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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1943-12-16, Page 6PAGE 6 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., DEC. 16, 1943 THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs -Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad—But Always Helpful and Inspiring, FOR A CHILD mas spirit. Throughout our lives The children were laughing and shout- to Thee. ing at play; But •one little girl sat. alone. She watched the others with hungry eyes From her seat on the old curb stone. "You can't play with us, you are boor, you know." By a cruel childish voice she was told. "See our dresses are new and bright,". it said. "But yours is ragged and old." n reverence Back to the great unknown, with noise less footsteps, The Spirits 'glide; their mighty task now done, While all the Christmas chimes are sweetly pealing rP Poor Tiny Tim's "Gad bless us ev- ery one." V THE BABY JESUS "'Tis the best I have and I love to play" . " One holy Christmas night, But they looked at her clothes with Long and long •ago, scorn.,The baby Jesus came to earth, They left her there for her dress was, Because He loved us so. And her poor littleheartforlorn. A mother's Heart knewthe hopeless- ness Of the tears and the quivering chin. Her heart was torn as that mothers was When they said: "No room at the inn." Just one new dress would heal the hurt, And the little child could play, If a pretty wee dress with a ribbon or two, Could be her's on this Christmas day. So for the sweet little Christ Child's sake, Please give and give again! The joy will reign in each little heart, And peace good will toward men. V SPIRITS OF CHRISTMAS (Dicken's Christmas Carol). By Molly Bevan I think we all, like Scrooge, are visited Upon this wondrous eve of Spirits three, The ghost of Christmas Past, and Christmas Present, And that mysterious "Christmas yet to be." The ghost of Christmases now long, departed Guides us, with taper burning bright, • Till, by some well -remembered fire- side, A -gleam with holly and soft candle - We hear the echo of our childish voi- ces Singing the carol of the "Holy night". The ghost of Christmas Present may it find us A little worthy of its incense rare, Within our homes the joy of peace and plenty; Within our hearts a simple faith and prayer Willing to give from out our small possessions The world's "Bob Cratchits" all an ample share. The shrouded ghost of Christmas in the future Stands at the portal of the years to be, A grim, relentless figure guarding Days that no mortal vision may foresee; Lord grant that we keep the Chr;st- Now, it is Christmas time again, Our hearts are all aglow; The baby Jesus still is here, i• Because He loves us so. We hang our stockings on a tree, And gather 'round its glow, With laughter, love, and music, Because we love Him so: V —J. S. H. CHRISTMAS PATROL I wonder if tonight'I guide My plane by that same pilot Star Which shone high over Bethlehem To lead the Wise Men from afar. I have no gifts, Dear Lord, for Thee Except a love, like unto Thine; I bring it to the manger bed. And offer it before the shrine. As soft and blue as Mary's robe, The midnight heaven covers me. The clouds are like the angels wings Which softly hovered over Thee. I am a winged shepherd, Lord, Abiding in the fields of air. Oh, guide nue in my lonely flight, And keep my flock within Thy care 0 Little Babe, 0 Holy Child, Stretch out Thine hands that wars may cease, For God is still the King of Heaven, And Thou are still the Prince of Peace. DOROTHY DUMBRILLE. V CHRiSTMAS What mean the thoughts, that Christ- mas brings, What mean the joys, the heart now sings, 'Tis happiness to view Christ, Babe God's Christmas gift to earth convey- ed. Make sure we catch the Truth Divine, A Virgin pure made scared shrine, Brought forth the Babe in flesh as man To show mankind God's wondrous plan. The flesh but shows His image, We, For thus He came that we might see. His spirit dwells in us Supreme, We spirits too ever unseen. Christmas is then a time for cheer, And every day throughout the year, The gift of gifts came forth this day, Spirit Divine in fleshy clay. So glad are we Christ came to earth To manifest by fleshly birth. God's Spirit is the `man unseen. By flesh, is how this, fact is seen. v. CHRISTMAS DAY Flooded river and frosted roads, Creaking carts with heaped-up loads. Wild duck winging through leaden sky, Christmas day is drawing nigh. • Holly and mistletoe on the stalls Lanterns, streamers and colored balls Short the day and long the night, Merry games by candlelight. Silken snowflakes quivering down, Silent footsteps in the town, Icicles on the window pane, Christmas clay is here again, T. Lovett Williams V SOPHISTICATION On Christmas Eve I always 'try To stay up very Late Because I know At our house Old Santa has a Date. Of course I know That I am young And that date's not with Me But anyway I'll try to stay To see what I can See NINETY 'N NINE. _Tv A CHRISTMAS PRAYER Lord, give our hearts their youth at Christmastide: • Let us believe, as did the three who went To lay their gifts, their honor and their pride Before a Child. We who have richly spent The coin of years need now replen- ished store Of simple faith and hearts that seek the light. We, too, would stand beside an open door, To see the glow that circled earth's dark night. Lord, help us find again the long -lost way That led to wonder; in the welcome glow From friendly windows, something of the gay • Comradely spirit that we used to know. The Star shines on for those with eyes fo see:, A finite gleans towards all infinity. —Eleanor Alletta Chaffee. V REMEMBER THEM May every little child who hangs A stocking Christmas Eve. Awake to find it gay with gifts ..