HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1947-05-08, Page 2Time To Plan War
On Crows, Starlings
The starlings have not yet begun
80 make nuisances of themselves;
but Nature -lovers have already had
occasion to notice the increasing
depredations ' of crows, the black,
ugly birds which each year do a
great deal more harm than good,
both from the farmer's, and the
naturalist's point of view, says the
Woodstock Sentinel -Review.
Now would be a good time for
. naturalists, fish and game enthusi-
asts' and urban and county officials
to get together to plan a sound
campaign against both starlings
and crows. The vile mess and the
unholy racket of the, starlings are
still vivid memories front -last sum-
trier and all; every effort should. be
made to prevent a repetition of the
plague. And anyone who has
Watched a crow rob nests, pillage
crops and be. a general nuisance
will agree that an anti -starling cam-
paign could very well be expanded
to include a drive against crows.
* * *
. Only a day or so ago we received
a letter from a corrospondent which
will bear repeating in part:
"One morning last week . I had
occasion to go out on the bus, and
just west of the city a very large
flock of crows was circling around.
There must have been hundreds of
them, and it reminded me of the
times I have run out to scare them
from the robins' nests in our
orchard, where I have seen thent
make off with little birds in their
beaks,
'I called Mr. Dutton and had a
talk with hint about the matter and
he says the great horned owls, the
birds intended to keep the crows
limited in number, have been shot
off to such an extent that the crows
have multiplied out of all propor-
tion and there is a very great dan-
ger that they may exterminate our
song birds if nothing is done to
stop them.
"A few men try shooting these
crows in nesting time but what is
needed is a determined .drive
throughout the countryside such as
is put on for jack rabbits"
India Must Be
Strong, United
Mahatma Gandhi, leader of more
than a quarter of a million Iiindus,
said over the week -end that India
must 'be strong and united when
that country assumes its independ-
ence in June of next year, also the
departure of the British will mere-
ly pave the way for the arrival of
soma other power to dominate the
country.
We are glad to see, says the
Lethbridge Herald, that Mr.
Gandhi has seen much of Asia
brought under the domination of
one grc: t power which, acting as
a dictatorship and with a state
police force to do its bidding, is a
past master of infiltration. The
weakness of India with its castes.
factions and general lack of co-
hesion would be an open invitation.
The world would like to see In-
dia free, But the world would not
like to see the British depart only
to have another power walk in,
Neither would the Hindus and
Moslems.
NEW TERRORISM' EXPLODES IN PAiLESTINE
British; soldiers examine wreckage of a barracks that was blasted
when two Jewish terrorists blewup a police station beside British
headquarters in Tel Aviv, killing four British policemen and injuring
five others.
CHRONICLES OF GINGER FARM
By Gwendoline P. Clarke
Signs of spring at Ginger Farnrl
One daffodil in full bloom; three
stalks of asparagus two inches high;
a few Clusters of rhubarb ,leaves;
300 chicks — minus six — running-
around
unningaround in the brooder pen; two
new calves at the barn; an almost
empty coal bin; a Mother robin
•sitting on her nest over the front
door on the outside; a long black
cobweb hanging from the front
door on tate inside; the beginning
of daylight saving time—and the
date on the calendar.
Signs that are not of spring! At
night—out of doors—one's breath
is as visible as the steam from a
boiling kettle; white frost on the
roof tops and on the grass; thin
ice on puddles and water furrows;
goose flesh on one's person as one
rises in the morning to put on the
fires; bare trees and a cold wind
blowing; and .. , oh well, let's skip
it — let's talk about something
pleasant.
* * *
Something pleasant: Sure that's
easy. Last Thursday, for instance,
I was invited to a special meeting
of a local branch to celebrate the
Fiftieth Anniversary of the Wo-
men's Institute in Canada. I was
a little dubious as to whether I
should go since I ant not in the
habit of leaving chicks for any
length of time for the first two
weeks. However, Partner thought
he could look after them—so away
we went (my hat and I!) with an-
other member for company. I was
glad I didn't miss it. It was a
wonderful meeting; friendly, well
organized, a good programme pro-
vided, acid finally there was the
tea, which was well ser red, dainty
and abundant. I describe the tea
in that order because, to my way
of thinking, it is a !natter for com-
ment.
