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Notes from ———
A Woman's Workshop
...IN QUIETNESS AND CONFIDENCE
A Plea for confidence ran through the Prime Minister’s recent broad
cast. It Is only a few weeks since parliament gave him.abundaut reassur
ance of it’s trust, but the avalanche of adversity which has overwhelmed
the armed forces has, as might be expected, raised a storm of criticism,
Yet for many years his was the voice crying in the.wilderness, .against the
blindness and inertia of the nation, in the face of rising peril. How ironi
cal that be should he blamed for not accomplishing what we would not
allow him to undertake in time! Confidence is not worthy of its name if
it is only u condition of fair weath.oi\ Whon all is wall wa do not need to
depend on others, but when things go badly?1 then, it is we reach out for
someone whose wisdom transcends our own, on whom we may rely. Let
us not fail our leader in these dark days, when his stout heart is carrying a
grievous burden.—The Missus
TO HEIP
PREVENT
Many COLDS
mH PEVUDIW BIGHT at START
^Purpose Medicine ft Success
At first sniffle, sneeze or nasal irritation, put a little Vg-tro-nol up each nostril. Its stimulating action aids Na
ture's defenses against the cold,. ,, 4nd. remember when a head
cold makes yon suffer, or transient
congestion “fills up” nose and, spoils sleep, 3-purpose "Va-tro-nol gives val
uable help as it (1) shrinks swollen
membranes, (2) relieves irritation. (3) helps flush out
nasal passages, ? «S
clearing clogging .mucus. Enjoy the
relief it brings. wA-f KO’Poli
SHIPKA .
Mr. Arthur Gaiser, of Camp Bor
den, is spending a few days at his
home* here.
Mrs. John McGregor, of Exeter,
visited a few days last week with
her sister, Mrs. A. Finkbeiner.
The men of the community
a successful wood bee for
church, cutting wood in Mr.
Rats' bush.
A meeting of the Ladies’
will be held next Thursday, March
5th, at the home of Mrs? Arthur
Finkbeiner,
Mr. and
tended the
uncle, th®
Parkhill, op Monday last
held
the
Win.
Aid
M'rs. L,
funeral
late
Finkbeiner at-
of the latter’s
Mr. Faxton, of
UNSUNG HEROES
The Minesweepers.
Public attention is always
focus on the more spectacular war'
services .and so we never know of'
the part played by a multitude of j
unseen helpers who day by day,'
are quietly going on with necessary,
and dangerous tasks,, all-important
to the winning of the conflict, Ini
this class are the mine sweepers’.
Out they go, day and night, in their j
little boats, in fair weather andj
foul, the simple toilers who sweep |
the seas of the deadly mines so
apt to
KIDDY KORNER
Overheard in an Orchard
Robin to the Spdrrow;
should really like to know
these anxious human beings
Rush about and worry so,”
Church Meetings
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IT’S EASY tp escape worryand uncertainty
this winter, Change now to 'blue coal’. Enjoy AIL
WINTER! LONG•.». the economical heating com
fort and satisfaction only 'blue coal’ can provide.
@ Let us tell you just how easy it is to change to
‘blue coal'; also, ask us about the ‘blue coal’ auto
matic Heat Regulator- Phone today.
Listen to ’'THE SHADOW” ——- Rodid's Mostoi- Detective
W. C. ALLISON
Phone 40w, Exeter5
Said
“I
Why
Said the Sparrow to the Robin:
“Friend, I think that it must
That they trust no Heavenly Father
Such as cares for you and me.”
• —Elizabeth Cheney.* l>. *
From Mr. Clay’s
be
sal-book on
vee*H vage we quote the following:
. £hat “The question of waste a_„ —
ships may come ^and go with them! promotioil of Canada’s national sal-
„„u campaign fills one chapter.
