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The Wingham Advance Times, 1926-05-13, Page 7Thorp*, May Oh. 926 1 s E •,3 3 2 "A FLAT TIRE" In the flappers' world— It's a Girl Who won't pet In the motorists' world It means 1.� Swear and sweat! Someone asked us what the qualifications for a modern motorist are and, having had close contact with one or two, we would say: 20 miles an hour—Dumb. 40 miles an hour—Fair 6o miles •an hour=Improving. 8o miles an hour—Knows his stuff! —o Mister U. Tellern'Says: • "The only thing that can be excused for losing its head =is a pin." —0— "There's 'many a saftey pin 'twixt a bachelor's shirt and his skin." �o— "Many a friend I've `found wanting—a five or a ten un- tii.next pay day." "When a 'man stands out in the crowd' --as" they say the chances are .he's so fat he can't see his feet." But -He's Not So Dumb! An absentminded = maro, is one who gees to church and mistakes the collection plate for a finger -bowl. —0 • Every !:nock is a boost—as long as it's . not done on your head by a playful wife wielding a frying -pan. f o -- These are the days it pays to be a fly-by-night, For, if you're seen. in the daytime --Swat!!! Rest in Peace! Or— Pieces! r--Piecest .�o PUT SALT ON ITS TAIL? "11;E*11 9AW SAS 1`, Doctors tell us to "keep swating the fly, "Yes, but what can a person do .if there's one perched right on top of a nice, juicy, lemon -cream; pie? --o— Up-to-the-minute folks Certainly give, landlords a lot of worry, They move with the , times,. 0— "Listen to music with your eyes shut and you'll enjoy it a lot more"=we're informed. But don'tsnore! —0-77 last moments o,n earth for a sardine are certainly crowded. ormommmmMei --o— FAMOUS LAST LINES "Let's call it a flight and go home!" THE FAMILY NEXT DOOR RO3Cbt - tits(THINO'S All RIGHT AT NOME, I HOPE i4•IQU$EI OLD HINTS FOR MAY By Betty Webster Window Boxes 'To be 'attractive, window boxes must be planned like anything else. Care must be given as tothe expos - tire and the coloring. Flower boxes may be started any time now( There are two types of flower box- es—namely, Flov$ering and Foliage. There is littletrouble in planning or caring for the 'flowering variety, but in a north exposure or in a' shady spot do not attempt, it. Stick strictly to thefoliage. here is a list of plants for the foliage box: Vinca Vine. , Wandering Jew, English Ivy Rubber Plant. Pandora. • Dusty Miller. Begonia. —0— COOKING HINTS Spinach With Cheese Sauce 2 tablespoons of butter._._ 2 tablespoons of flour. i pint of milk (2 cups). i cup of crumbled cheese. i can spinach. Hard boiled eggs. • Method:—Make a thick cream sauce blending the butter flour and milk Add the cheese and stir over a slow fire until melted Heat and season the spinach Put in a dish. Pour ov- er the cheese sauce and garnish with slices of hard boiled egg. - —0- How To• Measure Butter Sometimes in the country,; or when our measuring cups have disappeared to the children's sandpile, it is well to know;how to measure butter without our 'cup. Hence this suggestion z pound of butter equals '2 cups. pound package of . butter equals cup. 4 tablespoons of butter equals s cup of butter. BAKING HINTS Grape Juice ,Pie cup of grape juice. cls tablespoons of cornstarch. cup of sugar. r tablespoon of butter. Method Blend butter and sugar. Add the cornstarch. Mix with a little` grape juice and stir to a smooth paste; -Heat grape juice in double boiler. Stir paste into the heated grape juice and cook until it is thick, smooth and clear.. Heap in pe' shell or shells.. Top with whipped cream. This is pretty for a luncheon lavender is the color -scheme. or-•o— A Delightful Cheese Dish, 2 eggs. cup of stale bread, ti teaspoon of salt. Littlepepper. pound of American Cheese (mild,) z pint. of milk (2 cups). Method: where Beat the eggs. Add the breaad bro- ken up, salt, pepper and grated chee- se.• Scald milk and pour over all: Ba- ke in casserole or custard cups and' cook the same as baked custard. Cook r hour: Test by inserting silver knife and when it comes out clean, cheese is done. —0-- (Readers, 0-(Readers, Note: If you have any questions concerning, Recipes and other Household Hints" you would like to ask Betty Webster -address her in care of this paper.) WINOHA M ADVANCE•TIMES Road G10: etre! �✓1 SWAT THE FLY By Dr, Arthur L. Forster History records' no .more determin- ed and successful campaign of exter- mination than that••wag,d against the well-known 'house -fly: And it has been amply justified. Flies have' been corpses of flies, to he scatterers thio- ghout the house. Too many people, going on the the- ory Opt "familiarity breeds contempt" regard the house -fly as a more or less harmless insect, In ;so doing they are aiding and abetting an enemy of hu- mankind who has taken an enormous toll of life, ft is usually the apparent- ly harmless factors that, are the most dangerous. Life is a continual strug- gle for existence—a constant warfare against influences that would destroy, us. The fly is in the vanguard of responsible for the spread of more dis- this host. lease than onyother single vehicle!'