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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1940-11-14, Page 6PACE 6 • THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., NOV. 14, 1940 ' ; `rrw.r v v dantse.w.vwr vr."rends wr teWat r�Wenereneenetwtae- [Read - And Write - For You (Copyright) By John C. Kirkwood "�,�i-dinster' atne eite sieseteneesteteenett teap%Weesteeei'"irli eant"w'tViWYbY taenia° In common with many other .per- sons I like reading advertisements - reading then and admiring the art Used in both language and illustra- tions. Writers of advertisements are specialists in taking the public's pulse : they sense accurately human responsiveness. So I was caught by the heading over one advertisement - of overcoats. It read: "The Overcoat You Can Lift with a Matchstick." I know that many overcoats are un' necessarily_ heavy. The coat adver- tised was declared to be 26% warm- er and 61% Ionger wearing than ordinary overcoats. It was said to be so light that one could actually lift it with a matchstick. Weight alone does not signify warmth. Another advertisement was headed, "Balance Your Own Budget with a Budget Bank". The Budget Bank is a lock -and -key box withsix 'remov- able compartments - for coins and paper money. These compartments are labeDed "rent", "food", "gifts", etc. You can make up your own classifications of outlays. You drop into each compartment through a slit or slot the money called for each week or month by your budget. There is a new quiz game - "Veda". Veda is a magic figure, holding a wand. You turn this figure, which stands on the centre of a two -section board, so that his wand points to the question which you wish answered, and automatically he turns his wand to. the right answer. Exciting, surely! A meat packing company advertises a small electric torch, with a red bulb, for fastening on your dog's col - lav when he, is taken out for his nightly run. The red light tells you where be is. Would it not be a good thing to illumine this way some men you know when they go out o' nights? A. novelty brooch is a lover's knot, with five pendant hearts - all rhine- stones. The text below the ilIustra- tion says: "Give her something to re- member you by ... something sweet- ly romantic." Obviously not for en- gaged girls. Few of my readers are likely to need the counsels• of the game Warden of South Africa's famous Kruger Na- tion Park - counsels contained by in- ference in his latest annual report. Here is what he says: "Had tourists been content to watch lions from their ears only, the animals would have continued to regard these vehicles with equanimity, and persons travel- ling on foot with due respect", and he tells of a man who was discovered throwing bottles and oranges at the sleeping lions., and of other like ex- hibits of folly. He says: "Unfor- tunately the experience of seeing peo- ple on foot approach them, immediat- ely to run back to their cars on their making the slightest movement, is causing lions gradually to lose their inherited fear of human beings, with the result that they are no longer willing to give way, and fatal attacks upon native rangers patrolling on foot in the course of their duties have been commenced." But have younot seen - perhaps yourself have been guilty of - the teasing of wild animals in captivity - at zoos, at circuses, or elsewhere? And have you not read of children deliberately trying to explode dyna- mite sticks and caps, and dropping matches in empty gasoline tins? When adults commit folly, it is to be wondered at that children imitate them? There are two men in. the Southern States who amuse themselves and others by carrying on a wordy war- fare between each other, in the news- papers of which they are editors, One of these men: lives in Montgomery, Alabama; the other in Richmond, Vir- ginia. Each of these cities boasts that in the Civil War days, it was the capital of the Confederacy. When one editor wrote, "All reports to the contrary notwithstanding, the first electric streetcar was commercially operated in Montgomery", then: his opponent replied in his newspaper: "Whoever charged passengers for riding on that one lung contraption ought to have been ashamed to look them in the face. Contrast this wheezing vehicle with the excellently appointed speed wagons which rumbl- ed over the hills of Richmond in. 1888", and it quotes the encylopedia Britannica as saying that "the Rich- mond road ie now regarded. as the pioneer of commercial electric trac- tion." This sort of bickering has been going on for the past five years. One of the challenges issued by one of the editors to his enemy was, "who can write the longest sentence?" Ons eclitoe wrote a sentence containing a sentence