Even the wasting of ?2 of useful
materials a year by each Canadian
represents, the writer points out,
an aggregate of something like ?22,-
000,0'00. And think what that would
buy in war equipment. In 1940,
we are told, the British people sav-
I ‘The Question of waste and tlie
vital cargoes. Wet, cold, weary,-
they keep at their task, snaring the
mines and dragging them out of <
harm’s way. The explosion of
one of these deadly charges would;
mean instant death, and always they}
a,re exposed to the fire of scouting t
enemy planes. Some forty thous-; wt} wlc
and men are in this service, ask-i ed enOugh metal to build 1,0'00 25-
ing no applause, feoing steadily on ton tanxs, 20,000,000 shells and ten
with their part in the Battle of, gyooo-ton cargo vessels, as well as
i enough kitchen waste to feed 100,-
seek' qq,q pigs,”
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CHILBLAINS ‘
of Britain.
“They sink, they slink, they
the boat,
Grisly horns stuck through
skin,
Ready to sink all things that
These villain boxes shaped of
tin. (
The fisher sees the - death therein,
But reaches down with his long
fling
And grasps the chain that holds them in, |
And draws the fangs they hoped
would sting.”
»
f NEWS FROM ENGLAND
their •
float,'
Another letter has” just arrived
from our English cousin. You might
be interested, so
“I really must
lady living by,
Everyone near .
scraps, etc.,
chicken feed tq be had). Well,
one day (up till then none of them
had laid) one brown hen started
making such a noise and when she
ran down the garden, found it had
laid an egg. Ever since, whenever
it starts to cackle, she runs down,
heedless of -the weather, to see if
there are any more -of rae precious
eggs . . . Mother heard this morn
ing that the shop had some Grade
1 salmon in stock so hurried out to
get a tin, having to give up 24 pre
cious coupons. . . . Just at the mom
ent we are saving and collecting all
the waste paper,
saved two and
weight, which is
■one-half bags of
ren, while their mothers have been
out, have gone through all the
drawers and sent out as salvage
such things as life insurance poli
cies and savings-books.”» * »
Good old Dobbin
Is no longer sore;
With tires restricted
He’s useful -once more!
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SACCHARINE AS A SUGAR
SUBSTITUTE
we Quote:
. tell? you about the
who keeps hens,
gives her all the
>( there is hardly any
Betty's form have
one-half hundred
equal to two and
coal. Some child-
*
be-
use
In case the sugar shortage
comes acute, we may 'have to
saccharine as many diabetic people
have been doing for years. It has to
be carefully
bitterness in
abundantly,
the rate of
lets for a dollar,
'a teaspoon of
it in smaller
ening cooked
to think that
too much sugar for our own
health, so the new regulations
not
handled as there is a
flavor if Used too
can he bought at
quarter-grain tab-
One tablet equals
sugar, but some use
proportion in sweet-
foods. Doctors seem
we have been using
good
may
its-
It
500
CRED1TON EAST
Correction
LAC Roy Horney, of the ’Clinton
Wireless School, spent Sunday with
his aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Motz.
Mrs. James Neil, of Centralia,
Spent the week-end here with Mr.
and Mrs. Murray Neil.
Mr, Eli Lawson returned home
Sunday after a few days’ visit with
his daughters in Windsor,
Mrs. J. Baird, of Grand Bend, of articles written by Hugh Temp-
is visiting with her daughter and jjn> Of tjie Fel.gUS News-Record, ex
son-in-law, Mr,*and Mrs, Sam Sims, clusively for the vveekly newspapers
Mr.. Sam Sims and Mr. Eli Sims oj> panada,
are off work at the airport, owing
THE COAL YOU CAN
DEPEND ON
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KITCHEN KINKS
To remove that rusty
from black suede, rub the sur
face with a mixture made of
equal parts of olive Oil and
Ink. .
<$feaso marks may be remov
ed from suede by rubbing the
spots lightly with fine emery
paper, or by rubbing with a
piece of -cloth diped in pure
glycerine-
A neighbor says she holds
her suede shoes over the steam
Of ibdiliiig water, and brushes
up the nap.#' * ■*. # # ♦ # < * ♦ #
* At this time of year many people
suffer untold discomfort from chil
blains. The usual treatment is to
make some local application of
i medicine. Exercise, too, is impor-
’ taut as, an aid to circulation. The
following treatment has been found
to give relief and is reasonable in
the light of the importance now be
ing placed on the need of the var
ious vitamins. It is simple enough
and inexpensive, so
be lost in the trial/
■tatoes in their skins,
water, plenty of it.
sant, but guaranteed
Another page-partner says that
she has had a good deal of relief
from the misery of chilblains by
rubbing her feet at night with, cas-
' j an old pair of hose to
■............................She thinks
wool aggravates the trouble.
