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The Huron Expositor, 1941-10-31, Page 6t`t to Wt Alm n ALLAN H>R rA'He*.Iconsmiat R'A OE!"S FOR MEN IN UNIFORM H'e110, $owemakers! Just a few suggestions on packing your -parcels far overseas, and we de hope you re- ceiv-ed the •.answers to your personal letters in plenty of time. Remember —sign your name in full—if you re- quire an immediate reply. We're al- ways glad to hear from our enthusi- astic readers! * •:s * Fortified with tissue alid(Wr• Aping Paper, tins, boxes, cord, scissor , glue and label's you're read . fora ion! • * * * These are your Christma boxes, so make them particularly ttractive with seals, etc.,_ but sturdy asking must be used. Choose a good, eavy card -board box ',for the foodstuffs. If. it's lined with corrugated paper, so much the better—,it's light—so the in- crease in weight. is- slight. To keep the parcels .in place tie them togeth: er with good, 'strong cord. Choose tasty foods that will travel well. Re- turned men say their pals in England ask for anything home-made, that will keep, enroute. A fruit, cake or cook- nes—honey bars and date bread, and candy—not only for the soldier him- self—but enough to share with his English friends, who love sweets, and see so little, nowadays. Dried fruits, canned soups, . fruit juices, meats, fruits, jams, marmlalades, chocolate and coffee are all most acceptable— and easy to pack. *. * * FOR SUPERIOR RAKING-: RESULTS USE-. /'4GIC pp��EG atkzt.k4122, CE IN ANADA Anything warm and comfortable , to wear should he included — gloves, socks, mitts, sweaters, a woolly bath- robe .(the English climate feels pret- ty damp and penetrating to a Cana- dian), mending kits, note paper, pen and pencil sets, flashlights (with ex- tra bulbs and batteries). amusing games of any kind, and of course books—preferably small editions, are very welcome. Little personal needs —aspirin, tooth paste, brush, shaving cream, soap, razor blades, comb, mir- rors, shoe laces, handkerchiefs and first aid `kits help out a lot. Use a little imagination about your h -ticking. Parcels- from home are a big even•t— overseas. * * * RECIPES Soldier Cookies (Sent in by Mrs. C. E. S.) Notice no eggs needed. i/ cup lard _ 1/4 cup butter -„ 1 cup brown sugar lit cup molasses 1 teaspoon soda / cup boiling water 5 cups, sigted flour 1 teaspoon vanilla, Cream lard and butter. Blend in brown sugar and molasses, Add soda to boiling water and stir in. Sift in flour and stir in vanilla. Put in the refrigerator near the freezing unit for about 20-3'0 rdinutes. Roll out thinly on a board floured with pastry flour, cut out circles and also the s:a' with a cookie c� ith doughnut cutter ie number of, circles Iter of the same size (or use an adjustable -cutter). Bake in an .oven at 375 deg. for S-10 min- utes. Put together with raspberry jam when cool. Send overseas in baking powder car' . ChocolatCa mels 3 squares uns\ebened ch colate S4 cup corn syrup 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 1/3 cups (or one can), eon used milk Few grains salt 'd cup chopped nuts, if desired Melt chocolate in. heavy shallow pan. Add condensed milk, corm sy- rup and salt. Cook slowly on ele- ment turned to "low"—stirring con- stantly until -firm ball forms when tested in cold water (approximately 20. minutes). Remove from element, edd chopped nuts and yanilla. Pour into greased pan'. When cold remove from pan and- cut into squai''es.,, Butterscotch Sticks 1/4 cup butter The March of Science STYLES IN TELEPHONE POLES There was once a cartoon of a ,man Sprinkling a garden of little' telephone poles, which were • sprouting up under the watering like plants. An astonished ob- server was represented as saying, "Somebody should inform the telephone company about this!" .From the above illustration of Bell Telephone Laboratories' out- side plant testing field, one might imagine that the telephone com- pany was actually trying to grow poles, ready -matte. By studying these poles, many of which are treated with preparations against weathering and. decay, Bell Tele- phone scientists are simply . en- gaged in one more phase of their drive to safeguard telephone ser- vice and keep down the cost ' of telephone plant. To