The Clinton News Record, 1940-11-07, Page 6PAGE. 6
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
WHIMS., NOV. 7, 1940
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(Copyright)
By John C. Kirkwood Ti
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Many of us use the word "snuff"
without thought of the substance
called snuff. And of course we read
M old-time novels about the snuff-
-taking, and snuff -offering habits of
Englishmen. Perhaps a few of us
have a snuff=box in our collection of
antiques, and we use the word
"snuff" to indicate a color. Yet the
snuff -using habit continues - in Brit-
ain, Ireland, and the United States,
and perhaps also in'. Canada. Last
year the consumption of snuff in the
United Staten amounted to 88,000,-
000. In 1880 the production was
under; 4,000,000 lbs.. The common
American way of using snuff is to
chew it or to pack it along the gums.
America is; the original home of
snuff. The natives used snuff when
Columbus discovered this continent.
Then sunff found its way to Europe,
Printers' and Catholic priests' are
large users of snuff.
Snuff is made from moistened to-
bacco, with salt and flavoring mater-
ials added. The mixture is allowed
to ferment, and then it is dried and
ground into,powder, .
In the United States are several
towns run by women - which sug-
gests a new kind of feminine occupa-
tion. In October of this year the little
town of Hillsboro, Alabama, was tak-
en over by a cabinet of seven. women.
In the past twenty-four years women
have governed towns in eight other
states. In Umatilla, Oregon, in 1916
Mrs. Laura Starcher defeated her
husband in the mayoral election. In
1919, in this same community, the
local government was by women.
The women made a good job of gov-
erning wherever they were put in
power. -.•ei,r$itr I
It both amuses and shocks many of
us when we see a man eating with
a knife - carrying food to his mouth
on his knife. This habit belongs
more to the New World than to
the Old. Here's something I read
about this practice: "On Great Lake
steamers early in this present cent-
ury, the 'steward, at a certain stage,
put his head between the double
doors from the kitchen and advised,
"Keep your knives, gents - there's
pie"!"
Motorits, here's something for you:
You can approach the Acetic Circle,
there to sea the glorious Northern
Lights. You take the Ferguson High-
way - known as the Northern Lights
Route - which highway is an exten-
sion of Route No. 11 running from
Toronto for 222 miles to North Bay.
Beyond North Bay the road goes
through very Wild country - a coun-
try of forests, Indians, dog teams
and trappers. Here hunters find
Moose, bear, deer, and other game,
and here are many fine lakes and
streams for anglers.
Perhaps you are a Gene Autry
fan - Gene Autry, the singing cow-
boy, who has beenputting on a rodeo
show in New York, and who will
put on the same show iii Toronto in
the middle of this month. You prob-
ably have listened in on him on Sun-
day evenings. Autry takes himself
very seriously: he aims to set up
ideals for boys - the ideals of hon-
esty, right living, knightliness, Autry
neither drinks nor smokes.
Ile gets more 'fan' mail than any
other' Hollywood star - sometimes
12,000 letters a week. He is 33 year
old. In addition to being a first-class
cowboy, he is a sweet singer, and
about five million recordings of his
songs -lava been sold.
Why do boys quit going to school?
There are two'niain reasons malad-
justment tothe school situation, and
economic causes. The former of these.
cause accounted for 61.9 percent, the
latter for 38.1 percent, in the case
of 1000 selected boys who were' quiz-
zed in relation to the reasons why
they left school. Here, in greater
detail are the reasons:
Maladjustment to the school situa-
tion:
Lack of interest 22.3%
Inability to pass subjects,16.2
Dislike ofsome subjects9.0
Left to go to work...... , 6.6
Disciplinary' reasons 3.5
Fell behind class... 3.3
Best friend left school1.0
Subtotal 61.9
Economic Causes:
Family needed help 25.6
Had to support self -orphan 5.1
Left to work on father's farm 3.5
Encouraged to leave, parents 2.4
After-school job interferred 1.5
Subtotal 58.1
Total 100.0
Many boys having an I.Qsuffic-
iently high to do academic work suc-
cessfully indicated that they much
preferred to work with their hands;
in other words, they were dominantly
hand -minded. This suggests that
more attention should be paid by
educationists to the subject of educa-
tion for work.
It is a familiiar saying - "We dig
our graves with our teeth", meaning,
of course, that wrong eating short-
ens our life. Not only do many of
us eat the wrong things, but also we
eat too much.