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KETTLE AND 1 PAN
nothing could
Just boil po-
and -drink the
Not too plea-
effectual.
tor oil, using
protect the bedding,
that 1
your children do not want to
it.
if
drink their milk, let them eat
)For a spread on bread or toast
have you tried this stunt? Take a
can of sweetened condensed milk,
the thick kind, and drop it into a
kettle of water, placing it where
it will simmer
hours,
thick,
color.
■away for several
It should come out very
smooth and a rich brown
The family will love it.
Have you tried slicing Spanish
onions and oranges very thinly and
serving together? This may sound
like a queer combination, but looks
and tastes excellent,
giving
ness.
the
the correct amount
—o—
Golden Jam.
that oranges are
oranges
of tart
at their
may make a little marma-
that
Ait-
tart
Now
best we
lade since sugar is allowed for
purpose. This is one of Mirs,
kin's good recipes:
Two lemons, 3 organes, 4
apples, 1 cad crushed pineapple, 4
cups sugar, 3 cups water
2 cups corn syrup or honey.
Wipe lemons and oranges, cut
in eighths and put through the food
chopper, simmer in the water till
tender. Add the chopped apples,
and other ingredients. Simmer till
transparent, Seal in sterile jars. ,
The following recipes are apt.
They are easy on the sugar:
Honey Muffins
One egg beaten very lightly, 2
tablespoons shortening, 2 table
spoons honey, 1 teaspoon salt, 2
cups milk, 2 cups white flour, 2
teaspoons baking powder.
Mix shortening and honey
beaten egg. Alternately add
and softed dry ingredients,
until mixture is smooth
creamy. Pour in well greased
fin tins and bake in hot oven for
SO minutes. Serve hot with honey,
This makes 24 muffins.
Honey Baked Apples
Wash and core 6 apples. Put in
pan with a little water in moderate
ly hot oven and bake 20 minutes,
Remove pan, fill centres with hon
ey, a pinch of cinnamon and a Wee
bit of butter. Put in oven again
and cook 10 minutes more or until
apples are done. Remove and serve
cold with honeyed whipped cream.
with
milk
Beat
and
muf-
James St. Aftenioon Auxiliary
The Afternoon Auxiliary of the
W.M.S. of Jdmes St., •> church was
held Thursday, February 12th, at
2.30 in the church parlors, with the
president in tlie chair. The meet
ing opened with a hymn and the
national prayer in 'unison. Reports
were received from the different
departments. Twenty-eight calls
were made by the community
friendship and visiting committee.!
Mrs. Christie gave a temperance i
reading. On Tuesday, February!
24th, at one o’clock, there will be’Dearing,
a quilting at the .church for the} Mrs. H. Lewis,
W.M.S. hale and the Red Cross.)
Mrs. F. Delbridge’s group will meet
at her home Friday, February'
27th, at 3 o’clock, to arrange for
the March meeting. Mrs. Cook’s
group was in charge of the pro
gram, the leader presiding and con
ducting the opening part of the
worship service, the topic being
“The Bible, Our Guide in. ’Christian
Faith and' Conduct”. The scripture
readings were taken by Mrs. Mon
teith, Mrs. Darling, Mrs. Pybus and
Mrs. Mantle. Mrs. Hodgert fayor-
ed the meeting with a solo. Mrs.
Anthony gave a talk on “How I
Use My Bible”. ,Mrs. Horney led in prayer. The1 who was in her 75 th year, had resid-i
Mr.. Sam Sims and Mr. 1
are off work at the airport, owing
to injury from accident while at
work, - v-
The ladies in our community have
quilted three quilts for the Red
Cross at the homes of Miss Merle
, Mrs. Murray Neil and
Canadian Troops in England Make
Many Friends, Have Good Record’ _____ _ ' 4
This is the ninth in the series variably they had nothing but
praise, I never heard any criticism
of the Second Division, which was
in the district at the time, although
there was some 6f another division
which had been there earlier. Ai
dershot has probably seen more of.
