country. Now the subject of rations. Again I say, Ireland is lucky so far. I went into a restaurant shortly af­ ter arriving here lafct Thursday morning and asked the waitress if she could possibly spare an egg. She said, “Sure, and ye may have as many . as your heart desires.” Without hesitating, I immediately replied, “Two fried eggs with ba­ con.” And was it ever good? The first I had tasted in a long while. Not only that, but they served real butter, and plenty of it. I might say that Southern Ireland is finding it hard to get foodstuffs. Friday, March 14, 1941 Hello again"! You will see I did “not do any writing at all yesterday. It was a long, tiresome journey. However, on with the story. I might say that poverty in Bel­ fast is very great. It is just as bad in some parts of the city as in Lon­ don 50 years ago. The thing that caught my eye just along those lines were iold ..women between the ages of '5'5 and f60, walking the streets with a large, blanket over their head and down over their shoulders, carrying a baby under their arm insid^ tlie blanket. They would approach everyone on the street and say, “Spare a half, Mis­ ter?” meaning a half crown. They would look so pitifully at you, then down at the baby, as much as to say, “We are starving.” At first I felt sorry for them, but soon’ dis­ covered that these babies were not their own, but were .rented for one shilling a day for the purpose. But all they got out of me was one Pen­ ney. so I did not lose much there. . I am led to believe that Ireland is the most religious country in the world. I never saw so many dif­ ferent kinds of churches in my life as there are in Belfast. The two distinct classes are Presbyterian and Roman Catholic. The I.R.A. in Belfast is very large (I.R.A. as you know stands for Irish Republican Army). They are causing trouble. That’s why there is not conscription. If they ever mentioned it the I.R.A. would cause an uprising, and make it plenty hot for the Northern Government. Many stage coaches are still seen about the streets. They are used chiefly for funerals. A very common sight in Belfast streets are the little donkeys and carts—very useful animals—the donkeys. Irish farms are more like the English, although all the buildings are stone, covered with lime. The houses are all one storey-—long and narrow. The farms are quite Small in acreage, but mixed farming is carried out. Now I think I have -told you near­ ly everything I learned about IrC land in the time I was there, so now I will tell you about my trip in general. I left -here oh Wednes­ day, 5th of March at 1200 hours, going to London. I ..caught the 3 p.m. train for Hysham. It was a long ride, hut I made friends with a young lady who was going nearly {ffiSEMorffissjaarasBa IERSI A ATTENTION! $ stand W M YOUR FEET M uiuuS^® MINARDS LINffiENT WARTIME TELEPHONE TRAFFIC PROMOTES MULTI-CIIANNEL CIRCUITS to Hysham to meet her young man So by conversing with her the time seemed to slip by quickly. I arrived in Hysham at 845 directly on to the cabin and settled night. I remember out at 12,15 a.m,, well the rest of the way. We reach­ ed Belfast at 8,30 a.m, Thursday morning. I had no idea where I was going or where I could stay, as I did not know a soul. I checked my kit at the Y.M.C.A,. walked about town a bit, then into quite a nice restaurant for dinner. The young lady who waited on me saw I was from Canada, and be­ gan to carry on a conversation. I asked hex’ if she could recommend a Place to stay. She gave me an ad­ dress in a private home, which I looked up later on in the day, and received a very warm welcome. They are a couple of about forty .with two small children. She already had had twoNaval officers who had been there for some months. I felt at home with them immediately, and I made arrangements to have my meals and bed there, as long as I was to remain in Belfast, Thomp­ son was their name. She said she was going to write to you, Mother. The first evening I just more or less summed up the city and made my plans for the days ahead. There yzasn’t actually much to do except visit the main buildings of inter­ est. So Friday I spent in the Mu­ seum, Art Gallery, City Hall and a few of the largei’ departmental stores. In the evening to the cin­ ema with some friends I made that day. Of course I took advantage of my nice soft bed in the morn­ ings, rising about ten o’clock. Us­ ually spent the rest of the mornings down town looking around: Saturday afternoon I visited lagher’s Tobacco Factory, the est of its kind in the w.orld. employ no less than 2,000 girls. One room we walked into, there were 400 girls and some very, nice ones at that. Of course the Can­ ada badge on my shoulder drew a lot of attention, and it was a bit embarrassing at times. I had left my greatcoat down near the of­ fice before going through, and when I came to put it on there was a note in my pocket. I discovered that one of the office girls had placed it there, so I got 'her name and ad­ dress, and called to see her one evening. She was typically Irish; black hair and blue eyes and black eyelashes. Yes, she was something to be proud of. Saturday evening I went into Society. I received an invitation to a big party. The Mayor, Sir G. McCullough, and his wife along with the well-known Miss Frances Day were present. A big supper was served at eleven, and the party broke up at 2 a.m. Sunday morning to church with the^ Thompsons. Their church is Presbyterian, of course, and what a lovely big place it is. Two galler­ ies on three sides of the building. The minister’s name is Mr. Young. He spent part of his college days in the U.S.A, and Canada. Mr. Thompson introduced me to him after the service, and he gave me an invitation to his home for tea on -the following Tuesday.