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WHHRH BEAUTY WALKS
“Dear common flower that grows beside the way!
When we women find the mounting cost of living too much of a
problem, let us stop and rest awhile, remembering those good things that
may be had without money and without price. ,
Truly,, “beauty wanders- everywhere . As the bright pageant ox
summer bloom moves forward to its glorious finale yte may freely take to
our souls gorgeous memories of summer splendour to brighten the long,
blossomless winter months. ^Surely the goldenrod and aster and sumac
in the wood were not spread forth for nothing!
Just off Main Street there is a patch of chicory reflecting the assure
blue of the August sky. Commonly known as the Dust-Flower, it is a
veritable guttersnipe among the wild blooms; a ragged, tough little plant
laughing in gay impudence at its hard environment, digging its toes into
the wayside gravel, sending down strong roots between the wheel-ruts,
.pushing up in brave blue courage to cheer the dusty path. 4
Haven’t you known people like that——rare, strong souls, asking no
privilege of -circumstance, but going about the business of life with gallant,
almost derisive disregard of its difficulties, bringing forth amid advei sity,
blossoms of “love, joy, peace” to cheer the arid by-ways of life.
Thank God for Dust-Flowers.—The Missus
APRONS
Aprons are such intriguing things;
It has been so since the world be
gan;
An organdie ruffled perky bow
May be the undoing of any man.
And who could resist a pink-cheeked
girl
In a rose-pink apron when day is
done;
Spreading a table, and making tea,
And watching star-eyed for some
coming one?
KIDDY KORNER
Do you know that the mem
bers of the night-fighter section
of the Royal Air Force in Eng
land are nick-named “Carrots”?
This is not because they are red
headed, but because they have to
eat so many carrots. There is
something in carrots that im
proves the eyesight, and those
men have to be
very poor light,
fellows, clean up* *
able
So,
your *
to see in
come on
plates!
Polish Squadron in Britain’s Air Force
One of the Hurricane Fighters used by the famous Polish
Fighter .Squadron of Britain’s RoyaLAir Force is seen being
re-armed with thousands of rounds of ammunition by Polish
" ground staff,
The Squadron has shot down 126 German air craft in six
weeks and many of the pilots have been decorated
the Weekly Newspaper Editors
at Quebec City
high,
filmy-
some
Wue
■with
shy,
Have you seen blue gingham,
starched and clean,
Deepen the blue in a woman’s
eyes,
■ Until you thought only of blue-birds’
wings,
Or the sea, or the
sumer skies?
I love white aprons all
lace,
The delicate work of
young bride;
And the dimity ones that old moth
ers wear
When they sit and nod by the
gold fireside.
Aprons are such intriguing things,
The white and the blue and the
pink of the dawn;
A womanly woman always seems
More wholesome and sweet with
an apron on.
'—Grace Noel Crowell.
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WOMEN IN
Quite recently
Me
th e
her
was
and
GOVERNMENT
we had as a. visit
or in our neighborhood, Miss
Phail, the pioneer woman in
Canadian Parliament. During
early days in Parliament she
the target .for much criticism
doubtful, humor. However, she is
a tough-skinned little lady who has
remained impervious to the impact
of masculine superiority and having
a keen sense of humor herself, with
a sharp and ready tongue, she has
proved her ability to do quite a bit
more than hold her own among her
male (Companions. Long years of
experience have made her a mistress
of all the troublesome technique of
government, while her integrity
commands the respect of electors
and members *alike.
Doubtless. she made her mistakes
but by and large it would appeal
that she has shown more indepen
dence of opinion and put more
action into her job than most of
men who have ^represented us.
^1
the
re-Apropos of the above, .do you
call the days when we were all di&^j
cussing the question of votes for
women.? One woman of our ac
quaintance settled the question to.
her own satisfaction and our amuse
ment by announcing that since it
was the only thing that John had
ever been able to do without her,
she might as well let him go to it
alone.
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, THE WOMEN’S WAR
Do not forget/ to save worn-out
aluminum for wai’ salvage. Also
consider the following:
Salvage of waste rubber articles
—-'the newest way home front Can
adians can help beat the Nazis”-—
was recommended recently by the
National Salvage Headquarters.
“Canada’s army and air force
need rubber,” the statement said.
“Motor transport and artillery car
riage tires, airplane tires and elec
trip* wire installation, medical corps
supples—these are a few of the
military uses of rubber, .