Mr, Templin flew to
Britain as a guest of the British
Council and was given an opportun
ity to see wliat is being done in Br-'the Canadians than any other town
tain in wartime The best authority is doubtless
the Provost Marshal of the Canad-
I had din
fed them; Canadian medical sup
plies were used to ease their pain.
Standing in the midst of the riling,
of Coventry Cathedral, the Provost'
presented to each Canadian editor a
priceless souvenir, a cross made of
.two ancient nails picked up' among
the- ruins.
Actually, every person I met had
high praise for Canada and Canad
ians—and it was sincere, not merely
a polite gesture,
visited Canada.
Riverdale, ' head of a great steal
company, who knew my home town
of Fergus; Sir (Harry ’Brittain, who
Acton,
visited
Many of them had
There was Bond
It was natural that a Canadian on ian Headquarters staff.
a visit to Britain should want to see her with him one bight at the
as much as possible of the Canadian' quaint old East Indies and Sporting
Army oversees. Some of the Can-1 Club in London,
adian editors had sons or brothers ’ parative figures.
asked particularly about
Ontario, because he had
, there, his home being in Acton,
He gave me com- England; Winston iChurchill, who
It might be ex- promised to visit Canada again as
pecked that the record of English SOon as he could, a promise since
Regiments living near their own carried out; James Bqne, London
homes, would be better than that of>e^or ,of ^le, Manchester Guardian,
the Canadians. Actually it isn’t. I ]0Sf. js dothps when his boat
Crime among the soldiers of the!
Canadian Corps is only one-third as
prevalent in proportion to the
number enlisted, as in the Imperial
Forces. In spite of driving condi
tions that 'are strange to Canadians,
the highway accident records of
Canadians is better in proportion to]
the number” of vehicles. Investiga
tion of accidents showed' that there
Mr. and Mrs. Wes. Lewis, of
Brinsley, and son, Clayton Lewis,
of the R.C.A.F. at Dauphin, Man.,
and Miss Pearl Hodgins, of
katchewap, spent last Monday
Mr.
L”
Sas-
wit'h
in the service. Every* one had lists
of addresses of boys' from home.
Actually, it wasn’t so easy to find
any individual soldier. The Can
adian units are scattered over much
of the southern part of England,
and while I was there they were
taking part in large-scale man
oeuvres, the bulk of the Canadian
Corps moving around London and
and up ‘toward the coast to meet a
(pretended invasion. It was interest
ing to see, this large army on the
j move, but hard to locate units or in-
1 dividuals.
Her first husband, the late] A £ew days a£ter I arrived in
j Henry Finkbeiner, predeceased her ] ”-,ondon, a rather unpleasant inci-
a many years ago. Besides her now,^ent occurred.
' bereaved husband she is survived ' The. first; six editors reached
; b y two step-daughters,
•{ ( . ---- —
shire, of Windsor and by an onlyCouncil, who steered us
at-'sister, Mrs. Minnie Parsons, _
_____ __ ____________! ■RiYat-oT, The funeral, which was i ■ ~ .....
Monday afternoon for the Feb. 23rd; largely attended, took place Tues-};_ >
nr.nr.mi-.a rtnanjri<r hvmn waeI day afternoon to the Exeter Ceme-1 reserved for us in the
’ tery. Rev. L. H. Turner, of the room!>
! United church officiating. A selec
tion with guitar accompaniment
was; rendered by Earl Heywood, of;
London, and Mr. Frank Taylor, of
Exeter rendered a solo and also a
duet by Rev. Turner and Mr. Tay
lor. The floral- tributes were numerous, Showing the high esteem was an exhibition of nerve such
in ^vlhich Mrs. Lawson was held by . 3,8 £ had seldom beheld, and I eus
her neighbors and friends. ThetPect our hosts seethed inside, but
pallbearers were George Wright and I did not^ want to say anything in
J. Brokenshire, Of Windsor,
don and 'Clarence Heywood and j got lower, I wondered what the in-,
'George Lawson, of Exeter and
' Motz, of Crediton. Among — (
■people who attended the funeral j
fron\ a distance were Mr. and Mrs.'
George Wright and Mr. and Mrs.
