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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1943-07-22, Page 7TURS., ,elULY 22, -1943 TIIE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE° 7 HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS CARE OF CHILDREN COOKING HEALTH uality 'counts most --for that ' rich, satisfying flavour which quality;yields, only a fine tea y , use.. ai zit smemmenw CLOCKS " .404:14'~~~00.0.140. By So often we say "I wish we had a� •clock which would keep good time. We have so many,watohes and clocks and none of them can be depended on"We sometimes think that before the war is over we will have to be agoing to our neighbors to find out what time it is. Do we ever think that one time in • the history of the world there were ;•no clocks or time pieces of any kind 'Thousands of years, ago time meant nothing to people. They married on their work as long as it was light and "when darkness came over the earth they slept or rested. When people began to live in communities.; they .gauged time by the sun. As the days • -became longerpeoplesawthat they could travel further on days which were followed by moon light nights •and they also knew that they could. • have night gatherings or forages. PEG" bundle of humanity which had just made his advent into the world -the old clock recorded the time. When the angel of death came to the door with his summons the old clock stated Sunday knitting. that at such a time than one near As we go through life we will find and dear to the household stepped in our selves and in others various away into that unknown land. kinds of conscience, from the kind These old time clocks are rapidly which will check us up in the merest losing their place in the home for detail to the kind which is absolutely dead to any sort' of wrong doing and In some homes, but they are now • comparatively few, one will •see the old fashioned grandfather's clock. These are very much prized, espec- ially by the older people in the home. It may have been our 'privilege at Some time to have slept in'a home in • which there was one of these clocks, •and although that may have been •many years ago, yet we can still in imagination, hear the slow distinct tick tock of that time piece, which perhaps for a century or More has "kept a record of what went on in 'that home through one decade after another. As a nurse or mid wife ihurried through the hall with a tiny to her for some time finally she de= tided to consult the minister friend of hers in regard to it. His answer came in the words that the fact that when there was the question of right and wrong in her mind it should lead her to find some other way of em- ploying her Sunday hours. Does our conscience keep us in the straight and narrow way as it used to do or have we gradually got it quiet ened down till it does not bother us so much. - If we belong to the world there are many things which we seem to be able to do without any qualms of conscience. The question' quite ..often arises "Is it right for us to knit for the soldiers or refugees on Sunday?" There are many questions such as this which must be settled between us and our Saviour. We do not de- bate to others what they should do but if we Tarte them to Jesus in prayer He will direct us what we should do. As far as knitting and Such things on Sunday are concerned if we look back over the week we will likely find that we have wasted enough' time to make up for our one reason they are expensive and another is that if you have not a large room they look out of place, but many people still have the desire to possess a grandfather's clock. The large majority of time pieces now have an alarm sound in connec- tion with them that wretched piece of mechanism which wakes us out of a peaceful slumber to face at most times the trying duties of the day. Often we shut if off again, usually to oversleep, or it will repeat its summons till we become sufficiently awake to slut it off, It wakens us.from.souethiug which we should not be doing just at that particular time to prepare for a day's duty which should be begun—It it the conscience of the morning. The alarm clock is something with which we at times do not care to be mence our day without our commun- ication _with God. When we , go to work without some special word from His Holy Writ to sustain us and strengthen us during the trying hours of the day. Let : conscience have its way in our lives. Do not try to deaden it for if we do that' once it is se much easier to fall the second time and then we have become a victim of an abandon- ed :conscience, "Lord teach me what to say and do For this one day; And, as the hours go fleeting by, I humbly pray That I .bow at thy feet may be Where so I may Hear softest whisper of Thy voice To go or stay. To go, will be to work for Thee Through good or i11; To stay, may so much