Clinton News Record, 1945-02-22, Page 2HUBS., FEB. 22nd, 1945
THE ,CLINTON NEW15.RECORRD
THE HAPPENINGS IN CLINTON EARLY IN
THE CENTURY\
SOME NOTES OF THE NEWS IN 1920
`THE CLINTON NEWS RECORD
February 19th, 1920
Miss Edith Sterling 'has 'been home
:front Stratford.
Miss Eva Mains of Blyth visited
Mrs. Hellman on Friday last.
Mr. Syd. Watts, of •Stratford,
-.spent the week end at his home in
:town,
• Miss Besssti
e McCau
ius Londot
,
visited her parents at Wesley .par -
soilage over the week end,
Mrs. S. E. Brooks, of Mitchell,
;spent the week end with her p rents
:'Mr. and Mrs. William Canteloi:
Miss Zella Carter, of Westfield,
'is spending'a few days this week
'with her sisters, Mrs. F, Hollyinan
:and. Miss Margaret Carter.
Miss Kathleen McConnell has been
ilraving a holiday, her school at Wal-
ton having been. closed on account
;of sickness.
The Girls' Auxiliary held a moc-
vcasin dance in the rink on Tuesday
evening when a fair crowd of young..
-people gathered to enjoy an even-
ing on the ice. '
The funeral of the late .Allan S.
Rayson, son of the late John Ray -
son of Clinton,, who passed away in
'Toronto after a short -illness, took
place from Ball & Atkinson's under-
taking parlors on Tuesday after-
noon. The Rayson 'family formerly
-resided in Clinton and the deceased
was born and ,brought up here. Mrs.
'George Farquhar of the Gravel
°Road is a sister.
Miss B. F. Ward returned, on Fri-
day evening after spending a few
-weeks at her home at Rockwood,
Maryland.
an attack of the grippe,
• Mr. Harry Gould ,was called to
Goderich owing to the 'death of his
father. The -late Mr. Gould was a
pioneer res'dent of Goderich Town-
ship, and only a short time ago re-
tired to th County town; .
Mr, Fred Ruanball of'London, who
its having :logs delivered here at the
old Western railway yards, will
have a portable 'saw mill erected
here •and cut the logs here.
When'
the Present Century
Was: Young
THE. CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
February 23rd, 1905
Mr. S. W. Hill leaves next week
for Oiebow, Assa,, . and in a • few
weeks will be ifollowed by his family
who will take np residence o in that
place or in some point to be decided
upon by Mr. Hill. '
Mr, and Mrs. W. B. Edwards of
Souris, Manitoba, have been visiting
Goderich Township and Clinton
friends.
Will Rattenbury has' entered the
Molsohs Bank service and on Tues-
day went to Woodstock to join the
,staff of the banle's branch in that
progressive town.
Mr. and Mrs. Eli McLaughlin,
who carne home from Barrie to at-
tend the funeral of the former's
mother, are this week the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. W. Fluker.
Mr. Robert Graham, Woodstock,
who came up to attend the funeral
of the late John Townsend, was L'
former reside t f Cl'
n e rnton and
clerked for the firm of Scott and
.Callander.
'THE CLINTON NEW ERA, Mr: and Mine: Eberhardt, of Drum-
'ebrttaryi 11Jth,' 1920 he; have ,been''the gue ts` off M. and
Mrs, Corisigney for ii few •days.
On Monday•of this•s eek Mr..Chas., • Mr.' -L; Paisley visited his sister,
'Lovett purchased the shoemaking Mrs. Dunssnore, of St Thomas, the
• business of Mr. A. Wilkin mulls now past Week.
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in charge: Mr. S, G. -Plummer of Hibbing,
:Mi,.,Norman Levir.of Toronto, was 'here Attending, the funeral of his (_ Minn., 'arrived last week and will
'brother*int=law, - 'the -fate Cha .• 'pend a few weeks with his parents.
)hreth4 3•11171r.. -.and Mit.S G. Plummer.
Several of the employees • of the
Hiss Mary Branifield & left on Organ Factory hare• •'obtained ens -
•Wednesday for T'orofitoi ,where -she ployment elsewhere.' 0 Olson and M.
eseuines a Millinery position. • Greeks •have gone to 'Woodstock, W.
