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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1936-10-22, Page 6`PAGE 6 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., OCT. 22, 1936 NEWS AND 139 Write FQK FREE SOQK,ET • Vary your diet with the healthful, appetizing goodness of Canadian FishandShellfish. Serve Fish Foods more often during the yveek. Whatever form is most available to you... fresh, frozen, canned, smoked, pic- kled or dried .. ; you will find it an easily digested food... rich in proteins, vitamins, minerals, iodine and other' health -giving elements. You'll find its variety of flavour adaptable to count- less simple and delicious I recipes. And you'll find that Canadian Fish and Shellfish give you full value 01 •rdmeliatMa tic; Wa "' 1 in sound nourishment foF ?feast tend me your free 52 -page. every cent spent. 0 •.,t,xt; - aa.a (tilting over 100 ook, I/Any Day a Fish Day", con- d ...,...:12ri ' ieg, delightful Fish FISHERIES --^ ecipt 51,1 , 1 OTTAWA Name l SALT FISH DE LtIX2 I 1 -Ib. package of boneless cod or Dame Cana. Addeo , dian salt fish freshened. suttee 3/4 cep of kat water 2 hard-boiled eggs 1 /a tsp. of popper 1 tsp. of dry mustard 1 Flake freshened fish into pieces. 1 Turn three -quartet cup of hot water in which fish was freshened, over fish, which has been placed on platter or shallow dish. Sprinkle with teaspoon of dry mustard and half teaspoon of pepper, Chop hard.bolled eggs over fish and dot generously with butter, Serve with tomato sauce. CW -2 MOO A N V DAY A FISH D A V' 1 i e1Information 1'1'1 ifar t -._ the e Bugg Farmer (Furnished by the Department of Agriculture) 1 Boys' and Girls' Contests Widespread interest h a s been Shown . in the Provincial Inter -Club competitions in Calf, Swine, Foal, Grain and Potatoes to be held at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, on Friday, October 23rd, as well as in the Public Speaking Contest on the previous day, October 22. This public speaking competition is arranged to select a boy to represent Ontario in the National Club contests at the Royal Winter Fair. It is interesting to note that during 1936 there were enrolled in the province 5,877 boys and girls in 502 clubs, which included Calf Clubs, Swine Clubs, Foal Clubs, Poultry Clubs, Grain Clubs, Potato Clubs, Boys' Home Garden Clubs, Girls' Home Garden and Canning CIubs, andGirls' Home -Making Clubs. The winners in the contests at O.A.C. will enter the National Contest at the Royal Winter Fair,. Barley At Guelph Fair Growers of good commercial bar- ley will be interested in the class recently added to the prize list of the Guelph Winter Fair. While only one bushel need be exhibited at the Show, the grower must have at least fifty bushels of similar grade and description for sale. Thus visitors to the Show viewing' this class will know where to secure substantial lots of good barley for seeding pur- poses. Sample of all exhibits will be retained so that subsequent sales may be checked up with the samples taken by the judges. This will give some assurance to the buyers that the pur- chased barley is of the grade and quality exhibited at the Show. Each exhibitor must obtain from his Agricultural Representative' a certificate that the bushel exhibited is representative of the fifty bushels offered for sale. Substantial cash prizes are offered fbr this class, Thirty Pounds of Butter Per dead According to a provisional esti,- mate, sti-mate, the people of Canada consumed 30.91 pounds of butter and 3.61 pounds of cheese per head of popula- tion in 1935 when 338,396,970, pounds of butter and 39,572,341 pounds of Icheese were disposed of. In 1934 the consumption of butter was 336,824,- 894 pounds, or a per capita consump- tion of 31.12 pounds. Between 1933 and 1934 there was an increase a- mounting to almost a pound per, head, but the 1935 figure is just about three-quarters of a pound above the 1933 figure, and less than one-half pound above the 1932 estimate. In other words, the average run of con- sumption of butter is over 30 pounds per head of population, The consumption of cheese in Can- ada in 1935 is estimated at 39,572,341 pounds, or 3.61 pounds per head of population. Thisis practically the same per capita figure as .in 1934, but compared with 1933 shows the small increase of, 0.22 pound, and an Increase of 0.36 pound compared with 1932. Current Crop Report Poultry dealers in Dufferin County report that it is quite difficult to get well -finished birds this year. Prices for dressed poultry have averaged a- bout 19 cents per pound. Grey Coun- ty reports that two or three honey producers in that district have ship- ped 42 tons of honey from Owen. Sound to Great Britain