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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
`THURS., Nov. 30th, 1944
love at First F"i'igl
By Charles Spalding
and Otis Par;aey
cienweeemeoseawnewiescoreesuoices
CHAPTER III Ensign Fitch says :' ox, "But !hock Avenue, River Valley, Va.,"
Lieutenant Sands says ." i at the top of each effort, which
The showdown came when the looked suspiciously like a large -
men arrived together for Saturday's scale advertising scheme to the
gritnd. inspection. The kit was in skeptics. They argued, that Mor -
enlist in the Coast Guard but is, the first"drawer.. gar, the_ cavalier, unless he. had' a
squired, down because of a "facial i : ,`My Godl" shrieked Fitch: mind -like a sieve, must' have known
squint." The doctor as even to the wh'oreabouts' of his .lovely- Iii
examine !lime. Commander Whitman Agar• „ the' end, however, ' a. comes ond'
I told Mm to put it. there, saidp
an old friend of the family, endeavors•once that ,was estimated in tonage
to get a waiver for Lester so he("the lieutenant.
I "You did, Mr. Sande?" Mr.' proved her fidelity, and the inevi-
cant' join V-7, but after weeks of :I itch. was fnerednlous, "After: all table name iii s -the left-hand'corner
waiting Lestet learns they. still in-' was taken to be one of those arae=
list on two years of college math. I S"our training.. countable "little things" that nnade
He is successful in joining the V-5 "A. study of Rule 13, sub -Bead -
J him love her so:
Naval Aviation and is sent to .ing 2, will disclose.' that shaving
Barred fi'orn the Navy's. V-7 ymo-
gran because he lacked two years of
college math, Lester Dowd tries to
Anacosta Naval Bese., equipment properly goes in the first
: ' drawer," said the Marine; acidly. •
1 winced. The loser would ser -
The instructions went on in the tainly salve his wounded pride at ",Ai woman, is passing by," and if
same ,chilly vein to explain the my expense, the manufacturers gave this a name
arrangement of articles about the "So it does." Fitch was jocuiar, it aright have been "L'Audace,"
washbasin.Great fighters, the Marines. Al- The letters tbiemnselves were never
"Towels will •be stowed in locker. Kays gave a good account of them- brief, simple notes recapturing illu-
Washcloth will be hung on goose- selves. Unquestionably, well -disci- sort' sensations boat of the heart's
plined, but you couldn't expect Navy yearning. Her billets=dour came
under the heading of freight. They
were essays, wrist -thick, - than
scribed in studied detail the con-
dition' •of a soul that suffered ex -
Miss C'laeendon's regular expres-
sions of passion were scented with
a gas that screamed, not whispered;
neck."
The gooseneck, reflection :made it
plain, was the mar of things. I
didn't know what the gooseneck
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of was. There had been up to this
Ontario moment no reason for traffic with make them gloves, does it?" He "Sheep'stely twenty-four hours a day.
Proctor in Admiralty. "Sheep's" effect was• cyclonic. The
Notary Public and Commissioner goosenecks. Iia basins wanted to go drove the point home with this
Offices in .Bank of Montreal Building around in goosenecks it was per- mental nail. "The kit goes in the sit archness consumed her like
Hours: 2.00 to 5.00 Tueedayi fectly all right with nee. They button drawer,' , he said imperi- a Nessus shirt. He had reduced the
and Fridays, could wear 'slacks if they wanted. easily. poor girl, if the length and fre-
I approached the .mate of the deck "And if you fill a potato sack queney of her letters were any :n-
on the subject. with apples you still sell them over dication,fto round-the-clock record-
on
almost choking to death. on the apple counter." The Halls of l trigs ce her love -drugged being.
a lump of bubble guns the size of a Montezuma rang with the chal-,. "Sheep, my dearest," she invari-
ablytennis bail, be arose unsteadilylenge. "The kit opened, lending a sacking -
tennis g goes in the first
from ids seat, still suffering from drawer," said ,Sands, folding his
chair melancholy to the flood of
shock, took my hand and led me arms and : looking toward Tripoli, i tender introspection that followed.
ceremoniously to the 'basin. Ensign Fitch was shaken by the This morning before breakfast L
"This is, the hot water." last charge. , taco' electric-volt-cut�t�ents running
"This is the hot • water," I re- "Do you really think it goes in !through rte."
seated as if reciting after • nurse, the first drawer?" he asked, ad- , By high noon there was usually
Chapter One ,in the . Big Animal nutting the need of discussion. 1 a violent turn for the worse. "The
Electro Therapist, Massage R•ook. f "I'm riot sure at all," said the'titunclet that is my own Sheep peals
Office: Huron Street, (Few Doors "This is the stopper," lieutenant, giving a little ground within me," ahe wrote as all hell
west of Royal Bank) "This is the stopper." himself. "It's the most ticklish is- bloke loose.