“Auto tires and tubes, bicycle
tires, boots and shoes, hose and
tubing, wringer rolls, rubber mats
for the floor or sink or for scrub
bing, water bags, belting and gas
kets are some of the articles con
taining recoverable rubber,
“If your home has these things
lying around as waste, donate
them to your nearest salvage de-
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SEWING BEE AT THE C.N.E.
This summer some of the best of
Canada’s women sewers and ama
teur tailors are going to get togeth
er and work on a special’shipment
of things for the bombed-out cities
of Britain.
There’ll be more than seventeen
hundred of them, working in shifts
of a hundred and twenty-five each,
for the fourteen days of the Can
adian National Exhibition in To
ronto, August 22 to September 6.
And they represent thirty national
women’s organizations with three-
and-a-half million members.
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SYRUPS FOR CANNING
In case you have forgotten about
your syrups:
Ordinary methods of canning,
says Miss Edith L. Elliott, of the
Dominion Department of Agricul
ture, allow for the prepared fruit to
be packed in sterilized jars, then
the jars filled
boiling syrup.
Three types
Heavy syrup
cup water.
Medium syrup—one
one cup water.
Light syrup—one -cup
cups water.
In each case syrup
to overflowing with
of syrups are used:
—one cup sugar, %
cup sugar,
sugar, two
In each case syrup should be
boiled five minutes and skimmed
before using.
For pint jars, three-quarters to
one cup syrup is required. , '
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PEACHESI—WE WELCOME ,YOU\
The following note is from a resi
dent of the fruit district. She writes:
“This year the fruit will be good.
And, by the way, stop insisting on
Crawfords or Yellow St. Johns.
These varieties have been improv
ed upon long ago. Golden Jubilee,
Vidette, Valiant and Victory are
the kings of the moment, and, too,
by happy chance, in the height of
fashion.
I have
cot jam.
blanched
-wadded to
Either do the same with your
peaches oi’ leave the stone in whole
the flavor will exude.”
Two years ago, when sugar was
hard to get, we did our peaches in
a very light syrup and found them
very good, almost like Tresh ones.
■ If the peeled fruit is dropped in
to mildly salted water, then rinsed
in cold, fresh water, it will not
discolor and it also remains firmer.
This applies also to apples and pears.
For dessert try these:
Peach Roll
Two cups flour, 4 teaspoons bak
ing powder, $ teaspoon salt, 2 table
spoons sugar, 4 tablespoons butter
(or half lard), cup milk, 2 cups
peeled, diced peaches, % cup sugar
additional.
* Sift flour, sugar, baking powder
and salt together, add the butter
worked in, and the milk. Roll out
into ail oblong about one-third inch
thick. Combine the peaches and,
additional sugar, spread this over
the top of the dough like a je$y
roll. Place in a pan and brush ton
with milk and bake in hot oven,
375 degrees about 30- minutes, or
until brown.. Cut in slices and
serve with lemon sauce. This may
also be used for blackberry, rasp
berry or plum roll.
Peach Crisp
Six peaches, | cup water, 1 tea
spoon cinnamdn, % icup brown su
gar, % cup flour, % cup butter.
Place prepared peaches in buttered,
shallow pan, add water and cin
namon. Blend the dry ingredients,
sprinkle over the peaches and baks
in hot oven 400 degrees for 30 min
utes. Serve with sauce or whipped
cream. Also nice with apples and
lemon sauce.
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Last week we made mention that
Mrs, Southcott and myself were pre
sent at the Convention of the Can
adian Weekly Newspapers Associa
tion which met at the City of Que
bec, There’were about three hund
red representatives of the weekly
papers of Canada present and fol
lowing the convention about half >
that number enjoyed a two-day
boat trip up the Saugenay river.
We left Exeter by train Wednes
day evening, arriving in Montreal
the next morning and were in Que
bec about two o’clock, just in time
to get settled and join the party on
a sight-seeing trip to Ste. Anne de
Beaupre. It had been arranged
that the Imperial Oil Co. would pro
vide a motor bus ride around the
Isle ?of Orleans but in order to con
serve gasoline this was cancelled
for a ride by the electric railway to j
the famous shrine? The party was f
received by one of the priests, who gave a. history of the church and I
outlined its interesting points. A»
visit was made to the cyclorama
where in a large round building
painted on a circular, canvas the life
of Christ is portrayed. From a
platform looking out over space a
•realistic view of the landscape is
seen and various scenes in the life
of Christ are vividly traced 'in
beautiful colorings.
