HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1939-06-22, Page 7THURS., JUNE 22, 1939
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
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HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS
HEALTH
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THIS MODEST I !CORNERISDEDICATED
S
TO THE POETS
Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes
Gay, Sometimes Sad—But Always Helpful
and Inspiring.
PISHIN WITH A PIN
When I was a little shaver with a
straw hat badly worn
• (A11 the crown deep -crushed and dent-
ed, and the brim cross-stitched
and torn)
I used to go a fishing, and some-
times wading partly in
Where the stream was very shallow,
to catch fishes with a. pin.
I would take a pin and bend it to the
Much desired crook—
For
rookFor it took a full-sized penny if I
bought a steel -made hook—
And when the worm -was on it, it
was happiness run o'er
lust to hold it in the water, with one
foot upon the shore.
I could not land a big fish, but my
wishes then were small;
And the big boys with their steel
hooks sometimes caught no fish
at all.
But I'd often get a .nibble, though I
ENOUGH IS TOO MUCH
"I'm not a man who's fussy 'boil
his 'vittles,' "
Said Phineas McGillicuddy Dee,
"But right now there's a run of on
' spring foodstuff
That is just a bit too much for
even me;
Nearly every hone has bunches i
the garden,
It's as plentiful as grass upon, the
lawn,
And with open awns the housewive
greet its coming
When fruit they had upon th
shelves is gone.
t
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"By now, no doubt, you've guesse
the thing I anention,
'Tis rhubarb, and although I like
my share,
When they serve it up for morning
noon and evening
The surefeit of it sure 'gets in m
sometimes used to wait , hair';
.And twitch in. vain—then look and For breakfast rhubarb marmalade i
.see the capture of my bait. furnished,
But luck some days was better, and
the shoals of small fry . came;
And when I pulled the line out, it
was not -without its game.
A red -fin or a shiner I lifted out
upon. the grass,
And felt the thrill of greatness o'er
my moistened forehead pass.
True, I've fished with better weapons.
and in more exalted ways,
Since I used the feeble pin -hook in
the long since vanished days;
But I never took the pleasure in the
landing of a fin
That I took in early childhood just
in fishing with a pin.
—Joel Benton (Tony's Scrap Book),
IF EVERY DNB
If every one who drives a ear could
lie a month in bed,
With broken bones and stitched -up
wounds, or fractures of the head,
And there endure the agonies that"As I said before, I'ni usually not
fussy,
And will eat the food that is before
me set.
But the frequency with which I'm
chewing rhubarb
One would think that I was out to
win a bet.
When I grouse about it Mother lifts
her eyebrows,
"It's good for you," persistently she
croons,
But when I've .had it steady for a
' fortnight
I'd give ,the world for one good
dish of prunes."
To us as spread upon a piece o
toast;
For dinner rhubarb pie is on th
menu,
Of many styles and sizes it cam
boast.
"Rhubarb sauce is served as fruit for
tea -time eating,
Rhubarb tarts—a dainty nibble fo
dessert;
The way hostesses to try more do
implore you
They must feel a second
wouldn't hurt,
Some cooks e'en stir it up
relish,
To whet a sluggish appetite, so 'I
am told,
And with other fruits they mix it to
make flavors
That will tickle palates of both
young and old.
helping
into a
many people do,
They'd never need preach safety any
more to me or you.
If every one could. stand beside the
bed of some close friend,
And hear the doctor say "na hope"
before that fatal end,
And see him there unconscious, never
knowing what took place,
The laws and rules of traffic I ani
sure we'd soon embrace.
If every one could meet the wife and
children• left behind,
.And step into the darkened home
where once the sunlight shined.
And look upon "The Vacant Chair"
where Daddy used to sit,
I'm sure each reckless driver would
be forced to think a bit.
If every one would realize pedest-
rians on the street,
have just as much theright-of-way
as those upon the seat,
And train their eyes for children who
ran recklessly at play,
This steady toll of human lives would
drop from day to day. needed, not ;often found in bales sent
If every one would check his car be- to Northern Ontario. A letter from
fore he tikes a trip, lMlission churches of the west was
For tires worn, loose' steering wheels read by Mrs. Burton which told how.
and brakes that fail togrip, the bales sent by missionary societies
.And pay attention to his lights' while are appreciated.
driving roads at night, . During the business r
Another score for' safety could be lerio d it was
chalked u' in the i decided to hold a picnic at Goderich
ni f ght• an June 24th. Mrs: 'Read took charge:
If every one who drives a ca of an. int
r wouldcresting programme in the
heed the danger signs, following forme: reading some, chap-
Placed bythe highway g way engineers who tern of Ruth and a talk '.bY Mrs.
