HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1938-02-03, Page 31TRar AY, FEBRUARY 3, 1938
Collapse of Bridge Quickly Broadcast monologue, 'Albert and the Heads -
Two minutes after the giant Falls rani"
View BridgeFollowed by Yvonne +'\tiller, singing
collapsed with a thunder- ," ..
ing roar into Niagara !Falls gorge Gtve ley !'Regards to .Leicester
ihei
Square", ie Three Waiters in their
fflanoary .47, a commentator went on mallear,[ .warning"'You've Got a +Loav,
the air to tel'' the news :to listeners of \1 ay to [Go", George 'Y'omn;Q will sing
the Canadians Broad tstiaug Corpora- „Little Dolly' Day Dream". Simeon
tion from coast to coast. Tlie broad-
oa'ster, Jack SCa.nnatsin of ,the .corpora -
thewill conduct the orchestra and
the chairman w•11,1 take care of the in-
tion's Toronto ,production staff, heard
tnodarctions.
the crash from his nearby hotel room,
hurriedly donned his overcoat and Violin Loaned to Albert Pratz for
dashed to 'the .customs building where "CBC Music Hour"
the day 'before he had installed ami-'
oropho:ne. The 'bridge collapsed at A Stradiwarids which originally 'be -
W,115. !K'anavawin started speaking at I. egad to Lord 'May in IVO will be
X4,17, [•lie anstrument'played by Albert Pratz
The corporation on January 26 sent When he ap'pea.rs on the "'CBC Music
a crew from Toeonto when word ,of ,H'ou'r" on Sunday, February 6, at 9J65
the impending ,disaster to the bridge pan, EST. The programmewill 'a the
was released. 'L'ha!t afternoon *lid 'niece do The Toronto studios of the
highs special commentaries were C13'C trader the direction of 'Geoffrey
broadcast Iby Kann+a'win and new'spap
Waddington and will 'be 'broadcast [for
ver reporters, the I0]3�C .man remaining Ilse national l stet%%ort audience, Mr,
an the 'spot continuously, .ready sfor 'Praxz will play one movement from
any eventuality. Max Bruch Concerto for violin and
The 'broadcast IJanu:ary 27 was the .orchestra, performing on the s 215,000
first radio repot t reale that the bridge 'ttstnu e loaned for this programme
had succnn abed to the terrific ice jam, ',by George Hein[, of Toronto.
Amateur Broadcasts by University Corporation Features Day by Day
Students[
Thursday, IFdbruary 3:
A series of 'five weekly broadcasts 7,43 ,pan. "Life and Learnin "—
starting Manch u•, feom 3.00 to 4.0'0 , ; g
•Music and Adult 'Education --by Sir
p.n. EST, intended to •display musical •Erne,'[ -kaa,,\'Lilian, principal, Toronto
and +dramatic tal'en't .a.mong students, Conservatory of Music From Taron-
will 'be :presented from ,universities to
throughout Canada by the 'Canadian .9.00 p.nh. 5'CB'C !Dramatic Hone --
Broadcasting Conp:oration, The broad- produced 'bay !L'aureuce 'Gil'liant, !From
casts will feature glee clubs wad dra- -Montreal.
retic and debating societies.
Friday, (February 4:
The broadcasts will be .entirely am- 8:100 .p.m. "Let 'Us Sing"—novelty
Mem., no artist ibeintg ,pati for his ser- group direotion Gilbert Deeis'se with
vines. ltastea'd, a donation 'to the s!tu- .Menthe Lapointe, soprano, and 'Paul
dent funds of the universities taking i etosrleans'baritone. Front Quebec.
part will be made. Ln arranging the
broadcasts the 'Corporation 'originally
planned to present a series of ten but
owing to 'the proximity or examina-
tions it is found impossible to contin-
ue after \larch, It is anticipated that
the series will he resettled in the grail.
The universities taking part in the
first series will be. Dalhousie (\•Parch
3); University of 'Toronto 1\larch
0l0) \\estern I(\;larchl7); 'Ciniversity
of Manitoba (March 24), and Uuiver-
of 13'ritish Columbia (March 310,
Songs of London Music Halls
Songs cantons in the music •hall, of
England in .the :bast fifty years will' be
sung for national network listeners of
the CIBC; on Satateday, H"ebruary 5, at
8.30 p.ni. ,1fS'r when 'George Young
presents his• famous radio troupe in
"Lets All Go to the Music Hall"
George IPatton will •receive 'first hill-
ing on 'this date when he sings Her-
mans IDarewai l s bit, ''Every [Fellow's
iLove with a ,Girl". IRed 'N'ewntan
wnill do an Albert Chevalier in '''Little
'Nipper" 'and. Pat 'Rafferty, miniature
comic, is 'scheduled to present T. 'W.
