HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1943-02-18, Page 7THURS., FEB. 18,-1943
THE CLINTON NTWS-IRECO
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TIIE.
HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS
CARE OF CHILDREN
CSG
PAGE
HEALTH
THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED,
TO THE POETS
Here They Will Sing You Their Songs -Sometimes
Gay, Sometimes Sad—But Always helpful
and Inspiring
WINTER. ORANGES
• Golden balls
Nestling in dark leaves
•Oa dose=set'breaches
`Warns with the sun.
-7"rees in the valley
Even set, in long deep rows
With loose soil, hot to the foot
"Deep to the long tread.
r -Snow, touching the blue ceiling
"Wrapping the granite mountains
With white caps tilting
At the cloudless sun.
`'Golden yellow oranges
`Warm to the folding hand
Breaking sweet to the mouth
And the earth -dry lips.
• Ethel Wilson
WHY SOME MEN FAIL
'Too much talk;
' Not enough walk;
' Too much sigh;
,'Not enough try;
'Too much bask;
Nat enough ask;
:"Too much blow;
Not enough go;
Too much blink;
Not enough think;
Too much mope;
Not enough hope;
'Too much shirk;
Not enough work;
'The result is
"'You miss the biz.
THE GAME OF LIFE
•
• This life is but a game of cards which
• mortals have to learn;
,s"Each shuffles, :tits and deals the pack
and each a trump doth turn;
Some bring a high card to the top,
and others, bring alow;
-Some hold a hand quite flush of
trumps, while others none can show
-Some shuffle with a practiced hand,
• and pack their cards with care.
•So they•may know, when they are
dealt, where all the leaders •ares.
"Thus fools are .-made the dupes of
.' rogues, while rogues each other •Cheat
And he is very wise indeed who
never meets defeat.
• When playing some throvr out the
aces,' the counting cards to save,
Some play the dettce, and same the ten
• but many play the knave;
• 1 'Some play for money, some for fun
and some for wordly latae,'
But not until the game's played out
can they:count up tlteir,game,
'''When hearts are trump we play ler
love, afd pleasure rules the hour,
No thoughts of sorrow check our joy,
in beauty's rosy' bower;
We sing,, we dance, sweet' verses
make, our cards at random play,
...And while our trump remains on top
our game's 'a holiday.
When diamonds chance to crown the
pack the players stake their gold,
And heavy sums are lost and won by
gamblers, young and old;
Intent on winning, each his game
doth watch with eager eyes,
How he may ate his neighbor's cards,
and beat him on the sly.
When clubs are trump look out for
war, on ocean and on land.
Foi' bloody horrors always come
when clubs are held in hand.
'Then lives are staked instead,o gold,
the dogs of war are freed—.'
'Throughout our land we all do know,
clubs did have the lead!
Last game of all is when the "spade
is turn'd by hand of Thine;
He always deals the closing game in
every age and cline.
No matter how much each manwins,
or how' much each man saves,
"The spade' will finish up the game
• and dig the player's grave.
PERFECTION
In a slow smile,
And in a child's face.
Watching snow float down
From winter skies.' °
,Sara Van Alstyne Allen
•
WHEN THE FIRST SNOW FALLS
Peace, be still!
Where hill
Dips to valley, and snow,
New -fallen and white,
!Clusters birch -tree and pine,
Barberry bush and tangled vine,
The heart must go
Through the long quiet night
Winter calls
When the first snow falls.
VERSE FOR A CHILD'S .BOOK
Child! Do not throw this book about!
Refrain from the unholy pleasure
Of cutting all the pictures out!
Preserve it as your dearest treas-
ure.
Child, have you never heard it 'said
That you are heir of all the ages?
Why, then, your hands were never
made
To tear these beautiful, thick
pages!
Your little bands were made to take
The •better things and leave the
Worse ones; _
They also may be used to shake
• The massive pates of elder persons.
And when your prayers complete
the day,
Darling, your little, tiny hands
Were also made, I think, to pray
For men that.lose their fairylands.