also marked the lines, Burton; manic by Miss Wiltse; road -
'To keep the traffic in the lane and ins byMrs. Read ofi a patriotic
give it proper space, Inature; Current Events by various
The accidents' we read about could members;. discussion ''ofn atriotism
not have taken place. through the eyes of religion, or tl•f:
•
And last, if he who takes the wheel
relationship of religion to entrievent;
world say a little prayer, Guessing games . on current events
and well-known people of modern
And k
eep in mind those in the ear times,
depending on his care, I
And make a vow and pledge himself A social period followed and the
to never' take a chancey members took advantage of the oc-
i
'-The great crusade for safety then casian• to present Miss • Margaret Ball
would suddenly advance, 'With a gift in view of her approach -
't E. Weiser. ing marriage.
MISS !MARQUIS GUEST SPEAKER
AT CLUB MEETING
Miss D. Marquis of Hearst was
guest speaker at the meeting of the
Girls Club of Ontario Street Church
when they met at the lmame of Mrs.
A. M. !{night for the June meeting.
Miss Marquis told: the members some
things to Ieave out and so thi
COOKING
The Lily at the
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Is y OUT place a small place?
Tend it with care,
He set you there.
Is your place a large place,
Guard it with care,
He set you there.
Whate'er your place is, it is
Not yours alone, but His
Who set you there.
At this season of time year, as
look about the gardens we so oft
find a clump of flowers called "Li
of the Valley." The name gives
the knowledge of • where it gro
best. It is really a valley flow
and requires shade. It makes
difference what beautilfui flow
are in the garden, this little
almost invariably gives rise to
exclamation "Oh! here's the Lily
the Valley." There ie (4onmetlmi
about this stately plant which mak
it dear to the'.hearts of everyo
whether they are interested in 'fie
ers or not.
It usually is found in some corn
under a tree, or in the shade of
house. It comes up year after ye
with very little care and each ye
there are more plants. On at lea
one occasion a "shut in" has rete•
ed a small box by mail and on ope
ing it found a lovely little bouqu
of thismuch desired flower. It al -
TBG"
a ey
!will carry us through our trials and
difficulties until such time as'he calls
us home to be made perfect in Him.
The lily requires little care and as
it increases, each flower, although
similar has its own peculiarities. We
have chosen God as our leader and
although we are one in Him yet' we
have our little ways, our own tempt -
we ations, but when we abide alone with
en Him, He will keep us safe with Him:
"Li There is a peculiar thing about.this
matter us tiny plant. No atter_what dirt is
ws about it, na stain' stays on the white
wer lily. In this way the flower has been
no compared to Christ. His name is
ers above reproach. The bell shaped
On
e flower is white so our lives should
the always ring true and pure. They
of will do so if we just keep constantly
ng in touch with Him.
es
ne
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A thoughtful girl was one' day
reading an old book and as she read
one sentence seemed to fix itself in
her mind. She thought of it again
er, and again until she made it part of
a herself. The words were "God made
ar me beautiful within." Like the
ar flowers God wants our lives to be
st lovely. We mnay not have outward
mv- beauty but if we- have taken Him
en- into our lives His beauty will show
et through us.
ways carries its own message
thoughtfulness.
There are many things in tonne
tion with this lily which may
compared to the Christian life.
The garden patch may have bee
started with just one individual ro
but before many seasons have passe
by it will • have run its little roo
underground until there is quite
little patch not only around whe
it started, but at times, it will ha
worked its way under a fence, and
come up in a neighbour's garden to
bring cheer there, So it is with us.
We may .be one among our friends
who have accepted Christ, but we,
like the lily may work quietly until
we have brought, not only the mem-
bers of our own family to know the
Redeeming Love of ,Christ, but we
and they working together may pass
on that love till our neighbors will
want: it too. Our influence may be.
the means of bringing others to the
saving knowledge of Jesus Christ or
it may be our wrong actions wilt
keep them away from Him. '
"I've found a friend in Jesus
of He's everything to me.
c- In sorrow He's my comfort,
he In trouble He's my stay.