Connor's favorite, "Come Round ;and broadcast from lSraser Mills, 'N'ew
Hear the Gramophone". George Pelt- Westminster. From Vancouver,
tan will highl'igh't the half way nark Tuesday, Febritary 8: •
with a'popular Stanley Holloway 8,30 p.n1. "Al Jolson Show"--1lar-
10.00 ",Canada 11938"—musical ,p4o-
gracnmc with national and interna-
tiona+l commentaries, (From Montreal.
Saturday, 'February '5:
'2.00 p.m. .Metropolitan Opera 1Com-
.pany—international exchange pro-
granstue. IF'rom 'New York.
8.00 .p.111. Banquet of the Cabadian
General Council of the Buy Scouts'
Association. Speaker—.J-1js 'Excellency
Forst Tweedsmuir, From 'Toronto.
9.00 0.ut. NHL Hockey Broadcast.
Front 'Toronto.
Sunday, February 6:
6,00 p,m. asSad It 'Came to Pass" --
biblical drama mortared 'hy Rupert
Caplan. From \lontreal.
900 p.ns. "C13+C Magic H'ou'r"-nr-
chestra told chorus direction 'Geoffrey
Waddington, 'Front Toronto. '
1111115 p.ni. 'The Lieder Singer" --
Katherine Hamilton, contralto; with
Leo Pol Morin at the piano, From
Monmtreal,
Monday, February 7:
9.100 p.m. "Lux 'Radio ':Theatre"—.in-
ternetional exchange programme,
From Los '.Angeles.
101,30 .p.m. :Wight Shift -actuality
THE SEAFORTH NEWS'
theR 'P k salla k d V'
aye, ! +air') rc us 'an gator 2/3 cup milk
Young's orchestra, Front Lou',.An- 'Roast
geles. Beat eggs slig'h'tly. Add :bu•tter, sett
1111•.!115 p na "Cariboo Miner"—talk by aanings mod 011115. Cook over hot wet
George \dvclK.et moires,• From Van- er, As iniature coagulate around side
couver. and 'Irottoohi draw it away with
Wedneaday, Febru'ar'y 9: spoon.. Continue until ell •of the mix
+6.35 P.n1, °Swi'n'g Unlimited"—or- ;tame is cooked. Serve on toast. 'Gar
chestra direction !Percy 'Pasternak, nislh with parsley,
From Toronto. Toasted Ham and Cheese Sandwich
8,+00 p.m, '+Onte11'an'+s !Family"—in- 2 tablespoons 'butter
ternat'iottal ea -change programme. 1 .cup milk
From San Francisca. 2 tablespoons Hour
1,4 cups freshly cooked
DAUGHTER BORN TO JULIANA. chicken, cu't in 'pieces
IAmsterdaam, Jan. 311—IPri icess Juli
ana of the Netherlands has given her
land of to+lips, thrift and windmills a
[baby princess who may be Sts third
consecutive .w'os an ruler. The whole
nation joined in rejoicing before the
last echoes of the royal,salute an-
nounced the 'long wait at the little
Soestdslk 'Palace ended with 'the 'birth
of a girl on Jan. 31, 1938.
The N!etharland+s populace 'hoped
for a male lieir, w+h'o would shave
been the [first in direct line to the
throne in 94 years. Unless Juliana has
a :son the new princess may [one day
become queen, following Per grand-
mother, Queen Wilhelmina, and her
mother.
PAGE THREE.
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TESTED RECIPES
Mid -Winter Snacks
After several hours of out -door
winter .sport, the !first thing ntostper-
sens think of and want when they 're-
turn honkie is food. This is quite .nat-
ural 'because •the 'crisp, fresh stir is
bound 'to create an appetite and the
exorcise uses +up considera'b'le [heat and
energy which ,must Ibe replaced,
Something •nouri'slhing, some'thin'g
hot, something ,qu'i'ckly prepared are
the three requisites of food on such an
occasion. Cheese ,dishes, hot soups,
and toasted sandwiches all stake sat-
i,s!fying mid -winter ''Sanacks" and .when
accompanied by a hot milk drink
leave nothing to be desired.