At the Chateau Frontenac at 7
p.m. a complimentary dinner was ■
tendered the convention, by the '
Quebec government. The speakers
of the evning were Premier Adelard
Godbout, Hon. Hector Perrier, T“*
vincial secretary; Hon. J. A? Math
ewson, provincial treasurer
Senator Gustave Lacasse. Most of
the cabinet members were
at the head table. It was
nificent spread.
At the noon luncheon
and of the use of things needed for
war production. Ode of these is
gasoline and oil. Another of the
great problems is that of finance and
the minister urged the continued
support in the buying of WAr Sav
ings Stamps.
Friday afternoon the party were
taken on a tour of the most ancient
of Canadian cities as guests of the
Massey-Harris Company. .There are
many historic and intensely inter
esting places to be visited in Que
bec.
Keil Cross Work Outlined
At another, banquet in the even
ing Justice P. H. Gordon, ‘chair
man of .the Red Cross .executive
committee, was the chief speaker.
He outlined the great work the
’Red Cross is doing and the tremen-
douZ demands that are being made
We have
b,een impressed with the
but when
you listen to a man with his finger
tips on all branches of the work
and hear what the society is doing
and of the great need there is, you
feel that you must do more than
ever to help along such a worthy
cause. ’
On Saturday at noon at a lunch
eon tendered by General Motors, the
speaker was Roy D. Kerby, assis
tant to the president, his subject
being “Canada’s industrial War
Effort.” ” Preceeding his address
Was a premier showing in Canada of
a sound picture showing in inter
esting and dramatic detail the work
I (Kupon that organization.,
always I___ .
work of the» Red Cross,
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and T ist of jA
present | House and Montmorency Falls
a mag- j agi gues^s oj» ghawinigan Bow*
. ! ei;' Co. Arrangements had been
Mayor! f^r a party on the beautiful
" £cles and other war materials.
.In the afternoon, during a drizz
ling rain, the party were taken to
made
lawn
just finished making apri-
I cracked the stones,
the almond therein, and
the jam—flavor delicious.
Lucian Borne, of Quebec, was chair- f but instead afternoon tea was serv-
man. The speaker was Baron Key-! ed( in the spacious building. The
sei’link, head of the British United . hquse was built in 1778 by Gener-
j al Haldimand, Governor-General of
I CJanada. When His Royal High
ness Prince Edward, Duke of Kent,
fourth son of King George the Third,
icame to Canada in. 1791 he took
| possession of the house and it be
came known as Kent House. At
present it is a modern summer ho-
i tel, with beautifully laid out grounds
..and a fine golf course. Members
of the party were presented with a
magnificent illustrated volume des
cribing the activities of the $ha-
winigan Power Company.
Saturday evening, along with a
few of our party, we spent a couple
of interesting hours at the museum
where many of the old documents
pertaining to the early history if
Canada are stored,
document
from the
also the
kept and
ing all these years.’
and animals, the work of French-
Canadian artists and sculptors,
make ut> an interesting collection.
Up the Saugenay
On Sunday morning about half
of the members boarded a steamer
at Quebec for a trip down the St.
Lawrence and up the Saugenay
River. It is a trip of some 250
miles, going as far ‘aS Bagotville,
Where the steamer berths for. the
night and begins the return journey,
the next morning. The trip down,
the St. Lawrence is very picturesque,
as you pass the French villages with
their outside staircases, and the
narrow strips of French farms with
thrir whitewashed buildings. It
Is beyond description in a short
paragraph.
At the mouth of the saugenay
is the village of Tadoussae, where
the steamship company have,a mod
ern summer hotel. At' each stop
along the journey large crowds were
on hand to witness the arrival and
departure of the steamer. At Ta-
Press. [
The mornings were set aside for!
business sessions when problems
of advertising, circulation and edi
torial pages were freely discussed.
Practically all of the speakers re-1
ferred to the influence of the week-i
ly newspapers in their communities,
and. on the life of the Dominion. I
The morning sessions were with a
yiew to improving this service to
the community by turning out bet
ter papers. Prizes were awarded
for the best all round papers in
three different classes, for the best
front pages and for the best edi
torial pages in the various classes.
C, V. Charters, of Brampton, is the
managing director and he had a
well-rounded program.
Hom ,T. L. Ilsley Speaks
On Friday at noon Johnston,
Everson and Chariesworth were our
guests at luncheon. The chairman
was Hon. Bernard Bissonnette, K.C.,
speaker of the legislature and the
guest speaker was Hon. J. L, II-
sley, K.C., minister of Finance. Mr.