the casual observer, tele- phone poles have changed little since Grandpa first used than for hitching posts: Like all other pieces of telephone equipment, however, poles have been improv- ed 'coirstantly throughout the sixty -odd years since the tele- phone was invented. m In the early days, most poles were cut green and delivered with the bark still on them. The yard where poles were stored and the .bark peeled -off was knnwh to telephone men as the `Willow retch." Various types of wood were used, but the most popular has usually been cedar. Then it was foulttd that pine Boles, treated with creosote, would raev 'Wide as long a, untreated Cedar ai" doles. The ci~eosote is forced e pole udder tremendous prestird.Ad great that ;< }le ptit+s wlfl `.',bleed' creosote for o — ,.It has * been;' set in No. II did ow, prrria'af by fel, Cr. Own, , . eiett e beedP dews .4flj of _ , 4t.a the ground. The contrast between the pitch-black poles and the gleaming red copper wires of a newly -completed line is a sight well worth seeing. Many types of treatment are applied to poles;. depending on the conditions of weathering and decay to which they may be sub- jected. For example, pales in some of the southern States have to be specially protected against wood -boring termites. A new type of treatment has recently been introduced to protect poles from decay at the 'ground -line, where tiny micro-organisms in the soil are found. Sodium fluoride is ap- plied to the base of the pole, so that it. may eat right in to the heartwood and destroy the micro- organisms there. Creosote, which does not penetrate so deeply into the wood, is added to delay the leeching out of the sodium fluo- ride and to destroy the micro- organisms in the soil around the pole. This treatment, regularly repeated, will prolong the life of a pole for a considerable period. It may withstand the stress of sleet and snow upon the wires for more than 30 years, so that the researches in Bell Telephone Laboratories' "pole garden' may be taken as a surety that your telephone call will go through at all itimes, in all weathers. it is interesting to note_ that telephone companies in tropical countries' have to contend with the opposite condition. They ore less, concerned with preventing the .pole from decaying, than from putting out roots, acquiring bark, and shooting out fresh leaves Aifid branches which become tangled with the wirest 0 T'ORTOR • DID YOU " TAKE A LOurFoodSupply LAXATIVE TODAY? I)o you really know why consti- pation is so harmful? You probably know that consti- pation sets up poisons in the large intestine or colon. But do you know that these poisons seep through the walls of the colon and infect the bloodstream? They set up toxic accumulations in kidneys and liver and are contributing causes of rheumatic pains, sciatica and back- ache. Most laxatives only act in the colon. Kruschen does more. It is the laxative witha double action. Besides ridding the colon of stagnating waste matter, Kruschen's mineral salts have a diuretic action. They flush the kidneys, help to clear the bloodstream of all poisonous matter, and so protect your whole system from that form of infection. You can get Kruschen from all drug stores. Prices 75c, and 25c. 1 cup brown sugar 1 egg 1/4 teaspoon., Love's butterscotch flavoring 1 cup sifted flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1,4 cup nuts or dates / teaspoon salt. Melt 'butter in a saucepan, add su- gar and when well blended remove fro?m the element, and cool,. in' the saucepan, until lukewarm. Add eggs and beat mixture well. Sift flour, baking powder and salt, and add, Stir in nuts and -flavoring. Spread in a shallow pan lined with plain paper which has been greased. Bake thirty minutes in oven at 425 deg. Cut to strips and leave in pan to send over- seas. 'Scotch. Cookies 1/3 cup lard 1/3 cup butter 1 cup brown sugar 1 egg 1% cups- flour . 11/ teaspoons 'baking powder 54 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup rolled oats 1v2 teaspoon vanilla. - - Cream lard and butter. Blend in sugar. Beat in egg. Add sifted flour and baking powder. Stir in oatmeal and flavoring. Chill in refrigerator for 20 minutes. Form into small balls and place on 'greased baking sheet. Press one stroke each way with fork dipped in sugar. Bake in oven at 375 deg. for 8-10 minutes. Overseas Fruit Cake 1/4 cup lard 1a cup butter 2 cups brown sugar 1SS cups hot water or coffee 4 cups sultana 'raisins 1 lb. seeded raisins 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon cloves .. 