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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1941-02-20, Page 2PAGE 2 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT COPYRIGHT 'GENERAL SIR WESTON MARRIS, a highly -placed officer of the General Staff visiting New Zeal. and on duty. LORNA MARRIS, his pretty, luxury - loving daughter. PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS MISS HILDA MARRIS,,sister of the General, accompanying hien to New Zealand and giving' Lorna such supervision as a high-spirit- ed girl will tolerate. CAPTAIN ALLEN RICHARDS, the General's Aide -de -Camp, who is engaged to Lorna. T. H. HAWICSFORD, chauffeur to the General's party. A New Zealander, "handsome in a rug- ged, arresting fashion." The Clinton News -Record ' with which is Incorporated THE NEW ERA TERMS OF. SUBSCRIPTION 41.50 per year in advance, to Can- .esdian addresses; $2.00 to the U.S.. or 'ether foreign countries. 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BiS1o,r,, C, Sloan Blom — Clintntt, One CHAPTER XXV HARD WORK AND SOFT HANDS "Dear Madam, in answer to• your advertisement in the 'Wellington Press' I, am looking for a position in the country, and though I have hat) no experience with children, etc., etc. "Dear Madam, in reply to your ad- vertisement for a companion -help, though I have had no experience of house work, I would be very willing, etc., etc. . ." Lorna stayed in her boarding-house Y t g and waited for replies half -a -dozen a o epl s t o a dozen such letters she wrote in response to newspaper inquiries. Some received. oto answer, some a note to the effect that a girl without experience would be unsuitable. But the upshot of it was that at the end of ten days she found herself in a small wooden box of a house fifteen miles out of Wellington, by a main road, in an expanse of flat pad- docks surrounded by wire fences. She was working for a stout, harsh -faced woman with false hat: and small eyes; a thin, hen-pecked man, and three hatchet-faced sons who gazed avidly at Lorna behind their mother's back. There site learned, with difficulty and nsany mistakes, what it is to rise at five am. to clean grates, chop wood, carry coal, light fires, wash dishes, scrub sinks and floors, pre- pare meals, cook then, serve them— -.— and wash dishes again. She gained her "experience of house work," she was forced into contact with the smells, clumsiness, small interests, and coarse conversation of five very unprepossessing people. Not the least discomforting was their uneasy sus- picion of herself, as someone obvious- ly "different," She worked in the house from five in the morning until seven at night to the sound of a wireless, which, blared all the time, and the oceomp- anintont of such remarks from her employer as: "Seems to me it's funny some pec- i plc should think themselves fit to helix in the country when they can't, even milk!" And: "You mean ter say! you don't know how to make scones? My goodness, what do you know?"; Friendlier moments -- when the avid -eyed sons wore out of the house, were filled with a stream of virulent gossip about the neighbour's. Had Lorna known, the custom of her position would have given her plenty of time off if she had demand- ed it. Not demanded, it was readily withheld. She could not have endur- 1 ed the first nerve -shattering week at; all if the thought had not haunted; her: "Other girls do this job easily enough. If I can't do it everything I•lawksford said about me is true!" So she stuck to it, until she could-- work ouldwork quickly, without mistakes, until! she was indifferent to sarcastic looks and comments; until her hands were ingrained with dirt, her soft mile were worn to the quick, and she had lost hall a stone in weight. At the end of six weeks she did not see why she should endure it any longer, and she left, II. G. MEIR IlanietswatsLaw Solicitor of the Supreme and et Ontario. Proctor in Admiralty. Notary Public and Commissioner. ' Offices' in Bank of Montreal Building. Hours: 2,00 to 5.00 Tuesdays and Fridays. D. H. McINNES CHIROPRACTOR Electro Therapist, Massage Office: Luzon Street. (Few Doors west of Royal Bank) 'Bons—Wed. and Sat. and Isp appointment. FOOT CORRECTION 11 manipulation Sun -Ray Treatment ?Ilene 201 HAROLD JACKSON Licensed Auctioneer Specialist in Farm and household Saks. Licensed in Huron and Perth Counties. Prices reasonable; satis- faction guaranteed. For information etc. write or phone Harold Jackson, 12 on 658, Seaforth; It. R. 1, Brucefield. 