Mrs,- David: Cool-, of Toronto, was• Townshend, to ,StratiIioy and Lester
eseiVeleoree visitor back in, the *Id' Sage to Stratford.
'town. Mrs. Freak- Yeo, Mt. ,Forest, is
Mr..and Mrs. Sack'tReynolds and the guest of -, her father;' Mr. H.
daughter, of New Yorlc City, 'at'e the Catitelon.
igti>estt-of .tlie' :former'+; ;parents, --Mr. Mrs. Ed. Cotton, who had been
•cilli .'firs;. Reynolds, 'Albert Street. visiting her parents, Mr. and Maty.
• ly2'v. "•Matt Levy of Sarnia spent' Thos. Mason 'of Hullett,- returned' to
last: 'week • here. ' ' Detroit on Monday,' accompanied
• 'Mr. Levi 'Trick • came home front by Mr. Sohn Cotton, who will make
Menden as . he was suffering front his, home with,his on in Detroit.
R.A.F. Mosquitos Attack. q c Hague Target
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'By pin -pointing, attacking and
(destroying one particular building
in the Hague, R. A F. Mosquitos -of
the 2nd'iactical' Air Force, carried
,out One of the 'most' ibrilliant and
.epeetacular attacks of • law level
precision bombing, of the war. The•
:target was a buiu'nlg in' the Scheven
ingache Weg 'near ats , junction • with'
' Car'negie Pleinnear. the !Peace, iPal:
ace. ,The building ;contained• Inany
thousands of documents of para -
;mount importance to the German
'authorities. This building is now `a
:blackened ,ruin and the 'do -cements
destroyed.' The, Mosquitos were led
by Wing Con:Mender R. N. Bateson,
1)S,O. 17,F.C..'of Washington, Sus-
sex t house -top level the Mosquitos
skimmed into the attack and the
Mosquito pilots, "went right in at
'the front door". A Sentry on duty
;at the door of the building threw
;away his rifle and dashed for safety.
iOther: Mosquito .pilots in the attack
dropped delaycil action H, Els and
iricentldaries. One bomb fell -'wide of
the house and that -hit a German
barraclts : A parade was ` in
progress inthese • barracks behind
the 'target ,and 'some sot of 'game
Was' in progress. 'When the inen"saw
the`t:A,F, planes approaching,` they
scattered in 'all directions.` A re-
bonnaissancepliotograph 'taken 'after
the attack showed that the target
'entitling had been reduced ,to rubble
while neighbouring -buildings and
houses were untouched:
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A picture taken from a Mosquito
during the attack. The target area is
enveloped in smoke from l'ombs
dropped by the attacking aircraft,
In the background can ,be seen the
tower of the ' Peace Palace. The
extremely Iow Height from which the
attaeleing R,A,F. Mosquito aircraft
bombed the target can be seen front
this _ eetovra
THE MIXING BOWL
• 6y ANNE ALLAN •
Hydro Home Economist
Hello Homemakers! We must be
thrifty! One way to be just that
ivy to spend every food', dollar as
wisely as possible. Each -week' when
you purchase groceries see where
you can save twenty-five cents for
the extra War Savings Stamp your
grocer has available:
Everybody's doing it. 'Yes they
are buying a War Sayings Stamp
at the grocery counter on Stamp
Day that ie_ every Friday.
Our homemakers are doing it by:
1. Buying seasonal products.
2,,,Buying food. in . the quantities
that they can store successfully.
3. Buying food that • they can
make into nutritious homemade
dishes, e.g.,, soup bones for soup,
yeast cakes for .quick breads,
4. Buying some whole grain cer
eats to cook instead of packaged
cereals.
5. Buying according to a planned
menu.
PORRIDGE.
Use ''a' double boiler for, cooking
porridge. Pour boiling water in
top and bottom' parts of utensil and
put on electric element turned to
high. Add cereal and salt, cover
and. cook 30 mins.
If desired, use mill- in place of
half or more of the water. .i few
raisins or cooked prunes, cut in
pieces, 'may lee stirred into cereal
before serving. -
Quantities: Use 2 cups water and
k tsp. salt for (1) 2/8 cup flaked
wheat, -(2) '>e., cup oatmeal, (3) %
cup cream of wheat, or farina, etc.."