1/2 'teaspoon allspice 1 teaspoon salt 2 eggs 3 cups sifted flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup nuts (almonds preferred, blanched) 1/2 cup chopped mixed- peel. Measure butter, lard, water, raisins, spices and salt into saucepan and simmer on element for five minutes, - Leave covered overnight. Beat eggs until light' and add. Stir in flour which has been sifted with soda and baking powder. Add nuts- and .peel which have been lightly floured. Pour into three well -greased coffee tins (1 lb.). Bake in an oven' at 300 degrees for 1% hours. Cool well before pack- ing, Line coffee tins with three lay- ers of greased paper. * * * QUESTION BOX Mrs. C. McT. asks: "What will I use to take head marks off the back of a chesterfield chair which is cov- ered with a colored wool and rayon, repp?" Answer: Carbon tetrachloride is non -inflammable. Moisten a'piece of clean cloth and beginning well out- side the spot. rub in circles towards the centre. 5' Mrs. J. T. says:,"Since the coal has been put in thcellar the stairs are greasy. They have been washed several times. What shall I use?" Answer: What kind of wood are these steps, Mrs. J. T.? .A grease film may be due to the amount of soap left on. A clean cloth and a basin of clear hot water should 'be used to r'nse off any soapy water. Lye and a small amount of soap in the water is the best solution. Remember to follow directions on the lye tin and use a brush instead of a scrub cloth. Mrs. M. C. 'asks: "What may cause a thin grease film on the top of the ice cubes in my refrigerator?" Answer: Remember to cover evy erything placed in the refrigerator, with wax paper or oil -silk covers, etc. — specially the milk pitcher, the lat- ter may be the cause of this film. Keep a small cup with a little baking soda in it in the refrigerator for awhile. Only products which have their natural covering such as eggs, apples, melons, etc., may be left un- covered, tinles's you own a, special type of refrigerator, * * * Take a Tip 1. Do not 'send matches—they are forbidden 'in the mails. 2. Send' a mending kit in your sol- dier box, they often take a stitch in time. 3. 'Candy Plat is made with corn syrup seems to keep west. - 4. If foods and soap products or ev- en shoe laces are pelted in the sane parcel, be careful to wrap •everything in waxed paper, then put in tine. The this ni-ay be kept In place by using brushed paper. fi, tie, rout Walt 'tti fl'ua Out your (Continued from Page 2) save the crops. Thousand's of town young people across. Canada have learned something of the farm prob- lem at first hand 'by doing farm work in their holidays. This casual labor has been of great value to the war effort and -the farm- ers are grateful for' every hour of the work done, but farm production can- not be maintained with casual or un- skilled labor. It must be worth while for farm boys and girls and skilled farm workers to stay, on the farms and produce food if we are to keep production abreast of need,. The cosi-of-living bonus which is being paid by order of the govern- ment to industrial workers is based on the highest wages paid from 1926- 1910. Thus urban workers are re- ceiving the highest wage rates ever paid to them and with full time em- ployment and much overtime their pay envelopes are fatter than they have ever been before. No such condition exists for farm- ers. The higher urban wages have increased the cost of what farmers buys and, despite increases in the prices of food, farmers are still re- ceiving less net income than they re- ceived in 1926-29. The immediate food supply prob- lem is to restore the balance between urban and. farm incomes. CKNX — WINGHAM 920 Kcs. 326 Metres WEEKLY PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS ,Friday, Oct. 31-8 a.m,, Jim Max- well; 12.45 p.m., Dr. Bell's program; 8, Highlights in Harmony; 8.30, Gul- -ley-Jumpers. - Saturday, Nov. 1-11 a.me, Satur- day morning