J. Brokenshire and daughter- Betty,
all of Windsor; Mr. Roy Bennett, o£
Detroit and Mrs. J. Miller, of Pt.
Huron, together with relatives and
friends from Exeter and, Centralia.
The sympathy of this community is
extended /to the bereaved.
I
■and Mrs, H, Lewis.
Mrs. Eli Lawson
■shadow of gloom was cast
community -on Sunday morning
when it was learned that Lam-
beloved wife of
overA
this
last
fetta Heywiood, „
Eli Lawson, had passed away af
ter
She was born in Usborne,
ter of the late John and Susannah}.}
i
iI
Ivevuk v/ A* yx a I 4 : j
Mrs. Sharp andjHeywood' The late UawsonKr
an illness of several months,
i, a daugh-
fourth chapter of the study book j in this district almost her entire j
was taken.’by Mrs. Buswell. The t Her first husband, the late)
Henry Finkbeiner, predeceased her j u-'onaomwas taken’ by Mrs. Buswell,
offering was dedicated with prayer, j
The meeting was closed with
hymn and prayer. .
James Street Mission Band
Forty-two boys and girls
tended the James St, Mission Band > Exeter.
meeting. . The opening hymn was
“The More We Learn of Missions”
and all repeated the Mission Band
purpose and Mission Band prayer.
Mary Hannigan read the minutes of
the last meeting; George Tanton
read the Scripture lesson and Eliza-,
both Gladman favored with an in-i
strumefttal. The next number was
a duet by Gloria Appleton and
Margaret White. . Mrs. Pybus and
Mary Hannigan played a lovely piano
duet,
Pym
vice,
story
terns
meeting
402, followed by prayer.
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Mrs. Neerby: “Your house seems
so home-like.”
Mrs. Grableyi “Thanks’ Do you
really think so?”
Mrs. Neerby; “Yes, you’ve ^got
so many of my cooking utensils bor
rowed that your kitchen seems
more natural to me than my own.”
Eileen Hunter and Loretta
took part in the worship ser-
Mrs. M. Gladman told the
from the study book, “Lan
in the China Sky” and the
closed by singing hymn
The World’s Finest
Anthracite
is Trade Marked Blue.
Blue Coal and we have
Large Lump Alberta
HAMCO Dustless Coke
Prices are Right
Order
it, also
Coal
A. J. CLATWORTHY
Phone 12 Granfot
We Deliver
lagging, Dragging
Pains In the Baek
Many women have to do their own
housework, and the constant bend
ing OVer, lifting, making beds,
sweeping, ironing, sewing, so necessary to perform their household
duties puts a heavy strain on the
back and kidneys,' and if there wore
no kidney wealmess the back Would
be Strong and well.
Doan’s Kidney Fills help io give
relief io weak, backache, kidney suf
fering women.
Doan’s Kidney Fills are put up
in an oblong grey box with our trade
mark a <( Maple Leaf1” on the
wrapper.
Don’t accept a substitute, Be
sure and get ^Loan’d?’
W L Milburn Co., Lid., TmoW# Ont.
The. first*, six editors- reached
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George Wright and Mrs. J. Broken- j were met by E. D. Q’Brien, v-f the
.'xjixLxau vuuuuxl, who steered us
o£ through the blackout to the Savoy,
; got us settled in our rooms and by
Jten o’clock, had us sitting at the
— .........j grill
We had hardly begun to eat
before a reporter had edged himself
into the circle, proceeded to order.
’ himself a meal at the expense of
! our hosts, topped it off with a bottle
} of whiskey and proceeded to “inter
view” me because he was beside me.
Mrs. the city late on Saturday night..
Gor-|front of his guests, As the bottle
Win. j terview was going to sound like,
the
ZION
There were no services in Zion
church on Sunday as the, roads were
blocked. -•
Mrs. George Earl, of Exeter,
spent -a few days in the community
last week. ,
Mrs. Sadler, of Staffa, Is visit
ing with her daughter, Mt’s. Angus
Earl and Mr. Earl.'
The Community Club meeting
will be held in Zion School On Fri
day evening, February 27th, at 8
p.m. '
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Jacques, Erl-
ma and Ray spent-Wednesday even
ing with Mr. and Mrs. Russell Mor
ley, of Kirkton.