I•Iillaire Beliock
"SO THIS IS IT"
Suggested ,.by the article, "So it's
Happened to Me" by Pilot Officer
Stanley Hope, R.A.F., which appear-
ed in ,The Reader's Digest, January,
1943.)
So this it isi This pain; this blood-
splashed board;
This dizzy, whirling, sickening mad-
dening spin: •
This retching stomach; this foolheart
within. •
the ford:
That fails . , I faint! , . . l: call upon
the Lord . .
Ally all le dark, save that unfriendly
„earth;
Which rushes madly, swiftly to my.
sight . • • •1
While I plunge town; down to eternal
night.
Was it for this my joyous soul had
birth?
But to. The dirkncss lifts. Once more
Iview •
Tii)e world,—the dear • and friendly
earth below.
Hope flares, and with it, }late; I
take control.
Once more my cannons blaze. ,
My blurred sights through . '
1 mark the . downward spiral of the
foe...
And I am Captain of my plane—and
soul!
-Grace Pollard
YOU NEVER CAN TELL
You never can tell when ,you send a
word
Like an arrow shot from a bow '
Be •an archer blind—be it cruel or kind
Just where it will chance to go
It may pierce the breast of your dear-
est friends
Tiplte.1 with its poison or balm;
To e stranger's heart in life's great
mart, • •
11 niay carry its pain or its calm,
You never can tell when you do an
act,
Just what the result will be.'
But with every deed you are, s5wing
f Perfection lies •seed,
"'Within so small a :space. ' Though its barvest you may no
=:i. have seen it
see,
"DECORATIONS"
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,Recently we have been reading a
great deal in the papers about the
decorations awarded to the• Canadian
soldiers following the invasion at
Dieppe.
The men of our Canadian forces
did wonderful work there and richly
deserved any decorations which came
to them.
The first Victoria Cross won by
any Canadian in this war was that
awarded to Lieut. Colonel Merritt of
Vancouver. No true wearer of that
hard won decoration, the highest in
the British Empire, • ever feels that
he has deserved it.
Looking over the records one reads
that the first Victoria Cross won in
Canada was bestowed on Lieut Alex-
ander 'Roberts • Dunn, a native of
Toronto. Ile pas awarded this
distinction for bravery in the charge
of the Light Brigade at Balaclava.
"Honor the charge they made _
Honor the light brigade
Noble six hundred."
There is something wonderful
about the fact many have tried to
do their best and have been success-
ful in achieving their objective.
•
Without exception • those who have
started out to live a Christian life
have found that temptations were too
much for them. They have fallen
time and again, but as often as they
have come •back to Christ they have
found that He was willing to take
then into the fold and to start them
on.,the straight and narrow., path.
We belong to God and as long as
we lean on Him, He will be our guide.
We must always aini to have the
Victory over sin.
In these days of strife how much
the word Victory means to us ---
particularly to the reclaimed sinner!
It means that he realizes that his
sins are behind his Saviour Christ do-
es not even se them once they are for-
given; it metals that he has left the
broad way with its snares and pit-
falls and has started on the narrow
way which leads to life eternal. The
sentence of death has been passed
upon hila, but he has been pardoned.
A characteristic story has been told
of Abraham Lincoln in connection
with the civil war. A young lad
after a long hard march offered to
do double duty for a sick comrade.
It. was too much for him and he fell
asleep. The punishment for that
crime was death. It was reported to
the President, He went to see the
lad and pardoned him on one eon-
dition which was that' he should do
his duty as a soldier. The lad ;pros,
ntised and died bravelykeeping his
promise. Abraham Lincoln gave the
soldier a fresh start'so God will treat
us. How many fresh starts have been
made and victories over sin gained
hi this great world war. Thefol-
lowing is a .true example of one
which took place in the last war. A
young Yuan in a western town had
for some years led a reckless and
riotous life. In fact he was about the
worst young Aman in the place. When
the call came for volunteers to serve
their country he was among the first
to join and from that time his life
seemed to change. He went to Eng-
land and was made Captain. When
his company was ordered to France
he led them into the trenches, one
day the order came to go over the
top. He was the first one out. Be-
fore they had advanced far he saw
that there was a mistake in the came
mand. He ordered a retreat, .but as
Each kindly act is an acorn dropped
In God's productive soil;
Though you may not know,, yet the
tree shall grow
And shelter the brows that toll.