Frolic; -5.45 p.m., Hits of the Week; 6, Jim Maxwell; 8, CKNX Barn Dance. Sunday, Nov. 2-12.35' p.m., Sun- day's Mail Bag; 5.15, Lipton Tea Mus- icale; 7, Church Service. Monday, Nov. 3-7.30 a.m., "Ever - ready Time"; 11.30, Piano Ramblings; 5.45 p.m., Terme of the Apes; 7.00, "Ogden's Hoedown." Tuesday, Nov.. 4-11.15 a.m., "Cecil & Sally"; 6.15 p.m., Jim Maxwell; 6.40, Telephone Tunes; 9, Willis Tip- ping Orchestra. Wednesday, Nov. 5-9.30 a.m. Stars of the Week; 9.37, Musical Magic; 5 p.m., Mitchell Ayres; 7.15, Organ Mel- odies. Thursday, Nov. 6-8.05 a.m., Break- fast Club; 12 noon, Farmers' Hour; ,7.45, Adventures of ,Charles Chan; 8.30, Cactus Mac. The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect. Thou ,hast so much love around thee and rejoicest so little in it.— Novalis. Straining breaks the bow and re- laxation relieves the mind--Syrus. A true friend is forever a friend', -- George MacDonald. Of all music that which reaches farthest into Heaven is the beating of a loving heart. Real worth requires' no interpreter; its everyday deeds form it blazon - TY. - The wise man's tongue is in his heart, and the foolish man's heart is in his mouth.—Arabic. A deep sense of religion is comp;•rt- ible with the ehtireeabsence of theol- ogy.—Huxley. As the clear light upon the,, holy' candlestick, so is the beauty of th e face in ripe. age.—Eccles. xxvi 17. . Aboye all things I desire to prepare myself for the life everlasting.—Sir Thomas More. friend's need and thus send a belated Christmas parcel. The boys like to give a friend something or exchange other gifts from the box. Anne Allan invites you to write to her c/o The Huron Expositor. Just send in your questions on homemak- ing problems and watch this little corner of the column for replies. eer ear Sales Booms are the best Counter Check Books made in Canada. They cost no more thane ordinary books and always give satisfaction. We ,,are agents and will be pleased to quote you on any style or quantity required. See Your Home Printer First THE Hl)RON EXPOSITOR - eitfa th b ()Mario 414'. (Continued from Page 2) man was reported to shave been fill- ing an oil spreader truck from an- other tank car near by. He was ter- :ibly 'shocked and his clothing torn to shred's by 'the force of the explo- sion. His watch and wallet were picked up near by among tatterse of clothing. The injured man was •first tr;ken to Clinton hospital for exam- ination. So critical were. his injuries that he was ordered removed;, .to London for further examination.— Goderioh Signal -Star. Moving To Harriston Mr. 0. A. Martin, who for the past three years has been stationmaster at the Exeter depot, has accepted a similar position tat Harriston. '"Mr. Martin will assume this new duties the st of next month. Mr. and Mrs. rtin moved to Exeter from South- ampton, where they were stationed for twenty years previous to coming here. They have made many friends here and the best wishes of all will follow them to their new home.—Exe- ter Times -Advocate. Leg Amputated At Knee 'Mr. Archie Davis, a former em- ployee of the 'Times -Advocate, who for over.a year was a patient at the Westminster Hospital, London,, suf- fering from a war wound in his leg, was recently removed' to Christie Street Hospital in Toronto and on Tuesday of last week underwent an operation for the amputation of his leg. The' leg had given Mr. Davis considerable trouble and the doctors had tried every conceivable 'way to heal the wound. it would all but heal and wouid then break out -afresh. We understand that the operation was successful. Archie's many friends will be pleased to know that he is Quite' cheerful and expects to be out again in the course of a few weeks. --Exeter Times -Advocate. Dies in British Columbia Dr. J. Bain Thom, physician and surgeon in Trail since 1908, died Mon- day in hospital at Penticton, B.C. a bile enroute srom Vancouver. For many years lid was Trail's city medi- cal health officer and mayor of Trail in 1913. He was born in Mitchell.— Mitohell Advocate. .,Ardent Fishermen Well Rewarded On the last day of the fishing sea- son R. J. Keeler and George Seeder, two of 'Mitchell's greatest fishing enthusiasts, went to Bluevale to try their luck. And luck it was, for they came home With twelve black bass m r't uring from 14 to 21 inches rn length, the largest 'being coaxed to the book by Mr. Keeler. They made some delicious eating.