of 103 words. IIis enemy wrote one with in it 119 words, One said that the right way to pronounce 'tomato' ie 'tomayto'; the other -argued for `tomahto'. ----•oma England might have developed the steam road -bus fifty years before the United States developed the gasoline "buggy". So old recorcle inn they Uni- versity of Michigan suggest. Old re- cords - prints and books - in the library of this university indicate that there were more than seventy steam buses in regular commercial use from 1825 to 1840. By 1840 these eteam buses alarmed the operators of stage coaches to such'an extent that they, in association with inn -keepers, brought pressure upon Parliament with the result that Parliament taxed the ,steam buses out of existence. ,When the first railways were oper- ateu in England, these was' a vast outcry against them from farmers, canal operators, coach opserators, and other classes of the people: all saw ruin ahead. The farmers said that the sparks from the locomotives would set fire to their crops, and others conjured up visions- of disaster to their business or fortunes. Yet quick- Iy farmers found that the railways gave them quick and cheap access to both near and remote markets, and the demand for horses increased - for all kinds • of farm produce. Land values went up. The canals began to do more. More persons began travelling, and the business of stage- coach operators increased. Truly, life is full of troubles most of which do not happen. The Red Sea may some, day dry up, and in suoh ease the vexatious international problem of the Suez Canal might be settled bloodlessly. No rivers flow into the Red Sea - this because the land on both sides of it is desert, through which no rivers flow. The Arabian Coast of the Red Sea is 1328 miles long. The sea itself has an average depth of 101'7 feet, and a maximum width of 220 miles. The tides are negligible. The rains are sparse in the region, so that if the sea were closed at both ends, the sun, aided by the tropical winds, would make fairly rapid work of evaporafing the water. The Rod Sea is very salty. In 170 years, it has been calculated, the saltiness will be doubled by evaporation. A French engineer wants to build a dam across the straits of Bab -el - Mandeb, almost opposite Eden, with a hydro -electric plant on the Eden side, and let the sun evaporate the sea. Water would rush in from the Indian ocean, drive turbines and gen- erate power for a region which is hell on earth. Far too many of us think that there are fewer opportunities to -day to make a name and a fortune than there were 50-60-75 years ago. The truth is that opportunity is always seeking those ready for her coming. Opportunity has an ally - Imagina- tion. Here's a story: Before Mrs, James Paul Averill was married - quite 30 years ago - she was an in- valid in a hospital. There she made a doll dressed like a Western cowboy for a little chap in the hospital. That started her on a career of doll -mak- ing. Today she owns a doll factory in New York, making 250,000 dolls a year. Her first for -sale dolls were sold. locally - just a few of them, but the ready market for them encourag- ed her to go into the doll -making business in a larger way, She began with nothing in the way of money: she just had am idea and a skill. That's the way to success. ARMY CANTEENS REALLY COMING INTO THEIR OWN The humble army canteen, in Can- ada at least, is at last coming into its own.. It's, science and .engineering that's done it. Twenty odd years ago when the boys wanted refreshments of any kind they came off a second best as far as the dust, the flies and, in the summertime, the heat was concerned. Now they have their pies, cakes, candies and tobacco handed to thein in a moisture - proof, dust - proof wrapping called "cellophane" and all is put on display behind electrically operated refrigerators and the like. The result is that just about every - 1 thing that a man in the army needs can be purchased without going out i of the camp area. For that reason canteens are now for practical pur- poses referred to as"departmental" I stores, Canadian Legion War Services, which operates such establishments in manytraining centres throughout the Dominion, stocks all manner of ar- ticles that the average soldier re- quires. These include flashlights, soap j containers, kitbag handles and locks, shaving cream, tooth paste., shoe laces, sox, braces, belts, sun glasses and so on for nearly half a column of type. Everything is sold without profit to the Legion, which hands over five -per cent of the gross re- ceipts to the unit served. The rest of the profits, after operating ex- penses are deducted, are placed ina fund for the benefit of the men now serving and their dependents, Canada's new army, too, is fully aware of the value of calories and vitamins. For example, during one month in a typical Legion hut, 49,975 bottles of plain milk, chocolate milk and soft drinks were consumed to quench thirst , after eating 10.080 chocolate bare and 13,692 cup cakes. The the boys sat back in complete relaxation and enjoyed' 'some 195,200 cigarettes and 4,560 packages of pipe and cigarette tobacco. 