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Phone 57-13 Dashwood
R.R. No. 1, DASHWOOD
Maplegrove Farm, home of
mid Mrs. R. M. Reek, of Stanley, was
the scene of a wedding, when their
daughter, Dorothy Emmaline, be
came the bride of John Francis
Elliott, of Toronto, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. J. R. Elliott, of Blyth. The
marriage was solemnized by Rev.
Reba. Horn, of Varna, in the pres
ence of the immediate relatives.
The bridal music was played by
Mrs. Elmore Ruyter, who also sang
“I Love You Truly” during the
signing of the register. Given in
marriage by her father the attrac
tive bride wore a graceful street
length gown of forget-me-not blue
sheer
Miss
bride,
green
corsage of golden glory pom-pom
chrysanthemums, Gordon
of Blyth, brother of the
was best man.
which followed
assisted by Mrs.
the bride wore
with brown tweed coat and
accessories. Mr. and Mrs.
will reside at 5 Rusholme
Toronto,
with corsage of pink roses.
Dorothy Peck, sister of the
as bridesmaid wore moss
wool crepe, street-length, and
Specially written for this ^newspaper Ry Margaret butcher
READING, ENG,—-This
fancy will have a strong
flavor, And what could be
timistlc than that, after all? X seem
to have slipped into a quiet back-
water—-and how thankful i am! I
am still here in this beautiful house,
and events don’t come along in a
big way just now.
no war, I
this patch
bright bits
kind and
body grizzles at the strange trend
of affairs nowadays. They just go
on making the best of things.
There was a time when the -whole
place hummed with staff and guests,
when there were no weeds in the
drive and the lawns were smooth
and green. All that has changed,
but there are no moans. My hostess
takes her turn with everybody else;
yesterday it was the plate and cut
lery, today it is washing and iron
ing for the family. And with it
all she manages to look dainty, pret
ty and charming-
much
trive,
down
All
course,
the duration”;
once a fortnight,
of our own laundry, a bit at a time,
and the line in the courtyard usu
ally has a fine display of handiwork.
The days, what with one thing ana
another, simply fly; one is forevi*.
finding that it is blackout time—-a
sure sign that winter is on its way
again. The years, for us, are divided
now into two sections: the short
bit when one can really see, and the
long stretch when we live in a sort
of perpetual semi-gloom. Already I
have begun my winter-losings.
Things disappear: spectacles, hair
nets, slippers, pens; and the trouble
about ’osing one’s spectacles is that
one can’t look for them unless they
are there!
letter, I
domestic
more op-
Well, war or
shall always remember
as one of the really
of. life, The people are
good-tempered, and no4
here, and my host, who
police and rescue work
London Blitz, told me
friends near
did a lot of
. during the
another good story. Nowadays, when
a Blitz story is told, it is with, an
air of half-apology: a kind of “stop-
me-if-ypu’ve-heard-this-one” manner
as befits such ancient history. But
it is true and I think, worth re
peating. It concerns old Lady X,
who is ovei- seventy. She was alone
in hex’ house in London during that
frightful period, and one night,
when things were fairly buzzing
the police got a telephone call from
her.
“I’d be glad if you’d come round,
said her ladyship’s quiet voice,
got something most unpleasant
in bed with me,”
The
rather
broke
stairs,
rolled
a great A .A. shell nestling beside
her. It had
and ceiling,
and whizzed
was tide up
able to do
stretch out a hand for the telephone.
The rescue party slit the bedclothes
from top to bottom and extricated
the pair of them.
.“And now, if you’ll pass me my
dressing-gown,” said the old lady,
“we’ll see about a cup of tea.”
That’s the spirit!
I walked home after our talk,
through the quiet, tail-hedged coun
try lane, with stars in millions shin
ing overhead. There was no moon
and our bombers were zooming along
in great force. The hum was con
tinuous and very loud but one could
not see a sign of them. It really
was guite uncanny. “Now,” I said to
myself, “they know what it is like.”
The drama of those humming in
visible things always gets me.
Travelling a Nightmare
Tomorrow I have to make a jour
ney across England to the West
Country. I am not looking forward
to it, though I have whittled my
luggage down
Travelling
mare,
stand
going
stool;
I can
corridor,
somethin]
and hope for the best,
is that the railways manage so well.
