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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1940-03-21, Page 3THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1940 THE SEAFORTH NEWS PAGE THREE Farmers' Club Hold Annual Meeting Seaforth Farmers' Club Shows Net Profit for 1939 of $289 —Elect Directors. Mr. Kenneth Jackson, of the Sea - forth Farmers' Chib, in a letter to The Seaforth News, says: It should be of interest to every farmer in the Seaforth area to learn the progress that is being made by the Seaforth Farmers' Club, The books were recently audited by Mr. Norman Jefferson, 11.A., who is a son of the veteran U.F.O. leader, Mr. W. V. Jefferson, and statements showing the business done in 1939 and the 1i• naneial position of the curb were pre. rented at an annual meeting held in Seaforth on March 7t1, It was shown that the gross sales of the club totalled $9,265.51. These sales included approximately 250 tons of fertilizer, 13 tons of binder twine, a half a carload of shingles and fifty spools of barbed wire, The net profit for the past year was $289.91, and our net capital now (providing the remaining accounts receivable can be collected) is $1,143.30. It would be a mistake though to measure the success of the club in terms of dollars and cents. The busi- ness is being operated on a non-profit basis to he of service to the farmers and any funds that accumulate will be either invested in a share capital co-operative business, or returned to the patrons who helped create the surplus. It. is true that the Club has saved the farmers a substantial am- ount of money but it would be a far more important consideration if it is laying the foundation for a sense or unity and organization among the tillers of the soil and giving them a vision of the possibilities that are in- herent in the co-operative movement. \Vhen there is no vision the people perish and farmers have suffered sev- erely because the task the farmers' i'lub is trying to do, has been so sad- ly neglected. The 1nemitt sh,•eed a .good dcnl of itttrr•i•VI ill the ,prices fertilizer would he this Soviet:, and althttil fh alit' distributors iiv; not yet set the nriees, the writer feel-. :..ontident from the latest Price n.i ingredients, that iter ,Trice, dor mixed fertilizers Mow tdacc'.a JUST LIKE ill still enable n. I„ cone: 'i' tat'nr- 1)• tt th our competitors, the directors will fie able to give fuli information in the near future, ttot only regarding fertilizer bat shingles a: 'w•cll 'rhe new board of directors are, 12, S. \ieKcreth,er, E. Il, Gaudio, T. \\'. Slcll''illan, t1\1. H'anq h, and the writer.'Dili.; board .14umlhit solicit Interest aunpitthy mull cu -operation ir en 4 halter number of farmers around ticaf, i'tlt, and we do this, not for nay .ellisll or ulterior motive, hitt mdely •for the welfare of an .en'hno ot'tanizatioh to aihicit atm .ran all ;Give allegiance and which is be - 'ug operated' very definitely for the : piri,;tntl and material well being of ter wholee cottinttti itv. KENNp'i'll E. ,1A'C1cS'ON, For Easter Lunch or High Tea Eggs in Tomato Aspic 114 tablespoons gelatin ,ii cup oold water 2 cups tomato juice 1 teaspoon onion juice 1 teaspoon sugar '4 teaspoon salt 6 devilled eggs Soak gelatin in cold water. Combine tomato juice, onion juice, sugar and salt. Heat to boiling point. Dissolve gelatin in juice. I•Ialf-rill individual moulds with jelly mixture. When par - Daily set place half a devilled egg, yoke down, in jelly. When: jelly sets, add remaining tomato gelatin mix- ture. Allow to set. Unmould on crisp lettuce. Devilish with watercress or asparagus tips. To devil eggs, remove shells from hard•cooked eggs, cut eggs in half, remove yolks. Mash yolks, season and mix with a little salad dressing. Pack yolk mixture into whites. Egg and Mushroom Patty !:1 cup 11111101' ?t, ib, 111118111•oot115. sliced 4 tablespoons flour 2 cups milk or tomato juice 6 hard -cooked eggs 1 cup peas Salt and pepper Melt butter. Add mushrooms and cook 5 minutes. Blend in flour. Add milk or tomato juice, stirring until sauce thickens. Add eggs—cut in large pieces, and peas. Serve in patty shells, on hot b'isenits or 00 toast, Serves six. Easter Bunny Cake Make a large sponge cake (using 4 to 6 eggs) in a regular sponge calm (tribe) pan. When cold cover top and shies of cake with "Boiled" frosting. Matte about 8 bunnies of fresh marsh• mallows, pinched to representhead of bunny. Mark nose and mouth with a little eoloreci icing and use blanch- I ell almonds for ears and plaice btu! - }ties 00 lop or cake, I1' a little green vegetable coloring is added to the:" Wing it gives the effect or the bunnies lying In grass. POSTAGE CENTENARY ()n the (ith of May, 18411, the first of all postage stamps to be issued anywhere, welt on stile in Etlglaind. They were the famed "one penny black" bearing the likeness of young Queen Victoria, Because these pion- eer stamps were something of a curt- osity--mementos of that seemingly wild dream of Rowland I•Iill to put letter writing and mailing within the means of the poorest of citizens — thousands of copied of the stamp were carefully preserved. That is why in this centenary year of stamps and stamp collecting --and Sir Rowland Hill was the father of both—it is pos- sible to buy a specimen of the one penny black for a dollar or so. From the cbilector's point of view, the world's first stamp has an immense sentimental anti historical interest, but, as stamps go, is neither rare nor valuable, For really spectacular figures in stamp prices, the one cent magenta of British Guiana, the world's cost- liest stamp, immediately comes to mind. As far as is known, only one copy Is in existence to -day. And a schoolboy of Georgetown, capital of that South American ?olony, explor- ing for treasure in an attic 'way back in 1872, discovered the stamp on an old envelope. He was thrilled when a, dealer gave him six shillings