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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1940-11-01, Page 31,.. 19451""..‘s:, in Coun Pape-rs Tests" 3 (Qondnile!d tu(mt rage 2) • and a 'Possible fracture of the nose. Miss Fowler was remgved by ambilt-• .lance to ,Alexandra Hospital; where elle ie reported +tv bei resting donefort- .ab1y. The driver and two other oc- ;cupants of the ear escaped injury. The dour , were on their way to a dance at Kingsbridge. The car, own- ed by the ,Goderich Motors, were,, ex- teneively damaged about the roof and fenders. Traffic Officer Culp, wile in- vestigated, has laid a charge of reek - less driving against Sealing. — Gode- rich Signal -Star. Accident At Sky Harbor While engaged in laying sewer pipe • at Sky Harbor airport on Monday af- ternoon, lobi Cihristaff, •aged 47, of R. R. 1, Walsingham,, was injured when shoring gave way and a large lump of earth fell en his right shoul- der :as' he was stooped over cement- ing ,the . joints of sewer pipes at the bottom of the trench. Taken to .Alex- andra Hospital in the new a'i'rport ambulance, used for the first time, Chri'st'off was attended by Dr. Norman Jackson, who said the workman had sustained a badly sprained- shoulder and was suffering from shook.. He also had been_ given first-aid atten- tion by Capt. W. F, Brown, M.O., at to airport, at the emergency. hospi- tal. oT',h-at i';eports that the • mean's. chest bad been-grushed were denied. A spokesman ador Arm.strong Bros., contractors for erhom Ohristoff work-' ed, ,stated- t,bat ',Shoring for sewer trenches al . Sky Harbor bad been made most ,difficult by the presence of quicksand. He said that every precaution h•ad been taken- to avoid accidents of this nature. — Goderich 'Signal=Star. . Fifty Years Married.., Congratulations are extended to Mr. and Mrs. James Showers, ahuter St., Wingham, who on -Sunday celebrated their golden —Wedding anniversary. Many Blends called, to extend greet- ings and wish, them many more •years of happy wedded life, and The Ad- vance -Times joins with them in, ea- •ten'ding,. their felicitations. Mrs. Showers was formerly Elizabeth Johnston, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Johnston and was married - #.o Mit.' Showers on Oct sber 22, 1890, by the Rev. Mr. West: They have been continuous residents of this dis-- triet, residing on their farm in Turn - berry for many years until. they re- tired to• town a 'few . _years•; ,ago.-- Wingham Advance -Times. Join Military Police -aM1'. Mac Groves left on Monday for Lon,don.where h•e has joined with the No. 11 Provost Company, C.A.S.F. ,NNese will _be.-mi'ssed, by his many friends here, but we wish ,him every' .success 111 his new venture.—Wing- ,barn • Advance -Times. 7 A,. Big •Black Be . -Three unsuccessful' hunting trips ••were finally rewarded when William I(ennedy, of. Ripley, bagged a 3.50 - pound black beard near Dunk's Bay,, on , the Bruce Peninsula. . Kennedy 'war hunting with Reg Sinith,, of In- verhuran, at the time 'and •with a single 'shot brought down the' bear, 'the bide of which he Mopes will grkce ,bis home as a rug.—Zuriph Hrajd. Skull Fractured By .Pulley Garfield Shoebottom, en employee on the John B. Hyde farm in Stan - /leer Townsthip; 'whiles hauling. iu- beans, was hit on the ehead by e pulley, causing a fractured skull. He was admitted to 'Clinton Public Hos- pital, where iris condition. is regent- -,led 'as •critical. He is a native, of Blyth. Dr. , I. G.. Smellie, of I•lensall, isattending 'him, He is a married man 'with two small children —Exe- ,ter Timee+-Advocate. ' Prase ntation 'On Friday of last week the Exeter ,Badminton Oltr•b held... a social even- ing •to''honor 'one of -their members, Mr. Gordon May, of , the Canadian 'Bank of Commerce, who was recent- ly moved to Listowel. The -presi'de'nt; Bob Disney,, presented' late with a pen and 'pencil set on behalf of the club. Gordon made a fitting reply. 