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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1947-03-20, Page 2JUST IN FUN All Changed "No more will I hear his foot- steps on yonder walk just as the clock strikes the hour of 8,' "Gracious, Jeannette!" "And the old parlor light will never burn low for him again." "You don't mean 1t?" "I do, and, furthermore, he will never sit on the sofa three nights a week and call me pet names as he has long been doing' for two years." "I am astonished!' "And tonight I ant going to burn all the old love -letters in any trunk." "B -but why are you going to dis- card him?" "Discard him? Why, you goose I amgoing to marry 11iml Definition A Continental endeavors to de- scribe' the difference between clerks and managers as follows: "A clerk is a man who knows a great deal about very little, and who goes on knowing more and more about less and Less, until fin- ally he knows everything about practically nothing. "A manager is a man who knows very'little about a great deal and who goes on knowing less and' less about more and more until finally he knows nothing about practically everything." "I can't go another step—my sto- mach's killing me!" Erred Mrs. Brown was sitting in church listening to the sermon, when she remembered to her horror that she had put her Sunday joint in the oven without turning down the gas. She considered getting up and leaving the church, but then she changed her mind and scribbled a note and handed it to her hus- band, who was one of the side- men. He, thinking the note was for the minister, walked up and placed it on the cage of the pul- pit. The minister paused a moment in his sermon, picked up the note, and to his astonishment read: "For Heaven's sake, get off home and turn off the gas. Cheap Accompanied by 1,ts son, Sandy entered a tavern, where he handed over a jar and asked for it to be filled with whiskey. When this had been done he found he'd left all his money at home: So, with a cynical smile, the landlord pouted out the whiskey. 'That wis an awful' petty," said the son when they were plodding home again. "Wheesh, son," replied Sandy warningly; "jilt wait till we get hame an' see me squeezing oot the sponge." It Was For Him Jones: "Life is full of trials." Brown: "Yes, thank goodness." Jones: "!Why do you say that." Brown: "I'm a lawyer." Why? "How quaint the minds of child- ren are!" remarked the late Jane Adams, of l -full House, one day at a mothers' meeting. "One New Year's Day I gave a little -girl at, present of a diary." "This is a diary," I explained to her. "Every day you must write in it a record of how you l.ive." 'The little girl turned the blank pages of the book, and said: "'But why isn't it called a livery instead of a diary, ma'am.' " Late !lost: "Talking about Africa makes me • think of the time—" Bored Guest: "Good .gracious, you're quite righty I had no idea it was, so late. Good-bye," Into The Fire The musicmaster of a school near Bradford had been lecturing on Mozart, Beethoven, and other great musicians, when .otte of the scholars was struck by an original thought. "How is it, sir," he asked, "that musicians are always so ugly?" The music master looked em- hairassed The seeker after truth suddenly realized with horror, that his •ques- tion might be taken .personally, and he hastened to make amends. "Of course, sir, he said, tactfully, "I only mean good musicians." He Was a World Champ in 1908 Remember Oscar "Battling" Nelson, one of the all -titre greats of fightdom who won the world lightweight championship fn 1908? Well, the Battler is still in there pitching—here he is at Chicago's main post office, where he's a clerk.. Know Your Hockey Stars By ED. FITI{IN Once rated by Conn Smythe as the best all-round player in the N.II.L., Nick Metz is still a mighty Handy Andy for the To- ronto Maple Leafs. Now that Bob Davidson has retired from active participation, N'ck is the veteran of the Leafs in point of service and is now playing 1 is eleventh season as a Toronto regular. Born and raised in the sprawling w 11 e a t country around Wilcox, Saskatchewan n , o Feb. 10, 1014, ,Metz learned his Nick Metz hockey with Centre Father Murray's Notre Dante Hounds. He came east to St. Michael's College in 1033-34, and it was the famed junior line of Nick Metz, Art Jack- son and Regis (Pep) Kelly which spearheaded the greatest Irish team of all time to the Memorial Cup championship, Between them the Irish aces accounted for 216 points in 35 games that season—including 135 goals. Jackson led the team with 52 goals and 38 assists; Metz was fourth (behind Johnny Ache- son and Drouillard) with 40 goals and 24 assists and Kelly was fifth high man with 43 goals and 10 assists. 