06-012 GORDON M. GRANT Licensed Auctioneer for Huron County. 'Correspondence promptly answered. Every effort made to give satisfac- tion. Immediate arrangements can be shade for sale dates at News -Record Office or writing Gordon M. Grant, Goderich, Ont. THE McRILLOP MUTUAL 4,41re insurance Company Head Office, Seaforth, Ont. Officers: President, Wm. Knox, Londesboro; Vice -President, W. R. Archibald, Seaforth; Manager and Sea Treas., M. A. Reid, Seaforth. Directors: Wm. Knox, Lonclesboro; Alex. Broadfoot, Seaforth; Chris. Leonhardt, Dublin;' E. J. Trewartha, Clinton; Thos. Moylan, Seaforth; W. R. Arehibald, Seaforth, Alex. ieleEw- ing, Blyth; Frank McGregor, Clinton; Hugh Alexander, Walton. List of Agents: lis. A. Yeo, R.R. 1, Goderich, Phone 603r31, Clinton; Jas, Watt, Blyth; John E. Pepper, Bruee- field, R.R. No. 1; R. F. McKereher, Ihthlin, R.R. Ne. 1; J. F. Preuter, Brodhagen; A G. Jarmuth, Bornholm, RM. No. 1. Any money to be paid may be paid to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of Commerce, Seaforth, or at Calvin Cutt's Grocery, Goderich. Parties desiring to effect insur- ance or transact other business will be •promptly attended to on applica- tion to any of the above officers ad- dressed to their respective post offi- •ces. Losses inspected bythe director who lives nearest the scene, CANADIAi', A` ityrAL RiarivAYS TIME TABLE. Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton ao f&Bows: Buffalo and Goderich Div, Going East, depart 6.43 cam Gong East, depart 8.00 p.m. Going West, depart 11.45 a.m. mooing '%best, depart 9.50 p.m. London,, Karon & Bruce Going North, ar 1121, Ive. 11.47 am a, * .1 * * After that site found a job at a Wellington employment agoney, and went north to Hawke's Bay, to Iook after a small boy whose mother was in a nursing home• Armed with primers its arithmetic! and spelling, she took her lonely jour- ney to her post, and found a sheep station homestead such as he had dreamed about. There was the white painted house in a charming garden sheltered by pines and gums. The men rode out every morning on horses, the dogs barked on their chains beneath the great gum trees, Ali around were chaotic yellow hills, rolling like a grassy sea to the ram- parts of the mountains .. . Lorna looked after the little boy a.nd found she could teach hien suc- cessfully. There it was impossible to conceal who she was, and from hints that were dropped she gathered that they knew of the frightful -acci- dent to her fiance in the South Island. 1 Everyone was very kind to her She begged to .be taught how to milk cotes, and found it easy enough. The elder son of the house even gave her a lessee in rool shearing. "You have the best life in the world here!" Lorna told them all. She be- lieved it, yet she felt so sad. While she was there she met some- one, she knew, a Colonel Cambridge,. one of the men who had sat on the inquiry into Richard's death, , He came up with the station-owher to spend a weekend. He recognized Lorna, and looked at her in astonish- ment. She felt that some explanation was needed, and when she happened to be alone with hint on the home- stead sun -porch, she said: "reuppose you thought I had gone home with my father, Colonel Cam- bridge." "Yes, as a matter of fact, I did, Miss Marris," he admitted. "Yost must be surprised to see me here in this job. But I felt 1 would rather stay out here for a while, after what happened." "Yes," he said. "Quite!" A slight shadow which fell on his face made her add diffidently: "I'm very silent about anything which might be considered an offieal secret!" "Of course!" He looked at her with more confidence then. "Naturally you would be so. I never doubted it." Feeling her way half -blindly to- wards a topic she could not resist, Lorna' asked: "I suppose you are in the Intelli- gence?" "Well—!" He smiled. "That, too, is an official secret of a kind." "I—we—had no idea that that man Hawksford had anything to do with the Intelligence while he was acting as our chauffeur." "Hadn't you? Of course, all sorts of people are attached to the Intelli- gence, providing they have a sound record." "What became of hint, do you know?" She contrived to put the question as carelessly as she could, but her heart would thump heavily in her breast. The reply came back casually: "I believe he's driving a service car in Auckland. His 'people were run - holders in Gisbourne, you know," "No, I didn't know." "My own people knew them. I don't know which of the family has the run now." The suniight and the peace at