—Mitchell Advo- cate. Tonsil is 'Punctured With Pea Shooter Darrell Adams, young son- of Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Adams, residing just north of Mitchell, had a peculiar and Painful experience while playing wvith a pea shooter on Sunday. The little had' the object in his mouth and must have brushed up against some- thing, as he did not fall„ with the re- sult that the shooter was forced down into his throat, puncturing' his tonsil. --Mitchell Advocate: National Parks Of Canada Aimong Canada's greatest tourist attractions are her National Parks, areas of ..outstanding beauty and in- terest which have been set nide 'by statute for public use. Originally es- "tablished to maintain the primitive beauty and wonders of 'the landscape, they are also conserving the native wild. life of the country and pres'e•rv- ing sites of national historic inter- est. As recreational areas, too, their (value is immeasurable, or they pro- vide, in ideal surroundings, unequal- led opportunities for the enjoyment of outdoor life. - Canada's national park system was instituted more than fifty years ago, when a email area surroun.dipg hot mineral springs at Banff in the Rocky Mountain's was set aside in 1885' -as -i public possession. Other additions in the region. formed the nucleus of the •great chain of national playgrounds 'which -now stretches across the Do- minion from the Atlantic Coast of Nova Scotia to the Selkirk Mountains in British Columbia, In these areas' may be enjoyed the attractions of majestic mountain ranges, snow'cappe'd and fest.odned with banging glaciers, beautiful val- leys, sparkling lakes, sandy 'beaches, tuth'bling streams, green forests., and picturesque stretches by the sea. As wild -life sanctuaries, the national parks are' also serving as vast out- door museums, where the fauna and flora may -be seen and studied in its natural state. The national parks of Canada. re- present -a ,great national resource which, with reasonable care, cannot be depleted by use, They are also an important economic asset in war time both from the 'standlpoint of -the health of the nation and' as an attr•ttc- tion to Aineriean tourists who bring with them dollars much needed for °amidero war ••purchases its the Unit, ed. States, It is estimated that mhre 'S 1 War Effort A Weekly Review of Devolopmonta• on the Home Front 1, Prime Minister announces gov- ernment plans to control -cost of liv- ing: Effective Nov. 17th, ceiling on all prices and basic wages with com- pulsory extension from November 15 of cost -of -living 'bonnie to ail wage- earners; extra acreage payments to prairie farmers; for Eastern farmers, free transportation of feed grain and other feeds from, West. 2. More thousands of Canadian troops laud in Great Britain. Contin- gent included number of Canadian armored units'; volunteers from Can - 'tale and the United States for Polish ..ir force in Britain; detachment of Netherlanders trained in Canada. 3. Air Vice - Marshal Harold Ed- wards, air, member for personnel at R.C.A.F., headquarters, appointed to command R:C.A.F. operations over- seas. Air Commodore L, F., Steven- son, now air officer commanding ,R.C. A.F. in Great Britain returns to Can- ada as Officer Commanding, Western air command, headquarters, Victoria, Isritish Columbia. Air Vice -Marshal Edwards succeedttd as air member for personnel by' Group Captain J. A. Sul- ly, present Deputy, Personnel Division, 4. Government purchases Dufferin Shipbuilding Co., Toronto. Plan is to convert undertaking into one of larg- er shipbuilding units in Canda. En- larged undertaking, which will be 'wholly owned by Government, will be known as Toronto Shipbuilding Co., Desmond Clark; Director General, Shipbuilding Branch, Department of Munitions and Supply, president of hew company. 