for it, Later, the dealer sold it for six hundred dollars, and doubtless was thrilled, too, But, after the first Great War, Mr. Arthur Hinds, of Utica, N,T., the prince of eolllectol's, pur- chased the same stamp at auction, and his bid was 932,500, the biggest stun ever paid for a single stamp. Fifty thousand dollars, it is said, would not buy it to -day. A Century's span has seen stamp collecting become the most universal of all hobbies. In tate United States alone, it has been estimated, 50,000 new "fans" are infected with the fever every year. In the same coun- try, sales of new issues to collectors alone, have registered es high its $100,- 000 100;000 in a single day, and the postmaster general of Canada reports that in the live fiscal years of 1035-39, collectors and dealers purchased stamps to the value of $664,465 from his philatelic division; But large figures become familiar to the student of philately. There was the wealthy Austrian collector, Count Phillipe In ltenotiere von Ferrari, for instance—(call hint "Phil" for short). So keen a stamp Rend was be that he had two full-time secretaries at work on his collection and spent about $10,000 a week in completing it. And when he died in Paris in 1917. Gounter Th ooks We Are Selling Quality Books Books are Well Made, Carbon is Clean and Copies Readily. All styles, Carbon Leaf and Black Back. Prices as Low as You' Can Get Anywhere. Get our Quotation on Your Next Order. • The Seaforth News SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, Shalt 1 Vote or �N There is only one decision to be made by the Canadian people on March 26th ... It is this: Shall our country's war effort be handed over to unknown, unnamed politicians .... to a make. shift cabinetwith Dr, Manion as the self-appointed leader ?. Or Shall our country's war effort be continued vigorously and faithfully by the known and proven administration of Mackenzie King ? That is the question YOU must answer. Up a Blind Alley?—or—Out in the 'Open! It is time for plain speaking. Dr. Manion's pretence of offering "national" government is sheer polit- ical deceit. Because: even if he were elected to office, Dr. Manion could not organize or lead a truly national gov- ernment. The parliamentary group which might follow him would fail to represent all Canada. It would not represent the people of the national Liberal party. It would not represent the people of the C.C.F. party. It would not represent the people of the historic Conservative party which Dr. Manion has now scuttled. Do not be deceived Dr. Manion cannot give you National Government. The best he might give you would be government by unknown followers. He invites you to follow him up a blind alley --to vote for a government of his own imagination—answerable to some undisclosed political group. Mackenzie King offers you something entirely in the open ... the most. truly National government Canada has ever known. His parliamentary followers represent the people of every province in Canada — every section of our country—every economic, social and racial group. There is not an area of this country... not a single classification of our people ...without proper repre- sentation in the Mackenzie King following. Mackenzie King's cabinet ministers are well known to you. They are broadly experienced men, eager and able to continue the sort of admin- istration which brought progress to Canada in times of peace and national pride to Canadians since the outbreak of war. The Mackenzie King administration is answerable to the people of Canada —to no one else. The Responsibility is Now Yours Canada is facing the greatest crisis in her history. It is YOUR responsibility to say how she is • to deal with this crisis. Therefore: when you go to the polls on March 26th you should consider only what is best for Canada —what is best for the Empire and our allies —what is the sure, direct road to Victory and Peace. The National Liberal Federation of Canada, Ottawa. Ontario. the French government seized and sold his collection, raising more than two million dollars tor war pur- poses. Among the stories of ramous stamp collectors, one concerning the former Czar of all the Russlas is poignant enough. When he was arrested by the revolutionaries and banished to the miserable quarters at Ekaterinburg, he begged leave of itis captors to carry his stamp collection with him into exile. At that time, the stamps of the Czar were worth about $250,- 000. Some years later the Soviet gov- ernment split up and sold the collec- tion in Paris for something over three times that amount. Paris, indeed, seems to have be- come the world's central mart of philately, as it has for feminine finery. Buyers from everywhere flock there in normal times to add to their trading stocks or private collections, and, on summer days, the Champs Elysees is oft enlivened by auction sales of stamps in the open air. It is not surprising then, that front The noted Canadian pianist and conductor, Jean-Marie Beaudet: Paris comes the offer of a million francs for the first cover carried by airmail. But take it easy and don't rush off to examine your trans- At- lantic, trans -Pacific, England to Aus tralia, Egypt, South Africa or Tim- buctoo airmail stamps or covers. For the otter Concerns none of these. It was in 1793, the year that John Graves Simcoe established his new capital of Upper Canada at a tiny settlement that the first airmail letter was sent, This first epistle to travel by the sky route went in the basket of a balloon. George Washington him- self, signed it, and a Frenchman step- ped into the balloon which ascended front a courtyard in Philadelphia. Where the letter was delivered was left entirely to the will of the winds, And, after a lapse of 45 minutes, they had blown the balloon to Woodbury, New Jersey, where the great silken bag made a graceful descent. 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