You have only to imagine the holi
day season, with thousands
moving about on our little
to picture what a task it
them, How they get along
having given priority to the
is something to wonder at.
the trains get into the station they
already look packed, but more folk
squeeze in somewhere. As one wo
man said to me last week: “I open
ed the door and shoved the two
children in somehow. Probably
somebody got pushed out at the op
posite side, but I shoudn’t know
about that!”
Another told me that, on her
Way back from Cornwall, she lost
a grip with her husband’s shoes,
pyjamas and a chicken in it. Now
she is wondering what that grip will
be like when (or if) it turns up
again. Of course, the ‘Holidays At
Home' movement is doing a lot to
keep people interested and amused
in their own localities, but it’s very
human, after all, to want a complete
change of scene. If you’ve strap-
hung on the same bus or street car
route for a twelve-montli you donte
want to hang on the same strap
during your vacation, I suppose. And
you don’t necessarily want to see the,
same faces opposite you. I can
understand the passion for moving
about where it exists; but can’t
understand the craze for taking lug
gage. One’s only chance of feeling
fairly safe on the luggage question
is to have it in one’s hand—-or in
a pack.
Elliott,
groom,
At the reception
Mrs. Peck received
Elliott, Going away
a gold wool dress
brown
Elliott
Drive,
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By ANNE ALLAN
PERFECT DESSERTS FOR THE
Hydro Home Economist
pertaining to the above prob
lem?
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Ann Allan invites you to write
to her %The Exeter Times-Advocate.
Send in your suggestions on home
making problems and watch this
column for replies.
MILLION DOLLAR
FEATHER CAPE
FESTIVE OCCASION
Hello Homemakers! Fruit cook
ies, the plum pudding and mince
meat require several days to mel
low and develop that rich blending
of flavours so desirable. They will
be less heavily fruited and lack the
richness of other years because of
the scarcity of some of the ingredi
ents. However, make a perfect
dessert, neither soggy nor dry, and
the family will be cheerful.
Preparations for steam puddings
may be accomplished in easy stages.
Wash raisins and drain thoroughly;
shred peel and chop suet when you
have a few leisure moments in the
evening. When ready to mix, use
about 4 cup of the sifted measured
flour to dredge the fruit. Combine
measured ingredients together. Mix
and pour into well greased moulds.
Cover with two- layers of wax
paper. Tie securely with a string.
Incidentally, if you put puddings in
several small moulds they will re
quire less time to cook. We prefer
to steam the puddings. However, if
your steamer has worn out, you may
improvise one by putting moulds im
a covered roast pan with the rack in
place in lowei- part of oven with
bottom element on High—indicator
at 40 0, or place on top element and
keep boiling. Do not lift the lid
during the first 2 hours. If the lid.
is tight-fitting it will not be neces-'
sary to replenish with water—if
water has to be added, use hot water
so that steaming continues without
interruption. To reheat the pud
ding, allow a half hour for small
moulds, of 1 hour for the listed Eng
lish Plum Pudding.
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grated potato, 1 cup bread
crumbs, 1 cup raisins, 1 cup
peel (sliced), Bl cup cherries
(sliced), 1 cup brown sugar, %
cup suet, finely chopped, 2
tablespoons sour milk, B tea
spoon baking soda, B cup flour,
1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon cin
namon, % teaspoon nutmeg,
% teaspoon allspice.
Method: Mix ingredients in order
Turn into well-greased
Cover and steam. If indi-
given.
mould.
vidual moulds are,used, 1% hours
would be required; for large moulds,
3 hours.
Pluni Pudding Sauce
sugar
When
Cream together a cup of
and a half a cup of butter,
light and creamy add the well
beaten yolks of four eggs. Stir in
i cup raspberry vinegar or similar
flavouring, a pinch of salt, and one
cup of hot cream or rich milk. Beat
this mixture well,
boiler over
sistency of
teaspoon of
let it boil.
Place in double
the fire until the con-
thick cream. Add 1
liquid allspice. Do not
Butterscotch Sauce
IB Cups brown sugar, 2-3 cup
white corn syrup, B cup water,
% cup butter, 2-3 cup rich milk.
Boil sugar, syrup and water to
gether until they reach a tempera
ture of 236 degrees F. Add butter
and cool. Beat in milk. Serve hot
or cold. 1-3 cup shelled almonds
may be added to sauce after cooling.