5 * 5 Metz, Jackson and Kelly turned pro en masse with the Leafs the following season. It looked as if the Toronto team had captured an- other breath -taking trio to ,follow in the footsteps of the aging Rid Line, but through some strange quirk of hockey, neither Metz, Jackson or Kelly was destined to develop into super stars of pro hockey. Or for that platter to function impressively as a pro litre, After a couple of months with the Leafs, ;Metz and Jackson were sent to Syracuse for seasoning. Kelly stayed with the team—but over the tong run, Metz proved 'himself the best of the trio as a major leaguer, Metz moved up to the Leafs for the 1933-33 season and has been a Toronto regular ever since -with time out for a two-year stint in the Army. Never a prolific scorer in the Big Time, the redhead from Wilcox has nevertheless proved of inestimable value to the Leafs and apart from doing a terrific if non spectacular chore of playing shadow to the opposition aces,. Nick has chipped in with soma highly important "clutch" goals over the years. * 5 5 Probably his greatest contribu- Bali to the Toronto cause carne in 10.11-42 when he fired what was probably the most important goal in the successful march of the Leafs to the Stanley Cup pinnacle. That was the shot that killed New York Rangers in the sixth game of the semi-finals at a point when Lester Patrick's defiant 13lueshirts, twice behind, hacl rallied to tie the score and apparently were on the verge of sweeping to victory. Metz ended that comeback attempt, however, when he scoredthe tic -breaking goal with only SIK SECONDS to play! That was the prelude to To- ronto's even more dramatic con= guest of Detroit Red Wings in the final series when they rallied, after losing the furs[ three games, .and swept to the championship by tak- ing the next four. As far as the Leafs were concerned, however, the title was wort on Nick's goal against Rangers, conte what may, They mobbed hini in the dress- ing -roost after that epochal goal, but Nick took it all in typical Metz style—without saying more than a couple of words. But Conn ,Smythe said enough that indicate just how valuable Nick was to the Leafs. That Metz," ' he enthused, "is the best all-round player in the league. He can play anywhere—and good. In any kind of going. You can use hini at centre, on the wings or at defense—and he'll give you all he's got. He was just the same es. a junior and that's why we signed hint." When 110 was with St. Mike's, Metz was a 00 -minute man— often a ;lo -minute Man for the Irish that year ran into a few of those 30 - minute overtime marathons. He'd be on the ice every minute of every game and he was playing so much that the Leafs requested the coach to "ease up on the kid" before he burned himself out. Well the Irish idea of "easing up" on Metz was to shift him—when they thought he was tiring—frons the forward line to the defense! Not that Nick minded. The more hockey he got the better he liked it. He's been that way throughout his pro career, too. When the 1041-43 season ended, Nick went into the Canadian Army. ' Honorably discharged in the fall of 1944, he returned to the Leafs and played a leading role in To- ronto's surprising Stanley Cup triumph. Against wartime puck - chasers, Nick enjoyed his most prolific scoring season since leis junior days. In league competition, Ise fired 22 goals (he had never previously bettered 15), and had i8 assists for 35 points. A knee injury in a playoff game with Canadiens at Montreal 'kept Nick side -lined for six games last spring, but he got back in time for the last three games of the seven- game Stanley Cup final series with Detroit and it was reliable 01' Nick who paved the way for Toronto's cup -winning victory. With the score tied 1-1 in the third period of the seventh and deciding game, Metz worked in close, fired a blaz- ing shot at Harry Lumley and Babe Pratt slapped the rebound home for the winning goal. •.VOICE of THS Just •a Suggestion If' you own or occupy ,a house with neglected surroundings, why not spend a few evenings preparing a plan for improvements this corn, ing spring- You'll be surprised what a lot of fun you get out of it 'triton you really get interested. And when you improve your home surroundings you do yourself, your • neighborhood and your com- munity a real service. An active in- terest in home beautification is the hallmark of good citizenship. —St. Thomas Times -Journal. Reminded Him A Montreal couple took their five-year-old son along on a trip to Niagara Falls for his first look at that tireless. 