-: Oh, may no child -heart grieve Because we have forgotten. To give the needed sum Which would have brought a spinning top A doll or crimson drum. The Magi came with precious gifts, The stable floor was piled With myrrh and gold and frankincense To help'a little child, And from that first great Christmas Fund We, too havd learned to share Our bounty with the needy ones Whose cupboards have grown bare. CANADIAN BOMBERS BOUND FOR RENDEZVOUS WITH ENEMY Rolling off the assembly line in acraft in Canada has grown to impree.- Canadian aircraft plant, these twin. sive proportions since the early days engined Bolingbroke bombers ate of the war when the ;Canadian air - moving swiftly toward a rendez. craft industry was in a pioneer stage. vous with the enmy. Production of Canadian workmen are turning out bombers fighting and training air- five types of training planes, supply- ing the vast British Commonwealth Air Training Plan; two types of ser- vice planes, which are regarded as fhst class fighting machines and the Link trainer for preliminary ground instruction, Juvenile Delinquency Any boy or girl, "apparently or ac- tually" under 18 years old will cone under the Juvenile DelinquencyAct if the amendment proposed by the Provincial Council of Women recently is accepted. Members of the Cabinet- at Queen's Park were presented with a resolu- tion to this effect' by . a delegation headed by Mrs. Robert J. Marshall, the newly re-elected president. The appointment of capable women on welfare boards and on all committees set up for postwar planning was also requested. Hon. Leslie Frost received the dele- gation in the absence of Acting Pre- mier T. L. Kennedy, and the ladies were given a sympathetic hearing by Mr. Frost, Dr. R. P. Vivian, Minis- ter of Health and others of the Cab- inet. V ,Canadian 'Navy Downs U -Boats "Without the Canadian Navy, we would never have got the U -Boat down 'to its present 'position. May Canada continue the good work it is doing," "The battle is going very well now but we can't say it is over." "The Canadian Navy went in for smaller craft when some poeple had ideas of larger ships,'but they served their purpose well and provided the lnest training for your keen young Seamen. These are words of praise from Admiral Sir Percy Noble, naval chief of staff at the British Embassy in Washington and as -such carry a great deal of weight. They also carry a warning. Those nen in the Canadian Navy, more than 70,000 of them are the men Admiral Sir Percy Noble is praising and they are the mien, as well as an equal number of merchant seamen of our own Canadian Merchant Marine, and many thousands in the merohant navies of Allied nations, who the Navy League of Canada delights to care for at Merchant Seamens Clubs, and with woollens, ditty bags, maga- zines, books and comforts. The Royal Canadian Navy is larg- ely an anti-submarine navy and its earlier corvettes are now being fitted with devices and weapons to snake them an even more potent force against submarines than they have been while many ether corvettes have been virtually reconstructed to keep pace with improvements in design. This indicates the fighting our Can- adian sailors have done, and will have to do in our modern ships. Anything we can do to help -the On- tario Division of the Navy League care for these intrepid sailors will be little enough return for their ser- vices to Canada and in the cause of freedoin. — V Scholarships Offered for Economic Essays, Scholarships to a total value of $1,000.00 are offered for competition among Canadian high school students enrolled in matriculation forms by Forward Publishing Company Limit- ed, 92 Adelaide St., W., Toronto, for any essay dealing, from a Canadian point of view, with the subject, "Un- employment is Caused by Disparity of Wages." This is the title of a book- let just issued by the -publishers and appearing over the pen naive of "Ad aim Smith." The booklet, which is illustrated with charts based •on United States figures, traces the course of wages paid by industry aiid on the farm for jobs, of equivalent skill and shows that when disparity is allowed to exist between the two wage -rates, un- employment results. The author con- tends that the extent of unemploy- ment will bear an exact mathematic- al relation to the disparity of wages. It is further argued that, when or- ganized industrial workers are able, throupih strikes or collective bar- gaining, to force their wages high- er than is equitable, unemployment must result, because the products of industry become to expensive for the farmer to buy; sales fall off, and fac- tory.