recently. Man- gels and turnips have load a remark- able growth during the past month and will yield :a good average crop, according to a report from Perth. The general condition of livestock has improved in North. Simcoe during the past few weeks.' Ensilage corn there is averaging 55% to 60% crop, with fair quality in most cases. Su- gar beets are looking exceptionally well in Lanibton County. Grapes are going up in price in Lincoln and are now $55 to $65 a ton,in place of $45 to $50. Potatoes there are $1.75 a bag, cauliflower ' 10 to 15 cents a head, cabbages 5 to 10 cents and late corn 20 cents per dozen. Large pur- chases of Western cattle direct from Western Canada, and from sales in the district, are reported each week in Middlesex. Wintering of Bees Beekeeping is an important indus- try in Canada and one of the . vital factors in building it up is the pre- servation of bees in winter. In most parts of Canada, winter is not so HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST �C'1'.`.Yi::.'■1.Y.S•.Y.Y.Y.".Yh'�'� rr'■'■':■°r`.'■'.•.'},Y■tiY■°■Ye'.S'sY�4� YOUR WORLD AND MINE by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD (Copyright) A man who had just returned from a 3 -months' sojourn in Great Britain told me that he' had been iii several homes where he saw no books. II -long these homes was that of a law- yer. The 3 -cents -a -day lending lib- raries were stated to be the explana- tion of the absence of books in many homes. - Undoubtedly 'these 3 -cents -a -day lending ,libraries are a public boon, and one is glad to see them multiply and flourish. Yet they are not whol- ly good. They promote the habit of fast • reading—of rather thoughtless reading. Also, they tend to cause one toread ephemeral books—this in preference to books of more endur- ing value. One goes into a lending Farm Club Boys' Speaking Contest An alteration has been made in the arrangements connected with the public speaking contest at the 1936 Royal Winter Fair open to boys 'who are members of boys' and girls' farm clubs under the Canadian Council of Boys' and Girls' Club Work. The event was arranged in keeping with the 1936 Royal Winter Fair's slogan "Youth in Agriculture", and at first it was planned to have at least one address delivered each evening in the arena of the Fair. It has now been decided that the public speaking con- test will be gondueted as one event on one certain evening during the first week 9f the Fah', all the addresses to be delivered and jud- ged on that date in a suitable loca- tion in the Fair buildings. Notifica- tion of the exact date of the contest will be made in due course. This public speaking contest is a distinct feature apart from the usual projects of the boys' and .girls' farm clubs, and consequently it has regu- lations of its own. The contestant must not be less than 18 years of age and must not have reached his 21st birthday on November_ 1, 1936. Also, no club member who has com- peted •at the Royal Winter Fair in any contest conducted by the Cana- dian Council of Boys' and Girls'' Club Work is eligible to compete. The number of . contestants is liinited to one speaker; from each province. Each contestant will be given a suit- ably engraved medal, and a trophy, provided, by the Royal Winter Pair, will be awarded to the winner of the contest. It is expected that the presentation of the trophy will be made on Mon: day evening, November 23, and it 15 also understood that arrangements are being made for the second week of the Fah to broadcast. • several of the addresses that were made on the evening of the contest. All the en- tries will be received by the officers in charge of club work and must be mailed before October 31 to the Gen- eral Secretary, Canadian Council on Boys and Girls' Club Work, 463 Con- federation Building, Ottawa. hard on bees as might be imagined, and in some respects wintering is easier than in a milder. climate. At the same time, there are three impor- tant factors necessary for successful wintering, the neglect of any one of which 'will either causethe death of the colony or so seriously weaken it that it becomes unprofitable to the producer. These three factors are (1) strong, that is to say, populous, colonies consisting mainly of young bees (2) an abundance of wholesome stores, and (3) adequate protection from cold and changeable tempera- tures. Bees do not hibernate in the true sense of the word. When it becomes. cold they form a compact cluster, and the bees in the heart of the clus- ter generate heat by muscular activ- ity. This activity, of course, neces- sitates the consumption of stores in' proportion to the amount of energy expended. The bees on the outside of the cluster