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TAKE A TIP:
RECIPES
English Plnin Pudding
7-8 cup pastry flour, B tea
spoon baking soda, B tea
spoon salt, 1 teaspoon cinna
mon, B teaspoon mace, tea
spoon each cloves, allspice,
ginger, B cup brown sugar,
B cup minced suet, B cup cur
rants or seeded raisins, 1-3 cup
sultanas, 1-3 cup seeded raisins,
2 tablespoons citron
tablesoons mixed peel,
B
1
1. Heat a cake pan slightly before
greasing; less fat will be needed,
cro-
save
2. Bake or grill patties or
quettes instead of frying, to
fat.
3. Plain scones or tea biscuits
be baked on a lightly floured
instead of a greased pan.
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THE QUESTION BOX
PROVINCE MAY TAKE OVER
SARNIA-IPPERWASH ROAD
may
pan
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“I’ve
here
andrescue squad, anxious
intrigued, rushed around,
into the place and went up-
There was the old dear,
up in bed like a cocoon, with
The most expensive garment in
all the world is a cape made of
feathers, which was worn by King
Kamehameha the Great, of Hawaii.
The garment is valued at, and in
sured for $1,000,000.
This remarkable cape is priceless
beyond merely monetary value be
cause it is made of tiny golden
feathers no larger than a child’s
fingernail, gathered over a long
period of time from the wings of
the Hawaiian Mamo, a bird which
has been extinct since 1'87 0.
As only two of these tiny feathers
were taken from the wings of each
bird, it was necessary to obtain
feathers from countless thousands
of the birds in order to assemble
this single garment. Moreover, we
are informed that ovei' 100 years of
labor were required and that the
completed feather cape represents
the highest development in native
Hawaiian art.
The plumage of the Mamo was at
one time equivalent to gold cur
rency in the Hawaiian Islands and
it represented the country’s great
est treasure. ,
The garment is preserved at
Bernice P. Bishop Museum,
Honolulu.
A belief that the Ontario Depart
ment of Highways will take over the
Blue Water Highway between Sar
nia and Camp Ipperwash next year
was expressed Monday by J, W'.
Murphy, of Sarnia Township, on the
basis of conversations he had with
officials of the Ontario Department
of Highways in Toronto at the week
end.
Mr. Murphy renewed, during his
visit to the Parliament Buildings,
representations which were made
at a banquet at Sombra several
weeks ago to Hon. George H. Dou-
cett, minister of highways, and of
ficials of that department, for the
taking over of a route for the high
way from Sarnia via the Lake
Shore to Ravenswood, near the
military camp. He said he came
away with the impression a survey
will be undertaken by the depart
ment in the spring with a view to
laying out a route either by the
Lake Shore road abandoned rail
way right-of-way or a short distance
south of that, and thence following
the general direction of the shore
line to connect with the present No.
21 Highway northeast of Forest.
Mr, Murphy believes some defin
ite effort will also be made by the
department next season to construct
a permanent road through The
Pinery starting at Grand Bend and
working through to the junction of
No. 21 Highway leading to Forest
and the proposed new roads via
lake shore into Sarnia.
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HURON PENSIONS BOARD
RECOMMENDS INCREASES
Pen
HURON TURNKEY’S
WIFE LOSES SUIT
Barlow on
White,
who
a hammer at
on Christmas
Kearwood W.
at-
led
fol-
-which is much,
more than I ftould ever con-
I am afraid. When I settle
to chores I look the part.
the best linen and plate, oi
have been laid away “for
•the laundry-van calls
So we do most
Strain Has Lifted
come through the roof
dropped on the bed
round till the occupant
with it and totally un-
anything more than
FRANK TAYLOR
LICENSED AUCTIONEER
For Huron and Middlesex
FARM SALES A SPECIALTY
Prices Reasonable and Satisfaction
Guaranteed
EXETER P.O, or RING 138
The Huron County Old Age
sions and Mothers’ Allowances
Board met Thursday afternoon in
Goderich with the ' chairman, Wil
liam Archibald of Tuckersmith
presiding. Other members present
were: John L. McEwan of Wroxeter,
R. J. Bowman of Brussels, Mrs. N,
W. Trewartha’, Clinton, and Mrs. F.
R. Redditt, of Goderich.
Six applications for old age pen
sions and one for mothers’ allow
ance were dealt with, and two old
age pensions were recommended
for increases.