There was a good attendance at
the progressive euchre and crokin-
ole party held at Zion school oh
Friday evening, sponsored by the,
Zion Red Cross Unit.
was torpedoed as he returned from
Canada; and the taxi- driver who
used to work, at Jasper Park and be
lieved it was the most beautiful
spot on earth, .
Canadian Soldiers and English Girls
. 'Many Canadian soldiers are
' marrying English girls. That is not
w 1 surprising, but few in Canada rea-
was a tendency to blame^the-'Can-1 lize how many weddings there have
their share ’been. The commanding officer, of a
phoned up [Western Ontario battalion told me
a Canadian that 100 of his men had married
her fence. *English and Scottish girls. He said
was Canad-! they were Sood girls, of the best
adians for -more than
For instance, a woman
one day and said that-
vehicle had damaged
Asked how she-knew it ___ ___._
ian, she said it had a hippopotamus'^^ for he insisted on interview-
painted oh the side. It was explain-every one ’before he gave his
ed to her that the hippopotamus! Permission for the marriage to take
was- not -a ’Canadian animal; the ve-.PIace-
hicLe belonged- to' another Dominion. ‘ Now that 18 something- that ■ Can-
; adian relatives of soldiers and parti-
I cularly Canadian girls, should not
of soldiers1 and parti-A Reiv Actual Incidents
Perhaps a few simple stories: overlook. B. K. Sandwell who was
will illustrate the -attitude of the with me, believes that a certain.
English people to the Canadians. J “glamour” surrounds Canadians Jn
In a small city near London, Britain. He ascribes this in part to
friends called a taxi to, take me to the movies and novels. Perhaps'he
’is right. 'At a big aircraft factory,
I saw a girl at a table reading a
paper covered novel, entitled “Love
was a
in fur
girl,
a
Bishop Re-
the railway station in the' blackout.
When the driver arrived and- found
that I was a‘Canadian, he asked if
I would mind if he went around by
his house’ and brought his wife al
ong: she would like to • talk to a
Canadian. When I left them at the
station, he would not accept a penny
from me.
Waiting for the train in that
same station, I talked with three
English Aircraftsmen in the R.A.F.
They were. loud in their praise of
the Canadians because of an inci
dent that had just happened. They
had ordered lunch at h refreshment
counter. * Service was slow. An
English Major came along after
their orders were in and insisted , on
being served first. The girl at the
counter refused. A bit of an argu
ment had arisen till it was settled
by an R.C.A.F. officer of higher
rank who took the part of the boys.
He had ’given the Major a bit of a
lecture, “After all,” he concluded,
“we are all fighting for the same
King?’ ' / . .
lOne night, the London Standard
had a cartoon. It showed an Eng
lish girl, rather embarafcsed, intro
ducing a young R.C.A.F. man to her
parents, with the words, “I picked
him up along the road.” The next
day, I sat beside the editor of the
Standard at a luncheon. He told
l
in the North.” On the cover
huge Canadian youth .dressed
parka, hugging a beautiful
while the aurora borealis made
brilliant (background.
nison who has spent much of his life
in the north was much amused.
I think there is a more practical
side to it than that. The English,
believe we live in a land of plenty
and wealth. Just ‘ now, when we
eat much they can’t get, that idea
spreads, A Canadian is considered
a “catch,” and from what I saw on
the streets and elsewhere,
girls are out to “get
wartime.
From the soldier’s
I believe loneliness
The boys don’t get
from home. Perhaps, they get plen
ty at first but the number falls oft.
Some don’t get any. They want the
news from home, but even more,
they want to think that they haven’t
been forgotten. They need letters
even more than they need parcels—
newsy, gossipy letters telling what
people at home are doing. And
they like the’hometown newspapers,
Which pass from hand to hand.
Councils or service clubs would be
doing good acts if they would sub
scribe for the local paper for all
boys from theiy town who are over
seas.
Parcels ate appreciated of course.
The troops are adequately fed, but <■
they get few luxuries. Remember
that wheh you send parcels. Some
things are luxurious in England
that are plentiful here; Candies
are most welcome. I • saw candies
only twice in England1 ana they
were really confections, not real
candies. I would have given much
for some real ones. Send potted
fancy meats and cheese, marmalade
and jams in tins (not glasses),
braces and garters and razor blades.
