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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1942-04-02, Page 6ThwMay* April 1SM&THE EXTO TJMES-ADVOCATJS * Notes from A Woman's Workshop afiMntyMi WHAT CAN A MAN BELIEVE IN? If you are worried or perplexed, if it seems that nothing in this troubled world will ever he the same again, here’s a suggestion: ■Go out into the quiet countryside. Watch a plough parting the rich earth into long, straight furrows. See the trees bursting into bud, the grass turning green. Look for your first robin. It’s like going back to one’s childhood* Back to simple things—to concepts learned at mother’s knee. Such as the feeling of wrong in telling a lie. Or that nothing is more important than honor and courage. Suddenly you realize that these simple things never change. Like the soil, they are basic to our existence. You can believe in them always. —E. R< Squibb & Sons, in Life. THE CHRIST OF EVERY ROAD WINTER NASTURTIUM Agriculture Carried on in Britain under Difficult «Conditions This is the 14th in a series of | on ensilage as the best method articles Britain ten for Canada tive Hugh Templin, of the Fergus News-Record. on conditions in Wartime and parts of Europe, writ* the weekly newspapers of hy their own representa- cattle feed, makeshifts, discovered * * * They borrowed a bed to lay his head When Christ, the Lord, came down; They borrowed an ass in the moun­ tain pass For him to ride to town;. But the crown that he wore and the cross that he bore Were his own— The cross was his own. He borrowed the bread, When crowd he fed On the grassy mountainside; He borrowed the dish of broken With which he satisfied; But the crown that he wore and the cross that he bore Were his own— The cross was his own. the fish He borrowed the ship in sit To teach the multitude; He borrowed a nest in rest, He had never a home But the crown that he wore and the cross that he bore Were his own— The cross was his own. which to which to so rude. his way to eat. for him a He borrowed a room on ■the tomb The Passover Lamb to They borrowed a cave grave, They borrowed a winding sheet; But the crown that he wore and the cross that he bore ' Were his own— The cross was his own. —L.M.S. A teacher in an Oslo school was at a loss for a subject to give as an essay to her class of eleven-year-olds. The children gave a political twist to every topic she chose, and this might prove dangerous for the child­ ren, their parents, and the school. At last she found what seemed to be a harmless subject. “Write about your cat,” she told them. The first essay she read began like this: “In the reign of Haakon VII cats in Norway had a good time. There plenty of milk and enough even for pussies. was fish « * * * * ♦ * * KITCHEN KINKS When doing house cleaning try pinning a paper bag onto your apron to gather up bits of paper, empty ashtrays, etc. Also one for your dust cloth and damp rag. It saves a lot of walking hack and forth. Outstandingly Good still Sep- must eyes, M, Being just naturally a “sticker- inner”, I broke off a slip of nastur­ tium and poked it into the soil- of a potted geranium. It has grown’ all winter and climbed up on the sturdier plant. Now I have the very curious spectacle of a geran­ ium blossoming out with yellow nasturtiums. Next give my climbing better chance.* year I hope to friend a little *❖ ABOUT THE SUGAR RATION Three-quarters of a pound of sugar per person per week equals three and a half tablespoons a day. One pound of white sugar equals two cups. One pound of brown sugar equals two and two-third cups, Three-quarters of a pound brown sugar equals two cups.* * * SEAMEN’S STOCKINGS of A woman who Has completed her seventy-third pair of seamen’s stockings says she uses five needles so that she is not bothered with stitches slipping off. Another lady says that when the leg gets pretty well on she pins it to her dress or apron to take the drag of the weight* off her rieedles. S PAPER SHORTAGE The Deparifnieut of Public Infor­ mation, C^-fawa, says: ‘ Itj.?