'The rest of the evening was spent in badminton, after welch lunch was served.—Exeter lateen -Advocate. WRITER, Major Douglas Eppel; °Was Widely Known ' , As Racing -Authority. (By Tommy- Mains, in' The 'Toronto Globe and Mail]) • . Major David- •Douglas -€lieu Eppes, author of The (Robe and Macias turf: column, "Hoof Beate," anal' one of the outstanding tort authorities of the continent, passed away Thursday, Gc- tober 25th, at' -hie home at 621 Spa- dins Avenue, Toronto, as the result of a heant attack. Known to a legion of friends and thousands of arwewspaper readers 'as "Doug" Eppes, he was a brilliant and 'versatile waiter who, in earlier days, wars a contributor of high-class ection to welllenJown magazines and periodicals. He was best known to Canadians, however, far bis turf news' and commentaries which, under the heading of "Hoof Beats," have appeared before tae Toronto -and • On- tario pub}de dor well over a decade. In his turf 'writings he was at all times a severe and fearless critic of events and happendwgs which he deemed 'to be not in ,the best. inter- est of, his beloved "Sport of Kings." He counted among his friends the mil- lionaire spoirtsman as well as the small-r+ace-horse owner and was re- spected by all for his 'staunch sup- port of the principle of fair play. He was ,reana,rkably well informed on ,breeding and few on tars contin- ent were as well veese'd' in thorough bred: blood lin-es and their, values in Proper cenebi'narti'cn. A lover of hors- es, he also was an expert judge and co✓mmrentator on ib,araes of the show ring. A 'distinguished military career re- ceded ,his literary and • newer.' per work. Born in Quebec Oity, the'. late Major Eppes Was the secant" soil of Beverley Riot Eppes and Isabella '\ib - bet Eppes (nee Young) and ,grandson of General William Randolph Eppes, one of the.„last senior officers of the B'ritis'h Army to be stationed in Que- bec Citadel. He was sent to Edeland to be educated for the army,, but be- rate he was 17 years of age, listened to .the call 'of,, adventure, ran away from school and joined the let Kin'g's Dragoon' Guards. Frim this cavalry unit he was transferred to' the 2nd Duke- of Cornwall's Light Infantry. - • Rose From Private • • 'He serried with that unit from pri- vate to sergeant in South Africe be - fere being promoted eon a second -lieu- tenancy for distingui-shed service on the field. On receiving his commres'- slon he' went to the West African Regiment 'then en siervi'ce in Ashanti. He was invalided from the British Army with Malaria and sunstroke, Re- turning to Canada he was employed by the old Quebec & Lake Si. - Jo'b 1,, wwtexin gs-dp dp tlzi woo : ,Vela •far. reata:aa . mar: +ter fort ri l> Pgrliggleat eider Oa Noreen, •beer 7tlr. Legineiaters well Meet cal November 5th, but Houset wile :be pro- rogued atter bale% eittang to Blake way eo>r new discusisiome. 2. De'fe'nce Minister Eon, J. .14. Ralstorr, on Syr d4ePection of camp 1c r.: f-aafuees, ealIed -up under Nation- al .Reeouxcem Miobil444-0n, Acct, ars Sae thunaastio in Ws praise. • At Carnwall -he com'gratulates youthful soldiers for their smartness and whit and tells them they will he better ,hien for their &aiming. - 3. Canadian Army • orders, 6,00} skis for winter training of soldiers in tacties•so successfully used in Fin- land. Although no, actual ski fofmra- tions• are expected at once, soldnerre will be. allowed to use tluern largely in a recreations] way with view of their later . utilization floe wartime purposean ^ . 