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Clinton News Record, 1945-04-19, Page 3THURS., APRIL 19th, 1945 "-THE CLINTON 1STEWS.RECORD Spring Tirne The Seasons have changed this t few years to such an extent t it is 'diffieult to know just what n will be here by the time an icle such as this appears in print. waver it looks now that we are ell on, the way to spring. The past winter has been such, the e of, which, has not been known ✓ snow since 1852 --,On' Mareh,:30, e of thepapers drew our atten- ons to the fact that the earlist ring ; operations in many years are ing carried out by Ontario farmers is year. Mild weather has given e toilers of the iand an opportunity begin seeding at least a- month ead of the date in r 1944. The sponsibility of that lies in the t tht, there was no frost in the ound -when the worst snow storm er experienced in some districts vered the earth to a. depth of. 23 encs in 24 hours. People in the ties,especially, were anxious about e departure' of the snow dreading e floods which might follow but in est cases their fears were ground- s, they were crossing the bridge ore they came to it" as the snow th the eool nights and warm rs just seemed to seep into the ound and in some places when it ent it showed crocus, daffodils, lip plants well on the way. "March in like a lamb" and again it a prophesied that it Would go out. e a lion, but the olds proverb prov- itielf false. Spring as far as n eye can see is well on the way. d according to the travelling of the n.each day brings us nearer to the mer with all its beauty, and liable heat, To those who enjoy e hot weather it is a pleasant speet. However we have no .con - 1 of the weather, but perhaps it es not hurt to talk about it any Y. The grain is. now being sown by the er and as he goes up and down e rows he visualizes the time a months hence when he will he rvesting the,orops. The vegetable eds will soon be in the ground and e housewife will have visions of the llar shelves being well filled from e• product of the season's growth. e .bulbs- planted in the fall will n be up and be in full bloom. The beginning of all this was the ede of different kinds• which were nted either in the spring or late 11. There will be many hours of rryy because God withholds the in or the sun's rays will practically n up the growth. Every year this e burden of care comes. We for - et that God has always since the ood given us a harvest and we have is promise that he,, always will, While the Earth remaineth, seed tie and harvest, and cold and heat, ad summer and winter, and day and ight shall not cease." Genesis 8:22. .M1 these things have brought heir message. of God's love towards amenity. Nothing could have grown r come to maturity without His are, ,We can plant the seeds and to certain extent cultivate the round, but God must be present to ive sufficient water and sunshine a give the growth. How many of us go out into our rden in the spring and attend to e planting of the seed and do not k God's blessing on the growth hien we would like to 'follow? me say "Such nonsence, to pray bout a little thing like that! If we "PEG t truly have Christ in our hearts we will pray about things' Which are of a great deal less importance than that. Even if we go back and forth among the rows and do ask God if it be His will to give us a good harvest how many of its when the result is harvested kneel in our pri- vate devotion rivate.devotion. and thank God for .His kindness to us. If we just ex- amine our :prayers we will find that a large part of our petition has been made up of ask your f'askyou and. very little of thank you". How un- grateful we are. We would: not do that to an earthly frienfl and why should we treat the best Friend we ever had in such a way. I have in front of mea beautiful Easter lily, so typical of this glad Plaster Season.. It is one of the most beautiful examples of God's kind- ness to His creatures and also of my friends to me. We are now looking forward to the time when we can get out• into the woods. Even as early as a week ago some were out gathering May- flowers. True it is early, but is just. an exaniiple of the.ehange of season. The trees will soon be coming out in bud, then in leaf and blossom. The. green of the spring will. die with the beautiful autumn tints. Surely God's is good to us in allowing us to see the loveliness of nature which He has provided for us. How our hearts ache for those who are coming -back from the war zones. One instant they could see, and the next their vision was gone forever. It may be we think we have a great deal to grum- ble about, but as we look about us we can realize that there are many who are much worse off than we are. Let us make it our business and our pleasure to do everything in our power to help those who are coming back disabled in any way. It may be some of them are wondering, "Why"? Probably God has set us to one side to try to show there through our lives, that thereis a reason for everything that happens. If we can only do that -and lead them to Him their lives will be so much happier. A nurse once said, "If I were God, I would not make cripples." Out of the goodness of her heart and in sympathy with those who cannot help themselves she made the 'statement, but if those who are crippled or laid up have Christ as -their Companion they can walk with Him in joy, knowing that some day it will all be made plain. There are at times even in flowers a deformity, but the yeauty is there and they give joy to others. On Easter Sunday in one of our large city churches there were many Easter lillies on the altar placed there in memory of dear ones who have gone en before. Speaking per- sonally I was advised