The Seaforth News, 1942-06-04, Page 3THURSDAY, .JUNE4, 1942
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DEPARTMENT STORES • DRUGGISTS
GROCERS • TOBACCONISTS
ROOK STORES and .that RETAIL STORES
ME MIXING BOWL
Sy ANNE ALLAN
Hydro Homo Economist
SHOWERS FOR WARTIME
BRIDES
Hello Homemakers! The lovely
old custom of giving showers for
brides may still be carried on in
wartime, but remember to keep
them practical and inexpensive as
well as dainty. We suggest an Initial
Chest shower. You might borrow a
big cardboard box, give it a light
coat of paint to harmonize with your
decorations, or trim it with crepe
paper. Then turn the box upside down
to house the gifts. Cut small holes in
the top to form the initials of the
bride and at the front to form a
heart -shaped lock. Iii -each hole, put a
nosegay of flowers with string at-
tached below to a gift. 'Wild flowers
or any garden blooms would be love-
ly, As the bride cricks a nosegay, her
assistant clips the string and pro-
duces a gift.
What to give the bride? Some-
thing' she will need, something that
will last, something she wants. Use-
ful articles includea recipe book or
file, mending kit and first-aid kit.
SUGGESTED, LUNCH
Chicken Salad Bouchees
Assoitted Sandwiches
Strawberries with Heart -shaped
Cookies
Chilled Punch
Bouchees
1/4 cup butter
/ cup boiling water
1/2 cup bread flour
' 2 eggs, unbeaten
Add butter to the boiling water in
a saucepan that is placed on small
electric element turned to Medium.
Add flour all at once and stir vigor-
ously until ball forms in the centre
of pan. Remove from range, beat in
eggs one at a time. Mixture should
be very stiff when it is dropped from
a spoon on to a greased cookie sheet.
Bake in electric oven at 375 degrees
for 35-45 minutes or until done (as it
depends upon size of puffs). Makes 6
large or 18 tiny ones. When cool,
split and add chicken salad.
Initial Sandwiches
Spread a triangle of bread with a
mushroom filling, without seasoning.
With a pastry tube filled with plain
cream cheese write the first initial of
your guests or of the bride.
Blolsom Sandwiches
Butter a circle of bread and With
a table knife shape pink creamed
cheese into petals with a circular -
motion. Sprinkle a little yellow
grated cheese in the centre.
Diamond Ring Sandwiches
Use ' circles of bread with a small
circle taken out of the • centre.
Spread with butter' that has been
creamed with spiced tomato soup,'
With a pastry tube filled with a mix-
ture of mashed cooked egg' yolks
make a thick circle, Top in one ,place
with a triangle of hard -cooked egg
white dipped in salad oil dressing.
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Pink Macaroons'
1 egg white
Red colouring
lj cup sugar '
14 cup shredded coconut
1 cup cornflakes
12 tsp. aimond extract
Add 3 drops of red coloring to
egg white, Beat until stiff, not dry.
Sift in .sugar and fold in (moonlit,
cornflakes and extract, Drop from tip
of spoon on greased baking sheet,
Bake in electric oven at 360 degrees
for 29 minutes.
1. A substitute for a pastry tube is
easily made with a small piece of
canvas sewn in a funnel shape.
2, Puff Paste or Bouchees are cooked
when the product is free from
beads of moisture,
3. Egg -yolk filling may be surprising-
ly seasoned with prepared mustard
or table sauce, .
4. The bitterness of a chopped sweet
pepper filling is eliminated by
wringing' the diced pepper In a
piece of eheesealoth before being
made into a spread.
THE QUESTION BOX
Mrs. 8, W. asks: "Recipe for 'Rhp,
barb Punch',"
Answer:
Rhubarb Punch
1 qt. diced rhubarb
1 qt, water
11/ -cups sugar
1/3 cup orange juice
4 tbs. lemon juice
Crushed ice
Charged water or ginger ale,
Add water to rhubarb and cook
until soft, Squeeze through double
thickness of eheeeecloth, add sugar,
stir until sugar is dissolved, bring to
boiling point, add fruit juices and
salt, Bottle to keep in sterilized con-
tainers. Ac1c1 an equal amount of
charged water or ginger ale.
Anne Allan invites you to write to
her c/o The Seaforth News. Send in
your questions on homemaking prob-
lems and watch this column for
replies.
SHUT-IN'S DAY—JUNE 7
We are all acquainted with the
splendid work done by various organ-
izations in behalf of crippled child-
ren, the underprivileged, the blind,
eta, but what of the great army of
the general sick and infirm, the tub-
ercular, arthritis, diabetic, paralyzed,
and many others?