4. Important army appointments announcedby Minister of National De- fence. Brigadier F. R. Phelan suc- ceeds Major General E. W. Swanson), as Deputy A.djuntaeut Gener^a.l at Cana- dian Headquarters in London. Major Generally C. F. Constantine becomes District Officer Commanding of M. D. No. 2 (Toronto). Col, A. E. Nash named Deputy Adjutant General at Headquarters in Ottawa, - 5. More R.A:F. officers and men arrive at East Coast part for instruc- tion in Canada under Commonwealth Air Training Plan. 6. F,rfst group of air erew stu- dents under Commonwealth. Air Train- ing Plan graduate at Treaiton R.C.A. F. station, •- 7. Col. G. J. Sag, 'head of -Nether- lands . military mission, announces Hollanders will be ,trained in Strat- ford earlyin January. 8. Thanks to the efficiency of the British Navy in keeping open the sea lanes and Canadian workmen in pro- ducing first close merchandise, Oen- ada had replaced Germany as the third ranking export nation in the world, Hon. J. A. MacKinnon, Minis- ter of Trade and Commerce, declares Wind tunnel at National Research Council in Ottawa, where models of war planes are tested. s he • was holding. Subsequently 'Lord Kitchener directed that the following order be read on every parade for 'one math: "Every officer who surrenders'a post before he 'hes' exhausted every possible means of defense will be tried by general court-martial. Re- cently there occurred . an, instance when an officer ordered .an N.C.O. to surrendern that was at •Pieenaar's Poort. The N.C.O. refused to do so, but held; on until relief came. He dieobeyeii ecndera, and rightly. The N,C.o: was 4516 Sergeant David Douglas . Riou tepee. He .since Chas been appointed to a commission, . "(Signed) "Kitchener of Kharteum." Surviving are ihiis widow, Louise Eppes; two sons, Wi1'liam of Toronto and Beverley of Seaforth, and two daughters, Mona and Evelyn aP • To- ronto. The funeral service waves held Saturday afteramen. at 2 'o'clock by Rev. Dr. H. J. Cody, president of the University of Toronto, from the _cha- pel o ha- pelhof Frei _W. Matthews Co., 665- Spadmmaa Avenue %M—into—Om—ant St. John's. Norway Cemetery, King- ston Road. CKNX, "WINGITAM 1200 Kcs. ' 250 Metres ' WEEKLY PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Friday, Nov. 1-8 a.m., Breakfast 'CIub; 9, Piano Ramblings; 12,45 p.m., Railway. Subsequently he was with/ •'Circle B'efll Ranch"; 7, The Revel - tea O.P.R. 'dr"eight *face. He left lers. . railway employ to help •found the , Saturday, Nev. 2-9.30 a.m., Kid - Canadian Fleld, and when that sport- dies' Party; 1.30 • p.m., Ranch Boys; ing weekly was discontinued he jolli- ed the staff of the Toronto Sunday World. He was on the staff 'ota the New as, police re'iSarter before retu'r'ning to fife 'V4'rorrldWere 'lie became city editor. On the outbreak of the Great War he joined the -36.th, Peel Regi- ment, and was 'attached to the 10th Battalion at Valcartier. In England he was transferred to tih•e •Suffolk RegiYnent, B,E:F., and saw service in Flanders. Invalided with neuritis, he returned to Canada, and later was appointed adjutant•'of the 164th Bat- talion •C,E.F„ • and then. of .the .North- e.rn Fusiliers, 6th C:R.T., with which unit he again went overseas. He was injured in an air raid and eventually discharged on pension. ' One release from base hospital, To- ronto, he was appointed head of the After -Care Department, --;Department of Soldiers' Civil Re-establis'hmnent, resigning in. 1922 to join the Evening Telegram as special turf writer. In addition, he was Canadian represent- ative'af the New York Spur.