harder be, Just standing still! Lord, open Thou mine eyes to see Which way is Thine; That day by day I may please Thee My Lord Divine." PEG how easy it is to drift on and on from the first class is that state where we are devoid of any feeling of right or wrong. It may be we have been strict ni what we - allowed ourselves to do. Then one day we think, "Oh, well, it won't hurt us to break away just for once," and we do. The next time it is much easier to fall and not only that but in the meantime some other temptation has come in our way and having fallen along one line we are not nearly so strong to withdraw the second temptation and thus we -goon. We would think it is almost im- possible to get away from our con- science •in the line of prayer, but we will find that conscience will even be deadened in this respect. One morning we decide to get up earlier so that we may spend more time with God before we begin our V THE MIXING BOWL Sy ANNE ALLAN ' Hydro Homo Economist RELIABLE CANNING METHODS FOR FRUIT Hello Homemakers! Grumbling a- bout the small•allowance of sugar for canning won't help. • So let's make the most of every bit of sugar we get remembering that most of it is trans- ported to us through enemy -infested seaways. - circulate freely. Do not open oven door during processing period. When processing is completed and jars are taken out of oven, place them a little apart on newspaper -covered table to cool; listen for any, hissing ' sound which means jars are not airtight. If they are not airtight, unscrew top, quickly reniove any fruit particle on rim of jar with a scalded knife, re - seat lid and seal. - Oven Canned Raspberries or Thimbleberries Pick over berries. If' berries are sandy, wash them. Fill jars, giving jar a gentle shake once and filling to top with fruit, Pour over fruit a syrup made of 1%, eups sugar to 2% cups water boiled for 2 minutes. Par- tially seal and process for 35 minutes at 275 deg. in electric oven. Oven Canned Gooseberries or Currants - Stem berries and wash. Prick gooseberries with a darning needle. Dissolve 1 cupsugar in 2 cups boil- ing water and add berries. Pre- cook 20 seconds. Pour into, sterilized jars and oven. process 30 minutes at 275 degrees. Oven Canned Cherries Stem and wash cherries (sweet or sour) Pit. (Sweet ones need to be pricked when they are not pitted). Pack fruit in sterile jars and cover'( 'with hot syrup. For sweet cherries, i make a syrup of 1 cup sugar to 3 cups water boiling for 5 minutes for sour cherries use 1 cup sugar to 1 ''cup water, boiling for 1 minute. Screw metal band tight, then unscrew half a turn. Process (cook) in over for 35 minutes at 275 degrees. Remove at once and cool. Oven Canned Blueberries Pick berries over, clean and wash. Cover with boiling water for 3 min - Although we are omitting the utes, then drain and . fill - jars- with Question Box again, your questions fruit. Boil 1 cup sugar in 2 cups on canning will be answered in the water for 3 minutes. Add 1 -teaspoon directions given below. If you tackle lemon juice for each quart of fruit. your canning systematically, you will Pour syrup to rim of fruit jars, par - not find it nearly as difficult or as tially seal and process in electric oven wearisome. 35 minutes. Fruits niay be preserved in quart Canning Without Sugar jars and quart jars are available. I•othered so at times we think our day's work. We enjoy this period for IFruit may be either cold -packed Many will use fruit juices in can - our conscience is a regular nuisance. sometime, then gradually our conscs-! (washed and put into 'sterile jars) ,ung without sugar, Small soft fruits How our conscience does keep us ence has to work harder to get usfor ]tot -packed (pre-cooked for about especially retain flavour and colour back from doing things which we out of bed and we gradually drift3' minutes and put into sterile jars), if processed as follows: use the softer, would like to do. back to sleeping in till the last min -then processed in the wash boiler,lipe fruits to make juice by crushing • A friend who had been ill for .a ute and the habit of not reading and two inches above the tops. m a saucepan (with a little sugar, if long time wondered whether it was praying has fastened itself upon us you wish), then add a little boiling right for her to do cross word puzzles again. Oven Method of Canning water. Pour this over firmer berries 1 S d Th tirecurred How much Nye miss when we coni !packed in a jar and process for five Is there any, way I can get rations for them? A. Yes. Rural dwellers who en- gage transient helpmay secure ad- ditional supplies of rationed commod- •sties by applying to their local ration Boards. Please remember, however, that applications for less than 12 meals will not be considered, Since your help will be having 18 meals with you, you niay apply for extra rations. Please tell your Local