'11'Iid all this strife of war, the
stress of financing war and the nec-
essity of equipping, comforting and
encouraging our armed forces, let us
not forget the army of stay-at-homes:
thos unfortunates forced to stay in
their homes, in hospitals, sanatoria,
many in their beds at at least limited
to crutch and cane, wheel chair and
front porch. In Canada and the Unit-
ed States alone there are approxim-
ately 4,000,000 of these invalids. They
clo not ask for sympathy nor for
charity, but they do long for contacts
with the outside world; Thus the sea-
son for the establishment of an inter-
national day in their behalf: Shut-in's
Day, held annual the fire Sunday of
June. The purpose behind the in-
auguration of this event is to encour-
age visiting of the sick and disabled
by those members of society who or-
dinarily may not give much thought
to the less fortunate among thein.
Shut-ins are very appreciative of
of any little attentions, a card, a let-
ter, a visit, for we who are fortunate
enough to have good health and to
enjoy the great outdoors cannot real-
ize how much it means to have a
little of that outside world brought in
to a patient whose t'world" is limit-
ed by four walls and a ceiling.
Let's take time off the first Sunday
of June to pay a kindly thoughtful
visit to someone who is unable to
get about and enjoy the social pleas-
ures that offer so much happiness.
Make the first Sunday of June
Shut-in's Day in your community,—
Godericlr Signal -Star.
DUBLIN
Mr. and Mrs. D. Dillon and Private
and Mrs. Lawrence Dillon attended
the Martin -Dillon wedding at St. Pe-
ter's Cathedral, London, on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin, after a brief
honeymoon, will reside at Stratford.
John Webber, Hamilton, with Mrs.
Teresa Redmond.
Miss Rhea Roney in Goder'ich.
The boxer was sitting at home
with a bruised' head after being
badly beaten whilst his son was
doing his homework, "Tommy," said
his wife, "don't count up to ten any
more, it makes 'daddy's head ache."
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Here's a "Cwac" as she will look
in the smart new summer uniform
to be issued shortly to the Canad-
ian Women's Army Corps.
Summer Uniforms for
Women's Army
Personnel of the Canadian Wom-
en's Army Corps will be issued with
smartly designed summer uniforms
in the near future, corps headquart-
ers announced.
With serviceability as a main con-
sideration in designing the summer
uniform it retains all the qualities
and trim appearance of the winter
uniform of khaki barathea.
Made of tropical worsted rayon
and light -weight wool in a sand tone,
it is cut on exactly the same lines as
the winter uniform. The fitted tunic
is on long "torso" lines and is trim-
med with beech brown epaulets. The
corps buttons bearing the helmeted
head of Athene and the lettering
CWAC, as well as the corps shoulder
badges bearing the same inscription,
are worn on the tunic. The skirt is
made with six gores giving a swing
effect and regulations call for it to
be sixteen inches from the floor. A
light -weight khaki shirt will be worn
and with it the regulation beech
brown tie, Stockings matching the
summer uniform will be light -weight
lisle.
The cap, paterned on the same
style as the heavier winter cap is
also of the sand thade tropical worst-
ed material. Sheering up from a'
broad peak, the cap then streamlines
downward in hte back, providing
ample room for feminine curls. At
the of the cap is snapped an arrange-
ment styled after the French army
"kepi" and in the front it is trimmed
with a brown leather strap.
Fair Societies Hold
Meeting At Clinton
A meeting of the northern sec-
tion (Huron -Perth) Intercounty Ag-
ricultural Societies of Huron, Perth,
Middlesex and Lambton was held in
the town hall, Clinton, on Thursday
evening and was said by the secret-
ary to be the most largely attended
meeting in bhe history of the organi-
zation. There were upwards of 100
'delegates present, 20 of whom were
women. The meeting was in charge
of W. H. Mitchell, Mooretown, the
president, who after expressing grat-
ification at the progress of the organ-
ization, gave a brief report of the
condition of the- association including
an encouraging financial report.
Mayor A. J. McMurray extended a
civic welcome and told about the
growth of the Clinton spring stock
show.
Gordon Young, a school inspector
of Middlesex county, dealt mainly
with the rural school fairs. He urged
that these be continued as being of
great educational value, and also
urged that pupils should exhibit only
their own work whether in art or
handicraft. The poorest specimen 011
exhibition is of more value and int-
erest if original than a much more
perfect one if teacher, parent, big
brother or sister assisted or did it
all. He advocated consolidation of
rural school sections with a view to
better school accommodation and
housing, and also from the viewpoint
of reduced expenditure in salaries
and maintenance.
The importance of health in cattle,
hhw`o,.gs and poultry was stressed by Dr.
Campbell, emphasizing the import-
ance of sterilizing all milking uten-
sils and disinfection of penal stables,
feeding troughs and so on.