Hawke's Bay had made her happier, quieted her nerves, Yet that brief allusion to Hawksforcl made. her real- ize how very much alive her emotion about hien was still, She had learned a lot, about how to be patient, disciplined, and sym- eathetic; above all the care about other people for what was simple and human its them, the things that trans- cended: difierenees of upbringing. But how did people attain a purpose in life?. She did not know. Her life was still futile. The happiness she had gained at Hawke's Bay grew less and less. She set her teeth and went to a job at Hamilton looking after four children for a woman doctor. The doctor was busy, the children were rowdy, and Lorna found the life a hard one. Yet there was always the three pounds a week piling up in the bank in Wellington; as in all her life she was as much at play as ever! But it was while she was there that; she met the Bennings. Mr. Den- ning ran a carrier's van, and Mrs. Benning had a shop in the main street next to the garage, where the doctor's children went to buy ice Breams. In addition Mrs. Henning looked after four. children. ''It's not such a bad Iife," said Mrs. Benning, who was expecting her fifth. "Though it keens you on your feet all day " Indomitably cheerful, one could see that what kept the Hennings going in their difficult life was their attach- ment to one another. Benning, though he was seedy and had been gassed in the war, had a look about him which reminded Lorna of Hawksfoed. When Mrs. Bemning's fifth came Lorna made clothes for it, and con- trived to help) her in a number of small ways. She watched the Ben- nings' inelegant, overworked, affec- tionate existence with a queer little pang of envy. SUMMER OF HEARTACHES "I think your father is seriously worried about your staying away so long;; though he respects your inde- pendence enough not to say so," wrote Miss Martis from England in June: Selfish! Was •she still selfish, Lorna wondered, in staying in New Zealand if it distressed him? She had learned so much in six months about being a useful, normai individual. But'ntuoh of her purpose in staying had faded, Her fancy that. Poing Matt ar. 2.50, leave 2.08 p.m, THURS., FEB. 20. 1941 site had wanted the blue sky and the wideness of New Zealand was only an empty dream. A symbol of some- thing she could never have. Better go back where she was needed. She left her job with the doctor's family and went to'Wellington, where ,she' admitted her presence to some people she had met when she was with her father, and went to stay with them while she took her passage to London. A taste of the old social life again. She went to a big private dente 'and met Flight -Lieut. Westry, But she found it all terribly tasteless; and Flight -Lieut. Westry was very polish- ed and pleasant, as well as extremely attentive, but she had no wish to flirt with hien whatever. "I could never go back to this again!" she thought, Her friends said to one another; "She obviously hasn't got over that frightful aecid'ent to Captain Rich- ards! Have youever seen anyone so terribly changed?" But one girl said: "1 think she's improved! She's so less ]card now, even if she isn't so bright." * q * * Her passage was booked for the end of June when she met Benning, sitting in his carrier's van, drawn up on Lambton Quay. "You're a long way from home!" Lorna said cheerfully, "I brought down a load of furni- ture for a fellow in the Post Office that was shifting down here," Ben- ning explained. He looked worried and gloomy. ,, We'reinabada g y at way home! The wife has got a clot of blood in het• leg — thrombosis, the dootor calls it. She's got to lie up, and there we are, children and all, with no one to serve the meals in the tea room. It's worrying her that much , she's snaking herself worse. There's no getting a bit of help i either!" Lorna spoke with ready warmth: "Why, Mr. Benning, I'll come up and helps her!" "You will?" said Benning. "I'm not working," Lorna said. "I can go up with you on the van when you go back. I could stay for a week or ten days." "But I'm going back in half an hour," objected Benning, but he could not conceal his wistfulness as he ad- ded: "My word, it's good of you to offer, Miss Morris!" (CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK) LARGE SI'ORTS ARENA IS OPENED IN TORONTO Believed to be the largest centre of its kind in Canada, the new Y.M. C.A. Sports Arena which occupies the International Building in Exhibition Camp, Toronto, was formally opened on January 27 before a