act as insulators to prevent the escape of the heat gener- ated. It has been shown that when the temperature hovers between 69 and 58 degrees Fahrenheit, the bees remain quiet on the combs, but as soon as the temperature falls to 57 degrees or lower, a cluster is form- ed and heat generated. The colder the hive becomes, the greater will be the amount of heat required to keep up the temperature of the hive. Should the cluster be a small one, there will be fewer bees for heat pro- duction and insulation, andthese few will have to work harder to produce the necessary heat. Excessive heat production is apt, to start the bees producing brood, . which is usually fatal to the colony when the bees are unable to fly. The •greater the num- ber of 'bees • within the colony, the smaller amount of work is required from each individual bee, provided that stores and protection are equal. It is therefore, impossible to get a library and has hundreds of novels arrayed before 'hint, most of which are by obscure authorsor by writers of no distinction , or worth. All too often the book taken home is for one's entertainment—intended to give one agreeable occupation for an ev ening or two. When we choose books by authors of whom we have never previously heard, and when our selections of books are determined merely by the presence of books, then our reading taste is apt to become vitiated. We lose the quality of dis- crimination. Only "light" books - books which neither feed nor tax un- derstanding and which contribute nothing to our culture — are likely to be taken home. In time, we recoil from the better class of books—non- fiction books, for example, and books which add to our knowledge and un- derstanding oflifeand affairs, which enrich the mind, widen our horizons, and have a definite cultural value. The 3 -cents -a -day libraries are just cafeterias. Chiefly they are for those who read in a hurry—whose taste in. books is non -discriminating and non- selective—whose reading is purpose- less except the pleasant use of .time. It is no evidence of a literary mind or of intellectually when one sees a man or woman carrying hone a lending library book with its tell-tale paper wrapper. It is the book which one buys, whe- ther it be a new or a second-hand book, which reveals and declares the quality and character of one's liter- ary tastes and of one's cultural as- pirations.- Bought )?gobs are selected books. ' , When one owns books, one is not under the 3 -cents -a -day pressure to read them fast and without thought. Owned books are always present, and their very presence on one's .book - selves or in one's room is comforting. One's owned books become one's close companions. They are the voice and message, the singing, the art, the inspiration and instruction, the wisdom and the learning', the suffer- ings and the happiness, of those with power over us, and to whose mastery we are willingly submissive. Who are your chosen companions? Your books are the answer. Most of us are creatures of moods and tenses. These snoods and tenses of ours demand their food, and their food is found—or should be found in the books on our shelves. Per- hapsyour hunger is forthe ng shady.. coolness of the forest. Then it will be sated by The Leather -Stocking Tales of Fenimore Cooper. Or 'you).+i mood niay yearn for the romance of Marion, or for the stirring tale of Ben Hur, or for the enchanting music of Ruskin's prose, or for a tale of the sea by Conrad, or for the peace- ful scenes of Cranford, or for the soothing beauty of The Private Ea-' pars of Henry Roycroft, or for the tenderness and rollicking fun of the, children's poems of Eugene Field and. James Whitcomb Riley. When the hunger of your moods and tenses is acute, then you want your bookshel- ves to be a sort of pantry. Good books—those which feed you, not once but often, are cheap, cheap, no matter what you pay for them. livery newly -acquired andwell-se- lected book increases the number of your, beloved companions, and is a companion whom you never . want to be long or far from you. Should a friend light-heartedly borrow one of your beloved books, it is like taking. from you a loved child or your wife, and if your borrowing friend fails to return the filched book, you feel that he—or she— has committed an un- forgivable sin. Good books, on your shelves, books representing judicial selection—give you an immense contenment. They are instantly available for your en- joyment whenever you have leisure. They can transport you magically to far countries and far times. . They can turn you into other people.' They San sustain you when you are losing faith and hope. They can make you partners in the adventures and a- chievements