Ilsley was profuse in his praise of
the weekly press for the job^they
did iil connection with the recent
Victory Loan Campaign. In con
nection with the loan, Mr, Ilsley
said: “When the final figures are
known, it will be agreed, I believe,
that the loan was not only ^he larg
est dn the history of this country
but also that its record cannot be
excelled in the history of any
Country. Mr. ilsley believes that:
we are in for a long, hard struggle
which we can only win if the British
nations see their problems clearly
and deal with them wisely. Pro
duction df war materials is- one of
the most important tasks. Canad
ians must produce larger and more
complicated machines than dhe has
ever done before, Men and women
are required to run these machines.
Our war effort requires many re
strictions on civilian expenditures
We saw the
that turned over Canada
French to the English;
early records that were
have been preserved dur-
Native birds
doussac the children gather to. col
lect the pennies that are thrown by
tfye passengers.with a
sengers
box in
’ceived.
The trip through the Saugenay
is one that is out of the ordinary
the river, cuts through the Lauren-
tian mountains and huge cliffs rise
on either side. The water is al
most black. Here and there a
few houses nestle in a cove where
a small clearing has been made
and a meagre attempt made at
farming. The outstanding features
of the trip are Capes Trinity and
Eternity, which rise high in the air,
18,000 feet above the sea. On Cape
Trinity stands a statue of “Qur
Lady of Cape Trinity”, 35 feet high.
Another interesting feature
echo, The fog-horn on the
er is blown and the echo
back clearly as the
the rocks.
While sight-seeing
young lad acting as
that the Laurentian
the distance were the oldest moun
tains in the world. It became quite
a joke. But when passing up the
Saugenay and the history of the-
rocks was told and the same state
ment was repeated, we began to,
think that perhaps it was true,
After returning to Quebec a num
ber of the party continued the boat
trip to. Montreal and then home,
in Ottawa a
guide stated
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MISSION GROUP
MEETS- IN STAEFA
The Women’s Missionary Society
met at the home of Mrs. Seth Brown
With twenty present. Mrs. Thomas
Drown presided. The devotional
theme was “Demonstrating Christ
Through Brotherhood”, The call
to worship was read by Mrs. Drown.
Mrs. Edward Aidworth was in
■chdrge of the business period and
it was agreed to have the postpon
ed meeting “Entertain the Baby
Band and mothers” on September
13th at the church. Readings were
given by Mrs. Thomas Drown, “A
Guide to Personal Study,” and
questionnaire, “What Would You Do
If-—”. A program of racial broth
erhood, based on seven actual pre
sent-day, situations. Mrs. Aidworth
.acted as the leader with several of
the ladies answering the questions.
An instrumental was given by Mrs.
AldWor'th. A social followed with
Mrs. Seth Brown serving lunch.
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We shall do something in life if
we try to livqjup to the expectation
of those who have confidence in us.
C.T D A1A/
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There is a ready market now for your
surplus WHEAT and RKE STRAW, Take
advantage of this present opportunity?
Consult your loccil dealer pr write promptly to
HINDE & OAUCH PAPER CO,, TRENTON, ONT.
THAMES ROAD
Rev, and Mrs. Wm. Mair and
little daughter Joann left Friday
for a visit with Rev. and Mrs. Pet
ers at their pottage in-Muskoka.
Miss Thelma Parker was a visi
tor last week with Miss Alma Ryek-
man,
Miss Bet^y Mair has returned from
Schomberg,’ where she has spent
some holidays with her aunt, Mrs,
Lloyd.
Miss Joy Whitlock has been a
visitor for a few days with Mr, and
i Mrs, Benson Williams,
Mrs. James Walker, of Owen
Sound is visiting with Mr. and
Mrs. Parker.
Mr. and Mrs, Ryckman and Alma
of Exeter and Mr. and Mrs. Fink-
beiner -of Creditop spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Parker,
Rev. D. C. Hill of Caven Presby
terian Church, Exeter, ministered
to the Thames Road congregation
on Sunday and spoke from the
text “Ye must be born again.” Mrs,
Harris sang an appropriate jnumber.
Mr. Robt. Cann suffered a pain
ful injury' while working with an
extension ladder. It slipped and
came down on the back of his hand,
Dr. Dunlop
Gillespie, of
breaking some bones,
placed it in a cast.
Airman Gordon
Guelph was a visitor over Sunday
with '' .....................
Mr:
Duncan Spent the week- end with
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Johns, of Elim
ville.
Several of the girls -from this
community are spending a week at
Grand Bend. They are Shirley
■and Leone Duncan, Doris Duncan,
Madeleine Rundle, Mary and Alma
Borland, Alice ^Passmore, and
Audrey Ballantyne. Miss Lillian
Ballantyne is in charge of the
group.