- His wife by th® way is in the hospital with a. two-weeks-old baby girl—- the first child. He.said he was go­ ing to write to you, Mother, so you will no doubt get a letter very soon. Sunday afternoon Mr. took me about the city to an an aunt of Mr. ■her home was place. The kind with the rod to hang the kettle on. By stoop­ ing down you could see right up the chimney and outside. Just to ■the right of the fireplace was a wheel, that when turned, acted as a blacksmith’s forge by the air coming up and causing the fire to burn. We really had a real old- fashioned country supper, then back to Belfast. Monday afternoon I spent going ■through the rope and twine factory, ■and the Irish linen mills. Tuesday afternoon the Belfast Telegraph,«, which is the big city paper. I saw how the papers are printed, and how pictures, both plain and colored, were printed on the paper. This all took about three hours, after Which they gave me tea and cakes. I the only visitor that day. Then, on Wednesday, my day in Belfast, I just renewed a of my acquaintances and on boat at nine p.m. to start back to ‘England. It was a perfect night, full moon .and Very mild. It was an eight-hour ride,, and we reached Hysham just as the sun was coming ■up, the same time the moon was Setting, to see. did not leave for London until 10.30 a.m. The journey back was tire­ some, but I managed to stick it, ax*“ riving in London at 6,30 p.m, I de­ cided oaks, tions, ■train, ride. me, and I told them all about my leave. I ‘Caught the bus for Reigat^ next morning at 10,15 a.m., riving back in Reigate by hrs., the time I was supposed in. At the present time are toomovo to our new area, to, huts about five miles from here. I don’t '■ ft hrs., and went boat, booked a down for the the boat pulling but slept very The March of Science I I On Gal- larg- They Thompson fifteen miles out of Irish farm. It was Thompson’s. Inside a huge open fire- was last few the It really was a pretty sight We. got on the train and to spend the night ip' Seven- so with a few changes in st a- I just managed to catch the This meant another hour’s They were very glad to see ar- 1200 to be about As the national war effort reaches its climax, government and industry alike have turned to the telephone to get things done quickly. The urgent need for more long distance facilities has promoted the use of methods of obtaining additional voice chan­ nels without erecting more wires. Several conversations are sent over one pair of wires at the same time, yet they do not inter­ fere with one another in the least! Imagine two trains running abreast on a double track rail­ road. Then imagine a Ghost Train running between them, using all four tracks! Such a feat is in­ conceivable in railroading, but sending three telephone conversa­ tions ' at once over two. pairs of wires has been in practice since 1900. Moreover, the “phantom” channel superimposed on the two physical channels not only does not interfere with them, but is it­ self a better conductoi* of voice currents than they arer This ap­ parent miracle is achieved by in- serting special equipment at the ends of the two physical circuits. This equipment switches the phantom voice current off the wires at the end of the line to connect with its own telephone. A standard telephone pole line carries 20 pairs of wires, provid­ ing 20 ordinary telephone chan­nels. By superimposing phantom channels on the physical ones, ten more voice paths are provided, making a total of 30. Wonderful ? The engineers have still more wonders in store! Every radio user knows that a broadcasting station transmits at a certain ’“frequency”, measured in “kilocycles”. Stations near one another do not broadcast at the same frequency, lest their pro- grams interfere with one another. Ordinary telephone conversations » are also transmitted at a certain** frequency—one t kilocycle. If an­ other conversation is transmitted through the same wire, but at a higher frequency, it will not in­ terfere with the first conversa­ tion, any more than one radio sta­ tion interferes with another’ oper­ ating at a different frequency. These high-frequency telephone currents are known as “carrier” currents. By this means., three more channels were provided*on cer­ tain pairs of wires on the stand­ ard pole line, increasing the capa­ city of the original 20 to 54 chan­ nels, On new lines, specially de­ signed foi’ the purpose, 68 chan­ nels can be provided on 20 pairs of wires. The development of the carrier' system illustrates the extensive and continuous