BOILED RICE
'A. cup rice, 1 qt. boiling water,
1 tbsp. salt. - '
reit over rice. Wash under cold
water faucet about 2 mins., Separat-
ing the grains to wash off all the
starch coating.keep the salted
water ---4 cups' — boiling as you
slowly sprinkle in the rice, Cook
uncovered at tumbling boil` 'with-
out stirring from 12 to 15 anins.,
until a few grains on a fork are
soft but not meshy. (Use a large
kettle, it. may •boil over) Rinse the
cooked rice with Trot water to re-
move -excess starch and again sep-
arate kernels ,y tossing it over
in kettle. Cover with tea towel until
ready to serve. Makes 1% cups.
RICE MUFFINS
2%, cups flour, 2/3 cup cooked
rice, 5 tsps. baking powder, 2 tbsps.
sugar, 1 sup milk; 1 egg well beaten;
2 thsps. • melted butter, % tsp. salt.
- Add cereal to milk. C'ombi'ne dry
ingredients. Stir milk, beaten egg
and liquid fat together. Mix liquid
into dry products only enough to
dampen. Drop by spoonfuls in ,but
tired muffin pan and bake 25 mins.
in electric oven at 400 • deg. Makes
12 muffins. ,.
TAKE A TIP
1, To make a clean out through
the meringue on a pie, use a sharp
knife' which has been dipped in liot
water. The meringue will stay high
instead of being crushed.,'
2. A wooden -spoon is very use-
ful for' handling clothes which have
to be teethed in very hot water•,
Use it to stir the 'suds, to work the
clothes up and down and to remove
them from the hot water.
3. Instead: of washing the rolling
pin after each rise, , serape''off the.
excess' flour. and .put it back into
the flour bin—it won't stick to 'the
next dough you roll out.
4. When there is pie trust left
over, i't's a good idea to roll it out,
slip a piece of wax. paper under it
acrd' one over it. Roll it into a tube
shape and store • in the refrigerator.
This tapes' little: space hi the "elec-
tric refrigerator and it can be used
r"vi'thout getting out the • rolling pin
and board- again, (Be sure to take
it out :arid' leave at room tempera
tine .for 20. minutes before fittiltg
into pie plate.)
THE SUGGESTION BOX
Mrs. G. A J. says: Here's' an easy
way to .remove ,burnt 'food from
glass, cooking utensils. Just fill
them with boiling water,' add' st
little household bleach and set aside
to cool. In about an' hour the 'black
Crust will `lift off, and after thor-
ough washing,. the dish will be
spotless.
Mrs; 13. F. says: If you live in
Small premises,, where mach of
your clothes drying must be done
indoors, set up your folding wooden
clothes drier in the bathtub: .The,
"dripping problem will be solved.
Readers: • Thank you kindly :for
your- suggestions, ,requested recipes
have been answered directly,
Anne Allan invites you to write
to her t% News -Record, Seed in your
suggestions_ on homemaking prob.
lents and watch this ,-colmnn for re
plies,
Wal! Veterans With Money
Warned Against "Sharks
During
ilia a
P st.few days it has
probably come to public notice that
officials of the Government of Can-
ada have keen engaged in the no
doubt pleasant occupation of issu-
ing many thousands of cheques to
our returned war veterans. Such
cheques --.past,` present and, future
--represent 'deferred service . pay,
war service gratuities, etc., and dur-
Mg',. the next few `years probably
will aggregate, ntanymillions of
dollam,�.
In' view of the tragic circum
stances attending the individual
losses of very many of similar Pay-
ments made to veterans of the first..
Great War, is it not fitting that
warnings be publicized in this con-.
nection to the greatest possible ex-
tent, in order that a repetition , may
be avoided at this time?
Last War Reperiences, ... , . .