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and Middlesex
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But we are much more cheerful
with this new turn of the news.
There is still anxiety, of course, as
there must always be when folk one
cares about are in danger; but the
sense of perpetual strain has lifted.
It is rather as if we’d heard that a
very sick friend is off the danger
list-—at last. I don’t know how else
to describe it. For all that, life
isn’t precisely a picnic.
It gets more and more difficult
to buy the. things one needs. Small
people and ‘outsize’ people are parti
cularly unfortunate in this respect,
where clothes are concerned. Frocks
are to be had of course but the
growing prices are a trifle frighten
ing to a careful soul. If you are
small it means hours of tedious al
terations at home, since the shops
being short-handed, often take weeks
over a job; and if you are an ‘out
size’ you’re lucky to get anything
at all. The catch, I hear, is that
the manufacturers are reluctant to
put in the extra material, as they are
credited with no more coupons than
for ordinary sizes. And wherever
you go you hear women talking
about stockings. My own—with the
exception of two or three decent
pairs in reserve—are a network of
darns and, mended ladders; but I
don’t mind, and I don’t suppose
anybody else notes my shortcomings.
A friend of mine has just been tre
mendously thrilled by the gift of
four pairs from Iceland. It sounds
very improbable, I know. Who would
have thought that we should
to crow over our stockings from
land, of all places?
Getting Spare Parts
and
for
to
to the last stitch,
is likely to be a night-
sometimes people have to
hours and hours. I am
carry a tiny sketching-
then, if the worst happens,
have some sort of rest in the
We carry sandwiches and
g to drink, shut our eyes
The marvel
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is for
at all,
troops,
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GLADMAN & STANBURY
Solicitors, ExeterBULLET NEARLY HITS
PASSANGER ON BUS
What is thought to have been a
stray bullet Friday afternoon pierc
ed the window of a bus of Western
Ontario Motorways as it proceeded
up Saltford hill en route from Sky
Harbor Airport to Goderich.
22-bullet entered
inches above the head of Miss Betty
Young, airport telephone operator,
a passenger.
The police were
formed and went
look for hunters
thicket. The bus
Young, thought a
and pulled up. The telephone op
erator appeared unconcerned
made light Of the incident.
scraps moistened with warm wat
er.
These are useful creatures too,
living in the outhouses and earning .
their keep. This old house used to
be overrun with rats; the rat-exter
mination bill came to over eighty
dollars a year—and precious little
extermination at that. But the cats
have purged the place * of them.
What is more, the old mother—'most
respectably known as “Mrs. Cat”—
has just followed the prevailing
fashion and prodiiced a batch of
seven in the potting-shed. Seven,
if you please! The gardener has pur
loined five and caused them to van
ish mysteriously, so now the mater
nal duties are reduced to more
reasonable proportions for which she
must be privately grateful, I’m sure.
Yes, I think that war conditions
have improved the ptiyschology and
status Of animals, having cut out
that idiotic ’spoiling’ which used to
irritate people with common sense.
You no longer hear of puppies be
ing brought up exclusively on chick
en and cream! Only the hens re
fuse to conform, their motto being
‘No nice meals, no nice eggs’; but
I have always thought that there
is something very unyielding and
Victorian about a heft. It is a fort
night since i had an ugg from the
local shop, When you ask for one
the storekeeper looks at you as if
you had put in aft order
cocks’ tongues.
Nevertheless, we’re not
badly-. Like the animals,
we’re none the worse for cutting
-out the spoiling)
Mr. Justice F. H.
Saturday dismissed a $25,000 dam
age suit brought ag’ainst the Coun
ty of Huron by Mrs. Irene White,
widow of Kearwood W.
Huron county jail turnkey,
died as a result of
tack by a prisoner
eve, 1941.
The negligence of
White, turnkey of Huron County
jail, who died after a hammer
tack upon him by a prisoner,
to the dismissal of the suit.
Evidence at the trial which
lowed the attack was that White
entered a cell block alone, and was
attacked by three prisoners.
In dismissing the action Mr. Jus
tice Barlow stated it was White’s
duty to hand out tools to the prison
ers for repair work. Mr. Justice
Barlow said White was negligent 'ft
not having returned to him a ham
mer issued to
this hammer
attacked.
Mr. Justice
White was also negligent in enter
ing the cell block alone.
