HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1937-02-04, Page 2PAGE TWO THE WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES Thursday, February 4, 1937
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need here is a Sports Association
that would be more or less respon
sible for organizing the various
branches of sport. The idea if prop
erly’ worked out would be a good
one.
Some people are interested in some
branches^ of sports but not so keen
on others but if the association was
made up t»f all groups and they co
operated the benefits to our boys who
take part in the various branches of
sport would be very’ great,
That proper coaching benefits a
team has been proven beyond doubt
by the progress that has been made
by our hockey team. This would ap
ply in baseball and if the association
could assist the ball club what a fine
thing it would be,
There are some who do not think
the idea is such a good one. They
feel that each branch of sport should
paddle its own canoe. We think each
branch of sport should be operated
by those who are mostly interested
but if the association could assist
them financially or otherwise we be
lieve it would be welcome.
It is something that is worth think
ing about.
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Storms at sea. floods and icy winds
in Europe. A most serious flood' con
dition in the United States. Huron
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They
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affairs at the 66th Annual Meeting
held in Toronto on Wednesday, Jan
uary 27th. The Outstanding features
of this statement were an exception
ally strong cash and liquid position,
a large growth in deposits, an en
larged security portfolio and increas
ed profits.
Total deposits amount to $112,478,-
420, an increase of $6,541,209 during
the year and over $14,000,000 in the
past two years.
The security portfolio comprising
investments in Dominion and
vincial Government bonds and
high-grade securities is at the
est point in the Bank’s history,
total $51,538,902 as compared
$39,-516,079 in the previous statement,
an increase of $1,022,823 during the
year.
As has been said, the Bank is in
a particularly strong liquid position.
Its cash assets are shown at $26,289,-
533 which is 21.7% of Public Liabil
ities. Immediately Available Assets
have reached a total of $93,363,826
or 77% of Public Liabilities. The per
centage last year was 65.29%.
Current Loans and Discounts in
Canada including Municipal Loans
are shown in a total of $45,970,186, a
decrease of $12,069,667. Current
Loans are less by $11,113,193 and
Municipal Loans by $956,474. The re- ■
duction in Current Loans is princi
pally due to a liquidation of advances
against grain,
The notes of the Bank in circula
tion at thp end of the year were $5,-
570,701, a decrease of $331,530 due tp
the gradual reduction in the amount
of notes which htc Bank may have in
circulation under the provision of the
present Bank Act. Bank Premises Ac
count now stands at $5,760,000. The
sum of $100,000 was written off in
1936! compared with $75,000 in the
previous year.
After making provision for Domin
ion and Provincial Government tax
es, the net profits for the year were
$951,277 compared with $901,556 in
1935, an increase of $49,721. Out of
Profits $700,000 was provided for div
idends, a contribution of $75,000 was
made to Officers’ Pension Fund,
$100,000 was written off Bank Prem
ises Account, leaving $76,276 to be
added to Profit and Loss Account,
which now stands at $668,977.
The Capital Paid Up is $7,000,000
while- the Reserve Fund and Undi
vided Profits is $7,668,977.
GRIDDLE CAKES
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Bread Griddle Cakes
One and one-half cups fine stale
bread crumbs, 1}& cups scalded milk,
2 tablespoons melted butter, 2 eggs
well beaten, 14 cup flour:, teaspoon
salt, 4 teaspoons baking powder. Add
milk and butter to crumbs and’soak
until crumbs are soft, add eggs then
flour, salt and baking powder mixed
and sifted. Heat griddle or frying
pan, grease and drop mixture from
tip of spoon on griddle. Cook on one
side. When puffed full of bubbles,
turn oyer and bake on other side.
Serve with butter and corn syrup.
Buckwheat Griddle Cakes
One cup flour (sifted), 1 cup buck
wheat flour, % cup white sugar, %
teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons baking
powder, % cup butter or butter and
fryings melted, 1% cups'sweet milk.
Baked Griddle Cakes
One pine griddle cake butter; Ya
pound cottage cheese; Ya tea.spoon
salt;; Ya teaspoon cinnamon; Ya. tab
lespoon sugar; 1 tablespoon milk; 1
egg, well beaten; V2 cup honey or
maple syrup.
