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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1942-01-01, Page 6'AGE 6 esse THE 'LINTON •NEWS -RECORD KING PETER, OF "YUGOSLAVIA ARIL1YES IN AR.ITAIN , King Petef of Yugoslavia ie seen. With the Duke of Kent en board'; the 3auneh that brought'•him' ashore to .0 gland. _ The'young King of Yugoslavia had arrived by seaplane, and was met by; •ithe,Duke of Kent. 11i lig' l Air Cadets Of Canada • With Ottawa granting 'a charter to the Air Cadet League of Canada, a membership drive has now begun from coast to coast. Aims of the ,League have been approved by the Department of National Defense, Ot- tawa, and full support has been given serve asa member of a Local Omn- i mittee, as an Officer or Instructor, or in providing funds and useful facili- ties, In No. 1 Training Command, Royal Canadian Air Force Headquarters' at Toronto, . which covers Ontario terri- by provincial premiers across Canada. tory from Kingston, west there are Over 5,000 boys 15 to 18 years of age ' units, already authorized, in' over a are already enrolled and more than dozen towns and cities ' and in over 14,000 will be added' as soon as ap- thirty more centres there are Units plications now being dealt with are in various stages of development. accepted. Timmins, Woodstock, Windsor, Lon - The' Air Cadet League of Canada don, North Bay, Stratford, and St. hopes to create a body of trained and Catherines Were among the first eit- disciplined young met- capable'bf be- ies to form Air Cadet Carps in On, ing of service to their country should 'tario. Simcoe, Sarnia, Toronto and they subsequently wish to enter the Hamilton recently received authority Royal Canadian Air Force. At theufor their units from Ottawa.. same time these young men will be A copy of "Rules and Regulations''' describing the complete organization of the' Air Cadets of Canada may be pecured by writing the Honorary Secretary, the Air Cadet League of Canada, 122 Wellington St., Ottawa, or the Provincials Committee Head- qnarter.i at Room 314, Bloor Building, 57 Moor St., W., Toronto. Assitanoe in forming units) may be secured from 1these Headquarters or from the Air Cadet Liaison Officer, No. 1 Training Command, R.C.A.F., 55 York Street, Toronto, Toronto East Flight is accepting applications and since a Flight is con- fined to 50 members, only boys in the east end will be accepted for mem- bership: p. Boyd, provincial secre- tary of the league, says plans are un- BUY der way for formation) of Flights in WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES other sections of the city. REGULARLY fitting themselves for what will be one of the world's greatest industries in the coming years—that of civil aviation. e Ne cadet will be drafted in- to the Royal Canadian Air Force ex- cept by his own desire. Today Brit- ain has over 200,000 Air Cadets, New Zealand and Australia have had'Air Cadet Corps formed; since last sum- , m , . er. The. two hundred and sixteen hour course, which carries the boy through fifteen subjects including drill in- struction, physical training, Aero -en- gines, first aid, Ain:raft recognition, map reading, mathematics, signals and theory of flight, takes 'about two years to complete. Many men in civil life who are anx- ious to take an active part in who - ping the war, have an opportunity to THIS 1VIODES F CORNER IS DEDIGAT: T4), THE POETS Mere They Will SjUg You- Their Songs-- =Sometimes Gay, Soinetiines Sad ::Taut Always Helpful '. and Inspiring. What's to be thought WS the Old Year slips away, Memories'thrbng at the watchful midnight hour,;; Summoning back the delight of the summer day, Threat of the thunder, or shudder of storm and shower; Times when, joy seemed all that the heart could hold, Times when pain seemed more than a man could bear; How can the halfof the meek tale be told Half of the, thrill recaptured, that all may share? What's to be said as the. Old Year slips away? In the warp and the woof of life are a thousand threads; Each in the pattern complete has a part to play, Else is the tapestry nothing but ravelled shreds! Haply kaleidoscopic the pasts may blend, Out of the various fragments making a whole -• Who but the Artist knows when the task shall end? Who but the great Creator fashioned the soul? What's to be done as the Old Year slips away? Revel, or