- hands ac-tory.-hands are dismissed or put on part time because of decreased pro- duction. "The intent of all labor laws," the author states, "should be to imple- ment the law of supply and demand, and prevent either labor or capital from hampering it. These laws should enable the wage earners to protect themselves against ,exploitation, but they should also prevent labor from doing any exploiting," ✓ In Great Britain's air and sea front against Germany, the Royal, Navy has played a tremendous part. Its task was to cut off the German war machine from vital supplies, -and it accomplished this bystopping the following percentages of German imports from pre-war sources: oil 8.per cent; cotton, 98 per cent; maize 99 per cent; natural phosphates, 9b. per cent. ROUGHRIDERS OF CANADA'S ARMY Canadian soldiers send their sturdy crews to keep them rolling, machines against the enemy they'll be the Canadian -built carrier flying over the are not spared in training nnen for equal of the toughest battle -scarred, brow of a knoll during manoeuvres the toughest brand of modern war- warriors. at Camp Borden. With expert service fare. When these boys come , up A Message From The Minister of Education Our whole future depnds on the proper education of our youth, It will •be the object of this Govern vent toI make sure that, as far as is human- ly possible, every child, wherever he may live, and whatever the circum- stances of his parents may be, will have an opportunity to be educated to the full extent of his individual capacity. But changes which undoub- tedly should be made cannot be made overnight. We took office immediat- ely before the opening of a new school year. The curriculum in all the schools, the courses of training, and the procedure for the school year had all been laid down. Desirable changes, therefore, are necessarily subject to very definite limitations during the course of the present school year. Changes in the near future will neces- sarily be changes of policy rather than detail. One of the fundamental require- ments of education is an early under- standing of the duties of citizenship. Our children should know, more than they do now, about the method by' which we govern ourselves, whether it be in the Dominion, the Provincial, or the Municipal sphere. If children, on leaving school, are to take their place within working demorcray, then they must have a clear understanding of the essential facts regarding the machinery and purpose of the system under which they govern themselves. They also must have a clear apprec- izen to take his part, it demoaracp is ration of the obligation of every cit. to survive. In building a responsible citizen- ship, it is essential that we return to simple ideas of personal discipline and recognition of constituted author- ity. There is wide -spread concern to- day about what we have come to call `Juvenile Delinquency'. It is not very largely a failure of education? The root of the trouble is in most cases lack of discipline and an absence of the moral standards which should re- sult from effective teaching in the homes, the churches and the schools. So far as the schools are concerned, new responsibilities have been thrust upon them by the war and it will be our purpose to make sure, so far as we can, that the children of Ontario have a real understanding of discip- line and responsibility. Our failure will rest in their hands, and as a Gov- ernment we can have no higher ambi- tion than to lay -the firm foundation in our schools for that full measure of health, happiness and security which should be the lot of all our peo- ple if we make full use of the great opportunities which, Divine Provid- ence has placed at our disposal. How to Get 90%p from the prize winners at these lshows. Ontario breeders received the Grade A Eggs majority of these awards. Milk and green feed are two of the constituents of the poultry feed given by a successful commercial egg producer. Ninety per cent of the eggs laid by his hens are Grade A all the year around. Here are his methods: A supply of crushed oats, wheat, and barley is kept constantly before the birds in hoppers, also a commercial poultry concentrate. Cod liver oil is poured over the whole grain in quan- tities of about two ounces to 100 birds and fed at night. Skininilk to the amount of 10 to 20 pounds per 100 birds, or semi-solid buttermilk, two pounds per 100 birds, is fed dailT. Green feed as much as the birds will eat of second or third cut alfalfa or clover hay is fed by the forkful on the litter;. This, along with, the feeding of mangles or turnips keep the birds busy and healthy. The birds do not eat the alfalfa but the coarse stocks they leave snake excellent litter. It does not dampen as quickly as straw. Barns frill of hay suitable for poultry feeding are the most significant thing about this pro- ducer's plant. He has had no bare- backed or leather -pulling birds in his flock for years. He uses the commercial poultry concentrate to offset shortages in milk, and