of the daring. They can put you on moutain tops and, show you worlds which are invisible to bookless men and women. Every artisan, every laborer, every farmer, every clerk, every youth, ev- e r y wistful maiden, every work, weary mother, every sorrowing and afflicted one, every lonely person, everyone nearing the boundaries of his or her earthly life, should have companionable books. So, too, should children. Parente are wise when they cultivate a love of books in their children. Every child should have his or her oWn bookshelf—an ever-ex- panding bookshelf. A. love of books planted in childhood days and kept ever freshly fed becomes a safeguard in` adolescent years;' also,the shaper of dreams and ambitions, an uplift- ing influence. colony, too strong for the winter: the The bookiess: home, no hatter how tendency is to err inthe opposite di- richly furnished in other ways, lacks rection. the presence cowl FARMERS RADIO COMMISSION CONSTRUCTING ULTRA -MODERN STUDIOS AT VANCOUVER -- ALUMNI FEDERATION 0 F UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO TO HONOR SIR WILLIAM MULOCK. Construction in the new Canadian National Railways Hotel at Van- couver of what will be the most up-to-date radio broadcasting studios in the Dominion, . and the near-eompletion of a powerful 5,000watt trans- mitting station on Lulu Island, B.C., both designed to provide better' broadcasting service for the west Coast territory, have been announced by the. Canadian Radio Commission, The studios and the "transmitter are of ultra -modern design and will be made available for operation, it is expected, early this winter. On Ground Floor The studios are to be located in a portion of the ground and mezzanine floors of the Canadian National Rail- ways Hotel and will be bordered by Hornby and Georgia streets, with fa- cilities completely isolated from the main part of the hotel. All parti- tions will be of sound -proof construc- tion and the interior walls, floors, and ceilings will be separate from the main building structure in accor- dance with latest studio building practices; The studio suite, a private entrance to which will be provided from Hornby street, will include a large auditorium studio two floors in height, two smaller studios, a lounge, clients' observation room, eontrol rooms, and offices. All construction will be undertaken by the Canadian National Railways, the specifications Covering the general layout having been prepared jointly by the C.N.R. and the Canadian Radio Commission engineers at Ottawa. In Advance of Requirements G. D. McKinstry, Canadian Radio Commission acoustical engineer, who has perhaps had more experience than any other engineer in Canada in the actual design and, construction of successful broadcasting studios, will represent the Commission in the sup- ervision of the acoustical treatment; specifications, and construction, which will be carried out by the building forces of the Canadian National. The engineers of the Commission and the C.N.R. architects, in preparing the designs, have kept in mind that the new studios must be far in advance of present day requirements. Special built-in lighting fixtures that will provide the maximum of lightingef- ficiency, and an air-conditioning plant entirely separate from the hotel sys- tem, will be installed. The air-con- ditioning plant will provide a Com- plete change of filtered air every few Minutes,. ' The radio installation, including the amplifiers equipment necessary for the picking. up of the studio programa and rkayh1 '-'them -to the transmitter a`nd the network, have been designed entirely by Canadian Radio Commis- sion engineers and built by Canadian manufacturers. ' The supervision o f the general instaliation will be under the direction of H. M. Smith of the Commission's 'engineering departtnen; at Ottawa, who also is in charge of ing of those who ought to be its per- manent guests. A bookless home, whether of the cottager or of the millionaire, whether of the farmer, the merchant, the clerk, the artisan, the professional. -man, is a reproach and an accusation, for it proclaims that the minds of that home's dwel- lers are unfurnished, that their reli- ance for enjoyments is on an indul- gence of the senses of taste, sight and hearing -on physical and perish- ing. things—on food, on sights and places, and on uninspiring conversa- tion. Bymeans of books -owned books ever present on one's 'shelves—every- one, irrespective of his or her cir- cumstances, can have an - abundant life, without boundaries of time or space. Let me quote from the preface of one of Henry Van Dyke's books, en- titled, "Companionable Books" — a book which should be on every book - lover's shelf. "Many