Make the griddle cakes about four
inches in diameter. Cover and keep
them in a warm place until ready to
use. Blend the seasonings with the
cottage cheese and add the milk and
egg. Spread the griddle cakes, and
fold or roll the cakes over the cheese,
pressing the. edges of the cakes se-I
curely together. Line the cakes in a
greased baking pan; pour over the
top of each the honey or syrup. Bake
in a moderate oven for 15 minutes,
Fried apples or sauted pineapple slic
es make a delicious accompaniment
for these cakes.
Griddle Cakes
Two and one-half cups flour, 3 tea
spoons baking powder, 1 cup bran, 2
cups of milk, 2 eggs, 8 tablespoons
melted shortening. Mix and sift the
flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar
together. Stir in the bran. Add milk
to well beaten -eggs. Pour slowly in
to dry ingredients. Mix thoroughly
and add melted shortening. Bake like
any pancakes and serve with butter
and syrup.
Delicious Griddle Cakes
One and one-quarter cups sifted
flour; 1% teaspoon salt; 2 egg yolks,
slightly beaten; % cup milk ;2 table
spoons melted butter or other short
ening; 2 egg whites, stiffly beaten.
Sift flour once, measure, add bak
ing powder and salt, and sift again.
Combine egg yolks and milk; add
gradually to flour, beating only until
smooth. Bake on hot, greased grid
dle. Serve hot’ with maple-flavored
syrup. One teaspoon sugar may be
added with flour if a sweeter griddle
cake is desired. Makes about 9 grid
dle cakes.
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
At the recent annual meeting of
the Horticultural Society it was noi
sed that the membership for 1936 was
129, this is the lowest membership
in several years. A decrease in mem
bership of a society always gives the
■officers cause for -worry but our local
society has during the past few years
done much better than most societies,
in many places the Horticultural So
cieties have ceased to exist while here
it is very active and carries on a fine
work.
The greater the membership how
ever the greater its usefulness, so we
urge our citizens to join the Horti
cultural society this year and’*' thus
■encourage those who take a more ac
tive interest and do so much work
gratis.
The membership fee is not large County fine weather, slippery
.and returns to one almost completely j our only bug bear. We must
by way of premiums.
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SOME WEATHER
The end of January and'up till now
•we have not had what might be class
ed as winter weather. Last year at
this time we had it plenty cold and
■there was much snow.
We are not suggesting that we pre
fer a winter such as last year but as
the weather has been so unusual so
far this season one cannot help but
make a note of it.
One old-timer who was in the of
fice Saturday told of the winter 47
-years ago. He said that year there
was only two weeks when there was
snow on the ground and then very
little. Will this condition be repeat
ed this year. It is hard on winter
-sports but easy on the coal bill.
Many are of the opinion that we
will make up for these ideal condi
tions in the spring months. They
-■are of the opinion that we always
bave a certain amount of cold wea
ther. Here’s hoping they are wrong.
Even if February goes on the ram-
■page we have the satisfaction that
it can not last very long as the sun
is getting higher each day.
Spring is on the way. Although
we have not had a- temperature of 82
such as Alex. Crawford tells of in
Florida we certainly have had* a great
winter so far.
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SPORTS ASSOCIATION
Several times in the last few years
We have heard it said that what we
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A child was badly burned in East
ern Ontario last week. He tried to
hurry a fire with coal oil. Many
grown-ups have found this to be a
dangerous practice.
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Magistrate Walker of Bruce Coun
ty is determined to stop drunken driv
ers. He gave one such driver recent
ly 30 days, the maximum penalty.
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Premier King said “The more I see
of conferences, rhe less patience I am
coming to have with them.” Unless
all parties taking part in such meet
ings do so with a proper co-operative
spirit it stands to reason that the re
sult will be negative. This has been
the case with international confer
ences ever since the war. The na
tions do not trust one and other.
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Judge James E. Madden tried the
prison fare at the Guelph Reforma
tory the other day. He was served
on battered aluminum plates. If they
had used Crown Derby it would have
been news,
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The Government has been fostering
a campaign for the use of more sea
foods. The consumption of fish in
Canada is small compared with oth
er countries and we have an abund
ance of fish in our lakes and oceans.