Many of your 'readers may recall
that in the year immediately fol-
lowing the close of the war in 1918
soldiers who' had seen active, front-
line services were awarded gratuit
ties of $400 each and six months'
postwar pay, as well as, in many in
stance's, receiving deferred pay bal-
ances, the whole totalling tidy sums
of ready cash.' Most- unfortunately
many not -too -scrupulous salesmen
were
abroad in n tl
to land dando
n the
alert for the "returned man". And
more unfortunately not alone. the
"homecoming" soldier but in too
many oases the widow's, mothers and
inexperienced war pensioners' ware
sought out , and besieged by mining
and; other get -rich -quick promoters,
with results that were notonly
scandalous but tragic for the small
"capitalist" in too many instances.
Two Examples Cited*
May I cite . two outstanding so.
called "investments" that seemed to
flourish at the expense largely of
veterans and their friends -between
the year 1919 and 1925? One was a
proposed commercial development
withprospects, portrayed in bril-
liant colors, but the ,promoter of
whieb brought the prospect to
naught by a revolver ,bullet in his
too fertile brain in the later 1920'x?
The other was a reputed stock -
jobbing scheme portrayed .in two
alaianing '!attractive" prospectus,;
and otherwise publicized largely by
meetings held in hotel "forums," ad-
mission to 'which was "by invita-
tion." I once dropped . in vflth an
"invited" friend at one of these
meetings, -being; held at - Toronto
hotel' at which I chanced to be
spending the night. The +con1 was
packed t'tyt thea bores and '• the "hot
air" dispensed': by the promoter and
his half . a. dozen assistants soon be-
came. as fitting the whole •proposi-
tion, These chaps collected many
thousands' of goad Canadian dollars
and :it was not until the authorities
belatedly began to sniff the "hot
air" that the chief, like the Arab,
silently stole away. Not long after
all this, hie career was ended by an
officer's bullet while p°hrticipating
in an attempted burglary int a
United States city.
Advice Sought Too Late
• During the year I have men-
tioned I was frequently' called upon
by my fellow -veterans, asking ad-
vice concerning one or other of 'the
doubtful proposals then being Placed
before •the public. After °a time I
found it Was not "advice" wanted,
but 'approval'! of action that. was
then too far advanced to be iem-
edied.
Particularly ire this a matter which
should concern ,"alI the .people of
Canada. Our war effort has im-
posed ,a heavy ;finan'bial burden en
the people, andwe should not sit
idly., by and permit sharp; practices
to deprive, our -soldiers of opportu-
nityto secure a start inlife by us-
ing to best advantage the little they
have more:"than:earned by the hard-
est and most hazardousof experi-
ences, and for which a grateful
people should show active appreci-
ation. Edwin -J. Lovelace
Late A -T, :Major CFA, BEE'. 1914-19
St. Catharines:
NIGHT LETTER FROM THE
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EARM
By Getttrude Bowen 'Webster
Dear John:
'We got the word today ' that you'd
been hurt; ':
And for onei(wful moment things
Went black, "
Rut the». there'tanne a shining surge
def joy. ±,
'Because, oh, John—we're sure
• you're coming back!
We were and walked beneath the
Autumn moon, •
That ;shines .above your far hos-
pital bed,
And grief was washed 'away in hcale,
ing light,
While 'gratitude cam
e flooding
thropgh instead:
Jo1nn, you: have life and courage usage left.
to you,
And clean young healthto afire
the stabs of pain,
Amid' though the :hurt is deep, have
done with fears,
'
• Man that you are, Yott'll walk
and
work again!
Canadian Pacific Sailors Decorated for Wartime Service'
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SEVENTY ON HONOR ROLL: Their
awards among 710 such entries on Canadian
Pacific Steamships' honor roll for wartime
sea service, +these 'C.P.R. sailors have been
honored by the. King and by Lloyd's of
London. From left: Second Mate M. D.
Atkins,M.B,E:, 20, survivor of the sinking
of both the Empress of Asia and Empress
Atkinson Pbotp by Brass, Vancouver.
of Canada; -Chief Engineer T. M. Atkinson,
M.B.E., veteran of ."continued service in
dangerous waters, chiefly ill the North
Atlantic"; Capt. R. McKillop,-M.B.E., highly
praised.for his handling of a C.P.R.-operated
ship on•D-Day; and Chief Engineer E. E.
Vick, O.B.E., awarded Lloyd's War Medal
late 'in 1944 "for bravery at sea".
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For now you fight to win your pri-
' vate,war,;.