5: Forty nurses representative of all parts of Canada selected to make up second group of Canadian nursing than half the total population of the United States travel for, recreation, education- and enjoyment each year. In a vast wave they spread over the North American continent, visiting their own great national parks, na- tional monuments and historic shrines. Many include in' their itin- erary the counter part of these plac- es of interest in Canada—where they are sure of a friendly welcome. The usefulness 'of -the national parks as pleasure and health -giving resorts is becoming more and more recognized. This is evident from the rapid growth in attendance during the past few years. With a Domin-i, ion -wide system of these national playgrounds and an ever-growing vol- ume of vacationists becoming national park conscious substantial increases in the numbers of visitors to the parks may be expected' in the 'future. ogj sisters who leave 'before end of year for service in military hospitals of South Africa: Total selected, 120. 6. Living allowances for ranks oth- er than comifnissioned officers in Can- adian Army increased from, 85 cents to 41 00 a day. 7. Disability pensions authorized for members of the Canadian Wo- men's Army Corps and Canadian Wo- men's Auxiliary Air F,orce. 8. From April 1 to Sept. 30, 1941, Dominion war expenditure $498,519,- 624 compared with $238,81(,242 in first• six months of previous fiscal year. Good Samaritan (after an hour's hard work changing a tire for a lady driver): "Well, I hope that spare will take you 'home.^ Lady Driver: "I'm sure it will. I live only a few houses down , the street." Men of 30, 40, 50 PEP, VIM, VIGOR, Subnormal? Want normal pep, vim, vigor, vitality? Try Ostrez Tonic Tablets. Contains tonics, stimulants, oyster elements— aids to normal pep atter 20, 40 or 60 Get a special introductory size for only 35¢ Try this aid to normal pep and vim today. For sale at all good drug stores. RAIL FARES ]FARE AND ONE-QUARTER FOR ROUND TRIP GO: All day, Mandl' , Ncv. 10, until 2.00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11: RETURN: Leave destination. not later than midnight, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 1941 (Standard Time). Tickets and information from any agent. CANADIAN''NATiONAL qbesNAp4J GUILD :PICKING A PICTURE SPECIALTY Specialization yields perfection: Unusual or attractive doorways make interesting subjects. Instead of shooting at .random, pick a picture spe- - ® ' cialty for more pleasure out of your camera hobby. `'► 4ANY amateur photographers VI take a variety of pictures— shooting any likely subject. One roll of film, when developed, may yield a landscape,. two or three in- formal portraits, a few action shots, a pet pipture—and possibly others. Now this is all to the good, for there Is nothing like variety -for adding interest and appeal to a pic- ture collection. To get even more pleasure out of your snapshootfng, and assist you In becoming a bettor photographer, however, choose a picture specialty. There are'two very good advan- tages in specializing, First, it glues you something definite to follow, and when you are in the mood for taking.snapehote, you needn't just seek subjects at random. Second, a collection of pictures centered on ons subject tends to be more interesting -•-because you can make comparisons, ?or example, suppose you enjoy making sunset pictures, By t ting snapshots and studying them, you can not only be,. come an enpert on. this particular subject, but you can gather a fas- cinating collection of pictures that will be .thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. Furthermore, such specialties are not merely a comparison of the dif- ferent forms or types. They teach you a great deal about photography because they give you plenty of pic- tures that can be compared on their , technical merits alone. If your spe- cialty is informal portraits, in a. short while you will be able to tell just what lighting produces the best results and the camera posi- tion osi •tion best suited for different types of faces. In this 'way you have learned something definite --a prin- ciple that you can apple'' later in taking other -pictures. There are a number of fine i3pe- cialtiee Open to the amateur pho- tographer. Mature photography, pots and animals, table top pic- tures, sports and action, land- Soapes, flowers, and many, many others offer ,possibilities too nu. morons to mention, 347 ' John van (Iullder