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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1941-05-15, Page 7SEVEN 'ante ;ova 4tan �` qtr e•,oraan Suitinw MINUTE MI JIATUR'ES Brief Backeroutsds i.* t - Careers of Canada's Captains to War AlR t OM ii)i14RE E W STED}??.N E-.:1. a.0 Air Commodor,, E r tedman is air a tuft;al enginerina.. .. i.�..-. , s .. +aactl. and had it t eeabeu oil feed line ee. iererplaue hack in le;-ele;Ie ... ;i? serving Canada i4. position. Stedman was ;; .. .. °:tGi z• Kent, and took hi.7 7er l - Maidstone. He cone= et ... fareee doctors and army ofie Ht, 4.7 uncle, General Si: Ereest ,.. i:....... served for Many y ar tr. s •lie Prom gramma^ s,.'If of Bars +,t Stedman bolted stratqllt r : ,rr. gun barrel lin- :tt hi. Ow:t he intended without •intuh:; sir ,sass ersity of iuterests interests'n be at: engitt. This single purpose remains :..)••W Stedman trained under the. -Sand-. with System" in Engla: t ti, ' jobs in shops and factori«,. goine school two afternoons mei three evenings each week. movtne tree» foundry to holier and eittleg slto;= and drawing rection. Today ali air.' craft factories in England pick their draughtsmen and designers from this type of student apprentice._ After four years. Stedman was awarded a Whitworth Exhibition prize and free studentship in London. He took a Bayliss cash prize and a Whitworth scholarship that brought hilt about! £125 a year for titres years.oaf: of which he spent at City Gnitri to', • _- ege, London. the other two on nom- inal salaries. gaining expert±nee with industrial firms. Stedman took his wife f- r an evening's entert inmeat to a "Cor; versazione,• at the National Physica: Laboratories at Teddiueton., an testi tution that corresponds to our Na:• tonal Research Couuctl. Fa i.tat-ed by observing experimental- work le aeronautics, Stedman realized this was the engineering job of tate eat- ure. and arranged immediately .e join the Teddington staff with salary no object. During the world war.: sed:nate as a commissioned Lieutenant attached to the Royal Naval Air Service, gave his country distinguished service. He began at the Admiralty on design and inspection of planes. became technical observer for new types of craft, did test work with pilots on the first Handley -Page bombers dur- ing their development. and went to France with the first squadron as Station Engineer charged with keep• hag them in the air. In 191S. in charge of No. 4 Aeroplane Repair Depot at Guines, the ancient "Field of the Cloth of Gold," he was award- ed the 0. B. E. for organizing produce doh and repair work under bad conditions and for keeping depots going in the open while they were subject to air raids. A year after the Armistice, Sted- man came to Canada accompanying Handley -Page's entry in the Daily Mail prize contest for the first West - to -East Atlantic flight. Flying from Newfoundland to New York, the plane developed a broken oil feed line and crashed at Parrsboro, `ova Scotia. Stedman, who had not gone along on the Hight, was rushed to the scene of the mishap It was there, during the, months spent iu making the. repairs that Stedman came to realize what a natural "air country" Canada was, with its vast distances, its inaccessible north country and its limited population. THE S F ' F O>; STH NEW r 5aC"A� 5f4.',' '5, '54" „ta raga, CAVA 'Canada has reason to connt her blessings in these days of t,ri L Canada isthree thousand miles away from the sound of 4aln:: which are devastating Europe. The broad Atlantic Ocean rolls between us and the ruthless sav'agerti of the German Armies. The strongest fleets in the World British, American and Canadian—patrol the sea between us. and the enemy. We have a great friendly- nation, probably the richest and most powerful in the world, at our side. CAN AFFORD HER SACRIFICES This war is a• mechanized war, - We h.ay.e the nickel ., . copper ...lead .. , rine and other Metals the war industries need. We have access to the iron. We can make the steel. We have the organized industries to 'fabricate these metals and