/estimated that each Canad- ian^faniily receives an average of [<one pound and a half of paper a day, ■ but ■for las ■for this extravagance will soon end, paper is required for the war— cartridge wadding, .the coating detonation flares and gas mask [boxes. Among other things corru- Igated cases for the shipping of [munitions' are also vitally needed. [The next time you go shopping, [take a basket with you. Paper is meeded for war purposes and Can­ adians are asked not only to sal­ vage paper but to do without wrap­ ping paper on many of their pur­ chases.” KETTLE AND PAN are growing tired of the vegetables in the these suggestions same may pars- until cold Mash If you same old old way, pep things up: Parsnip Patties Wash 6 or 7 medium-sized nips. Cook in salted water tender. Plunge them into water and slip off the skins, the parsnips. Add a dash of pepper, y2 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon su­ gar, 3 tablespoons butter and % cup cracker crumbs, patties. Beat 1 1 teaspoon cold ties in mixture, pi’ butter. Form into egg well, thin with water and dip pat- Brown in bacon fat I Do you cook cabbage in milk? fchrecl the cabbage. Drop it into boil- ling milk and cook lutes'. Add butter Serve immediately [the family '■exclaim! Glazed Carrots about 10 min- and seasonings. and listen to No doubt many readers of Can­ adian weekly newspapers would like to know something of agriculture in wartime Britain, and how the farmer fares. Travelling with a group of editors of city papers, I had not as much opportunity to study farming conditions as I would have liked, but I was able to pick up a good deal of informa­ tion in trips outside London. The farmers in Britain fill just as important a place as the soldiers or the" munition workers. One hears that said sometimes of Can­ adian farmers, but while there may be some doubt in Canada, there is none in England and Scotland. Before the war, more than the food ’consumed in Britain imported either from Denmark other European countries, or from Canada and other places across the oceans. Not only.that, but some of the fodder for animals was import­ ed and a lgrge part of the chicken and hog feed. The people of Britain must eat. All imports from Europe have been cut off, except occasional shipments of oranges from Spain and Portugal. England surprised All imported food must be brought 1 them were made in Canada, from Canada or farther away. That costs money and lives. Shipping space is precious. It cannot lo­ used for animal foods or Jpu.Kty'arti­ cles such as packaged breakfast cereals. And * ^very ton of extra “'can be produced in Bri­ tain is desperately needed. Cost has become a secondary considera­ tion. lialf was and producing the most There are other process has been making a pulpy feed out of straw on farms with sufficient water supply. Straw or chaff is cut up, soaked in caustic soda solution and then washed for a long time in running water. It takes the place of tur­ nips. School children are paid to gather acorns to feed the pigs. A for number, while supply. Sheep essential. Hogs drastically in They used much import- So did the chickens. Be- need of food. Private Farmers Told What to Raise is in fence there wood idea •use. cor- are and Swampy pieces been drained; meadows that in grass for hundreds of have been turned over by the and actually millions of acres his his its and advisers on these commit- farmer is interviewed ev- or oftener. He is told The commit- A few months before the war ac­ tually started, a bonus of some $8.00 an acre was offered to farmers for every acre of new land brought un­ der cultivation. A Canadian, travelling in Eng­ land for the first time, gets the that every acre of land There are no unsightly ners. For that matter, few fences. Evidently fencing materials are scayce and so hedges are used. Most- fields are smaller than in this country and the farms all look neat and tidy. But evidently, there was much waste land, not only on large estates, but on small farms, have were years plow of extra land are cultivated. What the farmer grows on land in wartime is not left to judgment. Every county has War Agricultural Committee, these, in turn, appoint committees in all districts. These committees are not made up of politicians, but of working farmers, land owners and farm workers. The agricultural colleges have been closed, and pro­ fessors and other experts serve as full-time tees. Every ery year what he must grow, tee may even go. so far as to give him a plan of his fields, telling him what to plant in each field. That sounds drastic and is dras­ tic. Actually, in practice, the sys­ tem is largely ./voluntary, because nearly all farmers are willing and anxious to co-operate as a patriotic duty. They pride themselves that they still live in a democratic coun­ try and because their own neighbors are one of the committee, the plan works largely as a voluntary co­ operation. But to an outsider it looks rather different. If a farmer i will not co-operate, the committee has power to force him to do so. If who does not like IIie *s entirely incompetent to pro- I duce more, he may be taken from his farm. A few rugged individuals have gone to jail. Add to 1 cup medium white Add 4 to 5 cups cooked toast I Cook carrots until not quite ten- Ider. Dry thoroughly, Slicing length- Iwise (there is less loss of color and [minerals.) 