Illustrated magazines, such as
Life, are heavy to send, but are
most welcome. Send a few of them
to your soldiers, or to Mr. A. Sav-
aard Canadian Army Headquarters,,
Cookspur Street, London.
But remember, letters are best
all. There can't be too many
them.
1, As it turned out, it wasn’t as bad
j as it might have beep, but my name
; was spread over Britain as the ed
itor of a great group of weekly pap
ers, stretching from coast to coast,
That brought in What the radio
and movie stars call “fan mail,”
but which might more properly
have been called “letters to the ed
itor.”
! One of them was a scurrilous
postcard, denouncing the conduct
of the Canadian troops in Britain-
The writer said he was coming to
the Savoy next morning to tell me
all about them. I made enquiries,
fdund that the Writer was, an Aus
tralian in London, not too well
thought of’ himself and a bit of a
prank. The English people resent-
ed^what lie had done. The man
turhed up again the next day, but
I mUde sure I was away at the time,
Trodps Have Excellent Record
After that, I made it. my par
ticular business, wherever I went, to
ask about the Canadian boys in}me the story.
England,
high and low.
the group and talked with ihet Eng-' Sunday. 'Along the road
pish people in thdir gardens. I gdt! caught uh with a young couple with
I official figures from Canadian * their thumbs Up.
Army Headquarters. 1 ___|_
civilians and English- soldiers,
fore I left London. I had satisfied to pick them up.
myself -beyond any doubt. The re-1 They learned that the girl had
ebrd is not perfect, of course, but’just met the Canadian. In fact, it
Was his first week in England.
She invited liim to her home and he
accepted, as they neared the place
Where she wqs to get out, she begad
to .have doubts. Perhaps he would
not be welctmiied. The editor vras a
good sport. He differed to take the
Canadian to his home and that was
agreed upon, but as the girl got
ready to go she changed her mind.
She wouldn’t give him up no matter
What her patents said. So he went'
along with her,
I have already mentioned the
warm reception given us at Coven
try , When a large part of the city
was wiped out, most residents 'es
caped with their lives but little else,
Canadian garments clothed the
people; Canadian traveling kitchens
I >H!e and his wife had been driving
I FtS’ fvrSrrtici
I received answers from
I slipped away from-to the country home the previous
Along the road they
m Canadian their thumbs tip, HitCh-hikerS are
I talked with I hot common in England but one had
Be- a R.C.A.F. uniform so they Stopped
LUTEISON—HARDIE
A quiet Wedding Was Solemnized
at the United church parsonage,
Granton,
ited in marriage Amelia Margaret
Hardie, youngest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Milton Hardie, to Glen
Jameisoh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Jamelson, of Granton, The atten
dants were Miss Edithe Cook and
Harold Hardie, brother of the
bride. • The bride chose a gown of
turquoise blue, a 'black hat trimmed
with gray fur and & corsage Of or
chids. She also wore & silver ring
with matching bracelet The brides
maid wore a dress of mue wool?
blue hat and shoulderette of red|
roses, Tile wedding luncheon was1
served in London. ~~~ -■—Jamelson left by plane for a honey- « W had any complaints, If there
moon in Toronto. had heen any trouble. Almost in-
there were few serious crimes or
misdemeanors. I learned little bad
and much good, ff'he one definite
I episode in which a group of Can-
I adiatt soldiers took part rather
amused m 6, though • perhaps I
should have been shocked.
The British people cannot speak
too highly of the 'Canadians. Many
of our soldiers -are billeted in pri
vate houses, especially east of Lon-
on in the villages near the Thames,
These boys have been adopted as
members of the families.
One day, during manoeuvres at
} Aidershot, 1 went along the street
i’bsidents what they
Mi" ami MrsL^xt>u^^ o£ Canadians. I asked
wheh Rev, Mr, Cook un-
their
point
plays
English
man” in
of view,
a part,
enough letters
of .
of
Health hint—An Automobile
60 miles an hour moves 80 feet A.__
second, thus putting the hospital
just around the corner.
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