• • He left the Telegram! in 1930 and was with the Teresnto Star for two yearn: He conducted his -own turf publicatiolt, Hoof Beats, and in 1936 jeined the staff of the Globe and Mail as turf columnist. All -Round' Athlete In his younger days be was an all- round athlete and captain of his regi- mental soccer. teamn. At Otte time he was secretary of the Royal Canadian Institute. - At the time of ,his death, Major Epp'es bad all but completed a novel, "To Strive! To Seek! To Fined!" and leo 'aiso had compiled an unpublished book of verse; An event Which dharacteri•zed bis devotion .to duty in every activity he 'entered 'occurred during the Boer War. He disobeyedt lF'e obi:ifinnand of ea superior officer to surrender a post 1 U 6 WAR SAVINGS K Ceirri FI SCAT -FS, nee_ e 6.30, Football' Scores; 7.30, Barn. Dance, from Clinton Town Hall. Sunday, Nov: 3.--11 •a m., United Church; 12.35 p.m.; Wayne King Or- chestra 5,15, Tea Musicale. ' Monday, Nov. ' 4-12.45 p.m:, The Bee Boys; 6; 1?•hil%. badie; 7, Ted Stee1'e's Novattones. Tuesday, Nov. 5-8 ` a.m., Breakfast Club; 11e Piano Ramblings.; 7 p.m., The Four Flames; 8.30, " ditioo-d Luck." Wednesdiay,, Nov. 6--8 a.m., `Break- fast Club; 9, Piano Ramblings; 12.45• p.m., The Bell Boys; 6, Phil Labedfe; 9, Mart Kenney Orchestra. Thurndiay, Nov.. 7-11 a.m., Piano Ramblings ;" 2.30 p.rn., Grenadier Guards Band. 'ested Hallowe'en once ecipes will soon be here, and again children will be donning fancy costumes, w'earin'g false faces - and ringing door bells in the neigh- borhood. ei 1h-borh'ood. Be prepared for these young visitors with a supply of .apples. Apples and Hallowe'en' parties na- turally go together. 'Ducking for- ap- ples is •good fun for this special oc- casion, and there are a number orf ways of serving apples which, will al - Ways prove popular at the 'Hallowe'en Party. The Consumer Section, Man keting Service, Dominion Department of Agriculture, nnak'es a few sugges- Taffy Appiesn. 2 cups sugar • 1 teaspoon cider vinegar or la, cup corn syrup " 1 cup water. Ceok sugar, vinegar or , corn syrup, and water, in small saucepan, stir- ring until sugar is di's'solved., oil without stirring until syrup farms a hard brittle ball when tested in e'old water. Remove syrup from fire and set over a pan of bol•ling water. Add a. few drops of red vegetable colon !ng. Wash and polish medium sized red apples. Insert a wooden skewer In bl'oss'ota en, each and, dip ap- ple in eyrup, to ting until well coat- ed, Place on waxed paper un't'il cool. Apple -Sauce Cake 1/2 eup butter • 1 cup sugar - 1 ,egg 1 cup unsweetened apple sauce , 2 cups flour Y4 teaspoon salt. 1 te'a"spoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda ' 1 teaspoon cloves -- el teaspoon-.Cinna,Inon 1 cup raisins . . ifs cup chopped nuts (optional). Cream butter, add 'sugar gradually and beat well. Add beaten egg and apple sauce. Mi$ and sift. dry ingred- ient*, .d3'edging' raisins and nuts in part of- the flour. Add • to first .11n:ix- ture.' Pour.into buttered cake pan and bake 'in a moodere oven 350 de- grees F. for about 54 6Q iainutes, or until cake is done. ,Apple Turnovers Roll out pastry. Cut into rounds about size of a saucer. On, half ee Bch -,-round • -place. a layer of thinly sliced apples. Sprinkle with 'sugar and cinnamon a.nd dot with butter. Moisten the lower edge of the pastry with water. Bring the other part 'ov- er .the