research carried out by the telephone industry in behalf of better telephone service at less cost. In times of emer­ gency, such as the present, the value of this research is increased many fold. Recently, new carrier systems, have been developed which can carry still more conversations through one pair of wires. The co-axial cable—a wire contained in a tube—can carry 480 conver­ sations simultaneously. It is only in very highly-populated sections of the country that these systems are required. However, the co­ axial cable can also transmit the complex curi’ents which carry televisioix images. Thus the trans- » mission of several conversations through one wire has led to im­ provements in the new art of tele­ vision, the use", of which open up immense possibilities to the imag­ ination. J'No. 4 of a series prepared .by H. G. 0wen,*1 l^of the Bell Telephone Company of Canada.^ like the idea, but have to go along. There were four parcels and eight­ een letters awaiting me when I returned. Four were from home. I’m so glad you are all well and things are shaping up towards Spring. A parcel from you, mother, with a jar of butter came. It was perfect, and what a treat it is! Just as nice as you always made it. That box of candy, the new kind, you know, was all' good. It was quite firm and an excellent flavor. The cheese and crackers sure are a treat, be­ cause you cannot possibly get cheese anywhere in England. Now I am looking forward to my watch com­ ing. I will wire as soon as it reach­ es me. The othei' parcels were from Mr. Cossy—a 2-lb. box of “Lauras” from the store, and a lovely book from Mr. Moores. * 1 must write to him very shortly. Well, I think by the time you fig- r ure this .much out, your eyes will be tired, so will be writing to you later in the week. I will send Mr. Cossy a few snaps as soo$ as I get them finished. Much love to you all and God be with you. Your loVing son, Ivan A'34'63 Cpl. Culbert, I. H., “B” Co’y., The Royal Canadian Rgt. % ‘ Base Post Office, CANADA, • C.A.S.F. * >k Your Nott Visit to Toronto Try Hotel Waverley Located on Wide Spadlna Av®, at College St. Easy Parking Facilities Convenient to Highways 9 51.5® to tt.ll 5158 to 55.99 Four Io Room, 55.08 to to tho University,Close t______ ________ Parliament Buildings, Maple Loaf {Gardens, Theatres, Hospitals, Wholesale Houses, and ths fashionable Shopping District. A, Ml POWELL. PRESIDENT Hospitals, Retail 1 j j I ♦ The Queen’s Fund The following letter to the Lon­ don Free ’Press was written by Mr, Allan B. Hobbs, of Galt, Veter­ an of the last Great War and bro­ ther of Mrs. T. O. Southcott, of town. Editor, Free Press: Congratula­ tions to The Free Press on raising ovei’ $7,000 already for the British War Victims. We in Galt have given over $6,000 to The Reporter- Telegram branch of the fund, far Canadians have given through the Queen’s Canadian Fund and The Telegram Fund (both branches of the Lord Mayor’s Fund for British Wai’ Victims), around $750,1000* That sounds Impressive, but frankly it is not good ehough. Canada recently raised about $6,- 000,000 for the comfort, welfare and recreation of the Canadian forces. These are all well fed^Well clothed, well sheltered, well paid. Practically all have peaceful nights. As yet few have war, Or indeed been ger. Millions of Britons, on 1?he other .hand, have been in the real “front line’^ for nearly a year, thousands of them.have been buried in the ruins of their homes. Hund­ reds have been blown to pieces, thd'usands have lost their loved ones. No estimate has been made So .good beds and seen any real neat' any dan- yet as to how. many thousands in the ravaged cities of London, Liv­ erpool, Glasgow, Belfast, Coventry, Plymouth, Southampton and dozens of other cities have lost practically- all theix’ worldly goods but the clothes on their backs. Is Canada doing all it can foi’ these heroic people? Every Canad­ ian who has more than the necessi­ ties of life—and who'of ns has not more than this?—should count it his first duty to help the Mother­ land in the most ‘desperate hour of hex’ long history. Thanks to her protection, we are still in peace and safety and com­ fort. Are we to go on spending­ millions of dollars on oui’ drinks and smokes, >o'ux’ shows and parties our sports and selfish pleasures,, and spare .only a pittance, compara­ tively foi’ the bombed-out Britons? Allan B. Hobbs' Galt, May 1941, James St. Afternoon Auxiliary The afternoon Auxiliary of the James St. Church met on Thursday afternoon, May 8th, in the church parlors. Twenty-six members were- present, Th© usual business aiid reports were given. It was decid­ ed to entertain the Baby Band at the- ■regular June meeting of the Auxil­ iary. Mrs. C. Christie’s Group was in charge of the program, Miss Monteith led the worship service. Mrs. B, W. F. Beavers read the Scripture lesson. A duet was given by Mrs. Bissett and Mrs. <3. Jeffrey. Mrs. C.. Walker gave the topic for' study, “The Surgeon of Skeena”. The reports from the Presbyterial' were given by the -delegates, Mrs. McGregor and Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Anthony led. in prayer for the mis­ sionaries.