The \'f'jlk Utilization Service, Do-
minion Department of 'Agriculture
suggests:
Welsh Rarebit
1 tablespoon butter
9. tablespoon dour
I cup rich milk or thin cream
12
oups grated cheese
tai teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon mustard
Few grain+s cayenne
a. egg
)sfna'ke a sauce of 'butter, :Ho.ur .and
milk. Add granted c'h'eese and season-
ings. 'Pour some of 'hat sauce over
beaten egg. ,Return 'to double boiler
and cook a minute or two. Serve an
toast or c.rackers,
Oyster Stew
11 pi it oysters
4 caps milk and oyster liquor
3 tablespoons butter
c.ap oracker crumbs
Salt and pepper
Carefully pick over oysters. [Hatt
milk and oyster liquor. Season with
salt and pepper. When scalded acid
butter and :oysters, 'Cook until oysters
are plump ;tad edges 'begin to curl.
Add cracker crumbs jurat ,before
serving.
Creamy Eggs on Toast
3 eggs
.i te'as'poons (butter
y teaspoon salt
Few grains pepper
Seat and pepper
Melt 'better. B'l'end in flour and sea-
s'onin'gs, Ada milk gradually and stir
until mixture 'thic'kens. Cook for 3
ninutes:°r Add chicken and 'heat thor-
oughly. Serve on toast.
Hot Chocolate
1 square unsweetened chocolate
or
4 tablespoons •cocea.
.3 tablespoons sugar •
cusp boiling water
2 cups milk
''felt chocolate. 'A•dd sugar and boil-
ing water and cook 5 minutes, Add
hot milk, Beat mita 'foamy. 11 desired,
serve with whipped cream or marsh-
matllows.
r -canned
BOTA'NLCAL NOTES
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eel and (tang into the yard to languish,
naked and woe -begone. .
The distingq+isltinvg nark of spruce
trees is the woody proj•eckion upon
Which. each 'leaf is set, thence the
tw'i'gs are always 'rou'ghene'd, whmle
those of ide !fir (Which resembles the
spruce) are smooth 'because the leaf -
scars and level with (bark.
Sour -angled, s'hanpepointed leaves
distinguis'h most spruces; they are ar-
ranged spirally around the s'h'oat; not
two -ranked' .as fir leaves are. Spruce
cones are always pendent; they mat-.
are in one year. Pit cones 'stand erect,
Spruce timber is in great demand
for pulpwood, mostly because of its
Ii,ih•t colour and freedom 'front reds.
Being tasteless, its .wood is sued for
rood contailters, andit enters into theconstruction of many other articles,
1'n S'tu'revan't's "'INotes en !Edible
(Plants" 'i't .is said that great •geantities
of spruce beer are nmacle 'frons the
new shoots of the 'black spruce,
IFive native spruces occur in Can -
;eta. They are the white, black, red,
Engelmann and Sitka •or •coast spruce.
Fire native spruces .occur in Can-
ada. They are the whi't'e, black, red
i ngel'mann and Sitka or coast spruce.
The white and black extend across
Canada, the red is esstern, while both
the Engelmann incl Si+tla are western.
Twvo other spruces which are not
native, but well-known, are the Nor-
way with its long pendulous branches
resting on the ground, and its large
cones; also the Colorado blue spruce
w'hioh lis prickly .blue-green .leaves,
Botli tine giant and dwarf varieties,
that arc so ,perfect in colour and
symmetry, become .thin and ragged at
maturity, brit in their prime they are.
perhaps, the most heautifal o'f all the
spruces. --E, W. He rt, Division of
Botany.
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The Seaforth News
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO,
Sons Followed Fathers
To Fill SeaForth Posts
Mayor J. J. Cluff and Clerk D. H.
Wilson Hold Positions Once
Held by Their Fathers, •
(Stratford •Beacon4Herak1)
Thirty -hod years ago the late Noble
Oluff was mayor of Seaforth and
[John A. Wilson was e'ierk and treas
urer of ,:the town. By 'something of 'a.
cotu'cidence the son's -of these two
men today' occupy the positions their
fathers held •in :1906. The mayor is
John 13, Chuff and the clerk is a H.