crowd of 2,000. While the Arena is operated by Ed. Archibald, former Canadian Olympus star, under the supervision of Tommy Armour, the centre has been equip- ped with the co-operation of the Citizens' Committee, the Ontario Ath- letic Commission and the Sports Ser- vice League. Soldiers stationed at the camp contributed many hours of work to preparing the huge building for ocetpation. The Arena contains four volleyball courts, two basketball courts, three pits for horseshoes, three shuffle- board courts and a boxing and wrest- ling ring. There are eight ping Bong tables, 60 tables for small games and a spacious lounge for reading and waiting. In one corner of the build- ing the Toronto Public Library has installed a complete library of some 2,000 volumes with qualified librar- ians in. attendance. In another corner is a canteen which is staffed by vol- unteer workers from the Ladies' Auxiliaries of Toronto Y.M.C.A: s. "IRON MAN" Climbs Steep Coal Seams, Remote from Human Control It is stow possible to cut coal, with- out any men at hand, on a steep coal face with a gradient of 60 degrees. 1'hss 'remarkaete advance in the technique of coal mining, has been brought about by a famous engineer- ing fires in Scotland. The clue to the new use of these "iron men," as miners in early days called the coat -cutting machines, lies in the ingenious design of the hyd- raulic winch which, from its*position on top of the coal face, directs the mechanical coal -cutter with extreme ease and certainty. For example, the strong wire rope cotenecting the winch to the coal -cutter draws the machine up the steep face at any one of seven speeds. Safetydevices operate at all points. The pull on the rope cannot exceed the fixed maximum, which is more than enough to haul the machine up the face during the hardest cutting, and, should, the picks; or teeth of the cutter be blunted or the machine be jammed by timber, work comes to e. standstill. After a little experience, the haul- age operator in charge of the winch on top of:the coal face can tell how the machine is cutting, the hardness of the material and the sharpness of the mechanical picks as accurately as if he were actually close at hand' to the coal -cutter itself., 1:;eel "Every duty welt awl honestly clone, is a contribnllnn to victo ye' THE PONE MINISTER : OP CANADA TO MARY 1\bary, is the "voice with a -smile". Mary .is the efficient. person- generally known es a telephone operator. As an operator she knows much about telephone equipment— how it should be used and handled. Bat Mary is hest known for her personnlitp—for her cool. cess in emergencies—for the' grand things she has done time and again, ignoring her own danger, intent on otic thing only—to keep the standard of telephone service high. Wcpay respectful tribute to Mary andue Seeeice all the girls who work with her. Her en At'11. devotion to, her job sets a standard of * : public service. Tactful, patient and courteous, Mary is the medium through s which this Company and its public O?cA 9 w"' 9 are always in touch. She plays a vital t `/ part 4n Canada's war effort, Facts Canada A PACT A DAY ABOUT CANADA THREE CHEERS FOR THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE With Britain shedding her life blood in the cause of freedom and I right, at no other time in the history (of the Empire has the national flag been more in evidence. At no other time has it been so imperative that we as Canadians and• part of the mighty unit that is the British Com- monwealth of Nations be thoroughly acquainted with our emblem and its proper and dignified use, Here are a few simple rules regard- ing the observance of the correct pro- cedure, as outlined by the Imperial Order of the Daughters of •the Em- pire; 1. The Union Jack is the official flag of Canada, and should be the :no flown in Canada. 2. The Red and Bloc Ensigns, with the Coat -of -Arms of Canada in the fly, are intended for use afloat and cm official buildings outside of Can- ada. They are not correctly used on buildings in Canada. 3. The flag should not be hoisted before sunrise, nor allowed to remain up after sunset. 4. In hoisting tlse flag the broad white stripe in the cross of St. And- rew should be above the red stripe of St. Patric. on the side of the flag next the mast head; if reversed, it is an indication of distress. 6. The flag should always be car- ried uptight adv not allowed to touch the grouted. 6. When placed at half-mast the flag should first be raised to the mast head and then lowered. 