by a dear friend that there would be one there in memory of My darling Mother who has been many .years in the glory Land. It was not put there by me, but by some one who knew the beauty of life which meant so much to me. The sight of all the lilies and what' they symbolized must have been beautiful. How much kindness such as that touches, ones heart. God in his goodness to usgave us. flowers and how much joy they have brought to many. It is such a wonderful thing to watch them from the time they peepabove the ground until they come into full bloom. As there are people ,who live in a home. surrounded by a garden of flowers and they pay little attention to thein as they do not see the beauty in them, so we can live with Jesus and not ]mow Him. Judas lived in close proximity to our Saviour and yet He did not know Him. All He meant to Judas was money. The thirty pieces of silver for which he sold Him was the means of him finally ending his life. What a trag- edy to think that money was the price paid for the Saviour of the world! At times people go out into the woods . and come back with little knowledge of what they have seen. Why? Because their minds are so. ,filled with worldly affairs that they have no place for the beauties' of nature. They' have sold Christ for money or pleasure. A glorious sun- set means to . us just what our, atti- tude to God is. Jesus Christ did not receive co-operation on Earth, but He hasascended on high where He is 'Ruler of the World, Are we going to • live with Him or spend our time Everlastingly. . with His adversary the devil? We must answer that question ourselves. Our religion can be found in the out-of-doors. Have we the trust of the tiny flowers of the woodland? They carry on from day to day with no fear for .the future. They bring joy to many. We worry and thus show we have no trust An elderly gentleman said recently, "I don't both worry and pray. It would not be fair to Him". Our .Saviour will take the heavy share of the burden if we only let Min. Will we not go out into Nature as we find it everywhere and see the power as well as the beauty of God's works, then go home and hang on the wall of our room the motto. "Let go 'and let God." That" will help us through .every hour and every day. . "May your own dear Saviour's • leve Lift your soul to Him above; May the comfort of His word To your heart true joy afford; May your loving answer bring Satisfying joy to Him; He is coming soon for you Keep the promised goal in view; Meanwhile from the world apart, Seek to gratify His heart. "PEG" YOU. HYO*O NOME ECONOMIST Hello Homemakers! There's an abundance of onions yet in ninny places. Only a year ago we were begging :one onion from any of the neighbours. Too . bad, " we can't store them readily. The best that we can do is to keep them in a cool, dry, dark place. • Use them often in soups, gravies, meat dishes, salads, and ' hot vegetable combinations. ONION SOUP 3 onions, 3 tbsps. baking fat, 3 pts. beef stock, 3 tbsps. grated cheese pepper and salt, 2 tbsps. chopped parsley, ih loaf stale bread, ('ik clove garlic if desired). Sliee anions and put them in stew pot with the fat. Stir and fry until brown. Add beef stock, boil ten minutes,' skim,, season, and add parsley and garlic. Cut or break bread into small pieces and dry in oven a few minutes. Sprinkle bead The Minister of Finance of the Dominion of Canada offers for sale $1,350,000,000 Eighth VICTORY LOA Dated and bearing interest from„ 1st May 1945, and offered in two maturities, the choice of which is optionalwith the purchaser, as follows: 18 years and 5 months 4 years and 6 months 1U% BONDS. DUE '1st NOVEMBER 1949 3% BONDS DUE 1st OCTOBER 1963 Callable in or after 1959 Interest payable 1st April and October Denominations $50, $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, $25.000, $100,000 ISSUE PRICE: 100% ISSUE PRICE: 100% Non -callable to maturity Interest payable 1st May and November benominations $1.,000,' $5,000, $10,000, $25,000, $100,000, The proceeds of this loan will be used by the Government to finance expenditures for war purposes, The lists will open on 23rd April, 1945, and will close on or about 12th May, 1945. Applications for these bonds may be made through any.. Victory Loan Salesman, any Branch in Canada of any Chartered Bank, any authorized Savings Bank, Trust or Loan Company, from whom copies of the official prospectus and application form may be obtained. Department of"Finance April 1945 • You have reason for just pride if you have done all you could do, on the home front, to support the gallant effortof our men in active service. If you have denied yourself pleasures and comforts to buy Victory Bonds you, too, have played a part in helping your country's war effort. You have worked and saved and lent your savings to your country. With- out this help from you ; ; ; and from millions of her citizens, your country could not have maintained the promi- nent place she now occupies among the freedom -loving nations. Canada has the use of your savings to help to win victory. (You will have this money to, use for your own needs later.) Perhaps you wish you could have done more. • Well, you will be asked to do more. Men who have come back will tell you that there is lots to do yet: Canadians are on active service, on the fighting fronts: More money is needed to support their effort. You are asked to keep on working and saving and you will be asked to put more savings into 'Victory Bonds. They are the best investment any Canadian can make; an investment that every Canadian should make: fee 4€4,4t irif. VICTORY BONDS 8thVicforyLoan Opens April 23rd NATIONAL WAR FINANCE COMMITTEE 8.28 with cheese. Serve cheese -crumbs on top of soup. ONION SAUCE / clip minced onion, 8 tbaps. fat, 8 tbsps. flour, 1t cups beef stock, 1 tbsp. sninced parsley. Cook onion with fat until slightly brown. Stir in the flour, then add the stock and parsley stirring con- stantly. Serve with beef. STUFFED ONIONS 6 medium onions, i cup chopped ham, % cup bread crumbs, % cup milk, pepper, 1 tsp. salt, '1 tbsp. fat. After 'removing a slice, from the top :of each parboil onion until al- most done. Drain and remove the centres, leaving six cups. Chop centre part of onion and combine it with ham and crumbs. Add seasoning. and (refill the onion cups. Place them in a baking dish, cover with a few orumbs, add milk and bake in an electric oven at 426 degrees about. 