A certain university professor has
been making many experiments and
researches in relation to length of
life, using rats instead of human be-
ings. Here are some of his conclus-
ions and findings:
—if we avant to live long, we
must not overeat,
—by restricting the amount of
food to what is necessary to sus-
tain life, growth is retarded by
life is prolonged.
—there is more calcification
(hardening) of organs in starved
than in well-fed animals. Cancer
specialists will note with interest
that tumors are less frequent in
stunted than in normal animals,
those who remain lean - as a
consequence of under -eating or
of physical exercise live longer
than the normal span of life.
—it weight falls below a certain
level, life is shortened.
Perhaps you own a dog, Give it
a 'nixed diet - not just meat. Domes-
tic dogs ought to have liver oils,
wheat germ, rice bran; dried brewery
I yeast, crude can molasses, milk, eggs,
green vegetables, tomatoes, carrots,
and alfalfa .
If the right feeding of your dog
, calls for all the foregoing foods, why
bother with a dog? Why not feed
' a child?
They are making hats from milk!
The wool-like threads made from
the casein of milk are being woven
into cloth and felt. Felt hats are
now being made of these silk threads
combined with real fur - rabbit fur,
chiefly.
It should make cows very proud -
if they could but see in our fashion
magazines the many shapes of fine
and expenive hats which they assist
in making.
'WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE
GAY NINETIES
I)o You Remember What Happened During The Last
Decade Of The Old Century?
FROM THE NEWS RECORD.,
NOVEMBER Sth, 1900
George, the ten-year old son of Mr„
Flintoff, whose eyesight is very poor
he is almost blind, indeed, has enter-
ed the Institute at Brantford, going
down yesterday. The Ontario street
church fitted. out the little fellow and
take much interest in his welfare.
Mrs. John Reynolds of Hullett has
been very ill this week, so much so
that the friends have feared a fatal
termination. TO venerable woman
may claim the distinction of being
the eldest person in the county of
Huron if not in many adjoining
counties. She is now in her hundredth
year, she says, though Mr. Dominick
Reynolds, who is himself 88, thinks
she has still more years to her credit.
Be that•as it may, Mrs. Reynolds has
continued surprisingly bright and ac-
tive. She has been a resident of
Hullett for about 'sixty years but was
born in County • Sligo, Ireland, Mr.
Reynolds died 17 years ago.
Blossoms from a pear tree in T.
H. Cooks garden were laid upon ops
table Monday, also Miss M. Reade
picked strawberries in their garden
yesterday and brought in specimens
to show us what November berries
are like,
The capital of Molsons Bank is
now $2,500,000 and the rest 2,050,000.
The general manager is Mr. James
Elliott.
Mr. Adam Cantelon arrived in
town Monday from Indian Head,
Assa., where he spent the summer,
having gone west in the early
spring. •
Mr, ,Reg. 13e11 from Toronto Varsity
came home to exercise his franchise.
Mr. John Seruton left yesterday
for Teeswater where he will take
charge of a butcher shop. No better
man could have beenaselected.as Mr.
Seruton not only understands the
business thoroughly but is also a
good trade builder and trade holder.
Mr. James Steep returned on Sat-
urday from the west where he spent
two inoiiths pushing the sale of his
patented drill. He met with consid-
erable success and is more firmly
convinced than ever that it fills e
'long felt want' among the Western
farmers. The drill will be manufact-
ured at the old bicycle works, :Goder
NAZI BOMBS FAIL
TO DAUNT BRITISH
Salvation Army Workers
Discover'
"Air -raiders!"
"There goes the siren!"
It may be in the middle of the
night. It may be in that chill hour
before dawn. It may beat any hour.
of the day. Air -raiders are coming
and the siren sounds the alarm.
At Salvation Army headquarters
the staff springs to action. Warm
uniforms are donned including the
"tin" hat that protect men from
falling • steel splinters, and out they,
go—the Salvation Army workers
delegated for duty as visiting chap-
lains to the air-raid shelters.
For this war is a different' sort of
war. Last war—Great War number
one -was a trench war, a war of at-
trition, a war of man -power, of guns
and bayonets, of shot and shell. This
war, as it has developed in recent
weeks, is a war of nerves, a war of
airplanes and bombs dropped upon
cities and towns from the air. The
casualties are chiefly among women
and children and men engaged in
carrying on the vital business of the
country—civilians. And to these
bomb -threatened masses' in the shel-
ters and dug -outs of London and
other English centres, the Salvation
ich. Mr. Steep expects to leave in a
day or so to arrange for its manu-
facture in Michigan also.