You never can tell what your thoughts
will do
In ,bringing you • hate or love,
For "tougths are things and their airy
wings •
Are swifter than carrier doves.
They follow the law of the universe --
Each thing meet create its kind;
And they speed o'er the track fo bring
you back
Whatever went out from your mind.
-Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
his men went •back he stepped out
and drew the German fire. He alone
did not return to the trench. He had
gained the great, victory over self
and God called him home.
. THE WAYS
"To Every' man there op!eneth
A way and ways and a way
And the high' soul elimiis ;the high
way
And the low soul gropes the low
And in between : on the misty, flats
The rest drift too and fro
But to every man there, openeth
A{ high way and a low
And every man deeideth
The way his soul shall go
- It is not all sunshine for a re-
claimed sinner commencing a new
life. There ire times when the old
life will call him back,• when the
struggle is almost too much for him
He in -lonely, he has left his old as-
sociates and has had little chance to
make new friends. Now is a good
time for Christ's ambassadors to keep
close to the new convert. Many,
many young people who have at
some time or other given theirlone-
liness as the reason of their down-
fall. Quite often theyhave no place
to go at night and so roam the
streets. Young men get in with
crowds which mean no good. They
meet with temptation and have not
the strength to stand up against it
A young lady meets with question-
able characters and much too often
add anotlIr to our list of fallen girls.
We must not condemn'' thesis people.
It may be the fault is ours. We have
not done our duty towards them.
Ours is not to condemn, but to lift up.
Give them something to do. It is
idle people who fall before the wiles
of the devil. If we see our young
people in the company of those who
will be no help to them let us guard
them and if possible invite them into
our homes._
Parents who have sent their child-
ren into our cities do not forget that
you have a part to play. Your re-
spensiblity as far as they are con-
cerned is not . ended. Ifave your
regular days for writing°' and if it it
only a card see that it gets into the
mail in time. They will be looking
for it. Let no disappointment or dis-
couragement come to them through
you. Pack a little box of things from
home and send it on to then). Instead
of hoarding your bit of money use
some of it and take a trip to see them
or send them money' to conte home
on a holiday: Encourage thein to
tell you how they are spending their
spare tinie'and, you will not regret.
it. A. soldier boy in Weitieg recently
told of what he was reading' iii :his
daily devotions. Have .you, 'sent
your young men and women out into
the world, with no hone • teaching of
our Saviour. if you' have not proper,
ly grounded thein in the things which
are worth while there is not much
use in packittga Bible in their, trunk..
Bring them tip in the fear and ad-
monition of the Lord and they will
have a Bible which is very ; precious
to them to take with them. ,
Young people starting on the
Christian : way should make their-
Bible
heirBible their chief companion. Read
it night and morningon your knees.
Rise a few minutes earlier so that
you may ask Jesus to be your guide
during the day and when you find
that you are drifting stop and pray
that temptation may be kept away
from you. You will find your guide
right beside you. At night ask Him
to be with you during the hours of
unconscious sleep. Then if :the morn
finds you here you will be ready to
start a new day,' and if your call
conies during the hours of darkness
what a joy it will be to waken in that
realm of everlasting life.
Why do we fear to die
For sleeping we are dead
Till we awake and• rise
Here or beyond the skies.
As the soldiers of our earthly
Icing George VI strive to bring
honor to the British Commonwealth
of Nations, solet us put forth every
effort to gain the cross of salvation.
;Engravers on it are the words "Well.
done thou good and faithful servant.
Eater thou into the joy of thy Lord."