Mr. and Mrs. M.oodie.
'8. A. Gardiner and Mrs. G.
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PARK HILL—Miss Lillian Hough
ton of The Gazette staff, lost the
tip'of her index" finger on her left
hand while operating the Linotype
typesetting machine.
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The gasoline and automobile tax
es of Canada amounted to $84,479,-
893 in 1940. Almost two-thirds of
the total was obtained from gaso
line tax, $56,179,173. Ontario col
lected $36,241,056.
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A mother walked into the nursery
one day and found her young son
tying a bandage around his fin
ger. / ■ ' .
“My poor child,” said the moth
er, “what have you done to your
finger?”
“I hit it with the hammer,” was
the child’s reply,
Mother looked surprised. “But
I didn’t hear you crying,” she re
marked.
“No,” came the bland reply, “I
thought you were out.’,’
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“Have you got so that you can dis-,
tinguish classical music?” ' asked
Mrs. Newrich.
“I think so,” replied her hus
band. “When a piece threatens
every minute to be a tune and al
ways disappoints you, it's classical.”
WINCHELSEA
Mr, and Mrs. R. E. Pooley, Misses
Ethel and Irene Pooley, spent the
week-end with fri’ends in Toronto.
Mr, and Mrs. Mervin Pym and
family, of Thedford, spent the week
end with the latter’s parents, Mr>
and Mrs. John Prance. ’
Mr.
family
friends
Mrs.
and - Mrs. __
Road visited with Mr.
Walker Kerslake on* Wednesday.
Mr, and Mrs. R. W. Batten and
family spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. James Robinson, of Anderson.
Mrs. Freeman Horne and Kath
leen spent ode day last week with
her sister, Mrs, Harvey Ford, of
Elimville, . . .
Mr. and Mrs. Theron Criery and
family visited on Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs? Mack Lammond, of Cro
marty.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mureh and
family, of London, visited on Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Bat
ten.
Miss Norma Fletcher spent a few
days recently with her cousin, Miss
Greta Fletcher, of London.
Mr. and Mrs. Warner McRoberts,
of Lucan, called on' Mrb and Mrs.
George Davis on Sunday evening.
Miss Berta Duncan, of Thames
Road, spent the past week with
Miss Lois Coward.
Miss Lois Brown, of Blanshard,.
spent a few days with Mrs. George
Delbridge.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Long and baby,
of Stratford, visited on Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs, Garnet Johns,*
and Mrs. Joe Bailey and
visited on Sunday with
in Forest.
Rebecca Stewart, of Exeter,
Wm. Stone of Thames
. and Mrs.
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Phone 38-3 , Granton,, Ont.
‘ ENGAGEMENT
Rev. Eric L. and Mrs. Anderson,
Lambeth, have announced the en
gagement of their daughter, Ber
nice, to Rev. Harold F. Currie, Bay-
field, son of Mr. and Mrs. John.
Currie, Lambeth, the marriage to
take plaice in Lambeth United
Church on Saturday morning, Sep
tember sixth.
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Mrs. Richard Macken, of Forest,
a native of> Bosanquet died in Sar
nia Hospital from injuries received
when she fell when coming down
the Stairs at the Gospel Hall, Forest.
She suffered a fractured hip.,
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Agonizing
Eczema (Salt Rheum)
No rest, day or night for the®®
afflicted with that awful skin din-
ease, eczema, or salt rheum as it hi
commonly called.
[The intense burning, itching and
smarting, especially at night*, or
when the affected part is exposed io
etrong heat, or hot water, are almost
unbearable, and relief is gladly
Welcomed* ‘ <
To get rid of eczema it is neces
sary to havo the blood cleansed by
the use of a thoroughly reliable
blood'1' medicine such as burdock
Blood Bitters which during the past
60 years has met with groat success
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GERMAN TRANSPORT AT MERCY OF BRITAIN’S AIR FORGE
Because of the disorganization of road and rail transport in Germany
and occupied countries caused by the relentless attacks of the British'* -
Bomber Command, Hitler has boon forced to try coastwise shipping.
As a result the R.A.F., always quick to seize new opportunities, now
maintains a ceaseless sweep of the seas from Narvik to Brest. Daily
reports of the sinking of enemy supply ships and their escorts show
how complete is the domination of the ILA.F. by day, This picture
taken at one of the many B.a.F, stations in Britain from which “Blen
heim” bombers operate in this phase of the war, shows the crew of a
“Blenheim” unloading their gear on returning from a sweep over the>
seas
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