` make one of your mottoes for this Wlien we consider that every, fe- sutntner, "Swat the fly!' remembering every you.o male• fly lays three million eggs in a that v ry t im e dispose of one season, we realize that the problem presented in; this pest is a real •one. The only man who could see any good in the fly was the fellow they Questions and Answers tell about who had visions of making°, You -Have; Arthritis a fortune in the egg business by Mrs: E. P. writes: breeding the house -fly to the, hen. He "1 notice after washing that my was a prominent resident of a local wrists get sore in the bones. They insane asylum. have ben so for nearly two weeks., I sometimes have wondered wheth- (They not pain a great d al except. er segregation would not `be prefer- when .I use them. I have bathed able to killing because it is a fact that thein in hot water and rubbed them 'flies do dispose of an incalculable with turpentine, but find it does very amount of filth. But the trouble is little good, that they haven't enough intelligence "(r) Could you tell ine what the to wipe their feet before they come in rouble is and what causes it? Card of Thanks Knowing that it is not at all pos- sible for us to`express personally our deep gratitude to all of our friends who have so nobly and generously aided us during • the long and serious. illness of Mrs. King, we seek the me- a''ium of the press to• convey to you all, our heartfeltgratitude and thanks, especially to our dear, neighbors who' rendered us direct assistance in our time of stress, Signed: Husband and Sisters, 1 it IIuIiIAIIaIInilli(tl■Iliiltli(II■lililliitllRfli you are not destroying just that vine, but three million possible descendant —o - to the house. 'They play around the manure pile in the barnyard, and then. take a rest on the pie in the kitchen. "(2) Also what to do for it?" Reply (i) You probably have arthritis, Naturally the debris that clings to namely, an inflammation; of the joints their hairy, legs is deposited on any This condition is caused by a lowered thing they happen upon, state sof vital resistence plus a focal Whether flies consume more than infection from which poison is enter - they distribute is a question. Like- ing the blood stream and attacking wise it is open to debate whether they the susceptible joints. ;' dispose of as much filth as some :1 . (2) The best advice I could give think. It is said that if a lump of su- you is to consult a competent physic - gar' and a particle of spoiled food' are can. It is risky to let . a thing like placed before a fly he will select the that go unattended. sugar, which would indicate that flies --O-- were not specially created . to act as Dizziness and Its 40 Causes s av g c en ers H. E. K. writes: ' A Menace To Health I "Whenever I turn my head to look Whatever theory for their existen,- upward' or stoop down I get terrible •ce may be correct; the fact remains dizzy spells.: It goes to my stomach that they are a menace to public heal- and makes ,me sick for a while. th, and should be exterminated. - If + "(r) What do you think is' the the future developes that they were al cause? "(2) What is the cure for me?" Reply (i) In view of the meager : details blessing in disguise, as destroyers of harmftiil micro-organisms, we can ' in turn find other ways to dispose of these forms of life. submitted and the fact -that there are about forty causes of vertigo, I can: not say positively what causes your dizzy spells. But .I should' say that they are due to a gastro-intestinal dis- turbance. (2),,Being,unable to state definitely what the nature of the condition is, I cannot offer any recoinmendatons insofar as treatment is .concerned: Dizziness is a symptom and the un- derlying cause, must be ferreted out and eliminated: Better see your dot tor and get after it before something serious 'develops. SCHOOL REPORT The following is the report of S. S. No; ,n, East Wawanosh for the mon- th of April. Sr IV—Agnes Robertson 68 p. c. Jr. IV—Marie Deacon 72 p. c. Sr. III—Mary Robertson 70 p. c.; Margaret Irwin 62 p. c. Er. I—Howard Irwin q, p. c. Sr. Yr.