"PEG"
THE MIXING BOWL
Ey ANNE ALLAN
Hydro Nemo Economist
NUTRITION AND YOUR FOOD
DOLLAR
Hello Homemakers! While we all
want to practise economy in buying
food, there is no need to sacrifice
either health or the enjoyment of eat-
ing. But we should learn how to get
the most nutrition value for our food
dollar: So do remember the important
iteme are milk, whole grain cereals,
vegetables' and fruits in season,' and
protein foods such–as eggs, fish, meat
and poultry. Rich desserts and impor-
ted foods are "non -essentials"— and
moreover expensive. While tea and.
coffee are rationed, it's good to know
that tomato bouillon or milk contain
more nutrition.
We think you'll be surprised how
even a little foots wasted now and
then mounts up in a month. Waste
of your money, too! If the grocer
sends an apple with a spot on it,
we notice it Tight away. But are
we as careful tosave food in our
homes? One good way to prevent
spoilage—and get better nutrition --
is
is to make the most of foods while
they are still fresh.
Of course. everyone hat special
tricks with left -overs but now we need
to be on the look out for new ideas
on how to use up our 'bits -and pieces"
if we are to snake full use of our food
dollars.
TAKE A TIP
Food,Storage
1. Keep your eggs in the electric
refrigerator or some other cold place,
taking them out only as needed. Never
wash eggs before storing as this de-
stroys the "bloom" that keeps out air
and odours. If soiled, wipe with rough.
dry cloth before putting away.
2. Wash poultry thoroughly, inside
and out, but never soak in water.
Pat dry and store, loosely wrapped
in wax paper. Keep chilled Poultry
liver, heart and giblets should not
be stored before being cooked. You
don't throw them away, do you? And
chicken feet snake real good broth—
scald, skin and simmer in salted wat-
er.
3. Raw fish and meat` need to be
stored below freezing unit of electric
refrigerator or in the coldest space
you have. Wipe off; do not wash.
4. Be extra careful of ground raw
meat, It spoils rapidly. Keep it wrap-
ped in wax paper. Because it turns
darker in colour is no sign of spoil-
age—aroma, sliminess or mould de-
termine decayed product.
5. Cooked meats need special atten-
tion, too .Be sure to cover them be-
fore putting away, Do not slice or
chop cooked neat until•'just'before
using—cut meat spoils snore quickly.
RECIPES
Bean, and Sausage Casserole
1 lb. pork sausage, 2 cans baked
beans, 1-2 cup finely grated onion.
Cut sausages into pieces about 1
Mai long and cook until well browned,
Combine }vith baked beans and grated
onion. Place in casserole dish and heat
thoroughly in electric oven at 850
degrees. Yield 6 servings.
Supper Dish
Serve savoury tomatoes on toast.
Simmer for 10 minutes on electric
element, 1 cupful of sievert canned
tomatoes with 1-2 cup water, 2 tea-
spoons minced parsley, 1 whole clove
1 allspice berry and 2 peppercorns; the
spicesfirst bruised with a wooden
spoon. Whilemixture is cooking,
brown 1-2 small onionchopped, in 2
tablespoons fat; add 1 1-2 tablespoons
flour, seasoning of salt and pepper
and 1-4 teaspoon dry mustard.. Stir
and cook until mixture comes to boil-
ing point. Strain, Add 1-2 cup grated
cheese. Wlten blended add one quick-
ly beaten egg,'stirring rapidly until
egg slightly coagulates mixture. Pour.
over 4 slices of toast. Serve with a
garnish of parsley or celery.
THE QUESTION BOX
Miss R. B. asks:, Menu and quanti-
ties of food for Mother and Daughter
Banquet.
Answer: Details of menu have been
mailed. Suggested Banquet Menu: )payment would be $50. The amount of
Egg Noodle and Weiner Loaf, Baked the trade-in is then deducted and the
Potatoes, Boiled Carrots, Crisp, Rolls, i balance must be paid within 24
Apple Pie, Hot Tomato •Bouillon or )months.
Hot Chocolate Milk. 1
, marketing some of per farm
Mrs, : C. Asks: "Why are apple
pies soggy in the lower crust?"
Anywhere: Pastry requires a'hign
temperature (425-450 degrees) for 15
minutes,•then lowered to 350 degrees
for 30 minutes. The pastry should be
well cooked and chilled quickly when
taken front the oven.