'Cook in a frying pan [over a slow fire with 2 tbsps. but- |ter, then 2 tbsps. sugar (brown or 'white). The person vegetables is sure to fall for Glazed Onions. Try this same recipe with small onions and sprinkle with a bit of chopped parsley. Carrots a la King One tsp. grated onion/ 1 tbsp, each of diced celery, parsley, pim- iento. sauce, diced carrots. Serve this with points as a supper dish. Your Lenten Dish Wash codfish in cold Water and 'soak overnight. This will remove enough of the salt to make it ed­ ible. Never cut salted codfish with a knife; tear it or shred it With a fork. Beat four eggs and gradual­ ly add one cup of milk and one cup of shredded codfish. Turn into hot buttered frying pan and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally until eggs and codfish are set. Do not overcook, otherwise the eggs will be dry. Garnish with sprigs of pars­ ley and triangles of fresh toast, i i l Vegetables were plentiful and they helped fill out many a meal in Bri­ tain in the past few months. Liter­ ally millions of persons were grow­ ing vegetables in their private gar­ dens or “allotments”. They had sacrificed many of their flowers, though nearly every garden had roses, and the blooms in tember and even in October have cheered many English as they did those of a Canadian visitor. About the time I left England Prime Minister Churchill wrote to a mass meeting of -farmers and farm workers; “Never before have farmers and farm workers carried such a heavy responsibility as you do in this struggle. Never before have you responded to the coun­ try’s call as you have done in the last two years, it is due in no small measure to the efforts you have made, in spite of many dif­ ficulties, that we find ourselves today in a better position on the food front than at any previous time since the war started.” TF' mS! ~ :.|mH 8MH| llrflH » Essential Foods Come First If the British farmer does ‘not produce more, many people will go hungry and some may starve. Therefore, the committees concen­ trate on the production of those foods which will go farthest toward feeding as many as possible, and they try to cut out waste of all’ kinds. Wheat and potato produc­ tion seems to have soared. Oats are largely grown and alfalfa seemed to me to be a1 favorite crop. The growing season last year was ex­ cellent, With a damp summer and a long, sunny autumn. The second crop of hay aud alfalfa was ex­ cellent, I saw strange objects in many of the fields, which I took to be stacks of hay or grain wound around with what looked like tar paper and net­ ting. I learned, that they were tem­ porary silos. Emphasis is being put FORMER WOODHAM YOUTH ON THREE ALLIED SHU’S SUNK BY ENEMY ACTION Jordon Laing, son of Rev. Andrew and Mrs. Laing, of Woodham dies following the third attack. OFFICERS OF HONOR DR. AT SOCIAL BATTERY W. L. LAWSON IN ARMORIES Going to Dental Corps at London; Given Fine Officer’s Haversack. torpedoe.s A. Jordon was serving. Bel- The Rev. up seven‘days later and were nearly crazed for want of food, water and shelter from the burning sun. A Spanish ship rescued them and landed them at Lisbon. Before that report the parents had hopes that Radio Officer Laing might be safe. Radio Officer Laing was born in Staff a, and was in his 23 rd year. Besides his parents, he is survived by one brother, Russell, of the Ont­ ario Veterinary College, Toronto, and a sister Miss Margie Laing, B.A., principal of S.S. No. 3, Stephen. Oliver Ingle, a resident of Park­ hill for the past 41 years, and at one time section foreman for the C.N.R., year. The members of the Officer’s Mess of the 100th Battery R.C.A. (R.F.), Listowel, gathered on their usual mess night, Thursday even­ ing last, for a farewell party for Dr. W. L. Lawson, popular young dentist who' recently enlisted with Canadian Dental Corps and who is. closing his office in Listowel^ Har­ old Winslow, vice-presj.F,0’>tf'of the Mess, expressed, ’lis* personal re­ grets, as^ yjei‘1 as the regrets of the (lumbers at the departure of such a highly-thought-of member. Colonel E. • D. Bennett echoed the remarks of Mr. Winslow, and called upon Major E. M. Creighton, O.C. of the 1'0Oth Battery R.C.A. (R.F.), who presented Dr. Law- ■ son with an officer’s haversack on behalf pressed Lawson nection been one of the charter members. . Dr. Lawson spoke a few approp­ riate words and assured his friends that he and Mrs. Lawson would always consider Listowel as home. The balance of the evening was spent in playing cards and table tennis. Dr. Lawson, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Lawsou, of