Board (a) specific nature of the extra work (b) the number of workers (e) the number of days they will be employ- ed and (d) the number of meals to be served. Q. I have been in the habit of sen- ding two pounds of butter made right here on our farm to my daughter who lives in the city. She does not give me money or ration coupons to do this and I am wondering if it is not al- lowed under the regulations. ghter has butter -coupons with which to obtain her butter requirements and if she gets more from you without surrendering the proper coupons, she is getting more than he rightful, share. The idea behind butter ration. ing is to conserve as much of the sup.. plies as possible, so that the Allies and our Armed Forces will have suf. ficient. ' - - Q. I' would like to take in dress- making. Do I need a license? If so, where shall I get one? - A. If you are supplying the goods, malting the clothes, and selling them as a small manufacturer does, then you should apply fora permit at the nearest local office of the WPTB. If, however, you are supply the labor only and not buying the material--. that is, if you are taking in dress- making and doing the sewing for someone else, as you explained, then you do not need to get a license or A No, this is not allowed Your dau-' a permit. on un ay. a ques ton If you have an electric range with VCAY 1M2T to choose the services of any of these ten Chartered Banks ... Bank of Montreal The Bank of Toronto The Canadian Bank: of Commerce - The Dominion Bank Imperial Bank of Canada The Bank of Nova Scotia The Provincial Bank of Canada The Royal Bank of Canada Banque. Canadienne Nationale Barclays Bank (Canada) _ These hanks are constituted under the Bank Act — _ an act of the Parliament of Canada. •--- They compete with each other for your business. --- This makes for fair and efficient operation and for quality of service. Enterprises and individuals may go to any or all of them to deposit money, - obtain loans and transact any other banking business. Security and privacy are two fundamentals which the Cana. dian people have always de- manded of their banks. They maintain more than 4,350,000 deposit accounts, knowing that their money is available when they want it. In thousands of daily contacts with bank man- • agers and staffs, they know that their private affairs will be held'. strictly confidential, In every sense of the word, the banks are servants of the people. Lord Macmillan wrote in the Royal Commission - report of 193 3: "The mechanism of finance is a delicate one; the confidence upon which it is based is a slow growth, but it may be destroyed overnight, and those to whom is entrusted responsibility for the wel- fare elfare of the people must proceed with caution in the adoption of changes.". In any of more than 3,000 branches and sub -agencies of the Chartered. Ranks across Canada you can entrust your savings and discuss your financial affairs with assurance that privacy will be maintained. a thermostat oven control, then can- ning fruit in the oven is the way to prevent heating your kitehen—and you'll find oven -canned fruits have a true flavour. The temperature, of the pre -heated electric oven should be only 275 deg. but the cooking time takes 15 minutes longer than the water bath method. Fill jars with fruit, then pour in fruit juice, water or syrup to overflowing; partially seal. (With screw tops, turn tight then unscrew half turn. Place jars on oven shelf adjusted 2 or 3 inches from. bottom of oven. Place a jelly -roll pan or broiling pan with a little hot water in it over the baffle, covering the element, to catch any juice which may seep out and burn. ,Space jars about two inches apart so heat may minutes longer than when using syr- up method. Fruit will not spoil if pro- cessed correctly—sugar helps in keep- ing shape and true colour of fruit. Making syrups with half honey will replace half the sugar. Do not use more than half honey or you may find the flavour strong. For small or sliced fruits, the syr- up to use is: 1 cup sugar to 1 1-2 cups water, which makes 2 cups syr- up. For each quart sealer, allow about 1 cupsyrup for small fruit. For large fruit allow 2 cups syrup. Anne Allan invites you to write to her % The News Record. Send in your questions on homemaking pro- blems and watch this column for re- plies. COUPON PROBLEMS AS ANSWERED BY LONDON RATION BOARD OFFICE Due Dates for Ration Coupons Here are the dates on which ration coupons become duet Butter coupons 16 to 21 are good. Coupons 16 to 19 expire July 31. Cou- pons 22 and 23 are due August 5, Sugar, tea and coffee coupons 1 to 12 are valid. They are good until declared invalid by the Ration Admin- istration. . „Meat (brown spare A) coupons marked 4 to 9 are good. Nos. .4 to 7 expire July 31. Qoupons marked 10 are due July 29. V Price Board Facts of Wartime Interest The Women's Regional Advisory