15 mins. BAKED MINCED STEAK 1% lbs. minced beef (round steak), 2 cups bread soaked in milk, 1 small onion minced, 1 tbsp. baking fat, 2 eggs, 4 hard -cooked eggs, 1 .cup° of tomatoes, r/e cup s)iced onion, 'salt,. pepper and t/s tsp. ginger. Have the :neat put through the grinder twice. Add the bread, onion, seasoning and two beaten eggs. Mix together and put mixture into .greas- ed loaf pan. Arrange the hard -cooked eggs' end to end on the meat Pour over a sauce eomposedr of tomatoes, 4 eup sliced onions and baking fat. Bake in electric even. 350 degrees for 11 hours. TAKE A TIP 1. If you want to reheat muffins• put them' in a paper -bag and twist the top tightly; put in •a preheated electric oven " at 800 degrees—turn off the heat and let them warm through. Very dry ,ones 'nmayybe- come moist by putting .a few slices of raw potato in the bag, •too, and leaving the :bottom element turned on. 2. Don't neglect to make a small "turnover" when you. bake a pie. Your small son will think he's pretty important with his own pie. 3: It',s not necessary to boil fresh maple syrup before you bottle it. But it should be put in sterilized jars' and sealed, using rubber bands dipped in baking soda and bet water. Jars should lie storedin a dark cool place. 4. Try making candy with short- ening instead • of butter. We •made some for a bazaar and it sold like hot cakes. A fudge recipe and maple flavouring were used. • THE QUESTION BOX Mrs. N. B. asks: How do you cook spare ribs so they are moist, not hard and dry? Answer: Here axe 2 precautions: 1. Either roll them in heavy greased brown paper, leaving ends open, or lay flat with moist dress- ing on top. 2. Cook in a preheated electric oven at 350- degrees for about 45 mins. Mrs. T. J. asks: How do you get along without a steamer? Answer: I put puddings and even diced vegetables in lightly greased soup tins, cover them, with pieces of butter wrapping paper tied on. Then place them in a kettle with water surrounding . them two-thirds to the tap of tins. Mrs. B. 11I. says:'.I sharpen knives by scraping them flat with the edge along an old earthen crock. Anne Allan nvites you to write to her % News=leeord: Send in your suggestions on .homemaking prob; lams and watch this column for re- plies. a BAYFIELD. - Prance 17/3/45 Bayfield & Comm -unity Active Service Fund Dear Mrs. Prentice:— • One dull di:izzling day while chew- ing the rag in the, long noon chow line, I find 1 am talking to Hayfield's Brown Higgins, who had joined the outfit the day, before. True enough, this is old- news but it goes to show no .matter where you go you will find one of the Bayfield gang. Brown and I often have chats • about Bay- field, its people, etc. ,Scree of the boys- often: hear our conversation and you ran be sure we snake Bayfield sound lute a very good place indeed. Last ;month P was lucky enough to get a seven day B. L. 4. privilege leave in Belfast. The travelling time which included a 48 in London ran into sevendays, therefore .I had fourteen days away from this unit. Belfast is a fine city .and if I ever have another" leave, Ireland is the place for me. The weather lately, has been clear dry and bright much like May in Bayfield. The work continues as usual, everything mostly O. K.. so there is little to write. Your letter of Jan. 9th, whieh contains as much news ds any newspaper, arrived here some time ago. •' Laziness is the only excuse I can give for the late answer 1 will try and do better next time. 1 have received three Cartons of cigarettes since I. hist wrote you. Over hore I always find them very useful. Thanks very,inuth. Sincerely yours Bill Robinson, St. Paul's W. A'. The April meeting of the W. A. was held -at the Rectory on Tues- day afternoon, April 10th. The first vice-president, Mrs, (Rev.) Bulteel presided, and, led in the opening prayers. Mrs. W. H. Robinson led in the W. A. Litany. The prayer for Miss Frances Hawkins was ' given by the prayer partner, Miss Alice Holmes. Mrs. Geo. A. Walker read the passage of scripture. Mrs. Bulteel introduced, the spea- per, Mrs. Tull, of Courtenay, B.G. Mrs. Tull went as an "observer" to tlie world Conference of Youth, which was held in Amsterdam, 1101- land in 1939. From seventy-one nations came fifteen hundred young.; people and four hundred older people. (obser- vers). The young people assembled to discuss problems, which are pre- venting true understanding .of one another, and to learn . how these .problems could be solved in a Christian way. Mrs. Tull spoke of several `of the delegations' and special speakers at the conference, . and. told: -of the strong influence of John R. Mott; whose work -amongst young people. of many nations,. is known the world over. Mrs. Tull closed' her talk with one of his statements, that, "We should, do what Christ would 6lo." The meeting was closed by a pray.; er b -y. Mrs. John Hartley and the • benediction by • Mrs. Tull. Then :rola. lowed a social half hour,. when re;- freshrnents were served.