1w%, Effessor fie hjpr*. When ."Britain Speaks" Leslie Howard, who has been a figure of romance. ori stage and screen for many seasons, playing heroic roles in box-office successes now stands with the other hdroes in Britain who go about the day and night shifts of being heroes without a thought for marquee lights and black face type. Ever since the early months of war he has been back in his homelands, and with J. B. Priest- ley, Sir Philip; Joubert, David Bowes-, Lyon and Wickham Steed, makes up the battery of box-office radi r per- sonalities who deliver the talks when "Britain Speaks" each night at 10.15. pm. (Saturdays excluded'. Andy Goes to Ottawa Andy Clarke whose Neighbourly News from the Ontariq Weeklies tells of crops and catches, mishaps and amusing things and whose weekly Mike are as real and cosey as a nice piece of homaspun, has moved on down to the Nation's capital. But the microphones at Ottawa, even if they foal a little bit imporant, as they have a perfect right to do, will not change the genuine quality of Andy Clarke's voice. All his friends up Toronto way will amiss him, but they will be listening on Sundays at 10.00 a.m. EDST and it's their bet that Andy will'show those Ottawa valley anglers a thing or two when the spriny break-ups comes. CBC Musical Send -Off for the Workers Johnny Canuck, who is out to win this war, is rising early these days. Quite often he has to rub the sleep out of his eyes while the stars are still in the sky. But if he is one of the great army of workers who an- swer nswer the eight o'clock whistle or that second great company of offiee em- ployees who follow on his heels, he will havea "Musical Send -Off" from the Canadian Broadcasting Corpbra- tion. Every work -day morning, at 7.15 to 8.00 am, EDST, the Toronto stud- ios of the. CBO offers a pot-pourri of favourite tunes, happy thoughts about here, there, and everywhere and a brief parcel of news right from the Canadian Press. This cheerful early morning broadcast budget floats into the listener's conscious- ness as he mnnehes his toast and sips his coffee; and, according to Mrs, Johnny Canuck's letters which are popping out of the CBC mail bag, "Musical Send -Off" is as welcome as the millcman, Aileen Beaufort, of the CBC Script Department, is originator of the "Musical Send -Off". Front a well - stored mind, from her own ex- periences of travel and adventure, from a warm heart and from a spirit alert to the matters of the hour, this gifted writer has drawn the ideas for her early morning salute. Ant,ouncer Hal Young' is spokesman and each day finds him dedicating the musical items' to a great legion of amen and women who stand behind the fight- ing forces -the steel paddlers; the tool makers, factory girls and steno- graphers, doctors, truck drivers and riggers -who have banded together to handle their part of "The Job." Just "Between Ourselves" Certain significant developments in the war situation. are to be discussed shortly by R. B. Farrell, the Canad- ian newspaper man who is known far his weekly talks over the OBC National Network, "Between Oursel- ves." No Canadian journalist has a better background of practical know- ledge and faithful study. Mr. Far- rell served four .,pears in the first Great War, first in the Royal Canad- ian Navy in the north and south At- lantic and later as captain and major in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces in England and. France. He took part in the Batle of Hill 70, helped to establish the submarine patrol service between Labrador and Bermuda in 1915, later played a prominent part in raising the 119th Battalion for overseas service. His talk: "The Pro- eress of the War" will be given from Ottawa Sunday, November 17 at 12.15 p.m. EDST. Wooyey. Don't forget he wrote "Bach Goes to Town." Farm Broadcast Goes on the Road The Ontario Region Faini Broad- cast is going to togr for the next two or three weeks .. C-ommentator Don Fairbairn! and Scriptwriter Deans Hughes, the author of "The Craigs", left Toronto on November 8 ,to visit Experimental Faamrs and other im- portant agricultural organizations in. Montreal, St. Catharines, North Bay, Hamilton, Sherbrooke, Ottawa, 'Quer ber City, Lennoxville and other Inter- mediate points. This personal con- tact with experts in swine breeding, stodk-raising, and