Exeter, went to Listowel in the summer of 1930, and since that time >.v Quality of Farm Stock Improved Live stock is controlled by the committees as thoroughly as field crops, For instance, an attempt has been made to weed out inferior cows, lessening the keeping up the milk are also considered have been reduced numbers, ed feed, sides, it doesn’t take so long to build up their numbers again. As a re­ sult, pork and eggs are very scarce. All owners of poultry flocks with more than 5 0 birds must sell their eggs to the Government. They get a certain wheat ration in return. Those with less than 50 hens can dispose of the eggs as they like. Many town and village families keep a few hens, or even a pig, feeding them the scraps. Or a pig may be kept by a “club,” with several neighbors having a share in the hog. The number of tractors in use in me. Many of I?/ A country where gasoAius-ah'd fuel oil are desperately scarce, I did not "expect to see so many tractors, but this was another evidence of the desperate cars have almost disappeared from the road but tractors are kept go-; ing long hours. There is one handicap which those farmers close to airports or along the main roads suffer, which might not be thought of by one who had not seen their countryside. These fields are full of traps for planes and sometimes for tanks as well. These are of several types, but all take up space and it must take time around them.- in seeding, tilling and harvesting operations. Farmers observe the same black­ out regulations as people in” towns and cities. I am not sure that this is compulsory, but it is the wise!Iias conducted a highly successful thing to do. There are many in­ stances in earlier months when hos­ tile’ pilots have seen a gleam of light from a farm and have drop­ ped a bomb on the chance that it might be a factory. There have also been some instances where farmers were attacked in daylight raids and their stock machine-gun­ ned from the air. of the members. He the sincere hope that would never lose his with the Mess, as he ex­ Dr, con- had and trouble driving Farmers Arc Given Protection ensure a And wages of farm labor- I was in time was minimum for 1942. . In many ways the British farmer is probably better off than ever be­ fore. His hired man is in the same position. Brices of all knds of farm produce are set by the Gov­ ernment high enough to pkofit. ers are also set. When England in October, the approaching when the farm wages would be set The hired men were asking for 60 shillings a week, and seemed likely to get about 5;5 shillings, or about $13.0-0. Farmers’ sons, if not entirely ex­ empted from conscription, enjoy the I same standing as munition workers. I Farm help is scarce/of course. Dur­ ing the harvest months last fall, many experienced farmers, now with the Canadian Were sent to camps to help good job. One they were far better thqn any hired help he could get in his own coun­ try, working far longer grudgingly. One of the Women’s units in Britain is the Land Army. It is not as popular as some of the other branches of the service, possibly because the khaki uniform does not look as well as the Air Force or the Women’s Royal Naval Services. Their jobs may lack some of the glamor, too. But there is no doubt about their usefulness. I suppose that in- some cases they take the place of hired men, but those I saw seemed to be working in threshing gangs, going from farm to farm in groups. There is some grouching and com­ plaining, of course. We heard one poultry'farmer say that he was al­ most out of business, in spite of the scarcity of eggs. He could not get enough feed for his rather large flock. And he didn’t think the dis­ tribution of eggs was well carried out, some of them going bad. In Other cases, the county committees evidently guess wrong. As jso < happens with farm produce, article that is scarce one year be overgrown the next. In spring of 1941, onions were doin to be had at any price, fall there were too many end a danger that some would rot. Army farms out. farmer reports that in England, neai’ their They did a hours mn- Auxiliary Women’s died recently in his 75th McGrath, of Hibbert, has farm to JoseDh Ryan, of whose house were burned last sum- at the Mr. Ryan and. his same township, barn while he was working Airport. Louis sold the and mer Clinton family moved to their new home last week. education ’teen age outstand- Western to Wood- practice. He took an active part in j community affairs, being a njember I of the Listowel Community Club, j the Listowel Golf and Country Club, ■ as well as'the Officers’ Mess. He is a member of the United church and serves oh the Board of Stewards. Going to London For the present Dr. Lawson be stationed at London and, gether with >his wife and small Jimmy, left Listowel for that on Tuesday. Mrs. Lawson was, til her marriage five years Miss Grace Cooper, of Kippen, and for a number of years was employed in the London Life Assurance Com­ pany at London. They will reside at 287 Huron street, London. A delightful party was held at the home of Mrs. A. W. Mee, Main street west, to honor Mrs. Lawson and. she was made the recipient of a beautiful leather handbag, 'a gift from a number of her friends. Mrs. Mee made the presentation. The evening was spent in playing bridge.