Advantage was taken of the pres-
ence in Clinton on International
Plowing Match business of J, A. Car-
roll of Toronto, general secretary of
the International, to invite him to
address the group. He urged the pro-
duction of the maximum in -quantity
and highest in quality of all farm
products, particularly in this crucial
year of the war. Because of the cutt-
ing off of manufacture of farm ma-
chinery he urged that the best poss-
ible care be taken of all machinery
now on the farms, pointing out that
they must last for the duration and
no one knows how long afterwards.
Societies represented in the at-
tendance were: Clinton, Bayfield,
Blyth, Exeter, Hensall, Goderich,
Howick, Lucknow, Zurich, Stratford,
Seaforth, 11litche% Listowel, Kirkton
and 'St. Marys, -
After the addresses, the women
delegates repaired to the board room
of the agricultural office where they
were addressed by Mrs, Matthews, of
Mooretown, and Miss Flora Durnin,
Dungannon.
Mechanics Training
Centre At London
By Lieut Bruce M. Pearce
A race -horse trainer was working
out his pacer around the old race-
track at 'Queen's Park in London,
one morning recently. The steed ap-
peared incongruous in its environ-
ment, but it did serve as a solitary
reminder of the peace -time glory of
London's fair.
Elsewhere, buildings and grounds
are fully occupied for war purposes.
Gone are the tinsel and trappings
which once adorned the place. Dur-
ing the early part of this. war
Queen's Park housed several military
units in training. Since last Fall, the
buildings, now completely renovated,
comprise the Mechanics Training
Centre, largest Army school of its
kind, exclusively devoted to the
teaching in theory and practice of the
mechanism behind the operation of
army vehicles in Canada.
The Centre did not commence its
operations at Queen's Park. -Starting
in July , 1941, it was for several
months an integral part of what is
known as Central Mechanization De-
pot, on the outskirts of London. But
the Centre's rapid expansion soon
exceeded the limited space available
at the depot and finally t was trans-
ferred bolus -bolus to Queen's Park.
It no longer has any connection with
the depot except that Colonel Chap-
pell V.D. is officer commanding both
institutions, and the medical officer,
quartermaster and paymaster- also
function for both units. Some post-
graduate work is also taken by the
school's soldier -tradesmen at the
depot.
A staff of more than 200 men is
needed to maintain the centre, which
is expected to graduate around 2,000
army mechanics every year. The stu-
dents come from every province and
every military unit and advanced
training centre in Canada to master
the intricacies of modern motorized
war equipment. They have had their
basic military training. They go out
from the centre at the end of six
months ready to take their places in
base ordnance workshops and light
aid detachments and similar units
across Canada and overseas. Many of
them will take advanced training at
Barriefleld, where they learn to apply
their education to armed combat.
The mechanics training centre has
an intriguing background. Reeling,
the need of a school of this kind, the
ordnance branch of the 'department)
decided that London would be the
Iogical spot for it due to its strategic
location with respect to industries
turning out army vehicles and also
because the central mechanization
depot had already been located there.
The pr'oble mwas to secure qualified
instructors and equipment. Casting
about for a solution, headquarters
found the Anderson organization—a
system of vocational schools scat-
tered throughout the states. Mr. W.
0. Anderson, the president of this
chain, has been for 25 years promin-
ently identified with the work of
technical education. Actually, the or-
ganization, canoe into being as a re-
sult of necessity during the last war.
The Anderson people agreed to fur-
nish a sufficient number of instruct-
ors to staff the centre at London.
Ottawa was to finch its own mechan-
ical equipment, and did.
On July 14th, 1941, Mr. Anderson
and his principal assistant, Mr. Geo.
Walker, arrived from Los Angeles, `
With the wholehearted co-operation
of Colonel Chappell, they started the
first Canadian mechanics training
centro in a portion of the newly built
depot. Later as Mr. Anderson's duties
took him elsewhere, Mr. Walker car-
ried on. Mr. Walker's official title is
Vice president and general. manager,
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"Could you show me how to amend these?"
He acts in a civilian capacity, as
do the other American instructors,
who come from such widely separat-
ed states as Tennessee, California,
Kansas and points in between.
Under the enthusiastic direction of
this group of dynamic young Ameri-
cans, the mechanics training centre
blossomed and grew. Then came the
transfer to Queen's Park and the
outfitting of a magnificent new work
shop. To this plant have come hund-
reds of young Canadian soldiers from
across Canada. The first class, for in-
stance brought men from such widely
scattered jroints as Winnipeg, Vic-
toria, Windsor, Ontario, and Yar-
mouth, N.S. Some of the lads are
graduates of the Hainilton Trades
school or of Barriefleld. They come
to this school for advanced study of
'motor mechanics, diesel and aero en-
gines. The workshop is completely
equipped with all types of these eng-
ines, together with models, charts
and other shop and classroom faeili-
ties, this being the only school in
Canada so equipped. There is also
provision, though not in a trade
sense, for Work to be done along the
lines of blacksmith, welding, sheet
metal and machine shop practice, as
far as this work can be intimately
correlated with motor mechanics.