fruit and' vegetable growers, will provide fresh material for the doing of "The Oraigs", and will enable Car mentater Fairbairn to pass along new and up-to-the-min- ute tips to Ontario and Quebec farrn- ers. In his absence, 0. J, W. Shugg, Supervisor of the CBC Farm Broad- cast Department will take Me. Fair- bairn's place at the microphone for the daily Farm Broadcast, 12.30 to 1.00 p.m. Standard Time, CBC Overseas Unit Busy With Many Programmes Air raids by Hitler's henchmen fail to dampen the spirits of the members, of the CBC Overseas Programme Unit in England. Every day is a busy one for this group of broadcast- ers who travel throughout the island fortress recording various phases of the activities of the members of the C.A.S.F.. While some of the unit are busy in London, others are at work with the 0 B C Recording Van far from the towns and cities getting sound' pictures and interviews with men of the Canadian fighting forces. Several interesting broadcasts are planned Tor the week of November 17. On Sunday at 12.30 p.m. EDST, CBC listeners will hear another Over- seas Concert by Canadian Regiments. On that 'day the programme will be provided by the Essex Scottish Regi-. nient from its camp "somewhere in England". Monday, November 18 at 9.00 p.m. EDST will be "With the Troops in England" time with inter- views and messages from the troops to friends and relatives in Canada, "Quiz for the Forces" on Saturday, November 23 will present a group of Canada's fighting men in a novel quiz programme. "TOUR .HOME STATWN" CKNX 1200 km. WINGRAII 250 metres WEEKLY PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FRIDAY, NOV. 1501, 1940:' 9.00 am. Piano Ramblings 9.30 'Story of Pamela Pride' 12:45 p.m. Bell Boys 7.00 Vass Family 8.00 Gulley -Jumpers SATU'IIDAY, NOV. 16th: 9.30 a.m. Kiddies' Party 1.30 pm. Ranch Boys 6.30 Sport Interview 7.30 Barn Dance SUNDAY, NOV. 17th: 12.35 p.m,. Wane King Orch. 5.15 Tea Musicale '7.00 St. Paul's Anglican MONDAY, NO.V. 18th:' 10.30 a.m; Church of the Air 12.45 pent Bell Boys 7.00 The Jesters TUESDAY, NOV, 19th: 8.00 a.m. Breakfast Club 11.00 Piano. Ramblings 7.00 p.m. Ramona 8.00 "Folk Schools" - talk by Art Haas 8.30 "Good Luck" WEDNESDAY, NOV. 20th: 12.45 p.m. Bell Boys 7,00 p.m. The Revellers 8.30 Clark Johnson 9:00 Western Gentlemen THURSDAY, NOV. 21st: 8.00 a,m. Breakfast Club 7.00 p.m. The Novatones 8.30 p.m. Grenadier Guards Band. HURON COUNTY JUNIOR ASSOC. OF TORONTO NEW OFFICERS At a meeting of the"' Executive Committee of the Huron County Jun- for Association. of Toronto, the fol- lowing new officers, were elected for the coming season: President, Gordon Fowler; first vice-president, Ernie Hunter; second vice-president, Gerald Stewart; secretary, Kenneth C. Stan- bury; asst. secretary, Mrs, Marg. Grose; treasurer, Wesley McOutch- eon; publicity chairman, Bob Leiper. A much anticipated event is the joint annual At -Hone of the Junior ,Association and the Senior Associa- tion, which is being held at Eaton's Auditorium on Friday evening, 8.30 pin., November 22nd. The program committee are look- ing for a large crowd and, extend an invitation to al] Huronites and their friends, young and old, to come along and join with' them in the fur end renew old acquaintances. A apecial invitation is extended to all Huron- ites visiting Toronto at this time. Dance music will be :supplied by Joe DeC'ouecy and his orchestra, and there will be splendid accommodation for the bridge and euchre players. Tickets may be obtained at the door that evening or in advance by phon- ing Dr. J. G. Ferguson LO.6823, the president of the Senior Association; or Gordon Fowler MI.6043, president of the junior Association. Phil Osifer of Lazy Meadows By Harry J Boyle WIN LER PREPARATIONS" There's something about the first snow of Fall .that makes you want to lazy' around and think about days gone past, Today for instanee when that splashy rain started, only ` to change into snow, it was most enjoy- able to sit in the rocker and toast my' shins in the heat of the kitchen range, A cartoon by J: R. Williams pictu- ing a father and son ;getting the cut- ter ready' for winter seemed most timely.' How well Lcan remember that first day of winter! The coming of snow was an event of geuine importance. On Saturday morning we hustled out and spread the driving shed doors far agape, rather on his way to the barn for mid morning chores would stop and squint inside and ask gruffly, "What are you doing?" The answer was, "Just getting the cutter ready for winter." His answer would always be, "Well, you take it easy for a while because this snow isn't going to last." In spite of that, however, he would come inside and look around for a while. Soon Father would be working with us hi cleaning out the cutter. Stove- pipes and pictuees and old picture frames. Ice skates dangled over the dash -board with strings of dried' on- ions. A set of single harness draped over the seat. A grain bag with wheat in it, used for feeding the chickens. crowded in beside the pile of leaky milk pane that Father was supposed to take to the tinsmith for repairing. Father's hat which mother made him quit wearing and which he refused to throw away. A fanning mill sieve with a hole iv it. Several pairs of old shoes worn beyond all hope of repair. 