Dr. Gunn, Mrs. Gunn and, family
were in Toronto Monday and Tuesday
They witnessed the magnificent re-
ception tendered the "boys" from
South Africa. The sight particularly
delighted "young Dr. Gunn" who will
be a stauncher if possible little
Britisher than ever.
When The Present Century
Was Young
FROM THE NEWS RECORD,
Ida/ VEMBER 11th, 1915
John Seeley was employed at
Brucefield whenhe heard the call to
war and he promptly enlisted and
was assigned to the 71st Batt. He
passed through the South African
war and when the officers of the 71st
saw how proficient he was in drill
he was promptly made a non -corn.,
and he has since received two more
stripes and is now with the detach-
ment which will train at Galt. IIe
is a brother of Mr. Albert Seeley of
Clinton.
Miss Emma Levis, who has been
visiting in Toronto for the past two
weeks. returned home the latter part
of the week.
Mr. G. B. Harris, superintendent
of the Knitting Company has been on
a deer hunting trip up in the north-
land the past 10 days or so.
ROSS—O'NEIL—At the home of the
bride's parents, by Rev, Frank C.
Harper, Hazel, third daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. O'Neil, to Don-
ald E. Ross; M. B. of Swift Current
Sask, son of Mrs. D. Ross of Toronto.
Mr. and Mrs, R. Hawkins, Hamilt-
on, the parents of Mr. "Tonhmy"'
Hawkins, received word the other day
of their sen, Pte. R. R. Hawkins of
whom they had not heard of for
months' saying that he was reported
wounded and missing April 23t•d. It'
is probable therefore lhat he is a
prisoner in Germany. He was but 10
years of age and was engaged with
a Hamilton hardware company prev-
ious to the war.
The ballots for the vote on Church
Union will be distributed this week
and the voting take place on the 14th
and 21st.
Miss Rudris in St. Mary's today
attending a meeting of the Public
Library Associationofthe Stratford
district,
A short time ago Rev. II. M. Mann-
ing, formerly pastor of Wesley
church, Clinton, retired from the act-
ive work of the ministery, and took
up his residence in North Toronto.
He found, rowever that idleness is
not in keeping with onewho had been
active all his life, and he opened a
mission using a discarded hetet
therefor. It has grown in interest
and usefulness and promises to devel-
op into a progressive Methodist
cause.
Captain Henderson, who for a
short time was in charge of the local
corps of the Salvation Army, and
who left her for Moose Jaw in. July
last, was recently married to Captain
Sidney Cox of Winnipey, and they
will be stationed there for the time
being.
Mrs. James McGill of the Huron
road, just east of Stapleton, lost
three of her best geese at about five -
thirty Sunday evening last and susp-
icion points very strongly to a party
of autoists driving in the direction
of Seafor.th.
Clinton citizens were terribly
shocked on Thursday afternoon on
learning of the sudden and tragic
death of Mx. Arthur Forbes who was
run over by a train at the depot. Mr,
Forbes was crossing the trark and
being hard of hearing also .somewhat
shortsighted he did not notice that
the Toronto train was backing down,
into the yard to allow the London
train to 'load up and the crew in
charge were unable to stop the train
in time and the wheels of the parlour
coach passed over his body, A doctor
was at once summoned but death
was instanteous.
Adjutant Gammitg'e, who arrived
Thursday to take charge of the local
corps of the S. A., is said to be the
smallest officer in Canada.
Army ie carrying comforts and good
cheer just as it did for the soldiers
in the trenches.
Reports reaching S'alavtion Army
headquarters here in Canada show
that no braver people could be found
anywhere than these British mothers
and fathers who take their children
from their warm beds in the middle
of the night and hurry them through
the darkness to, the boinb-shelters to
which they have been assigned.
There, cramped and crowded into the
epaee of one nmol brick cell or steel
wigwam, or, it may be, the basement
of some •large building where a
thousand others are seeking refuge
—these families spend long weary
hours. But they maintain a wonder-
ful cheerfulness' throughout. Over
head the planes drone high in the
sky, while the boom of explosions and
the crash of falling masonry rumble
from perhaps near by, perhaps in,
the distance.
The nature of the shelters provid-
ed by the authorities varies. The
Salvation Army divides them up
among its workers, and by a system
of regular rounds endeavors to cover
them all.
Perhaps the first folks to be visit-
ed, when the siren sounds its warn-
ing and a Salvation Ammy's air-raid
ceotain starts out, is one of several
brick shelter huts. erected for the
purpose in a school yard. It is fur-
nished with concrete seats and the
people 'bring their own cushions,
blankets and rugs, ready to make
themselves as comfortable as possible
for several hours, perhaps for the
rest of the'night. An oil lamp .gives
a faint Iight. Tile Salvation. Army
visitor enters and spreads good cheer.