—Stratford Beacon-Herald. will to- . son city un- ago, Three times enemy sank* ships on which Laing, of Woodham, Twice the former resident of mont was among the survivors, third time he lost his life. Some time ago his parents, and Mrs. Andrew Laing, now of Woodham, received a message that tlfeir son was missing. Now word has been received that he lost his life when the M. V. Cingalese Prince was sunk by enemy action. In the interval between the time that he was reported missing and the confirmation, the iLaing family received a death certificate for one A’. Laing born somewhere in Scot­ land. This certificate was later re­ turned to the Department of Ex­ ternal affairs and then to the High Commissioner’s Office, London, Eng­ land from which the authentic in­ formation was received. Jordan Laing was well known in the Belmont district where he receiv­ ed is continuation school and where he spent his years. He was one of the ing softball pitchers of Ontario. He later moved ham and graduated from the St. Mary’s Collegiate, and later from the Radio College of Canada, Tor­ onto. Radio Officer Laing entered the marine service in October, 19 40. His first voyage was from 'New York to Liverpool on October 31, 1940. From that time until 'his | death he served on the high seas j with three different vessels and let-’ tersa to friends were received from Bombay, Gibraltar, Captetown, South Africa and Athens, Greece. All three vessels he served on were sunk by enemy action. On two oc­ casions he escaped with just the clothing he was wearing. Although his friends and parents received let­ ters from him in the Far East he would constantly inform them that he hadn’t received any word from Canada for nearly a year. Christ­ mas gifts and letters sent in Dec­ ember, 1940 have since been return­ ed to their senders. A letter September, would be New Year, third. The Capetown, was on her regular East to the United States ember 7 newspapers gave tion of the sinking of the M.. V. Cingalese, Pi<hce in the South At­ lantic. She was struck by two tor­ pedoes midship at four a.m. Then followed an explosion. The ship sank before a life boat could be launched. . The first mate, the chief engineer, four British seamen and eleven Malaya helpers were picked A MODERN . . . Monthly Rates Hotel Wavedey SrjuonrA Ave. at College .St. RATES SINGLE - $1.50 to $3.00 DOUBLE - $2.50 to $6.00 Special Weekly QUIET . . . WELL CONDUCTED . . . CONVENIENTLY LOCATED HOTEL . . . Close to, Parliament Buildings, University of Toronto, Maple Leaf Gardens, _ Fashionable Shopping District, Wholesale Houses, Theatres, Churches of Every Denomination. A. M. Powell, President written to his father in 1941 intimated that he home on leave for the But this voyage was the letter was written from South Africa. run The ship firom the On Nov- informa- Stubborn Cases of Constipation • Those who keep a mass of impurity pent up in their bodies> day after day, instead of having it removed as nature intended, at least once in every twenty-four hours, in­ variably suffer from constipation. The use of cheap, harsh purgatives will never get you any where as they only aggravate the trouble and in­ jure the delicate mucous lining of the bowels, and are very liable to cause piles. If constipated take Milburn’s Laxa-Liver Pills and have a natural movement of the bowels. They do not gripe, weaken and sicken as many laxatives do. Tho T. Milburn Co, Ltd, Toronto, Ont, often an' • will the sel- Last onious Russia’s Mighty War Effort — War Photograph Presented by Stalin to Lord Beaverbrook More than 150 ivar photographs illustrat­ ing Russia’s gigantic struggle against her ag­ gressors, in addition to a series of remarkable cartoons and posters acclaiming the Anglo- Soviet agreement, were presented by the U.S.S.R. Leader M. Stalin to Lord Reaver­ brook dniring his visit to Moscow for the Al­ lied Supply Conference. This picture included in the collection, shows trains carrying munitions and tanks en route to the Russian front.