01d oil cans . . and horseshoes . . anti pickle jars. A wheelbarrow wheel and a anowshovel. It didn't seem possible that so much could be piled into an ordinary cutter. The strange part of it all was the fact that the accumulated geode al- ways seemed to be piled in the buggy. That seemed' like the ; best way in which to get rid of it: If the snow; melted and faded away as it so often does at the beginning of tiie season,. we just had to do without a means of travel until the snow came to stay. The broody hens always seemed to. like the buggy for making their nests in. It seems like yesterday that Spring when the snow suddenly melt- ed and left the bare ground. My aunt from the city was visiting with us and Mother wanted to drive her to the station. There was a rush job of cleaning out the buggy and piling it over into the cutter. Mother and her sister drove sedate ly in to town and down Main Street. They stopped in front of the Murphy Emporium while Mother went in to make a pechase. She was quite in- dignant at the laughing of the town loafers on the steps in front of the old hotel and Brave on down to the station. There was fifteen minutes to go un- til train. time and when the station agent offered to tie up the horse she accepted gladly. He went around to the back to get the halter, and started. laughing. There, peering out from un- der the back lid that had a broken support which tilted it up, was a hen, looking out with amazement at the surroundings. Further investigation disclosed. a nest under the seat and the hen had to be tied up and shoved' out of sight. Mother was mortified, and Father and the boys were under fire all night. Next day we had to clean the driving shed up, dispose- of the junk and hang up the other artic- les on nails on the driving shed walls. That to my memory was the only time the driving shed was ever really cleaned up. ROUND TRIP BARGAIN FARES NOVEMBER 22 and 23 from CLINTON To Stations Oshawa and east to Cornwall inclusive, Uxbridge, Lindsay, Peterbnro, C'ampbellford, Newmarket, Oollingwoocl, Meaford, Midland, North Bay, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Capreol and West to Beardmore. P.M. Trains Fri., Nov. 22 -All Trains Sat., Nov. 23 To TORONTO Alco to Brantford, Chatham, Goderich, Guelph, Hamilton, London, Niagara Falls, Owen Sound, St. Catharines, St. Marys, Sarnia, Stratford Strathroy, Woodstock. See handbills -for complete list of destinations, For Fares, Return Limits, Train Information, Tickets, etc., consult 'nearest agent. T.316A. CrANADIAN NATIONAL 0 ' Templeton Visits the Gang The Happy Gang had ata rip -roar- ions time with Alec Templeton the other day. The famous English pian. 151 whose wit and musical brilliance have made, him a favourite star of the U. S'. Networks, was making his second concert appearance in Toronto. He accepted the Happy Gang's in- vitation to submit to a double -triple barrel interview but he held his own; rvseni in this gang of high pressure feasters. He told Bob Fa9•non that he was writing a Symphony himself ' (Bob has just finished his) and he told Hugh Bartlett that Vancouver (Hugh's home town) was "terrific". Templeton said he became a Happy Gang fan when he heard them sing "With ter 'cad Tucker Underneath 'eta !, Army", away; back in 1935 A.D. In- . terv%ewed by gang leader Bert Pearl:l, Alec admitted liking everything in • music from Toscanini. to Boovey // SOME THINGS WE PRINT Drafts Badges Dodgers Receipts Vouchers Bill Heads Catalogues Post Cards Note Heads Menu Cards Milk Tickets Deposit Slips Order Blanks Laundry Lists Visiting Cards Show Printing Business Cards :Store Sale Bills Posters, all sizes Auction Sale Bills 'Admission Tickets Wedding Invitations Acknowledgement Cards Wedding Announcements Envelopes, all sizes & kinds. Ballots Blotters Cheques Placards Handbills Pamphlets Invitations Statements Score Cards Programmes Meal Tickets Letter Heads Bread Tickets Funeral Cards Window Cards Shipping Tags Coupon Tickets 'At Home Cards. Butter Wrappers Society Stationery Dance Programmes Prescription Blanks Typewritten Circulars Advertising Programmes Circulars, all .sizes and kinds The Clinton ows-R000rd •