Families from the neighborhood are
clustered in the same spaces they oc-
cupied on previous alarms. There is
laughter and good nature. Though
the novelty Dice worn off, British
hearts are still undaunted'. The Sal-
vation Army man is greeted like a
friend. Here in this corner a father,
mother and seven children are en-
sconced. A baby insists on sitting
up to see the visitor. A crippled boy
in a wheel chair smiles happily, as
he catches sight of the Salvation
Army man. A. young mother exhibits
her baby sleeping- in a clothes basket.
To all these the Salvation Army
chaplain is a cheerful, helpful friend.
They are glad to see him and they
say so. He radiates confidence. If
there is trouble he is there to help,
comfort and advise.
After the school yard t h e next
visit may be to a row of steel shel-
ters erectedin the street, the en-
trances protected by sandbags or
bricks. Perhaps a candle fixed to a
bolt in a girder gives forth light
enough to reveal white -washed walla.
old couches and chairs, stools and
rag mats. Some of these shelters
are decorated with flowers. The en-
trance may be screened with a cur-
tain of sacking or matting, There
are rows of such shelters, and the
Salvation Army man visits every one,
tach containing 40 or more persons,
Next call may be down in the base-
ment of a big store cleared to ac-
commodate a thousand people. All
round the walls they are resting on
ruga and_pilIows, or sitting playing
cards, while in a corner the younger
010010/11 pass time in singing. Every-
where the Salvation Arnly represent-
atives receive a smiling welcome and
cheery salutations. "Gran," aged 88
and now all invalid ina chair, is as
bright as the youngest. A young
woman has over - exerted herself
hurrying to the shelter and is now
in a fainting condition. The Salva-
tion Army chaplains attends her until
she recovers.
And. so IN goes — steel shelters,
brick shelters, store basements, And-
erson shelters; dug-outs—they are all
systematically visited in turn by the
Salvation Army. Two, three, our
or more hours pass in this service,
and then at last comes the signal,
"all clear." The raid is over for the
time being. Sleepy, dishevelled but
brave and irrepressibly cheerful, the
people stream from their stelters to
their homes, carrying their children
and their cushions and blankets. To
the Salvation Army chaplain comes
many a "Gad bless you" as they
pass, and many people stop to shake
hand 5.
It is a new task assumed by the
Salvation Army—this of shepherding
civilian population undergoing bom-
bardment from the air. It is an
addition to the work done foe the
soldiers. But it is clone conscientious-
ly and systematically and the heroic
people of Great Britain tried as never
before are grateful for it.
On Italy's Doorstep
Britain Delivers Mediterranean
Goods
A, billiard table has been delivered
to the Samagusta Club in Cyprus by
its London maker, a tribute to the
respect in which Italy holds Britain's
Mediterranean Fleet.
The makers have been exporting
billiard tables for a century. One
recently recovered from a house in
Scotland was originally supplied to
an English officers' camp during the
Crimean War.
"This table," runs an inscription
upoii it, "was erected in Donybrook
Fair English •Camp, Crimea in the
winter of 1855,"
During: the present war the firm,
which is directed to -day by tihe fourth
generation of its founders, has sent
tables out to' officers' messes, in
Egypt and Palestine and it continues
to export to different parts of the
world full-size' tables,' replacements
and accessories: , I.c W_L,LJ. j
Young British Flier Tells
Of Sharp Air Battle
Over Ruhr District
Some of the large Bombing
planes of the Royal Air Force, as
well as "Spitfires and Hurricanes, get
their share of engagements with the
enemy, as this tory, told by. a 19 -
year -old gunner in a heavy bomber
squadron, will attest.
"We were on our way back from a
raid in the Ruhr. Tracer bullets
started flying past the turret and I
saw three fighters coming at us from
the rear. The one on the star -board
quarter seemed to be pretty close so
,I shot at him.
"The first burst seemed to hit. If
you can get your 'first burst all right
you can usually guarantee to get
your following ones in too, unless
things are particularly awkward.
"So I just kept pumping quick
bursts into him. An explosive shell
from his cannon hit the armor plat-
ing of my turret. I didn't realize at
the time that the shell had actually
hit us, I know the bang deafened me
for 36 hours afterwards.
"I got in a few more burets. I saw
him turn over and then I swung the
turret on to the second fighter who
had been closing in, firing his four
guns. Out of the corner of my eye I
noticed the first go down in flames.