He tells. me every care on Him to
n roll;
roo
He's the "Lily, of the Valley"!
d The bright and morning star!
is He's the fairest of ten thousand
a To any soul."
re
Ve
In the first place there was jus
one flower standing alone and erec
but it is protected with large broa
leaves, so we must stand straigh
unbending to worldly things with th
protecting care of Christ around u
From the amain stock there ar
little green shoots, at the end
which is a white bell shaped Hower
This flower receives its nourishmen
through the shoot, that from th
stock, that from the root, which i
turn is supplied with its nourishmen
from God's earth. God in man
everyday things supplies us wi
spiritual nourishment. , We canno
about us without in some wa
deriving food for our souls from
things which. God has provided. In
side our homes everything is mad
from earthly product. Let us jus
look around and try to figure out
what everything we see is compose
of, It may be in some instances u
will require an encyclopedia to trac
the origin of a few things, bu
whether good or ill each and every
thing we see or use has been pro
vided by God. The things which ar
not for our good have not been used
in the way God intended they should
be, When we are outside all natur
points to God's itreation and has
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MISS COURTICE ADDRESSES
W. M. S.
Miss Sybil Courtice addressed the
members of Ontario Street Woman's
Missionary Seeley at their June
meeting, held last week. Miss Cour-
tice is now on furlough and although
her address was necessarily brief,
she spoke interestingly of the work
in Japan, and told of her experiences
on the home trips
Miss D. Marquis was also a guest
speaker at the meeting and gave an
outline of the work in the W.M.S.
Hospital at Hearst, Ontario, also of
t conditions among the settlers.
t.1, The devotional period was conduct-
d:ed by Mrs. Burton. The chapter.
t,from the Study Book, "New Caned -
o ions learning to Live Together as one
S.' people of Canada" was in charge of
e' Miss M. Wiltse who was assisted by
of Mrs, Maltby, Mrs. Aiken, Mrs. Reid,
, Mrs, Farnham, Mrs. George Shipley
t and Mrs. Wendell. A solo number
o,"1 Think 1Then I read that Sweet
n Story of Old" was sung by Miss Elva.
t Wiltse. The meeting was concluded
y with the Mizpah benediction.
th
of A.T.C.M. EXAMINATIONS
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JUNE 30
Richard Tattersall,. who will con-
e duct current examinations of the
Toronto Conservatory of Music in
• Clinton on .Tune 30th has had wide
e experience as a teacher. in, many dif-
e ferent branches of nmusic.
e i Because he shuns narrow snecial-
t ization, Mr. Tattersall calls himself
- a "general practitioner" in the field
- of music. He is well known in Can-
e ada, the United States and Great
Britain as an organist, choirmaster,
pianist and singing teacher. As music
e master of Upper Canada College for s
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CARE OF CHILDREN
Preparing For
Preserving
Check List of Equipment Necessary
By: Katharine Baker •
•
Before the crap ofsummer fruits
has arrived, check over the preserv-
ing necessities. Your success with
jams and jellies will depend a great
deal onyourequipment as, well as
the method' you use. Here is a list
of the various things you will need:
jars, paraffin, labels,, rubber .bands
large preserving kettle, measuring
cups,, wooden spoons with long
handles,• funnels, bawls. sharp knives
and a colander. Your jars must be
perfeet, free from imperfections
which would interfere with sealing
and the rubber bands must lie new
never use those of previous years.
With these items on hand, you are
ready for the strawberry crop. Th
following recipes `for strawberry jam
and jelly can for bottled fruit pectin
which will give your jams and jellie
just the right consistency. There i
no -longer boiling to fruit preserved
this way and you can depend on ob
taming perfect results.
CRUSHED STRAWBERRY JAM
4 cups (2 lbs.- prepared fruit
7 cups (3 lbs. sugar
3F' bottle fruit pectin
To prepare fruit, grind about 2 qts
fully ripe berries, or crush completely
onelayer at a time so that eaeh
berry is reduced to a pulp. Measur
sugar andpreparedfruit into large
kettle, mix well, and bring to a ful
rolling boll over hottest fire. Stir
constantlybefore and while boiling
Boil hard 2 minutes, Remove from
fire and stir in fruit pectin. Then
stir and skim by turns for just 5
minutes to cool slightly, to prevent
floating fruit. Pour quickly. Paraffin
and cover at once. Makes about 10
glasses (6 fluid ounces each.)
STRAWBERRY JELLY
4 cups (2 lbs.) berry juice
8 cups (3% lbs,) sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 bottle fruit pectin
To prepare juice, crush thoroughly or
grind about 3 quarts fully ripe -ber-
ries. Place in jelly cloth or bag and
squeeze out juice. Squeeze and strain
juice from 1 medium lemon. Measure
sugarr and juice into large saucepan
and mix. Bring to a boil over hottest
fire and at once add pectin, stirring
constantly. Then bring to a full roll-
ing boil and boil hard 3,5 minute. Re-
move from fire, skint, pour quickly
Paraffin and cover at once. Makes
about 12 glasses (6 fluid ounces
each.)