Wilson. John A. Wi'ls'on had just
.been appointed' clerk' in 1906, during
the second term of :Noble Cluff as
mayor, and he 'held this position for
31: years, He retired at the end of
119316, to be succeeded by his son.
Now in his .719th year, \Mr. Wilson
still mattes it a point to go (Iowa to
the office nearly every day. More
from force of habit than anything
else, after doing it for all those 31
years. ,Ana besides, he says, it helps
to fill in the time. But 'owe should not
get the idea that lir. Wilson 'finds
time hanging heavy 011 his hands. He
doesn't. For all of his 1718 years he is
an unusua'iiy active mans and he [las
not reached the age yet where he
has given up bowling, Then, also, he
manages to get a lot of reading, and
just mention a game sof euchre and
soh have flim 011 his toes in an in-
stant, 'Not only that, but he is begin-
ning at [718, to learn the 'finer points
about bridge. His daughter is doing
the teaching,
Mr. Wilson came to' Seaforth it
1867 with his parents, the late Mr.
and Mrs. ;D. ID. 'Wilson, He wars a
young gaffer seven years of 'cage at
that time. Maris 'father operated an ex-
tensivee egg business arta for many
years s'hiptped to the United State.;
and [Odd Gauntry markets. He retired
its 1119110.
member of the Wimbledon team •tiaat
1501 the coveted Kolopore Cs ..,for
Canada in 1.889, •emiblemat!c of the
ch'ampion'ship of the British [Empire,
It was the second time that the tro-
phy was won by the'Dom inion. The
cup, still in competition at the Bisley
shoots, was donated by •the Rajah of
Kolopore. 11 ember .of Canada's team
at \Vir'bledon that year ;used :Martini
Henry army service rifles that had a
kick -back of 30 pounds.
\lr. Wilson remembers quite vivid-
ly the first and only ganle.of lacrosse
he ever played. Seaforth had jeiat
organized a team in 18178 and w'as
scheduled to play against Stratford in
its ,opening game. 'When the day df
the game came the team was short-
handed and Mr. Wilson, who had
never 'held a stick in his hand, was
persuaded to make the trip.
"1 hardly knew how to pick op the
.ball," Mr. Wilson recalled, "bu t I
played !just the same. It .was the first
and 'only game I ever :played. 'I was
so stiff afterwards that II could hard-
ly go up and down stairs for a wee[:," '
Ile. Wilson is a member of First
Presbyterian Church and 'for some
years served on the Board of Man-
agers. He is a member of Britannia
Lodge, A.F. and A,Nf., and is also a
member of the Canadian Order of
Foresters,
NEW B'RID,GE FOR NIAGARA
Ai new and greater "Honeymoon
Bridge" was planned at 'Niagara
Falls last week end even as the ruins
of the ,old bridge which crashed on
Thursday continued to settle into the
inc ,cowered river,
The International .Railway Comp-
any, owners of the fallen span, an-
luouneed 'architects wail] be asked at
once to design a new and `finmer span.
I_t
wall •rise from the site of the
steel arch which crashed 200 feet into
the Niagara Gorge, after re'sisti'ng for
two days the worst Niaga+ra ice jam
The present public school in Sea- in many years.
forth was just being tbuiit when \lr.
F\'ilson cane to towns, and while it
was !being completed he atten•deil the
old Melia alop township school on for a glimpse of ,twisted steel and
Goderich street where James Young Concrete fair +belo'w-,
now lives. In 11868 the tie% :whotrl, 1\'ifh a ones .that drowned the cata-
then ,just a two=room affair, was op- ract's t'hund'er, the towering structure
enerl .and if \1 r. \Vilson remembers satccnnrbed to a 304ho11r 'battering by
correctly there are only two •others the worst 'Niagara River ice j'ans in '30
still living in town w'ho also attended )'eau's late Thursday last. It was the
the school that year. They are ''Robert 1ecunmi span an the site to felt from
Josses and 'George Sills. The late :1r- attacks by nature. 'ln 11889 a sulupen_
chibalcl Dewar was ,principal at the skin span as blown down in .gale.
time. After 'finishing public school 01r,' Thousands watched tons of steel
''['ikon %vent to T-onrlon anal took a Pillage 3119 feet to the grinding river
commercial course. Then, at the age ice, so thick it preventeri shattered
of'116, he entered his fathers b sh:teas li•rich;e remnants from sinking into
and remained there mti'i his appoint- 'the 1713 -foot depths of 'Niagara River.