'superspectacle. They trotted hint tip to the brink of the gorge, held hini firmly on the balustrade for a good look and awaited his reaction. The youngster stared long and silently, then declared: "1 wansa drink of water." —Maclean's :Magazine. The British Soldier When the United Nations re- views the Palestine problem the world will be able to pay tribute to the forgotten Tommy Atkins and his misunderstood and thank- less task. There are many aspects of British policy in Palestine which call less for censule than for sym- pathy and understanding. --Winnipeg Free Press Advice London Free Press says that where you smell a skunk in the back yard it means spring. We im- agine it does, and the farther and faster you spring the wiser you are. —Ottawa Citizen Booketeria Customers of the Ideal Market, Lincoln, Neb., often come home toting a book in the grocery bag, says Pathfinder. Wedged between the store's counters is a 600 -volume branch of the city's library. Like the mar- ket, the "booketeria" is self-service. (Book borrowers even figure out their own fines.) They like it, re- ports Manager Lyle Hans, And so does he. There was a definite hike in grocery sales the first two months after he started satisfying "book appetites." ROOMS BEAUTIFULLY FURNISHED $1.50 up HOTEL METROPOLE NIAGARA FALLS OPP. — C.S.R. STATION C MB COFFEE CAKE Recipe Add 1 envelope Royal Fast Ris- ing Dry Yeast and 1 teaspoon sugar to cup lukewarm water, stir and let stand 10 minutes. Scald %cup milk, add 3 tablespoons shortening, to cup sugar and to teaspoon salt; cool to lukewarm. Add 1 cup sifted flour to make a batter. Add yeast mixture and 1 beaten egg. Beat well. Add 21 cups sifted flour, or enough to make a soft dough. Knead lightly; place in greased bowl. Cover; set in warm place, free from draft. Let rise until doubled in bulk, about 2 hours. Roll out dough to IA" thickness and place in greased shallow pan. Let rise in warm place, free from draft, until light, about 1/ hours. Prick top with fork and brush with 3 tablespoons melted shortening. Cream 3 tablespoons butter or shorten. ing, add 3 tablespoons sugar gradually,mixing well. Add 'A cup sifted flour, to cup dry, fine cake or bread crumbs, and 14 teaspoon cinnamon; stir until well mixed and crumbly, Sprin- kle on top of cake. Let rise again in warm place about % hour. Bake in moderate oven' at 400°F. about 20 minutes. 'What Coal Crisis Did The coal crisis accomplished what Hitler Bever could do—forced suspension of such famous' British weeklies as the Spectator, the Economist, .the New Statesman and Nation. -Ottawa Journal. Would Want Dues Then if we did have that Broth- erhood of Man they'd want the dues taken from our pay envelopes, —Quebec Chronicle -Telegraph. Menace to All Provincial police intend to carry on an intensive campaign against motorists who drive one -eyed cars, Good. Such vehicles are a menace not only to their own drivers and passengers, but to every other mo- torist and civilian on the highway, Brantford Expositor. Picturesque She was only a photographer's daughter—so she sat in a dark roost and awaited development. —Galt Reporter Poor Memory "There won't be another war- no nation can afford it," Gen, Eis- enhower says, But Ike' seems to forget that lots of people ti -ho can't afford one car have, two cars. —Ottawa Citizen. Veterans Help 'Veterans One way to provide employment for jobless veterans might be to get them building homes for home- less veterans. —Port Arthur News -Chronicle. The Navy Cut Defence Minister Claxton hasan-. nounced that the navy will' be evenly split between the two coasts, And if he makts another cut in service personnel,he'll have to split an admiral or two as well. Those Little Things i Because of the coal shortage 1' Britain, the factory of the Austin Motor Company is to be closetcjj, Factory? We thought they had the •oungsters whittle those little hinge out in the kitchen during heir spare time. —Windsor Star. 'on will Enjoy *taring At The St. ,Regis Hotel TORONTO • Wang Remo With Bath, Shower and Telephone • Single, 52.50 ui' - Doable, $3.50 up • Good Food, Dining and Dancing Nightly. Sherbonrne nt Oarlton Tel, ISA, 4135 BY RUBBING IN ► Brings quick relief. 19-46 Greaseless, fast drying, no strong` odor. Large, economical cine, 65c Plan to come to the Chatltecler in the early spring. All the subtle mysteries of Nature stand fully revealed at this time of the year. From March onwards your stay at the lovely Chantecler is an experience never forgotten .. , spriugti, ne, a lovely time for a lovely holiday. A 400 acre estate—de luxe acconlntodation— acknowledged leadership in cuisine and service, Only 45 miles north of Montreal by car, rail or bus, Year-'ror4Ji+fResort Hotel • • STfi. Apl?(.h' EN.-H'AU.T, P.Q., CANADA POP—Also Red Lights —.BUT i'VE A PRETTY 600D I DEA I • p yi . 2 4. By J. MILLAR WATT I'MTE.R.R.IBLYuS NERYo YOU'VE N, c?' WHAT T 80 THROUGH WHEN I DRtYE THAT GAR 1 ' V, e r, rue r- if, 1"", roe, �_..,. NO! • • -_ - 1 . . - . o a/ftl1� t t L/