•
MEMORIAL FOR 1VIcEILLOP
PIONEERS
A handsome granite shaft to honor
the memory of the Scotts and Dick -
sons, the first settlers to hew homes
for themselves along the Maitland
River, is being erected by their
descendants at Roxboro, once a thriv-
ing settlement about two utiles north
west of Seaforth. The shaft of which
the foundation is in process of being
completed is being built on the site
of the old mill once operated by the
late James Scott, father of A, D
Scott and James R. Scott of Sea -
forth and Joseph Scott of Roxboro.
John Dickson of Winnipeg is in
charge of collecting the necessary
funds for erecting this handsome
monument to these worthy McKil-
lop pioneers. Mr, Dickson writes:
"The passing years have dininecl our
memories too much of the early his-
tory connected with the arrival ,of
our forefathers in the Huron Tract
in 1834. In that year after many
ardships Archibald Dickson and his
on James in company with Robert
• The Lily of the Valley radiates its
sweetness not only by its beauty, but
also by the perfume ,which it sends
out into the air, Each one of us, by
our character, should show that we
are -a child of God..The little acts
of . kindness, which we do each day'
and the quietly spoken word shoul
be directed by God. It is much eas-
ier to be kind than it is to be harsh
and unfeeling..
Even when the little lily is gather-
ed and is :put in water it retains its
beauty: 'In our case Jesus Christ' in
His plan fol^ our -lives sometimes al-
lows us to be perplexed and to won-
der why certain things are ' allowed
to happen to us. So often we rebel
and refuse to see His way. In other
words we droop when we are taken
from the joys of life and are .plung=
ed into sorrow of : one kind - or anoth-
er. `!!here. are many instances ort'
where "the followers of the way" are
laid aside and it 'is beautiful to see
how they make their lives speak for
Him. As time lily draws nourishment
front thewater andsends forth its
beauty, although it is out of its nat-
ural element, so we if we are true
Christianswilllean on Jesus and Ile
nearly 15 years, he has made his
influence keenly felt as a musical
educationalist.
Born in Thornliebank, near Glas-
gdw, Scotland, Mr.. Tattersall receiv-
ed his early musical education in
Scotland, later going to Berlin far
advanced study.
-
From earliest childhood he distin-
d guished himself as a musician. - He
was only 14 years old, when he was
appointed organist and choirmaster
of Thornliebank parish church. He
soon gained wider recognition, being
named assistant to Herbert Walton
at Glasgow Cathedral, IIe was later
honored with an appointment as ono
of the official organists for the eity
of Glasgow and gave recitals on sev-
eral of the municipally -owned
organs.
For three years Mr, Tattersall was
private organist and pianist to And-
rew '•Carnegie at the millionaire's
Sltibo Castle in Scotland,
What has happened' to the stoic
calm of the 'North American Indian?,
When Queen Elizabeth, shook hands
with one of them on the station plat -
format White River he "went hot
and cold," "When she smiled I felt
funny all over," he told reporters.
Scott and his son Robert came to
the Maitland River, obtained land
from the CanadaCompanyand made
preparations for the coarsing of their
respective - families the following
year."
The shaft when completed will
carry a "bronze tablet suitably en-
graved and will be built at the Rox-
boro bridge at the point where the
old mill stood. ' The site has been
generously donated by Mr. Joseph
Scott, The granite shaft will be in
a 12 foot square,; and enclosure sur-
rounded by an iron fence and the
immediate area surrounding the en-
closure will be planted with _trees
and shrubs.
LAMENT
I think that I shall never be.
A. national celebrity. ,
Of that there seeins to be small hope,
PI1 never rise to praise a soap.
My fame will never ..be so great
That I'll be advertising bait.
No one will ever pay me cash
For praising cans of succotash.
No advertiser seemsto care
Whatever I put on my hair.
For this I am not great enough,,
I'm just the chap who buys the stuff..