Hours—Wed. an'di Set„ and by sue I've had to face its the service. appointment ( Then leaning over he pointed um e, 1 The afternoon journal, .which car -
FOOT CORRECTION ! • Couldn't the .Skipper handle •'led well into the night, described
cerneath at an iron intestine. And this? Captain's mast or some such" g '
by Maiaipulation Sun -Ray Treatment that's• the 'God -dammed goosenecks" 1 post-matinsh wcot developments. Irn • the
Phone 207 =the Ensign grasped for straws.' evening she knew wrap:native peace
he shouted. What do you think, Dowd?"„. ,,
an
Once things ,were on a friendly asked Fitch, remembering that las he came to iter: to an Alpeil way,
HAROLD! JACKSON ` footing with the plumbing, T turned occasional lf intellibut the moon in any stage of
ageam o'gence
to the stowing of belongitugs in bit- shone inthe ranks.
reau and then waited for . inspection ' "Tt seems to ane, sir,” I said,
Except that my khaki shirts were straining every muscle to stay off
cozily snuggled next to my black the report, "that it is neither flesh emttly as if they were copies of tite
socks in the second drawer, instead nor fowl and should be stowed in Vol•stead Act. Then, convinced that
of udder my shoats in the third the middle drawer with the, under- be still possessed the same old
w
:hewer, all was well until a fine ear. „ wham, he prepared to compose
"No , , compromising," snapped some himself. TJnlike his beloved,
Lieutenant Sands. ' Sheep did not burn continuously.,
"Remember Munich," added En- but by staring •at her picture for
sign Fitch. • varied periods of time, he could
Both were gallant gentlemen, !flare up at will, . Fired by the Yogi-
"I suppose it will have to go to ,like exercise, he was able to match
Washington?" I asked. her stormy. recitals. As our train -
"That's it," cried Fitch. "The ing progressed, 1 thought he was
Bureau!" , - 'forced to wait•longer and longer
ERNEST W. HUNTER for inspiration. I often wondered
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT •
"The Bureau!" -cried' Mr, Sands. if he woeld not be turned into stone
Both men swore to see the thing before her image whish site perished.
67 Blear Str, W. ' Toronto Ont, through, come hell or high water. ' from malnutrvtion, and they both
"Where shall I stow it for the Iiv,_d ou, a lovely legend in the Air
next inspection?" I hoped the closet Corps• However, he married her
would do until the heat was off, but secretly one week -end, and it is
they left me to shift for myself. j probably TWO, prettier that way.
Shaving sus der these, circtiimstances The six weary weeks of prelim -
"I don't 'care if you have a skull bad become too much of en ordeal. ,:nary ground school finally passed,
in itl" he 'bellowed. "All. kits are At firat.;I was for throwing the kit and one .morning before daybreak
regarded as 'msseell'aneous in the into the Potomac like . Excalibur we were herded onto a requisitioned
Navy and so stored in the bottom and going off on the magical barge' bus and driven' to the fixing field,
drawer. This is a final warning." with ,Singing Sant the Banbasol The overland route passed. right
• The next'' day . 'Lieutenant Sands,' Man, . The choice ultimately fell!tha'oitigh the heart of Anaeostia, a
U. S. M. C., had the inspection. Com- between a guaranteed -depilatory little suburb of the city, wound
ing to my bottom drawer he stepped or .the new electric. razor 'with four around the Maryland countryside,
away as if he had fotuid his wife blades that made twenty-five hun-
and ended . tap at a dismal .plot if
et the Astor, died contacts with the beatd per land' .known as "Iiyde Field". I took
"My God!" he shrieked. "What second. : ' 1 ..settled for thelatter. a seat right behind the driver, an
insight or finesse from such men.
"A kit, all man, is a kit,?' he kind-
ly declaimed. "If you . put your
hands in ,your shoes that doesn't
Dr. F. G. Thompson
House and Office, Ontario Street
Clinton. Telephone 172
OFFICE HOURS: 2-4 in the after-
noon,and 7-8 in the evening daily
Other hours by appointment.