high resolve as the moments pass? Has the past begotten no toll that the now •must pay? Does the future hold no claim in its shadowed glass? Greater the joys in the doing for those who dare! Fellowship seeks fulfilment of heart and hand! Only in sublimation can end the care ---- Only the bold shall enter the Promised Land! THE MOTHER (By Clara Bernhardt) Was it for this I bore a son, To face the bark of hostile gun, Endure the fire, blood and hail, 1 Dissilienee of bombers' flail? Ah, not for this was my sons's youth iEnvironed by the sword of truth! Yet all I taught him at the knee, Of justice, faith and liberty, These verities, bred in the -bone, 'illy heritage becomes' his own; These are the.'goads that drive him ! on, To meet a hungry, alien down, ,These are the truths' he must defend That souls unborn may yet ascend ,Toward the 'ageless, ideal height :Where love prevails, and God is light. It was for this I bore a son, To follow after Mary's One. • --In "Far Horizons." 1. SEND, PEACE TO EARTH O God! the ery goes up "How long" Will mien -be crazed with lust to kill? When will they all in brotherhood Strive ,peacefully to do Thy will? The spring has ;come with beauty marred, A, spring we now have come to dread; For in a far-off war-torn land Men kill, inspired by comrades dead. They answered to their country's call; They aware that they would never fail; With con's'cience clear they knew ' right well That truth/met justice would prevail. And many now forever sleep On ground their fathers' blood did stain; ,And now their kin in anguish weep— God! send peace to earth again. —Ted Bowery. Hungry For News People who have lived in -Clinton but are now living elsewhere, are always interested in what is happening "back home." Your local newspaper tells them more in one is- sue than would or could be told in a dozen letters. '. Your local newspaper goes regularly and act- ually costs less than a letter a week, when postage, stationery and time are considered. Your local newspaper cost only $1.50 a year to any address in Canada, $2.00 to the. United States. SEND YOUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER Ciinton News-Recor To That Absent Friend or Relative THNI CO1411NG YEAR ,Aust as' the bells :.ring in the coming yR4r, jJust asp their vibranttome spread 'out so`clear, My thoughts+wvend back to all the far - gone days,• The soraows and the joys , Thus, ,as I gaze, XS' eyes ;are filled with tears. But here' and now', For all the coming year, I snake my vow; "More kindnese to the lonely," for they need' To be sought out, here in this World, Where gee Has so much worship. Therefore, may - ' I find;' Each lonely heart, and' if I may be kind Oh! let me seem to give not, ..but. receive. (I would be grateful this way to deceive.) Det kindness be the 'sincere heart of me; - • 1 Then' peace will come -spontaneous and free. -Myrtle Corcoran Watts. THE OLD AND NEW Old Year! Thou art gone, thou hast passed away Into oblivion; kind hast thou been At times—refreshing spring, the sum- mer day, The glory of autumnal tints—and yet 'Midst all, the darker side the' cloud§, the tears, Thedisappointed hopes, .and needless fears, ! 41 Wherefore we let thee go without re- • gret. New Year! Thou art here,'in radiant mien, We wonder now, what thou dust hold in store! The pages of thy book are yet unwrit, Ours be the task to keep them pure and clean; New resolutions made, with higher aims 1 i I We turn to Him, and with His light to guide We launch our bark—in perfect trust abide. —B. J. A. -y "TOUR ROME STATION' WEEKLY PROGRAM HIGHLIGETs 920.kcs. WINGHAM 326 meters FRIDAY, 2ND: 7.30 a.m. Rise and Shine 10.30 a.m. Songs of the West 3.30 p.m. "Cecil and Sally" 5.45, Tarzan of the Apes SATURDAY 3RD: 9,30 a.m. Kiddies' Studio Party 2 p.m. "All English Review" 6 p.m. Your Evening News 8 p.m. CKNX Barn Dance SUNDAY 4T$:' : '4 i 11 a.m, Church Service 3,30 pan. OKNX Camera Club 5:45 p.m. Venus Concert NONDAL 5TH: 8 a.m. Eight O'clock News 4.30 p.m. Piano Ramblings 7 p.m. "Odgen's Hoedown" 7.30 pen. The Lone Ranger TUESDAY 6TH: 9.45 a.m. Song Hits of 1940 1 p.m. John Harcourt 6.40 Telephone Tunes 9 p.m. Memories of Hawaii WEDNESDAY 7T11: 8.05 a,m. OKNX Breakfast Club '• 12.45 p.m. Circle Bell Ranch • 6 p,ni. George Wade's Cornhuskeru 8.30 pen. Clark Johnson's Old - Timers THURSDAY 8TH: 9 a,m, Voice of Memory 10.45 Songs by Kenny Baker 6.15 p.m. Your Evening News a 8.30 pen.. CKNX Ranch Boys. CHURCH DIRECTORY THE BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. A. E. Silver, Pastor 2.30 p.m.