the quantities given to the birds vary directly in accordance with the sup- ply of milk V All -Canadian Selections Announced Holstein breeders of the Dominion have reached the climax of the show season with the announcement by the Holstein -Friesian Journal of ithe Al] -Canadian Selection for 1943.' Roughly paralleling the All- Cana- dian and All-American team as selected in football, hockey and other sports, the All -Canadian Holsteins are chosen by a committee of judges from the major Canadian fairs and exhibitions, the selections being made Glen Valley Pietje Beauty, owned by Baton Hall Farm, Icing Ontario, was named All -Canadian Aged Cow for the second straight year. The All -Canadian Aged Bull honor went to Inks Supreme Pesch, owned by J, M. Fraser, Streetsville, J. F. Bennett and Jas. C. Nelson and Son, Campbellford, Ontario. The eagerly sought Get -of -Sire award was tak- , en by J. Grauer and Son, Eburne, B.C., on a group of mature daughters of Colony Colauthus Perfection that included the Reserve All -Canadian Aged Cow. Keep Fleece Clean in Winter Feeding The war demand for still more wool brings into prominence the fact that ,the winter feeding of roughage to sheep constitutes a problem in the production of high quality Wool. Pro- per nutrition plays an important part in wool production. Half- starv- ed sheep cannot produce wool in quantity or quality, because the in- crease in the amount of wool is the result of a combination of factors. The most .important factor is plenty of good feed. When proper feed is lacking., a short weak fibre is pro- duced and the value of the Wool is decreased by at least two cents a pound, The proper feeding of roughage necessitates a proper manner of feeding it, which in turn demands the greatest care on the part of the shep- herd to produce racks of suitable type. ' A desirable type of rack is one so constructed that small portions of the feeding material, such as chaff and leaves of legumes, may not lodge in the fleece •of the sheep as the sheep feed at the rack. There are many types of racks, specifications for which may be obtained •by applying to any Dominion Experimental Farm or Station, or Agriculture College. To protect the fleece of the sheep when feeding material is being car- ried to the racks, it should not be. passed over their backs. It is better to remove the flock before the racks are to be filled. At all times care should be taken to prevent litter fall- ing alling on the fleeces. Por the same' reason, sheep should never be allowed to feed from the side of a hay or a straw rack because such a• method is ( ruinous to the production. of high- quality wool through seeds and chaff: getting into the fleece. V CANADIAN RED CROSS RELIEF - AT MALTA Field Marshal Viscount Gort says. "thank you" to the Canadian Red Cross for gifts of clothing received in Malta in September. The clothing was distributed by Mrs. Campbell of the Maltese Relief Organziation, in- the presence of Lord 1 Gort, to families who have suffered. , during the many bombing attacks on. the beleaguered little island. V Flavour Canadian Butter Improved The quality of Canadian• butter both before and after shortage has. been improved tremendously on ac- count of the greaterattentionto the care of cream on the farm, the ilitro- duction of cream grading improved methods of .butter manufacture, and better sanitation in the plants, de-. Glared A.H. White, Dairy Specialist,, Science Service, -Dominion Depart ment of Agriculture, in a recent ad-. dress to the Convention of Dairy Associations at Sussex, N.B. Haw, ever, in spite of that, a certain quart, tity is below first grade when fresh. and some of the butter going into storage as first grade deteriorates. to such an extent that it is second or third grade when removed' from storage. Such flavour defects, said Mr. White, might develop throughout the whole mass of the butter while la other cases 'only tine surface might he affected. He dealt in detail with the various factors affecting the flavour quantity, and how they could be coun- teracted. The factor may be suru- merized as follows: (1) The use of poor quality cream,. due to weed and feed flavours, or to flavours caused by the action of - micro -organisms; ' (2) The action of micro-organisms in the butter itself; (3) Enzymatic activity (fermenta- tion) in the cream •or in the butter before pasteurization. The high tem- peratures of pasteurization used in Canadian creameries destroy the enzymes or causes of fermentation naturally present in cream, especially lipase which is responsible for rancid or bitter flavours in butter. (4) Chemical changes in the butter constituents. It was now generally recognized that some of the most in.•• portant flavour defects of butter were those resulting from chemical changes in the fat or related sub- stances. V ' After the surrender of Tripoli„ General Alexander telegraphed' to Mr. Churchill: "Sir, the orders gave hie on August fifteenth, 1942, have been fulfilled. His Majesty's enemies together with their impedimenta have, been completely eliminated from Egypt, Cyrenaica, Libya, and Tripe.. p Titania."