Actually, the trade knowledge along
these particular lines is acquired in
other schools. However, useful incid-
ental work of this type is carried on
in connection with the work of tire
I school,
When the soldier first arrives at
- the school, he receives an in.tellig-
ence test and a mechanical aptitude
' test. He is asked to assemble the
parts of a wooden jig -saw puzzle to
determine his sure -handedness, his
mental speed and brain -muscle co-
ordination. He is given wooden discs
to fit into holes in aboard for the
some purpose. His record of .perform -
eine is written down for future ref-
erence. We asked Mr. Walker if the
results were foolproof, He replied:
"Generally speaking, the tests pro-
vide a good indication of mechanical
aptitude, but there ere exceptions to
the rule. Occasionally a man will
rank high in the tests but when plac-
ed on the floor in front of a motor,
ire niay not prove, as adept as others
who ranked lower in the tests. Again.
a man who stood low in the tests
may prove an apt and bright pupil
when confronted by a motor. But we
have found that the rule works in 35
per cent of the cases over a long ex-
perience with thousands of pupils in
our American schools,"
The general course lasts about six
months, of which the first 16 weeks
are spent on motor mechanics. Laois
who show exceptional efficiency then .
pass on to the diesel and aero eng-
ines (tire latter being used in tanks).
The eight -)sour day is divided into
six hours practical work and two
hours lectures in classroom, with
plenty of homework thrown in for
good measure. Instructors are with
each group throughout the day ex-
plaining end demonstrating. The
boys first learn the various parts of
army vehicles. They then study de-
tails covering the work of the motor,
the functions of the carburetor sys-
tem, electricity and ignition. For such
details, they sit at tables making a
U-shaped enclosure in groups of 15
to 20. The instructor is in the centre
and while, of necessity, a portion of
the instruction is given in lecture
form, moat of the tuition is given in-
dividually as the nstructor moves
around the enclosure. The larger and
heavier work of disassembling and
reassembling is carried out more
comprehensively on the floor of the
main workshop. Opportunity is pro-
vided to rebuild damaged transport
and to learn to salvage parts. After-
wards they go in groups to the cen-
tral mechanization depot for a short
post -graduate course.
While limited to the tools 'of their
kit, the boys work as nearly as pos-
sible under 'field' conditions. Instruc-
tors follow the practice 'of allowing
the boys to make mistakes, so long
as no damage is done to equipment,
and to find out the reason for the
error themselves. Again, obstacles
are placed in the student's way. Tim-
ing of the engine may be wrong, the
carburetor out of adjustment or the
oil rings missing. If the boy does not
discover the trouble, he fails in that
particular test. There is no wasted
time around the mechanics training
centre. The lads have a fifteen min-
ute break morning and afternoon for
a smoke or refreshments. Otherwise
they are on the job every minute, in-
tent on learning the why and where-
fores of motor mechanics. They real-
ize their good fortune in having the
opportunity to take this course,
which in peace time would cost each
one'of then the sum of $1,000. There
is no fooling here and any unadapt-
able boys are weeded out early in
the process.
The main purpose of the school is
to fill the enormous demand for high-
ly trained mechanics for all types of
army vehicles. Graduates proceed to
maintenance depots of tank regi-
ments or armoured corps which are
now assuming such a significant role
in warfare. They also go to carrier
and machine gun units 'of the infan-
try, as well as to the artillery, engin-
eers and ordnance branches of the
service. Several hundred of them are
already overseas. Theirs is a task of
vital importance in maintain the mo-
bile, high-powered machine.
Jones—"I hear you bought a car
cheap the other day. How are you
getting on with it?"
Smith—"I'm just realizing how
hard it is to drive a bargain,"
wae!an
USED CARS
PRICED TO SELL AND EQUIPPED WITH GOOD TIRES --
1938 Ford Special Delnx Coach, like new inside and out, hot water
heater and 5 nearly new Dunlop Fort tires
1980 Dodge Custom Coach, new rings, steel top, full front seat
1935 Chev Standard Sedan, real clean. Only 9395.00
1988 Ford Coach, new motor, 2. months old, Only $576.00
1936 Forel Coach, trunk, good tires, Only 9410,00
1985 Dodge Coach, trunk, clean inside and out
1930 Chev Sedan, mohair trim, re -painted
1929 Chev Coach, only gone 45,000 miles
1929 Plymouth Coach, re -painted and clean inside—$180.00
1929 Chev Coach, good tires. As is, $50.00
1923 Ford Coach, good tires. As Is $65.00
1934 Ford Roadster, new top, rumble seat
1984 V8 11/' ton truck and platform. As is, Worth more for the. tires:
Only 9150.00
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Phone 179 Seaforth
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