* * *
Probably everyone has been at
teas and lunches where the food
supply was more than enough but
where the service was very poor.
Haven't you had the experience of
"If you don't know,"- says Elsie
the Borden Cow, "how easy it is to
have pasteurized whole milk—any-
where. Listen—
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Milk, you make milk for drinking
or cooking'--anytime—in a wink!
Just add it to water. Beat! There
it is!".
•
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No waste ... make it as needed, Keep
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turning down cakes and cookies
galore as they were passed to you'
while you thirsted for the second
cup of tea that never same? Or
perhaps the tea arrived but the
cream and sugar didn't. 'Don't you
think at all -these social affairs the
tea or coffee should be the first
consideration? :Generally the room
or hall is crowded; one gets hot,
tired and thirsty, and one antici-
pates longingly that good, hot cup
of tea which we hope is in, the
offing. More than once when"eats"
have come around time and again
without the cups being replenished
I have felt like shouting—"Give me
tea or I die!" •
* * *
However, at this tea there was
nothing like that. Everything was
just perfect—including the marvel-
lous birthday cake which was made
by one of the members, There were
also African violets—in pots -to
decorate the tea table. Big, full -
blooming plants that were the envy
of nearly every woman present.
The guest speaker chose as her
topic the evils of self-pity as cont -
pared with the fulness of life which
comes from, living and working for
others. If an illustration were need-
-cd it could surely have been Lound
in this particular branch of the
W.I. This birthday celebration
couldn't have been planned if the
women had indulged in self-pity.
In fact the branch, as a Whole,
which is now a live and energetic
organization, is actually in existence
because women during the past
fifty years, hail given of their time,
their wort: and their enthusiasm.
* *
Listen—I hear a tractor! That
means one of our neighbours is out
ploughing. Partner must have heard
it too for he has just announced
he is going up to the back field
to see what the land is like. Farm-
ers are all alike. Let one of their
number start ploughing, seeding.
mowing, or cutting crop, and the
rest cannot be happy until they are
at it' too. I have seen it happen so
often.
Harking back to this crime of
Self-pity. I must confess I have
been indulging in it quite freely
while typing this copy. The rea-
son? Yesterday I tut my finger
on a sardine can. The cut is deep.
ragged and right on top of the
finger. Try typing some clay with
a sore finger and you. will know
what I mean. liven when I sort of
wrap it around the next finger it
gets in the way. And if I acci-
dentally use it to tap a key .
ouch i
Partner is back from itis tout of
inspection. He reports tlie remains
of a snowbanle in one fence corner,
hepaticas in another and more work
everywhere than he likes, to con-
template. But the ground is de-
finitcly not ready tb' plough.
Lost Spring
"Meas. re your health by your
yntpathy with morning and spring.
1 there is no response in you to the
awakening of Nature, if the pros-
iect of an early morning walk does
sot banish sleep, if the warble of
he first bluebird, does not thrill
you, know that the morning and
pring of your life, are past. Thus
you may feel your pulse."—Henry
D. Thoreau,
TEEN -TOWN TOPICS
By, BARRY 'MU'RKA•R
Today we turn the spotlight on
Gordon Sinclair Jr., of Etobicoke
High School.'The youl.ger Gordon
has been filling the shoes of his
famous father, Gordon Sinclair as
a newscaster at CFRB, Toronto,
white his pa is :on vacation in the ,
„ States.
Gordon- Jr. handles the newscast-
ing very well, and, -if he so desires,
will likely wind up with just such
a job some day. Besides attending
Etobicoke High School as a stu-
dent, he is co-editor of the, school
paper, writes, a column for Cana-
dian High -News andanother week-
ly and then does the daily broad-
casting stint in the bargain. In his .
late teens, young Sinclair is on the
threshold of a good journalistic, -
career and no one can argue but
that he is off to a good start. Best
of luck, Gordon.