books," says bit'. Van Dyke, "are dry and dusty- there is no juice in them; and many are soon exhausted—you would no more go back to them than to a squeezed orange. But solne have in them an unfailing sap, both from the tree of knowledge and from the tree of life. "By 'companionable books' I mean those that are worth taking with you on a journey where the weight of luggage counts, or keeping with you beside your bed, near the night -lamp; books that will bear reading often, and the more slowly you read them,. the better you enjoy them; books that will not only tell you how things look and how people behave, but al- so interpret nature and life to you, in language of beauty and power, touched with the personality of the author, so that they have a real voice a di le to our s.irit in the silence." ,the installation ofthe new transmit- ter plant on Lulu Island. To Honor Sir Wm. Mulock The Canadian Radio Commission h a s announced details of t h e broadcast over its national network October 30, 9.00 to 10.00 p.m. EST, of proceedings of a banquet to be given Sir William ` MuIock, retired chief justice of Canada, by the A- lumni Federation of the University of Toronto. The banquet will be one of several scheduled to take place that night throughout Canada by the branches' of the Federation. Following- the presentation to the distinguished guest of honour will he heard Rt. Hon. G. 0. Tryon, speak- ing from London, W. G. Swan, gradu- ate of the University and outstand- ing engineer, who will speak front Vancouver, Mrs. R. F. McWilliams, a former Canadian delegate to the League of Nations and also a gradu- ate of the University, broadcasting - from Winnipeg. The broadcast will switch to Halifax where Dr. Carleton Stanley, president of Dalhousie Uni- versity, will speak. The, broadcast will then continue from Toronto. Cover the Waterfront" Day after day Pat Terry, whose "I Cover the Waterfront" talks are broadcast by the Canadian Radio Commission Fridays at 10.30 p.m. EST, over the national network, walks and talks along Vancouver's waterfront with Wren of the sea — wallcs with them and listens to their "shop talk" of ships and of men and of sea lanes leading to far-off ports and of little tucked away places with names that suggest a setting for a tale of romance and adventure. Laconic conversations these, for the men are not given to words, and of- ten it is only the mere bones of a story that conte to Pat—a hint picked up in waterfront gossip, a clue, and the man who holds the answer is sail- ing somewhere on the seven seas. How many times will he change ships, and where will the sailorman's fate take hint before he comes to talk again with Pat Terry at the Port of Vancouver? Pat Terry brings to listeners some of the strangest tales of the sea that have ever been told. And he gleans his copy from nen who have known adventure, romance, tragedy, and the mysteries of far-off lands whose back and front doors are bordered by the restless oceans. Thousand Of Feeder Cattle From The West Thousands of feeder cattle from the Canadian West have been `shipped to Western Ontario during the past few weeks and from all signs, Western Ontario will amply fill the Govern- ment cattle quota this year. Many farmers who originally de- cided to purchase only a few cattle have altered, their plans as the late pasture and hay crops have been plentiful, and are now buying in car- load lots. No doubt the decision of the Government to pay fifty percent. of: the freight on cattle purchased in specified areas has done much to help the shipment of cattle from those areas. Itis understood that a large num- ber have been secured in Huron County. Blaze ;Solves Goder ion's Problem — What 'About Clinton's? Goderich, Oct. 18 — The problem of the transient in this town has been solved. Only one member of the wan- dering unemployed has been seen here this fall and he, remained only a few hours. ' When he called at the police station and asked for a night's lodg- ing on Saturday he was. told, "sorry old chap, but the last of you fellows to visit here burned the place down." "Really, I hadn't heard that, T beg your pardon, I must be off to Clin- ton," the linton,"the stranger answered. About a month ago the municipal storehouse, used as a winter shelter for one-nighters, was destroyed by fire started by a transient's careless- ness a loss of 4 0 0-beim_ entailed. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE NEWS (Continued from page 3) for her speech was quite brief. She • A. performed a sort of impromptu, and,, we think, unconscious, dance while - she spoke; `Fayewas once the star of the Highland Fling, and : she has . apparently, not yet recovered. Ron-- ald Peek arose next and quite neg- lected his electioneering to stake a'. speech on stage manners. He evident- ly disapproved of Miss Linclsaye's:. rather light-hearted' disregard of formal stage, posture, as he orated:', long and loud on standing right, and' /toying right, and maintaining the right facial expressions. On one oe- - casion, he drew a large white hand- kerchief from his pocket and knelt on it. As the audience was convulsed. with merriment at this juncture, we - did not catch Mr. Peck's highly es- timable remarks, but we gathered' that he- was praying for strength to continue with his campaign. What we objected to in Mr. Peck's speech was that, all the time that he was.. exhorting others to maintain good • posture, speak out well, etc, -etc,, he continually disclaimed any ability to do so himself, and remarked repeat- • edly "Don't look at me—I can't do it"' . Now, young Ronald -that won't do, If you can't practice it, you shouldn't . preach it. At the end of his physical culture lecture, Peck•nnuttered some- thing about his level best, and remov• - ed himself. Miss Cook and Miss Charlesworth climbed the stairs next to do battle for the post of secretary. Norma wasthe first speaker. Her election- eering was rather odd; she announc- ed that she did not much want the place, and thought Miss Charlesworth, would be a better secretary. She look- ed sternly at her audience and seated herself. Ellen Charlesworth : came forward, favoured her listeners with a guileless smile, chatted amiably a- bout she wasn't very good, but she'd try, of course—She thought a space, and left. The last speakers were Fred Axon and Jack Clancy, candidates for treas- urer. Fred came forward first, blush- ed slightly, scraped his feet about,. and adrdessed a few remarks to his tie, informed itis audience that they could trust him with their money, and flung himself gratefully off the stage. Clancy arose with disappro- bation for such light conduct quiver- ing in every muscle. Clancy's speech was serious. •The audience, however, which had been prepared by Dou- gan's ascetic witticisms for some- thing facetious, could not understand, and laughed dutifully at Clancy,. though they couldn't see the joke. Clancy couldn't see the joke either,— he made an excellent speech, which was marred by hysterical titters from First Form, We aren't accus- tomed to serious electioneering spee- ches, Clancy, old thing. We like 'em jocular. We admit to having been taken somewhat aback when the man thundered about British justice at. us When the election returns return- ed, the slate of ossifers was as fol- lows: President, Ken. Dougan; First Vice, Irene Robertson; Second _Vice, Ronald Peck; Secretary, Ellen Char- lesworth; Treasurer, Jack Clancy. hire hoped for thank -you speeches but none were forthcoming, which we thought melancholy. The new Soci- ety met and discussed the Hallowe'en party, the date of which is set for the 30th. Everyone will please some in costume, (you are fined 10c if you don't). The dances are to be enmas- que for awhile, which we think a good idea. Girls brings lunch, boys pay 10c, outsiders who wish to dine and dance, 25c, Good entertainment, Lunch and dancing afterwards, " Costume prizes, initiation of First Formers, we think that covers it. If you are just coming for the entertainment, not lunch or dancing, n o admission charge. The Girl's Athletic Society has di- vided the whole school into basket- ball teams so that those who can't • make the school team can at least - have a few games. There are twelve - teams, with a member of the school team . at the head of each team. Games every Tuesday and Thursday night, also every other Friday. Come - and see them. If they aren't good basket -ball, they will probably be • funny, anyway. Pilot Hovey has invented a me- chanical ' cow. At least, he is think- - ing of inventing one. He has drawn the diagram of it. It eats grass, and ': has taps for milk, cream, butter and • cheese. In addition, (for Pilot's in- genious invention provides for pleas- ure as well as sordid working pur- poses) it has a slot machine in it's buck.: The school's pictures were taken, form by form, by an agitated gentle- man, who was much disturbed by rambuncious P: T. classes who bound- • ed past, hini with war -like cries— Also, we had fire -drill, Miss Nixon, hysterical with fear, refused to leave • the school and was burned to death. Very sad affair. Well, we feel that we have dont • our duty by the News -Record for this -' week, Until next week—Cheerio- LIKE JAZZ MUSIC: "Did' Dorrie enjoy her dinner elate with Carlo, the- wrestler?" • "She was never so embarrassed- in her life. When be started to eat his • soup, five eoples got up and began, s