Committee, Consumer Branch, West. • ern Ontario, Wartime Prices and Trade Board answers questions put to this paper regarding price control and ration. regulations. • Q. I• paid 19e a pound for ban- anas this week. I think the merchant was overcharging me. A. You are quite right, he was ov- ercharging you. The maximtnn re- tail price of bananasin any store in Eastern Canada is 14c a pound. Each summer, m Q. y young son has to take special lessons to help him with his school work. The teach- er to whom we used to send him has' raised her fees this. summer., Is it all right for her to do, that? A. Yet. The price : ceiling does not affect professional services. - - Q. We are expecting two hired men to come to our farm next month. They will be here for three days and, will be eating all their meals here. NATIONAL SELECTIVE SERVICE Fourth Compulsory Employment Transfer Order .4 Direction to Specified Employers and Employees This Order applies to any young man who le 16, 17 or 111 years of age, and who is working at any one of the employments specified in this notice. It is also directed to the present employers of these young men. A. Objective: The Order provides for the transfer of the young men affected, to work which is of more importance to Canada's war effort. Trans- fers will he made after taking into account the health and domestic circumstances of these young men. 11. YOUNG MEN WIIO ARE AFFECTED: Every young man who is in any one of the employments specified, who has reached his 16th birthday but has not reached his 19th birthday, is covered by this Order. C. EMPLOYMENTS SPECIFIED 1N THE ORDER: This Order applies to the young sten described above if now employed in any of these occupations: (I) Any occupation in or associated with the following: (a) barber shops and beauty parlours; (b) distilling alcohol for beverage; (c) dyeing, cleaning and pressing, baths,^ guide ser- vice., shoe shining; (d) entertainment, including but not restricted to theatres, filet agencies, motion picture companies, clubs, bowling alleys, pool rooms; (e) operation of ice cream parlours and soda fountains; (f) manufacture of feathers, plumes and artificial flowers, chewing guts, wine, lace goods, greeting cards, jewelry; (g) retail stores; (h) factory production of statuary and art goods; (i) retail and wholesale florists; (j) retail sale of confectionery, candy, tobacco, hooks, stationery, news; (k) retail sale of motor vehicles or accessories; (I) retail sale of sporting goods or musical instruments; (in) service stations (gasoline -filling stations) ; (n) taverns, liquor, wine and beer stores. (2) Bus boy; channel: and cleaner; custom furrier; dancing teacher; dieh washer; domestic servant; doorman and starter; elevator operator; greens keeper; grounds keeper; hotel bell boy; porter (other than in railway train service); private chauffeur; taxi driver; waiter. D. (low the Order affects Young Men still attending School: Young men in the age groups mentioned, now employed, will not be interfered with insofar as returning to school at the opening of the school session in the Autumn is concerned; but young •men in the age classes covered, who are now working during their summer vacation, must comply with this Compulsory Order. E. Procedure to be hollowed: Alt men as defined above mast report to an Employment and Selective Service Office not later than July 24th, 1943. Men resident outside a city or town having an Employment and Selective Service Office, who are too far removed to call personally at such an Office, may write to the nearest office in the first instance, and await further directions. F. Appeals: If directed to transfer to employment subsequent to interview, a -man may, if he objects, enter appeal with a Court of Referees, within 7 days of receiving such direction. G. Penalties: Penalties are provided for employers who retain, or tape into their employ, after July 24th, 1943, any man covered by this Order except under special permit. Also, penalties are provided' for failure of an employee covered by the Order, to register or follow s subsequent direction to employment. R. Authority: This Order is issued under authority conferred on the Minister of Labour by National Selective Service Civilian Regulation (P.C. 246 of January 19th, 1943, and amending Orders in Council). Employers or employees tuncertain of the application of this Order in a particular case are advised to - communicate immediately with the nearest Employ- ntent.and Selective Service Office.. Attentionis directed to the fact that the Third' Compulsory Order, which contains a list of occupa- tions different forst the above, also requires certain young /nen 16, 17 and 18 years of age to report to National Selective Service. 1tS' a lEallrOT FjUst t)REY DIFTCFF]:I,.L, nireciur, • Notional Sotoorio, S•rntoo •atu,inor of Labour A. nlocNnntnnn, DT -4