apples and - press edges! w•ell- ta€Se thee. brick -the top- of eruct, t o 'allow' steam to escape, Bake in a hot oven 400 deg. F. for about twen- ty minutes, or until,apples are ten- der and pastry is browned. Apple Mousse • 2 cape grated apples (4 medium apples) In cup fruit or . fine granulated su- gar • in pint whipping cream. - Grate the unpealed apples. After grating a small amount of apple measure and sprinkle 'with part of sugar to prevent discoloration- Con- tizuue grating, until 2- cups apple is measured. Whip cream.anld, fold into apple ersieture. Pour li»t-o freezing tray of mechanical refrigerator and '.freeze, or piYt. in a mould, boxer with buttered pager and tight -fitting coeer and pack in ice and salt (6 arts its to 1 part malt)•. Let' stand '4 to 6 hours. Series 6. Apple Bavarian Cream 1 tablespoon granulated gelatine 3 tablespoons cold water 2 egg yolks '•1/3 cup sugar 1 cup hot milk - 1 cup apple seuce. 1 tablespoon 1errea juke 1a cup whipping cream. Soak gelatine in cold water. Beat egg yolks slightly, add 'sugar and 'hot milk asst eoak in double boiler; stir- ring constantly until mixture thick- ens and coats the spoon. • Dissolve gelatine in 'hot Custard. Cool and add apple settee and l.emion juice. _ Chill. When partially set, fold in whipped. cream, pour into moistened moulds and -allow to set. So That's How It Started 1 No Ong of the World War was more popular than "There's -a Long, Long Trail"; no other has remained sic poignantly associated with , the nnarehing troops of 1917. Yetfew re- alize that the music was composed a year before war broke otrt, and that the composer, Alonzo Elliott, a Yale senior, had Napoleon's retreat . from Moscow in mind when he first picked out the tune on his• piano. It made a hit- when he sang it at a fraternity banquet; but American- music pub- li•shers weren't interested, In 1914, Elliott went to Cambridge University, and while .shdppimg for a piano .for his noon, 'he 'tested each: instrument with "The Long, Long Title" The tune so enrchantedr the dealer that the advised a music pub- Lis'het to 'buy the song. From the day When • homesick Can- adian isoldiers rolled out the tune from a ship -coming down the Thjames .its popularity was a.seueed. It sold 4 000,000 copies; and Elliott •spent flh $40,000 it brought learning to write operas. After 19 years he has flnrish- e'd his first, "What Pi+fce Glory"—just as an+atrh'er geir'erationrof sol:driers' starts marching down "•the lo'n'g-, Long Ostia" 9 aatr�acts award iaixiug w 3 ud1i October tb, by tires tier Ytxent . of Munitions and Srp mp4;beedr ;'+ ,398 aid:.tpta 704;4, According ding Mie,a-wr ruar 14 cit from 0, l ►o .11()We. e. ORI i F+�I^-F+ Mi1'r' M 9 �.,$•`}sf o'kue ,p d ,man fleet Y re Scapa 'Sola azu µ irsb ua1 tenneatter - lP;aaaRes!ted ol}' egtc a. beef'], Te one of these, Inenir'g PlPattr t'he kala all, carie a Geraeralla glaautte rasa ter. qu "Ith sal nlaTesb. 'rgEaglsof hufyoidisekputos t" roeflipclyen. s"Ayon4ur IJesliibe&n,asyo t ng oB,€axty&i "Overcome 'by his feelings 'rhe Gemini spat aver the rail. eCrbere- upori the E>ygldshmani teamed and said. calmly: "Now! Lock•'ere. I don't cars wot you thinks about our ships, cell- sail- ors, and our officers. But don't you go spittea into our :seal"—Flora, An-, nee Steel, "The Garden of Fidelity." Mistress:, "I thoig+t you had giv- en •the :milkman up, , Mary, but 1 saw amt re enSeaf contraune I felt Mase.. oil new mau t feel I did f •wentyest s $: The several slta• combiner to get net t4gP1 common ffl$ . xl'he„ regularity and bel];, system each day of . POP?, unl,urii•;ies.,Ml psoas to a h;