—Dwight Reid, Creighton The first step in the process of meeting the fly menace is to keep them out of the house by screening all windows and doors. Screens should be kept up from May to No- vember. I Neat in order is disposing of those that do get into the house.The most recent instrument devised for this pur- pose is the "swatter" with which vVe. are all familiar. Fly -swatters are in- expensive," in fact, many merchants give them away as advertising media. All members of the household should be . niembers.of a vigilance .committee and co-operate in the war against the intruders. Don't leave it all to mo- ther. r The more antique` methods of ex- termination are poison fly paper and the well known Tanglefoot. Both are useful.; provided they are kept where the baby- will not drink the one or 'fa- ther sit on. the other, Poison paper has' the disadvantage df causing the Reid. 1l1AIIId1110jJI 1111l1111111111111IrUlillllslll111llililll■Jr. Pr.—Mae Young, Stanley Irwin ■' = I Pearl Congram, teacher Six Reasons Why I Recommend HURON & ERIE DEBEiTURES it Reason No. 5 1 Owners of these debentures 1 together with savings deposi- tors have FIRST claim upon ev- fi ery dollar of Huron & Erie as- sets totalling over $31,000,000. 5 PER CENT. • Per Annum is payable half -year- ly upon $loo or more for z, a, 3, 1 4 or 5 years. _ Avoid unnecessary risks by A 'selecting ;a Huron & Srie trus, • tee debenture investment. `— ABNER COSENS - R M The Late Mr. Wm. Bone Mr, William Bone, a former resi- dent of Wingiiam passed away at his home in Tillsonburg on Saturday, May 1st., after a long illness. He is survived by his widow and by one daughter, Mrs. Milton Cornett of Van- ' convex, B. C, who cameeast about 'a month ago to help take care of her father. • The funeral took place on Tuesday, May 4th. 'Services were conducted by Rev, Mr, Mitchell, minister of Avondale Church, Tillsonburg in whi- ch the. late MVlr. Bone was a member of the session and an active worker. Mr. Mitchell paid'warm tribute to his • zeal in church work, the excellence of his judgment, and his generous con- tributions, even beyond his means bo - West. ,YES i,Ni) MO' t WiFE'S AIMAYS FISSSIN' AND, ' FKaH-m' V'1Pr ll.+ WOMAN r' E' ( ODOR..THEN T HAVE Y' GD TRAISESIN' OVER 1.41ERE AND srmiciitrre l'I OU •W tui HER 'HUSBAND -HAVE Vat*. WIFE AND KouR NEIGHBO'R'S WIFE At YiviING tN COMMON? ? smote rr$■r■■urrrr*rr sonsanil * 4 THE HYDRO SHOP / ■ ■ PisurriBBrB TCH OUR WINDOW For the Greatest Bargain ever offered in I ', Electric ect ic ashing Machines ■ ■ ■ ■..`. Wingham Utilities if 11 Crawford Block. Phone 156. ■ ■ Something absolutely unusual. t ■ ■ 1 MAITLAND CREAMERY Phone 271 Wingham . - Ontario CREAM—We are in ;pbsition to handle an increased volume and would like your assistance to make this year bigger and better than last. We are grading cream according to Government ; standards in; order to getspecials and firsts it is necessary to havecream sent to Creamery at regular 'intervals. Our trucks are gathering twice weekly :and the cream that is delivered Saturday night, will have to be in by g o'clock or else we will have to leave it till Monday morning to be graded and bested. EGGS—Pool Eggs, this is the proper way to marketeggs. Ask us how it works to your advantage. We also buy eggs outright pay- ung market price. Remember to participate in Commodity dividends, you have to be a Club Member, or Shareholder, The United Farmers Co -Op. Co.ltd. i1lNthilmulilliilli Ciro lincilililinrinlliltlilil> Illi(lmeav aturi ItII furilitutli. VITOO 1111 .a. d:. Let the vulcanizer have his little joke—he's an expert at that, They had a tire in here the other day whose funeral was set for six o'clock past five it was reaching and athalf 'out for 'the road as if it never Il!• 9iA T WlllilllililmIil nilllAllliillillli111illli111icumfl minglllillliillalliitl 11 i L 111j111ilhioIlliUl JZCdnizaz?g.d9 pat --v Thad been in the hospital in its life. I I�- .111 PHDN23RE 2 9113 .i. I4J IINN ea rm ,rte th to the local support of the church and to its Missionary effort. At the cemetery, officers and members of Bing Hiram Lodge A. F. and A. M., Tillsonburg, performed the ;impressive VERY FRIENDLY Ina ' d• I rr'ii "Masonic ritual. FIoraI tributes which were numerous included beautiful pie- ces from the Board of Management of Avondale Church, ,the Ladies Au- xiliary, the Masonic Order and the Canadian Order of Foresters. Among those from out of town who attended the funeral were Mrs. Elliott Well - mond, sister and Mr. Richmond of St... Jacobs, Dr. R. A. Ramsay, - Mrs,, Bone's brother, from Washington D. C., J. R. Bones brother and Mrs, Bone from Toronto, Miss Id. Little and Miss H. Fyfe, cousins from Hespel.er, Mrs. Thompson and Mts. Hume, nie., ces from Georgetown. The late Mr. Bone was born in Wellington County, but when a very young child moved with his father, the late John 'Bone and family to thu farm on the 8th concession of East Wiiwanosli, which' for ninny years was the family homestead. Suisse. (Ineptly this farm was oceiipied by a,, brother,` the late James Bone, 'who di- ed about six years ago. For some years the late 'William Bone farmed in Wawanosh, but subsequently ni0V led to Wiiighutm, where he was for° many years.' an active citizen. About ten years ,ago he took up his residents' lht Tillsonburg..