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The silly statement of Jean Fran
cois Pouliot in the House of Com
mons that business would be good
throughout the land if every Tory
was fired is one of things that makes
a great many people wise crack
the expense of the politicians.
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New South Wales will celebrate
the time of the Coronation next May
with a two-day holiday, May 12 and
13. No there is an idea.
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Provincial debts have increased
from $813,400,000 in 1925 to $1,622,-
100,000 in 1935, 99 per cent,
wonder we are taxed and taxed.
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of the most recent develop-One
ments in Canada’s national radio sys
tem is a museum of permanent sound,
established at Ottawa by the CBC.
The museum has been made possible
by the installation of the Blattner- ;•
phone recording equipment and op
erates in conjunction with the Cor
poration’s short-wave receiving sta
tion. Programs of historic interest
from any part of the world can be
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and (lower right) a Blattnerphone
room which is typical of the instal
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LARGE GROWTH
IN DEPOSITS
The Dominion Bank 66th Annual
Statement
Cash and Liquid Assets in High Per
centage.
Earnings Improve
The shareholders of The Dominion
Bank were presented with a highly
satisfactory statement of the Bank’s
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By F. H. Wooding
There has been established in Can
ada the nucleus of what one day may
become the most elaborate museum
of permanent sound in the world.
This museum, one of only three in
existence, already has become of ex
treme value and the passing of years
will add to its worth, especially when
the events of today have gone down
in history.
Imagine, if you will, posterity of
one hundred years hence, actually
hearing with perfect fidelity the voice
of His late Majesty, King George V,
the opening of the 17th Parliament
of Canada, or the wedding of Theif
Royal Highnesses, the Duke and
Duchess of Kent! But, remarkable as
it may seem, for all time to come
the records of these and of other ev
ents ,barring unforseen destruction,
can be preserved for reproduction.
From time to time there have been
broadcast over our national radio sys
tem proceedings of outstanding events
—events that, centuries from now,
will be as essentially historical as are
today the rigning of the Magna Carta,
the scourging of Attila, or the Battle-
of the Plains of Abraham. These
broadcasts, which future generations
will be able to hear with the same
clarity as the day they were origin
ally made, have been recorded by an
amazing new instrument, known as
the Blattnerphone, which is now a
part of the technical equipment of the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation at
Ottawa.
The invention of the Blattnerphone
has made possible recordings of radio
programs of any length and these re
cordings, which are not subject
the influence of time, atmospheric
physical conditions, can be used
often as required.
Like most technical apparatus the
Blattnerphone cannot be attributed to
the genius cf one man. It is the out
come of reseaich and study by en
gineers who devoted many years to
ward its development. Valdemar
Poulsen; a Swedish inventor, may
rightfully be considered the father of
the Blattnerphone, however, since it
was he who, in 1900, discovered the
general principles of magnetic record
ing and impressed others with the
possibilities of recording and repro
ducing sound' frequencies magnetical
ly. To Poulsen’s discoveries may be
added the work of Herr ’Stille, a Ger
man engineer, who actually develop
ed the system for broadcasting pur-
; poses, although technicians of the
I British Broadcasting Corporation, in
I collaboration with Stille Inventions,
- Limited, contributed to the improv
ed quality of reproduction which the
stringent
impose.
Company, which now owns the pat
ent, likewise made improvements,
! pecially in its operation and in
magnetic materials.
Exchange >of Programs
When Canada’s national system
was created by Parliament in 1932 it
was strongly recommended that ex
change of programs with other coun
tries be effected. Since, however, the
broadcasting activities of the system
■ are confined to nightly periods and
| since the best of foreign programs
jare available in this country mainly
1 dttrittg the daytime when the system’s
I networks are not in operation, it was
| necessary to establish some means of
i recording them for reproduction at
later hours. With this in mind of-
1 ficials of the system, as the initial
I step toward this end/ installed the
conditions of broadcasting
Engineers of the Marconi j
es
its
Blattnerphone in the Ottawa studios.
Later, it avas considered advisable to
erect-near Ottawa a modern short
wave receiving station through which
programs could be received at any
time during the day or night. This
was a logical step and one which
would enable the system to make
greater -use of the Blattnerphone as
a recording medium.