—Sunday School 7 p.m, -Evening Worship The Young People meet each Monday evening at .8 p.m. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH Rev. G. W. Moore, LTh. 11 a.m. Morning Prayer. 2.30 p.m. Sunday School. 7 p.m. -Evening Prayer. THE SALVATION ARMY Lieut. Deadman 11 a.m. — Holiness Service 3 p.m. — Sunday School 7 pan. — Salvation Meeting ONTARIO STREET UNITED Rev. G: G. Burton, IMA., B:D. 10.00 a.m.—Sunday School. 11 a.m.—Divine Worship 9.30 a.m. Turner's Church Ser. -vice and Sunday School 7 p.m, Evening Worship • WESLEY-WILLIS UNITED Rev., Andrew Lane,`B.A., B.D. 11 a.m.--Divine ' Worship 7 p m: -Fvening Wocesbip. Sunday School at conclusion of morning: service. PRESBYTERIi1,N CHURCH. Rev. B.'1'. Andrew Sunday School h10 a.m, Worship Service 31 a.m.,'.' 3,p.m.; Wornbip'Service at Bayfield 2 p.m.—Sunday School;'° Bayfteldb sant a Comes B3eTules 'Bevan• TDURS:, JAN. 2, 1642 1, ' OLD MARIE didn't quite understand about Santa Claus, but her little Pierre did. Pierre went' to school with the other boys while Old Marie sewed dresses in t13e sweat shop. It had been -that way ever " since Jacques died, two years after they left sun-. ny France and came to New York. "Mamma!" little Pierre would ask her at night, "Please, Mamma, will Santa Claus bring me the violin from Rubens' pawn shop this Christ- mas?" Then he wouldstare expectantly while Marie tried to find an answer. She usually promised him Santa would, for little Pierre wanted the violin so badly. But as Christmas grew nearer the groceries and- coal Bs- Wi BILLYARDLEY poked a tentative 'eye outside hiss, blanket. It was _' daylight, ate last. Across the tiny . cabin ;, Jim was snoozing quietly, his treasured breath almost. drowned by the roaring wind outside, Bill's eyes surveyed the cabin with its' old stove and i rickety furniture. Cozy-,- enough, perhaps, but this was ,: no way to spend an entire - winter, even for the sake of geo- - graphical accuracy. Several hun- dred miles to the south, in Winnipeg, , the government office was waiting:: for early spring when Bill and Jim.) could finish their surveying assign- ment and bring back a report, _• !Pleez, M'sieur, a penny! She cried to the passers-by. _Ind shoes used up all her savings— there was nothing left for Pierre's violin. Marie was usually stolid, but she felt sad when she left the sweat shop Christmas eve. Little Pierre would be home waiting for Santa Claus and the violin. Pierre had seen it in the window at Sam Rubens' pawn shop only yesterday, a big five -dol- lar price tag tied around its neck. How sad he •would be if this Santa Claus fellow forget .him! ei Marie was swept along in the Christmas Eve traffic, downhearted. But despair gave way to triumph, for a plan suddenly came to her amid this confusion: She would beg for alms like her gran'pere had done back in. Paris! These Americans— they seemed happy enough to help her on Christmas eve! "Pleez, m'sieur, a penny!" she cried to the passers-by on Broad- way. "A penny for my leetle Pi- erre's violin!" Marie had collected seventy-eight cents before the big Irish policeman saw her. "Here now, old gurrul!" he pro- ' tested. "Don't yez know ye can't panhandle here? Come along now to th' station!" A few minutes later old Marie was pouring out her story to the gruff desk sergeant. She was confused. "Thees panhandling," she com- plained. "You say I cannot do it. But I only try to get money for •the violin, so your Santa Claus wcel come to my leetle Pierre. See?"— she held out her money—"I only need four dollars and twenty-two cents more!" "Well, now, that's different," the sergeant replied. "Come boys"— he addressed the policemen gath- ered around his desk -"let's kick in the five dollars to buy a violin for Marie's little Pierre! Sure now, and where's your Christmas spirit?" A few minutes later a grateful old Marie was hurrying down the snow- covered nowcovered side street to Sam Rubens' pawn shop. But alas! Sam was just handing the violin to a well-dressed old gentleman as Marie stormed in. "Pleez, m'sieur!" she cried. "You mus' not buy it. The violin, she is for my petit Pierre, See? I have five dollars!" The white -crested purchaser was dumbfounded. "But madame," he answered. "I have just bought it for my grand- son's Christmas." "N'importe!" Marie protested, ad- amant now. "You mus' sell it to me. The policeman, they have giv- en me the money, see? My leetle Pierre, he will be so disappointed! The old man looked at Sam. "Have you another violin?" "For seven dollar I got a better one." Sam's eyes lighted up. It iooked like another sale. "All right, madame," the gentle- man spoke to Marie. "Here's your violin. Give me the five dollars." "Merci, m'sieur!" Old Marie cried. "My Pierre, he will be so happy!" With that she dashed out into the night, happy at last. Pierre was asleep when she ar- rived home, but he found the violin on the table next morning. It glis- tened like new inside the weather- beaten case. Mammal he cried with glee. "Mamma! The violin! But how— where—who ga.'c t to me?" Old Marie's eyes filled with tears. "Santa Claus brought it, Pierre, Of course—Santa Claus. Then there was the policeman and. the kind gran'pere But Pierre didn't hear the last. He only knew Santa Claus hadn't forgotten! (Released by Western Newspaper Union , The pilot dumped overboard a huge-, bundle. bundle, Ahead, meanwhile, were two months;: of this maddening snowbound el-. lence. Bill's glance, drifted to the eaten- - dar. Suddenly he caught his breath -- "Jim!" he shrieked. "Wake upl Wake up! Do you know what day-, this is?" Jim groaned, stirred a bite and,.: answered sleepily. "Tuesday, ain't it? And so what?"" "Jim! It's Christmas Eve!" A few minutes later they found ' themselves staring blankly out: the window, almost wishing they'd nev-• er discovered it was Christmas. It was kind of childish to let on that you cared,. Bill thought. So he' put on his parka and headed for•, the door. "Let's forget it, Jim," he advised. , "I'm going to. Iook at our traps .and; get some fresh air. Be back soon!" It was no picnic, trudging through knee-deep drifts for two hours. To, make it worse, the traps were all empty, Even the animals were stay- ing inside in this weather. "Wonder if they'll miss Christmas,. too?" he mused as he neared •the - cabin. Suddenly he heard a faint hum in, the sky. It grew nearer. 'Unmis- takably a motor—an airplane! Bill raced for the cabin door. "A plane, Jim!" he cried. "Get some black smoke going up the chimney!" Then he raced out to the clearing. The pilot saw him gesticulating wildly, or else he saw the fresh black smoke ever the cabin. The• big ship circled, flew off to the north,. turned and came back, flying low. Over the clearing it almost stalled' the pilot clumped overboard a. huge bundle that plummeted into the snow almost at Bill's feet. Then, he waved and sped away. They got it inside, somehow, though they wanted to open the bun-. dle right where it landed. Once the • rope was torn loose an oilskin pouch: flew out. A note was inside. From• the boss: "In case you boys have forgot -- ten," it read, "tomorrow's Christ-, mas. Herewith the makings, includ- ing some presents your families , asked us to send along." Bill and Jim looked at each oth-, er, then they cheered. "Merry Christmas?" asked Bill.'. "Why, it's the best ever( Wait'll you taste this turkey!!" (Released by Western Newspaper t htQIL!.r 53 Sundays in Year According to the Gregorian cal- endar, every year has 53 days of the. one it begins on. Generally speak- ing, the year contains 53 Sundays; every five or six years. This oc- • curred in 1928, 1933, 1939, and again in 1944, 1950, 1956, 1961, 1967,., etc. The United States naval ob- servatory points out that in any con tinuous series of 28 years, five have:) 53 Sundays, unless the series in-.. eludes a year whose number ends - in two ciphers without its being a leap year, as in 1700, 1800, 1900, When leap year begins on Saturday, - two of the six-year periods fall con.- secutively.—Philadelphia Inquirer. Old -'Time New Year Serious Oldtime New England was serioues on New Years,'.as'witnese the title- of a hook pubhshed there in the year* of 1702 by one Richard Standfast; "A New Year's Gift for Fainting; Souls, ar, a little handful of bordial'; comforts scattered through severar answers to 15 questions' and objet. tions:. As also doubting Christiana invited to Christ," Chinese New Y'ear's Greeting r•he Chinese New Year's greptir:g . `Sul -hi," ;or "May joy be yours."