* * *
Also in the spotlight this week
is Mary Lou Dilworth, teen-age
student of Oakville Collegiate, To-
ronto, who writes a cupid -advice
column for the Canadian High
News; a student weekly that dr-
culates the province. Mary Lou
was recently featured in a two-page
spread in the New World maga-
zine .On top of that, she appeared
a few weeks ago 'as a guest on the
CBS programme; "We the Peo-
ple," and had a nice trip to New
Yorkout of the deal. Seems as if
quite a crop of juniors are aspir-
ing to the writing field and, believe
me, a by-line at the top of a reg-
ular column at 17 and 18 is nothing
to sneeze at, and doesn't go unno-
ticed either. Many of you reading
this, have already written to Mary
Lou for advice on your love mix-
ups and what-nots and the little
gal that jots down the answers is
doing a swell job of it.
* * *
The Weston teen -club recently
bit the news pages the hard way,
with some of the members having
slumber nines planted in their faces
and their noggins bumped against
the floor. You no doubt heard
about it. A few rowdies decided to
enter a dance the club were hav-
ing, (loaded down with laughing
soup) and when refused admit-
tance, started to play rough house,
A night in the cooler no ' doubt
made the had boys feel different
about the whole thing.
* * *
1Ve are in receipt of a poem
from a local who dared us to use
it. Although a little zany it con-
tains a little truth, so Isere it is:
'TIS SPRING
The snow is gone and spring is
here,
The rains have come and it is drear,
The grass is turning and the buds
are out,
Moan's a cleaning, pop has the
gout,
The clouds go sailing far and near..
But anyway, spring is here.
*
According to some figures we
read recently (and we can't remem-
ber just what they were) crime is
on the down -swing. Believe it or
not, there were fewer arrests .in
1916, than in '91 in one of Can-
ada's largest cities. Crime among
the juveniles is letting up at last.
Fewer cases of ' break-ins, drunk-
enness and the sordid type are re-
ported, all of whirls is very nice to
hear, How Canadian youth com-
pares with that of the U.S. in
crime actions at the moment, I
don't know, but let's all. work to-
gether to keep all Canadian crines
on the down -swing,
* *
Down near the south-west cor-
ner of Ontario is a place known as
Kingsville. To most of America
it is not known as Kingsville, but
the Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary. 11
any of you teeners are planning a
trip this summer in that vicinity,
by alt means go down there and
visit this famous spot. Big plans.
are being made 'for the sanctuary
by Manley F. Miner, son of the
late Jack Miner, This memorial to
a great lover of birds is one of
the beauty spots of our province.
We haven't been there for a num-
Sounds-Libellous
The average housewife leaves
half a million germs on a dish after
washing it, says a bacteriologist.
Germs should be rationed.
—Hamilton Spectator.
ISS'UE 19-1947
bar of years eithero but through
literature in the iaails we keep up
with the doings down there and
we know that if you visit the Jack
Miner estate you will remember it
as a visit well worth the time.
It seems as though we just get
started on• this column when we
have our space filled, so We'll run
along -for now. Don't forget that
those bird houses you built last
winter should be out now, Almost
any night from' 10 pm., on . you
can hear the Canadian geese honk-
ing overhead as they fly to their
northern playground for the sunt -
mer. If you can remember, bend
' an ear some night and when you
hear that sound from 'above it will
give you a thrill—see if it doesn't.
Hipline Variety
There is endless variety in hip•
lines, from the full skiff t that stands
out below a little flared peplum or
cutaway jacket, to the more intd.
cate drapery which gwathes . the��
hips, Skirts, 'jackets, dr i ll coa'tee
all share in hip importance, and
because of some of the hip treat -
meats, coats look like suits (wheat
they're' fitted and have a little' pep-
lum), and suits look like dresses.
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