make the trucks. and tanks, and guns. and planes, and the ships. We have skilled workers and the plants for plass production. Canada has the wheat and the food supplies. Let us count our blessings, and tighten our belts. .Canada is rich—one of the richest countries poi' head -of popular tion in the ss-orld. Let us lend our strength to the utmost ofour power. Cour national future depends upon'Victory. We must win to live. THERE WILL BE F RTHER CALLS t un There have been many. calls upon :the people of this country for money- since Canada entered the rrar at the side of Great Britain. There will be further calls. Let us face the future unafraid. Canada can carry the load. But every Canadian- must shoulder his- anis her share. This is the roost critical hour iu our history. Let the futurT historians say of Canada, as they will sav of our Mother Country: --This was their finest hour." i D E- P A R T M E N T i D D red LIFT OF FINANCE. CANAD A c• in _3 i. he took Ottawa's Civil Service Commission examination for Technical Director to the Air Board. came out top, and when the R. C. A. F. evolved. was commissioned Wing Commander. Front 1920 to 1935, he tifd the work he loves best—peace- time development of aircraft design and skill to advance commerce and develop new country, Air Conunod• ore Stedman is an author of disting- uished standing in aeronautical jour- nals of the united States, Great Brit- ain and Canada. THE ?MIXING BOWS Sy ANNE ALLAN Hydra Hem* Economist SPRING PARADE Hello Homemakers! It's May.. , ..a month of color and sunlight....sud- den scurrying showers., ,.glistening pavements, and a tender green- ness creeping into the brown earth. 1' t. 5 $ day, too, is a mouth when appet- ites are sometimes a bit fickle. Pro- bably just good old-fashioned "Spring Fever." Anyway, after the long win- ter -heavy "meat -and -potato" type of menu—you may find yourself taking a new interest in the preparation of your nears—and your family looking forward to your latest effort. Here are a few suggestions planned to give you a "lift" both in appetite. and nutrition. Try them out. today. and let us know what you think of the novel ice cream. i 1 Incidentally our column today answers several requests for either suggested Sunday dinners or a Sunday -night supper dish—for comp- any—we hope that all interested homemakers will file these recipes. * e v + SUGGESTED SUNDAY DINNER Rbubarb Juice 'with Celery Curls Chicken Pie with Biscuit Crust Buttered Asparagus Grapenut Ice Cream Scotch Tea Cookies Recipes Chicken Pie 1 4 -pound fowl Boiling water % tsp. salt Mt UP. bePp?r 3 cups sliced raw carrots 1 onion, peeled and sliced 3,4, cup Hour 2 tbsps. butter 1 egg, slightly beaten Baking powder biscuit dough Cut the fowl in pieces for serving. Cover with boiling water and cook slowly until tender, adding salt and pepper when fowl is half eoeked. Add the sliced raw carrots and union during , the cooking. Thicken the stock to the beaten egg and mix into the gravy. Add the butter and pour into greased casserole. Roil out tea biscuit dough and tuck into the cas- serole over the mixture. Bake at 450 degrees in electric oven for about 12 minutes. —6 servings. Grapenuts ice Cream 1: cup grapenuts 12. cup granulated sugar 1 pi. whipping cream 1 tsp, vanilla Whip cream, fold iu the L_ cup grapenuts and ailo'w to stand one hour or until grapenuts begin to soften. Fold in tine sugar. Add van- illa. Pour into tray and freeze. Scotch Tea Cookies t•:'i cup butter lee cup lard 2 eggs. 1 tablespoon cream Zee cups flour (all purpose) 2 tsps. baking powder 1 top, flavouring Cream butter and lard, add sugar and beet until light. Add eggs, flav- ouring and cream, and continue beat- ing. Add in sifted Hour and baking powder. Chill dough until it is stiff enough to shape (about hr. in electric refrigerator, near freezing unit), Make two long rolls and then chill again in electric refrigerator. Cut in thin slices and bake at 450 degrees for S to 10 minutes in elec- tric oven, Makes. 6 to 6 doz. cookies. 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