7. When used for indoor decoration the flag slsould never be below a per- son :sitting.. 8. It should stover be used as a cover for -table, box or desk except at a military religious ceremony, and nothing should be placed on it, except the Bible. While these concise instructions re- garding the use of the flag are im- rortant, its red, white and blue has another alid deeper significance, to- day, as was aptly expressed by Hon. Angus L. Macdonald, our Minister of National Defence for Naval Services. He says "We 'shall see Britain trium- phant, and long after the name of Hitler isas become nothing but an un- pleasant memory, the same flag wisiels now waves over disordered heaps of crumbled brick and stone and mortar, will be flying freely and proudly in the stirs of Heaven, shelt- ering liberty raid justice and freedom and truth in its benevolent shade. That is the lesson. of the flag flying over the ruins cf British homes" So, Carry on Britain! We'll never let the old flag fall! CANADA'S AIR 'EYES The candid camera of wartime flies high over the battle lines, and there is none more skilled in this science of aerial ps'otograplty than the men trained by the Royal Canadian Air Force. An infant science in the first war, aircraft photoiraph is a highly ef- ficient source of military intelligence today. Aircraft flying at great heights can photograph Iarge areas of Hostile terrain with meticulous de- tail. Infra -red filters on the camera lenses pierce the was dust and the haze. Photographs provide mosaic maps' vital to the planning of an offensive thrust, reveal gun emplace— ments, munitions dumps and troop eoheentrations, and show clearly the result of artillery fire and bombing raids. Trained officers studying an esilarg'ed aerial photograph inn often see 'th'rough the sham of camouflaged military secrets. The Canadian Government realized the possibility of aerial photography, born in the first great war, shortly' after that conflict ended. The result was that for the past quarter-century R.C.A.F. detachments have been de- veloping the science and improving their' technique by photographing from the air large areas of Canada for mapping purposes. A fireproof vault et Rockcliffe air station, on the outskirts of Ottawa, holds more than 1,000;000 negatives of Canada from a bird's eye view. More important than mere moss pro- duction, however, is the technical pro- gress the R. C. A, F. Photographic, Establishment has made in the science. Now that there is a war on, all the experiments, the development of equipment, the lessons of experiences, come to fruit. The pioneers, the vet- erans who cruised the clouds over Canadian lakes and forests in the interval between wars, are teaching scores of youngsters the mysteries of aerial photography, at the Photo- graphic school of the R.C,A.F. The costly equipment developed through the years is at the disposal of an air force suddenly placed on war footin. Thegltitest model of aerial camera is automatically controlled from the pilot's cockpit. This is the type of camera used aerial mapping to take strips of related photographs. Point- ed downward through an opening in the floor of the aircraft, the camera is entirely operated by remote con- trol. The pilot sets the camera to take a picture, say every 15 seconds, When he has set the aircraft on the desired course the camera does the rest, A. light gives hint five seconds warning before an exposure to keep the aircraft on true course and level with the horizon. A light flashes when the picture is snapped, theft, there is a 10 -second interval before the next "shot." The Ottawa eetablislnnent is the photographic headquarters of the R.C.A.F. It not only supplies the trained personnel for the darkrooms of squadrons sent overseas the in- structors and technicians of the train- ing school and photographic detach- ments, bat it is the fount of technical knowledge and development and the course of supply for films, chemicals and accessories. BIRDS ON PRAIRIE FRUIT 'PLANTATION Generally speaking, birds have not been' given the consideration due thein in most prairie fruit plantations. With very little expense in material and time, not only may many benefi- eial birds be attracted but some in- jurious birds nsay become strictly beneficial. The three main considerations in attracting birds are to supply suitable; nesting quarters, eliminating as far as possible their natural enemies and supplying supplementary food .luring period's when It is scare or difficult to obtain. An evergreen grove