Up to that time there had been re
corded and placed in the archives per
manent recordings, among them be
ing the Christmas message of His
late Majesty, King George V, to the
Empire in 1934; the opening of the
ITtli Parliament of Canada; the fun
eral services of Sir Arthur Currie;
proceedings in connection with the
Economic Conference in London in
1933; the Jubilee celebrations of 1935;
the wedding of Their Royal High
nesses the Duke and Ditches of Kent
in 1934; and the launching of the R.
M. S. “Queen, Mary” in 1934.
Experiments in Overseas Program
I Reception
Upon completion of the short-wave
station near Ottawa, engineers' com
menced experiments in the matter of
overseas program reception. At first
conditions were not entirely satisfac
tory but with certain improvements
it was found that broadcasts from
England, Germany, France and oth
er countries could be received with
excellent fidelity when atmospheric
conditions were good. When im
provements were made in the station
the Blattnerphone was put to use in
recording certain broadcasts from ov
erseas in which, it was felt, the Can
adian listener would be interested and
which might form valuable: additions
to the archives. These were picked
up during the daytime by means of
the short-wave transmitter, relay to
station CROC by special wires, mag-
netically recorded by the Blattncr-
The CBS short-wave- receiving"sta-
tion near Ottawa, which operates in
conjunction with the Blattnerphone
recording equipment. It is through
this station that certain important
programs originating in England and
in foreign countries are received in
■Canada during the daytime, trans
mitted to the Ottawa studios, record
ed, and then rebroadcast at night
when the Corporation networks are
open.
photic and then rebroadcast at night.
Among these recordings are a speech
made on behalf pf the Youth Move
ment of England by His Majesty
King Edward VT.II> whim yet Prince
of Wales, 1935; the Moose River
mine rescue, 1936; memorial services
for His late Majesty, King George
V, from- St. Paul’s Cathedral, 1936;
the proclamation of King Edward
VHI, 1936 address by Kt, Hon. Stan
ley Raidwin, 1936; Canadian memor
ial program for King George, 1936;
and the unveiling of the Vimy Ridge
Memorial at Vimy, France, 1036.
Recently there were added the
farewell address to the Empire of the
former King Edward VHT and the
proclamation ceremonies of the as
cension to the Throne of King George
VI.
From a descriptive point of view
the Blattnerphone is as intricate and
complicated an apparatus as a lino
type machine in a newspaper office.
Its operation likewise calls for ■ un
usual skill ott the part of trained en
gineers, With this in mind it would
be useless to attempt a lengthy word
picture of its mechanics, but it is felt
that the reader may be interested in
a few of its less techincal aspects.
The Blattnerphone, for example,
uses steel tape as the recording med-
i-unl and this tape, which is mounted
on cast aluminum spools, is a mile
and a half in length, three thousandths
of an inch thick and a little over a
tenth of an Inch in width, and is cap
able of accepting programs of about
half an hour’s duration, It is inter
esting to note that a recording made
by this machine is reproduceable with
exactly the Same clarity as at the
time of the actual broadcast and that
it is not subject to deterioration in
any way. A. recording ma'de by the
Blattnerphone may be kept indefin
itely or “wiped out.” When a tape is
thus , cleared it may be used again.
Long Programs Can Be Condensed
Another great advantage which this
system of. recording offers is that
long programs can be condensed. For
example, the proceedings in connec
tion with the opening of Parliament
in 1935. resulted in a complete record
ing an hour and a half in length.
Since, however, the event occurred
during the afternoon it was possible
to eliminate unnecessary parts by re
recording, thus making it suitable for
reproduction over the national radio
network later that night. Only paus
es in the ceremony were deleted and
nothing of value was dost for the
listener,
Blattnerphone recordings likewise
prove of value from time to time in
making possible a means of quickly
reproducing voices of annouheers,
soloists, and even whole programs.
This has permitted making correct
ions in individual performance by de
monstrating to the performers them
selves their errors.
It is not difficult to realize that
Canadians have in their possession, a
legacy of recordings which, from a^
educational standpoint alone, are in"
valuable. In the future, mdreover, re
cordings of events as equally import
ant as those listed above will Jitid
their way into the archives. The
Blattnerphone,- ift conjunction with
the Corporation’s short-wave receiv
ing station, Is Indeed performing &
service of the utmost importartce,