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THE WAY OF TEE WILLOWS
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Most people revere hepatica and over-amoi•omsnessl Possibly Mr. Cul --
spring beauty as the -first of our peper's conception of a primitive
spring flowers to bloom, forgetting yaccinei
probably that the very early pussies Today, however, medical - science
on the willow twigs are flowers too; recognizes a valuable principle call -
and which we so love to gather, bring ed salicin which is contained in the
into the home, and watch with de bark and the Egyptian willow is not-
light these grey pussies grow and ed far the perfumed water distilled
gild themselves with the sunshine of fromitsflowers in India.
their countless stamens, This is our Perhaps the most beautiful and
first actual promise of the river go- best known is the weeping willow
ing by with the light playing in the whose native land is Asia. On the
willows; when we would send a kiss banks of the Euphrates, near Baby.
of welcome to these silvery trees by len, it is abundant.' It is also found
the gently flowing water, in China. That it is a favourite there
is clear from the prominence given itt
most Chinese pictures of landscape,
especially that of the famous Willow
pattern china. •
From the earliest ages willows imavea
proclaimed their utility. The hosts
of Caesar invading England in the
first century found the Britons de-
fending themselves behind willow -
woven shields, and living in huts of
wattled willows smeared with mud.
Willow wares, such as baskets and
wicker furniture, are as old as civil
willows have claimed the interest of ization, and that in its primitive
writers from Old Testament times up' stages:
to the present. Virgil, in his Georgics, 'From Briton's painted sons I came,
draws attenton to the habitat as be- And Basket is my barbarous name;
ing along the rivers: `Fluminibus But now I am so modish grown,
salines'. Later, Shakespeare rep- That Rome would claim me for her
resents Dido lamenting the loss of own.'
Aeneas:
As every zephyr turns the silvery
whiteness of the willow leaves to be
kissed by the sun; there is a rustle,
so cool and so fresh - one of the
sweetest songs of June. A mournful,
but a true river song, always - sug-
gestive of the lament "Super
flumina": `Upon the rivers of Baby-
lon, there we sat and wept; when we
remembered Zion. On the willows in
the midst thereof we hung up our
instruments,. (Psalm 136.)
There is abundant evidence that the
'In such a night
Stood Dido, with a willow in her hand, these uses. The stumps are called
Upon the wild sea banks, and waved
pollards, and 111e trees pollarded wit-
her love lows whose task has been to grow
To come again to Carthage.'
In Canada, there are fifty or more a yearly crop of withes for the bas -
species. Owing to the fact that they ket-makers; yet each spring finds
hybridize among themselves, the therm bristling with new growth, and
crosses and varieties produced are the promise of yet another harvest
which never fails.
seemingly without number,- and this
makes the separation of the species SURVEY OF CROPS AND LIVE
extremely difficult, even to these who STOCK
have a specialized knowledge of the
group. hence botanical wags have The Dominion Bureau of Statistics
dubbed the willows as being flirta- in co-operation with he Provincial
tions!
Department of Agriculture, have dis-
The early students of medicine and tributed cardboard schedules to farm -
astrology aseribo to the willow all ers for the purpose of collecting
manner of healing virtue. Nicholas statistics, It is important that the
Culpeper writing in his quaint, but department receive these schedules
sometimes almost unquotable style of,
i as quickly as possible and they. would
s
the seventeenth century, may have appreciate prompt returns.
then been aware of the unfortunate Five high ranging German military
habits of these floral Don Juans, men who opposed Hitler's plans for ,
when he declares that the leaves a "quick war" have been removed
bruised and boiled in wine have the from office since the first of April,
power of subduing those inclined to: states a report from Paris.
It is a common sight in Europe to
see groves of trees from which long
twigs have been taken yearly for
'STOPPING" ACTOON
Speeding train, taken at box -camera shutter speed. Not blurred, because
moving almost directly toward camera.
THE -best way to get clear, sharp
action pictures is t'o use a camera
with fast shutter action and, of
course, a correspondingly fast lens.
However, many of us don't have
fast cameras. So, to take pictures of
real action, showing fast•moving ob-
jects without blur, Ave inust,utilize
several simple tricks.
The first trick is—shoot moving
objects when they arecoming al-
most straight toward or straight
away from you. An object' appears to
move much slower when receding or
approaching and, in a picture, is less
likely to blur.
A second trick—move the camera
so that the speeding object is kept
centered in the view finder as you
shoot. This trick is especially good
with boats, motorcycles, and racing.
automobiles. The baekground is
blurred -=bunt the moving object will
be sharp. Of course, the camera.
must be moved smoothly and stead-
ily, and a little practice is necessary.
You will IIud that with a little prac-
tice, pictures taken in this manner'
are very effective.
A third ti•icic—snap action during
momentary pauses, These occur in
most sports. A player is moving rap-
idly—he halts for just a fraction of
a second, to turn or change direction
—and in that split-second you get
your picture. You must keep alert
to catch these pauses—but they're -
worth it.
Take a couple of rolls of film and
try a few action shots, using the
tricks i've described. You'll be sur-
prised at the things, you can do with.,
your simple box camera or inexpen
sive folding model!
-231 John van Guilder