D. H. McINNES
L, I CHIROPRACTOR
LicensedAuctioneer
Specialist in Farm and Household
Sales. •
Licensed in Huron and Perth
Counties. Prices reasonable; satis-
faction guaranteed.
' For 'information etc. write or phone
Harold Jackson, R.R. No. 4 Seaforth,
phone 14-661. • 06-012
DR. G. S. ELLIOTT
Veterinary Surgeon
Phone 203 Clinton, Ont.
the sky, her .prose dissolved into a
baleful wail.
Sheep read these volumes as sole
interpretation of the rules• turned
success into disaster. The boudoir
booklet stated in its intimate way:
"Toilet articles stall be stowed in
top drawer.: Bottom drawer shall
be reserved for miscellaneous."
My equipment was well housed
in a shaving kit, wl'tich I placed
without much thought in the top
drawer.
During inspection Ensign Pitch
browsed around the ,bureau. Open-
ing the top drawer he same ,across
the ,kit.
"My Cod", he serearued.' "What's
this doing here?"
"I have my shaving things in it,
sir, and the rules--,"
•
THE 1 tcKILLOP MUTUAL
Fire Insurance Company
!lead. Office, Seaforth, Ont.
OFFICERS— President W. R.
Archibald, Seaforth, Vice -President
Frank McGregor, Clinton, Manager
Secy-Treas. M. A. Reid, Seaforth,
DIRECTORS— W. R. Archibald,
Seaforth; Frank McGregor, Clinton;
Alex. Broadfoot, Seaforth; Chris
Leonhardt, Bornholm; E. J. Trewar-
tha, .Clinton; John L. Malone, Seaforth
Alex. MeEwing, Blyth; Hugh Alexan- is this shaving kit doing in the hot- It went in the gear room with the
der, Walton; George Leitch, Clinton. tont drawer?" vacuum cleaner, and ,there were
AGENTS— John E. Pepper, Brace-' "A kit is e kit, sir, and"tile rules no questions asked.
stare—car
field; R. E. McKereher, Dublin; J. F. " - d: * g'
o
Prueter, Brodhagen; George A. Watt,' "I don't care. It has ` shaving Following the anidday meal„ the
er
Bly b •,
.• i' Hari't��II things ,in it and. as such should be mail was parceled out in the bmvk ,. "C'mon, Fearless," they holled
• ''."1•421 stowed . in the top drawer. This is room The Divine Plan provided, at the helmsman, whose driving
Parties desiring to effect ineur- yosl final warning." according to spine, a peculiar girl had 'become legend. "You can get
arae or transact • other business. will Serape), fidelisl for everymale, and a study of the sixty out of her, boy."
bop tomany of the above officers to on lies The only way I kept myself out post proved the scheme was making' "Pass him, Fearless, he's hold-
dressed to their, respective post off: of trouble was by answering "Well headway. Every man was equipped ing up the war effort,"
ces. Losses inspected bythe director. with -a number -one woman who Fearless was ,a sensitive but
wrote to him ore an average of every�dyrnamic individual who' felt ;the
• • •,day. g occasion_ , passage of time as keenly as if it
ot!^er He might hear
i A i . ally from any, member of "satellites, were .'hot Lead running down .his
ATIONA q Al :wit,
but these were held of no account }rack. Taking advantage of tetrea
TIME- TABLE O �® because in their turn they each were ethyl gasoline, en:teen-cylinder mo-
l.arnessed to ass opposite for whom I tors, and capitalizing in general
enlisted man who was spurred on
to madder and madder • things •by
wild 'cries of exhortatiot from the
ANADIAN
Trains will arrive at and depart
from Clinton as follows:'
Toronto and Goderieb Division
Going East, depart 6.43 em
Going East, depart 3.03 p.m.:
Going West, depart ;... j 12.04 p.m.
Going West; depart 11.10'. pun.'
London and Clinton Division
Coming North, arrive 11.20 a.m.
Going South, leave ........ 3.10 p.m.
VIRG1mA
PIPE TOBACCO
ht's a real
pipe smoker's
tobacco
they regularly filled reams of pink on the age's advances, he strove
paper. to catch: tap, with the Grim Reaper.