Anne Allen invites you to write
to her % Clinton News -Record. Send
in your questions on homemaking pro-
blems and watch this column for re-
plies.
V
Price Board Facts of
Wartime Interest
Your questions will be answered by
the Women's Regional Advisory Com-
mittee to the Consumer Branch, War-
time Prices and Trade Board and
should be sent to 291 Dundas Street
London.
Q. -I expect to be, visiting my dau-
ghter in Pelerborbugh during the
last two weeks of February. Could+
you tell me what to do about getting
a new ration book?
A.—You can apply at any distribut-
ing centre in Peterborough for a new
book, providing of course that you
present your old: book with the post
card at the back properly filled out.
Q.—We have a small house on our
farm property and rent it to a man
who works in town. Do we come un-
der the rent control regulations?
A.—Yes. The only property exempt
from the regulations is that used
strictly for farming purposes.
Q.—Can I buy a '150 second-hand
hay loader on the time -payment plan?
I have a trade-in worth $50 and would
like to apply this as down -payment.
A.—You can buy the hay -loader oti
time but you must pay one third down
in cash. In this case, the cash down -
produce we are not sure what cone,.
stitutes a fbir price -ceiling. Could,.
you tell us where we could get this
information?
A.—This information may' be obe
tained from any local offiee of the
Wartime Prices and Trade Board.
Q.—When I went to buy a teaket-
tle the other day, the merchant asked
75c, for a granite kettle which used
to cost 69c. Do pots and pans come
under the price ceiling?
A.—Yes. If the same kettle cost
69c and was that store's highest price,
for the utensil during the basic per-
iod, September 15 to October 11, 194f,
then your merchant should not be
charging more now. If you- will please
send full details to the nearest Prices
Board Office your complaint will' be
investigated immediately.
GOD SENSE
God grant you
In the common things of life
Good common. sense.
And in the larger things
Uncommon sense
And, in the greatest things of all,
His own, God -sense.
God -sense of what is right and fit
That so, in every circumstance
Of life or death you may acquit
Yourself as He deems well.
In all make good deliverance;
In all without offence excell
In all add glory to His name,
And His estate enhance.
V
NO APPLICATIONS
No applications for the positions of
Clerk and Treasurer were received by
the town council, when they met on
Monday night last. It was decided to
extend the 'time limit for applicants.
—Blyth Standard.
qbeNApIjOT GUILD
NEWS PICTURES FROM HOME
Pictures of the family, friends, and news events at home make the'best
type' of snapshots to send to men in service.
n0 YOU have a nose for news and
15 an eye for pictures? Can you
recognize a newsworthy event in
your neighborhood and tell the story
with your camera? If the answer is
"Yes" to both those questions, or
even if it's only "Maybe," you're
wanted on the newsfront Mimed!
ately. 'four assignment Is to make
news pictures of activities at home
to send to the boys in service.
Actually, there's 'probably little
that pleases any service man more
than to receive snapshots which are
really news pictures, of fresh and
interesting things that are happen-
ing at home. For instance, a picture
of dad shoveling out the snow -
choked driveway, would make a fide
home news photo. Likewise a pic-
ture of sister in her new winter
outfit would be interesting. And a
anhpshot showing the children build-
ing a snowman, or blasting away
from a "fort" during a snowball
light would be welcome to any man
far from home.
You see, you don't have to have
spectacular news subjects in the
true newspaper sense to make.pic-
tures which will be "newsy" to your
soldier, sailor, or airman. First of
all, they want pictures of, their
family, friends, and home, and after
that all they ask is to be kept posted
pictorially on the new and interest-
ing happenings about home.,
However, here's a tip. Service men
like the personal touch in their
snapshots, so when picturing a gen-
eral scene include some member of
the family, or a close friend. And
remember, when making your "news
pictures," that it's the things with
which your service man is person-
ally
ersonally acquainted which will give him
the greatest lift.
Try it, and you'll find that cover-
ing the home news. front, photo-
graphically, will give both you and
your service man a real thrill.,
7 john van Guilder
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