neat as 'Clerk ,in ')1906, Clouds of snow and ice :crystals ob-
Years ago, 'before the railways 'built soured the view after the orash and
north, over a million bushels of grain as darkness came a 'haze settled over
used to conte into Seaforth iu a year. the 'scene, leaving only :faint out -
Mr. Wilson recalls, The grain used to Ines of the Spidery w'recl:age,
be teamed into Seaforth from places Even the lights on the fail were
as far away as Walkerton, and there out because the 71S -foot -high general -
used to be •four flour mills within a ing plant of the Ontario Hydro tElec-
radius of three miles of +town. There brio Commission was covered almost
were seven storage w•areltottses anal entirely by the ice jean and forced to
an oatmeal mill that .used to be open- 'close. Company officials estimated
ated by P. Seegtniller. damage at nearly a nsil'lian dollars.
Seaforth sets a bigger town in IJtamnes H. Spencer, meteorologist at
those ilaysa than it is today, but one Buffalo, 'N.Y., blamed a "combination
of the reason's for that, \lr. Wilson 'of 'bad weather circanstances" for the
says, is flat people are not raising a, collapse of the +brige,
large families as they used to, 5 `Thin ice on Lake Erie, a five-day
In the entire 31 years that \[r, Wil- January thaw', and nearly three days
son served as clerk of the town he of constant thigh w caused the
missed only ,one meeting of the coon- disaster," 'he said, explaining that the
cll. and that was during an illness he thaw cracked the ice and winds .sent
had in 1056, 'When file 'Public Utilities it into the 'Niagara River, over .the
Cantmnsi+on was organizer[ in 10111 • falls and clown the gorge where it
jammed attaint the bnidge.
The'Maids. of the Mists,' twin
steamboats which ha re carried thous-
and, of tourists to the falls and. as
famous as the bridge itself , were
'barely -visible downstream where they
had [been hurled against the walls of
the gorge by the ice.
Major R. S, Buck, of W'as'hington,
'D.C., engineer in charge of construct-
ing the crumpled "Honeymoon
Bridge" at 'Niagara Fails, said: "I
feelat if 1 had lost an old, dear
friend."
Major Buck said ice presented no
problem at the time of construction
in the '90`e. -It was a fine piece of
calculating, a fine bit of, work," he
said, \When we .joined .the arch iii`
the middle, there was only 14101 of an
Melt difference."
Builders of the 'bridge, he said,
nearer had any idea it might some
day be called "Honeymoon Bridge,"
An international crowd of nsany
thousand persons lined the 'barks of
Niagara Gorge during t'he week end
Mr. \A,ilson !became secretary -treasur-
er of it and he also carried on in this
office until his retirement ,little over
a' year ago. The +lirst chairman of the
Utilities Commission was J. F. Daly,
well known 'Seaforth car dealer, and
the .present chairman is 'E, L. Box,
Hydro power was much more ex-
pensive in those days titan it is today,
lfr, \\ it •on recalls. T•n 1101112 the rate
.las nine cents per kilowatt hour. To-
day the domestic rate is 2°9 cents per
kilowatt holm for the first 00 hours
per month, and 111 cents for each ad-
ditional kilowatt hour.
.01 r. Wilson was one of the 'original
members of the Seaforth `Curl'ing +Club
which was organized in 167:7. The
rink ie those days was located on
Goderich street and the club 'had' a
nlennherslhip of 'about 35 at the outset.
Mr. Wilson was a member of the
Seaforth team that brought honor
to the town in 11594 by winning the
fantails S'leenan Trophy, the :first
year it was offered for competition at
the 'Guelph bon+spiel. At that time it
was a two -rink .competition and mem-
bers of the two Seaforth rinks were
W. \. !Reid, F. Twed•dle, y, L. 'W'il-
son, A. Young (skip) and !J, ,Turner,
George Patterson 1Villiam Pickard
and [John Weir (skip). On tlheirar-
ri ar-
rival home from 'Guelph the curlers
were given a rousing +reception and
the 'band led the parade to the old,
Kennedy +Rotel where a banquet was
[held in 'their honor.
+fr. Wilson for many years `belong-
ed to the 33rd Huron 'Battalion and
at otie time was one of the Domiai-
ima'+s :top-notch rifle shots. He was a
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