"This second aircraft I missed with
the first three bursts. But the fourth
hit him all right and after that I just
repeating the performance. He was
natty deadly too and did further
damage to our plane.
"Then the fighter curled away.
That was the last I saw of him, but
the second pilot said he saw him go
down, out of control.
"The third enemy fighter closed in.
to about 30 yards but wouldn't come
any closer. I got a bit fed up. so I
fired a good long burst in his direc-
tion and he sheered off. We didn't
see him again.
"Although I've done just over 20
raids over Germany but that was the
most exciting one of the lot."
STORE VEGETABLES ON FLOOR
OF SAND
Heavy Metal er Stone Containers
Help Keep Roots Fresh
Vegetables for winter use are best
stored on a sand floor at a tempera-
ture about three degrees above freez-
ing, advises George Rush, Vegetable
specialist of the Ont. Dept. of Agri-
culture, Toronto.
However, this is difficult where
furnaces are used as the temperature
is much higher and the air dry. If
a portion of the basement could be
shut off, roots could then be kept
in good condition.
Heavy metal or stone containers
are excellent for keeping roots fresh,
states Mr. Rush, and these contain-
ers have given excellent resulte
where used.
Roots may be placed in a heap in 1
the garden and covered with two
inches of earth. They may be kept,
this way until the temperature
reaches 20 degrees of frost before
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•
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Clinton - Ontario
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RVhVat :old
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being removed to the cellar for win-
ter use.
Mr, Rush says the home garden
should be cleaned up immediately and
all rubbish and diseased' plants de -
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stroyed by burning, as only fire reale
ly destroys these diseases. Digging-
refuse
iggingrefuse in will bring trouble next: swae
son as diseases will carry over itt the •
soil, he warns.
Active Co-operation of every Ontario
Farmer is Necessary to STAMP IT OUT
ONTARIO has a really serious outbreak of Hog Cholera. This deadly infections
disease of swine has reached alarming proportions in the counties of Essex and
Tient, with smaller outbreaks in Lambton, Elgin, Norfolk and Haldimand. If the
disease is not controlled it is certain to spread to neighbouring counties. Every
precaution must be taken. The Ontario Department of Agriculture is actively co-
operating with the Federal Department of Agriculture and farmers in their efforts
to stamp out Ibis disease.
If the spread of Hog Cholera is not checked NOW, every pig raiser in Ontario
stands to lose. Only the immediate and wholehearted co-operation of every Ontario
farmer will stamp out this menace to the hog industry.
HOW TO PREVENT HOG CHOLERA
The Departments of Agriculture strongly
following precautions:
1. Confine all hogs to pens or yards that have
been thoroughly cleaned and disinfected
with an approved disinfectant.
2. In centres of heavy infection, if possible,
keep hogs away from straw stacks es this is
a place usually frequented by birds such as
starlings, sparrows, and pigeons, which may
have come direct from an infected barnyard.
Destroy as many pigeons, sparrows and starlings
as possible.
3. Keep dogs out of the pig pen. Keep your
dog under control in fhe daytime and tied
up at night. Keep stray dogs off your farm,
4 Burn any dead pigs or bury them so deeply
▪ that stray dogs will not dig them up.
5Keep all doors closed and protect the win-
▪ dows so that no dogs or birds can enter the
pens.
6. Do not visit neighbours' hog pens
nor allow neighbours to visit yours.
7 Always have a pan of strong disinfectant
solution just inside the door so that anyone
o NTARI o
recommend every pig raiser to take the
entering the pen can disinfect his shoes, AND
INSIST ON ITS USE.
Keep livestock trucks off your farm—ii you
-
have stock to ship, load up at the end of the
lane. Disease -bearing refuse dropping from the
bottom of the truck might easily be carried to
your hogs.
9• DO NOT PURCHASE "FEEDER HOGS"
except from dependable sources within a
clean district.
10. Isolate newly purchased breeding stock
for at least three weeks before permitting
them to run with hogs already on the premises,
11- In areas where hog cholera exists be
extremely careful about breeding outside
sows with your boar.
12Where hogs are serum treated, follow to
the letter instructions given by the Vet•
erinaty Inspector of the Federal Department of-
Agriculture.
4130 Feed only carefully balanced rations.
Well-fed hogs have the strongest resis-
tance to disease.
Hog Cholera is highly contagious and can spread very rapidly.
The above precautions, put into practice, TODAY, will do
much to prevent the spread of this deadly disease.
DE RT E
lion. P M, Dewar
Minister of Agriculture
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Af.." RIC ., !JURE
W. B. Reek
Deputy Minister..
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