The
a window six
live
Ice-
are
My radio
Our real woes begin when we
in need of spare parts,
went dumb for weeks, and nothing
could be done. One depends sb much
on radio now, and I was in despair.
Frantic telephoning to the Shops al
ways brought the same reply: “Sorry
but we can’t take on any repairs*—
not even if you could get the radio
to us.” Engineers are at a premium,
man often doing the work of
But I was lucky enough to run
a real radio expert Who was
this way on holiday, and the
angel came and gave the thing an
overhaul. From somewhere ho pro
duced a new valve and now all is
welt
Then the typewriter gave out—-
a really serious matter. -Nobody
would take that on either; but the
butcher’s man (for a consideration
of cigarettes) took it into the town
to a clever friend Of mine, who re
paired it and my pal the doctor
brought it back when he came out
this Way to visit a patient Thug
do we help each other over the
rough ground. There really is a lot
of kindness going around you know,
t don’t know where We should be
without it.
was
was
one inmate. It
with which he
How can
metal
be thawed
fish
pan,peel, 2
1-3 cup
teaspoon
teaspoon
grated car
raw potato,
apple.
blanched almonds,
grated
lemon
tot, I
B cup
Method: Sift flour, measure
re-Sift with soda and spices.
Combine
covered,
3 hours.
lemon rind,
juice, i cup
cup grated
grated raw
a
and
Add
hot water
Barlow held that
all other ingredients,
thoroughly. Steam in
greased pudding pan for
Re-steam for serving.
Carrot Pudding
1 cup grated carrots,1 cup
Mrs. C. M. asks:
Odor be removed from a
and should frozen fish
before cooking.
Answer: Scrub with,
and salt; rinse, then wash in soapy
water. Small fillets do not need to
be thawed) but it prevents excess
“spattering” of fat,
Mrs. S, Me. asks: How to make
good pastry without pastry flour.
Answer: Add % teaspoon baking
powder to sifted flour; use 1-3 more
cold fat, and sprinkle with milk in
stead of water. Chill before it is
rolled out
Note: Has anyone other suggestions
THEATRE FINED
IN TICKET CASE
GODERICH—Holding
employer in. the case in point
responsible for the acts of his
ployee. Magistrate Makins in police
court at Goderich on December2
fined the Empire Theatre, Seaforth,
$50.00 and costs for the neglect of
its ticket taker to tear an admission
ticket in two and hand half to the
patron. The R.C.M.P. were the in
formants. A plea -of guilty wag en
tered after the magistrate had
made his ruling on the employer
employee
wag laid
Act.
relationship. The charge
under the War Revenue
immediately in
to the spot to
in a near-by
driver, William
tire had blown
em-. V
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HOTEL
WAVERLEY
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I am too con-
I don’t really
than to come
and fields and
dng cats sattii-Had Another Bad Night?
Couldn’t You Get Any Best?
To those Who toss, night after night, oft sleepless
beds; To those Who sleep in a kina of it Way, but
Whose rest is broken by bad dreams atid nightriiare.
To those whq wake up iil the morning as fired aS when
they Went to bed, we offer id Milburn’s Health and
Nervd Pilis a tonic remedy to help Soothe and strengthen the nerves,
Wheti this is done there should be no more restless nights due to bad
dreams and'nightmares.
Price 50c a box, 65 pills, at all drug counters.
Look fdi? dtftr iregiStered trade mark a “Red Heart” oft the package.
The T. Milburn Co„ Limited, Toronto, Oat.
Husbaftd: What extravagance!
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A Story of the Blitz
Last night I went out to visit
Securing Ration Cards
Then, before going away,
is the business of getting in
with the local Food Office and se
curing an Emergency ration card.
No, going away isn’t the airy busi
ness it once Was, I assure you, The
pressure has been pretty strong to
make me move at all.
tented where I am.
want anything more
back to these woods
tall elms, with hens
taring about the courtyard.
And, speaking of those cats, the
war has made a change in our ani
mals. one has always thought of
cats as nervous and pernickety
creatures, but they aren’t like that
now. Swooping planes and gun
fife leave them cold; and as for
their appetites — Well, they’ll eat
anything that isn’t contaminated,
and enjoy it. I have seen our lit
tle lot do plenty of washing and
chop-licking after a dish of dull
for pea
doing so
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