or windbreak, especially spruce, will be used by numerous birds for nesting quarters and will give protection from many of their statural enemies and severe weather conditions. Wrens, tree swallows, martins, and wood- peckers are highly beneficial birds which nest in cavities and are at- tracted by certain types of bird houses. Brewers blackbird, perhaps the most valuable bird in the garden, due to its ability to locate and destroy cutworms, prefers brush -piles in the , absence of which it will nest on the ground. The most destructive natural en- emies of beneficial birds are the com- mon cat, red squirrel, ground .squir- rels, gophers, crows, magpies, shrikes, common 'blackbird (Bronze Grackle),' cowbirds, and a few species of hawks and owls. Wearies and skunks may i BCEANBEOEHTOACOCIN destroy some birder et birds' nests, but are generally Considered beaefi- tial because they feed largely on mice, gophers, rabbits and insects. Most bird enemies may be shot or trapped. Injurious hawks and owls usually de not migrate South and may be easily caught in pole traps during late fall and winter months., Two pole traps set during the past three winters in the fruit isantation at the Dominion Experhnental Sta- tion, Morden, Manitoba, have eaugiht over sixty injurious haw,cs and owls. Great horned owls are taken in by far the greatest numbers. Snowy owls, Goshawks, Coopers hawks, and Longeared owls are also caught. Ex- amination of the stomachs of many of those trapped show that they are largely injurious species. A pole 10 to 20 feet high, with spikes on side to facilitate climbing and resetting trap and with a No, 1, jump trap set on top is very effective near a feed- ing station. A 4 to 0 foot post set in the top of a straw stack with the same type of trap set on top will also catch many owls and hawks. Traps should not be set while migt'at- osy or song bird* are present. The ruffed grouse and a few other .desirable bitds will resort to feeding on fruit buds when food is scarce as during periods of snow. In fact, they may completely strip a tree of all its fruit buds, thus giving the impression that the variety is unfruitful. Shal- low boxes kept filled with grain and Placed in partly pie:Meted locations will not only protect the fruit buds from such birds but will also attract many others. Chunks of suet tied up in trees is appreciated by woodpeck- ers, chickadees, and other hints to supplement their diet of borers and. cankerworm eggs. Hawthorns, Rus- sian olives, and crabs of the baccata type are good winter food:,. During the fruit season hardy mulberries and saskotoons suliply food for many birds which would otherwise feed on cherries and small fruits. The small expense of winter feed- ing, supplying nesting quarters and protection, will be well repaid during the :following season threugh the destruction of grasshoppers and the many other troublesome insects by these birds, PAYMENTS TO PRISONERS Iu "Letters to the Editor" and in Editorials recently there has appear- ed some criticism of the payment of money to German Officer Prisoners of War in internment camps in this country. This payment is tirade in accordance with international agree- ment, and the regulations governing the point are explained in the follow- ing statement on the subject by Lieut, Colonel H. Stethem, Assistant Direct tor of Interumont Operations, . By International Convention, Ger- man Officers holed as Prisoners of War in Canada are entitled to receive certain pay which is recoverable from the German government. Similarly British and Canadian officers, held in Germany, are entitled to pay, recover- able from the government in whose service they belong. The governing International Con- vetion is that relating to the treat- ment of Prisoners of War ratified by the Dominion of Canada on February 20, 1933 and agreed to by some thirty nine of the various powers and states, Article 23 provides that officers who are Prisoners of War shall receive certain pay. From this pay, states Lieut, -Colonel H. Stethem, Assistant Director of Internment Operations, the officers pay for their clothing and food. There is actually no cash transaction, the money being placed to the credit of their accounts, against which they receive Camp, tok- en money or make Camp purchases' which are subsequently paid far through their accounts. They receive pay according to their rank based ors the German rates of pay in Reiclls- marks; converted into sterling at a rate agreed on by the Gover•nmenta (Continued on Page 3)