Where y u'
youmust battle+ hard, and
• conquer much, '•
But on a day, victories you shall
stand,
And toss away a needless, useless
crutch,
Since skill and science are your
sworn allies,
To make once more your battered
body whole,
Hold fast to faith that works the
final cure,
And keep the fortress, of your
fighting soul.
The farm is waiting for you. Night
and day
The land- is looking for her soldier
son;
The future, big with promise, calls_
you home, -
With wars behind you, and the old
past done. •
The hills of home are banner -bright
by day, •
The fires,of Autumn ,burn with every'
tree,
The black -birds wheel above the
stubble ground
And each hour brings you nearer,
John, to me.
I'll seal this letter withthe evening
star:
That pricks the darkness of my
• sky with light,
And post it in this happy, glowing
hope.
I'll see you very soon. Dear heart,
Good -night:
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Foreign Parasites
Because many of the insect pesta
in Canada are of foreign origin; the
introduction of natural enemies from
foreign countries' is essential. This
work is ,carried out with the co-
operation of the Imperial -Parasite
Service, 'headquarters of which have
been established at ' She Dominion
Parasite Labratory,• Belleville, Ont,
for the duration of the war.
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The End Of a. Perfect Hat
This is a true,tory: It is one of
the things that could not happen
but did happen. We feel that it
should receive first prize,
The ecene was- laid In a Western
city. Two women set out to attend
the funeral of an acquaintance.
Having plenty of time, they entered
a millinery shop and one of them
bought a hat= -price $16, At the door
of the funeral home she handed the
bag to an attendant, with a .re-
quest that he would, put it in a safe
place until, the service was over.
After greeting several friends, they
entered the chapel just as the sero -
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. TUESDAY, FEBRUAI 1( 270, 1945
ice was beginning. Glancing at the
eoffin, they froze in 'horror. On top
of' it reposed—the hat! It consisted
entirely of flowers, with. 'a bow- of
ribbon, and it had been mistaken
fora floral tribute to the dead.
What could she do? The service was
beginning; : the wards, of consolation
were engulfed in; st sea of mingled
emotions. At the end the Boffin was
borne reverently down the aisle, the
$16 hat riding triumphantly. What
could be done? To stop a funeral
cortege and try to explain to be-
wildered attendants' that the central
floral tribute was travelling inoog;
that it,was in private life a hat . .
Well, she could not do it. She never
saw the hat again.
We, being made of different ma-
terial, would have pursued it to the
grave and beyond, even: to exhum-
ing the coffindarkly at death of
night. Had we been the deceased
aur shade, even with Minos ,snarl-
ing at our elbow, would have
crated' the diversion.
A .perfect ending to the
would be that the .deceased
woman; that she had always
that hatless one her clothes., a
she at long Inst had got eve
here—Jemima Remington.
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ODD NAMB
A woman filling in a form
food office gave her infant
tees name as Nadine.
"That's umnsua ," said the
ant. "Is it French or Russian
"Dunne, mum, I'm sure'? w
reply, "I got it off a jeep.'.'
When you have got an e
by the hind leg, and he is
to run away, it's best to - le
run.—Abraham Lineal--.
First German Radio -Controlled Tank
Captured By -British In Anzio Beachhea
The German radio -controlled
"tank" used for the first time again-
st the 6th Army at Anzio, has been
salved by it 13rltisj' recovery crew
and examined by Allied experts.
The vehicle -really an explosives
carrier—is 12 fb. long, 6 ft. wide, 4
ft. high—=slightly •smaller than a
( KOV� . t'Bren carrier. A driver takes it as
00,ft Q far as he 'dares, then gets out and
'.
the "tank" with its load: of about
S as 0 P. soo Tbs. of explosives continues, along
• guided by radio. .Aft +ho eroeafg • kilo
explosive charge is dropped' -or
to the ground, and a time fus
fired (sould this fuse fail,
charge tan be, exploded electrics
The "tank", is then backed
driver, by radio control, he gets
and "drives .back to his 'own a
This specihrian'was recovered
great difficulty, under heavy •ene
fire, .by Lieutenant Colonel Germ
R.E.M.E., and his crew.
Picture shows; Right-hand s
tri All,