Sometimes, as with "Sheep" Mor- A suspicionthat lie was 'losing
gin, this routine. was • carried to made him redouble hit efforts. He
beautiful extremes. "Sheep" played tore through intersections, paid no
A:be'ard to a pretty thing . who, put heed tostop signs, and careened
out at the rate of two letters a day. down the highway as if he hada
She .printed her ram and caress, isenelezvous with Death. I wasn't
Miss Pat Clarendon, 205 Holly- 'prepared for this Sort of thing so
Chateau Frontenae Again World Wai" Center.
Sage% nee
XTithin the massive walls of
1'7 the Chateau Frontenae and
nearby . Quebec • Citadel, plans
were laid over a year ago for
the events which this year re-
sulted in the invasion of Europe.
and its subsequent sweeping Vic-
tory of France. Prime Minister
Winston Churchill and President
Franklin D. Roosevelt, alongwith
their chiefs of staff both military
and political, conferred with such
success in Canada's oldest city that
now they are meeting again, just
a little over a year later. Today's
plans have to do with final crush-
ing of Nazi Europe, and the step-
ping -up of the next great task,
elimination of the Japanese Em-
pire as a world force.
During these days, the eyes of
the world,,. United Nations, our,
enemies, and hundreds of thou-
sands of peoples in still-bondaged
Occupied lands, are focussed on
Canada and the figures which
are shaping the world's destiny.
It is a tribute to Canada and its
people that this country has been
chosen for a second conference,
and the civilized, world will await
with patience and confidence the
benefits that must surely accrue.
soon after 'bxieakfast, and clawed
at the seat cover as the bus roared
down a steep grade. Fearless, re-
alizing he was giving one of his four
star performances, turned back to
me.
"Some ride, eh, Mack?" he said
delightedly, ' usitng the Navy's in-
formal "thou," a •
"Some .ride, Jack," I agreed
through clenched teeth,
"I really make her dance, don't
I, Mack"—he added another burst
of throttle.
"Yon really make her dance,
Jacl.•." `
"Jeez," muttered Tim Carpen-
ter, as he was wont during periods
of 'great strain.
We rushed on a sharp corner.
There was a screeching of brakes,
an.unoertain moment on •two wheels,
then a triumphant racing turn into
Hyde Field, and two blasts on the
horn to announce us,
Fearless looked at his watch.
"Forty seconds off my rsii$rd "
he swore. "They say I'm too old
to fight, Mack, but, by God, I'll see
you boys don't Iose any of your
flying time."
"Bless you, Jack," I muttered,
pulling -myself together.
"Keep 'em flying, Mack," and off
he raced.
Fearless disappeared over one
hill as the sun's red elm edged
above another. The outline of the
field emerged in the early morning
light, and dawn at the far end the
mechanics began tuning the planes
up.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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JOY IN LIVING
There is joy in living .'what'er the
gronchers say.
There is happiness' in giving, and
forgiving every day.
In passing by the briers, in pluck
ing roses red;
in strewing life with flowers what-
ever paths we tread.
There is joy in labor, though idlers
may deny •
—
A heartfelt . satisfaction! We know
it, you and L
There is joy in helping a brother la
his need—,-
So, life is joy and gladness and 'hap-
dress indeed.
Helen B. Anderson.
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THE SECRET
A man must learn the humble way
If he would be in every day
A happy one, and wise.
Iris.heart;ntust learn that others, too
Have things they hope and strive
to do
And lid must. step' aside.
His trust inheaven should vest
secure
And. thoughts of all his fellows rune
•IYIus;t prove, and free 'from scorn.
To do his best in all he rintst
Be first to know that he was dust
And will to dust return. .
Nancy Hasselbring
Cultivator Shovels
The shovels of the field cultivator
are made of crucible steel and must
he heated carefully when being shar-
pened. The edges should ;be heated to
a faint red, dipped in water for a
second, and allowed to cool on the
ground. If fully quenched in water,
the shovel will be too bard and will
probably break.
In warehodtses and other storage
places, stooks of different ages of
grain should be mixed. The older
stock should be disposed of first be-
fore it becomes infested with insects,
and unsaleable,
V
Apple. Juice 'Again
For the past three years, apple
juice has been reserved for the aimed
forces. Thin winter, about 500,000
cases of thejuice, fortified with
vitamin C, will 110 available for the
public. It will not be rationed.
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word, even the most contsaidietory
word, preserves contact—it is silence
which isolates.—Samuel Johnson
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