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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1943-08-06, Page 7A I;E pie �Ct ski • 1. tt `CscC�1e 4.4 & OATS M othe«ars, Solicitor.,. Etc . 4k •O, 7k1QColameil • H. Wenn days r 1bRalf,.ONT. IrelOiStene 114 ifit.Y.A. Earrlster1 Spidldharti Etc. $EAFORT.R ONTARIO Dram,dh Mae 73tem a Hawaii Seaforth Mete Iii ' Iahone 173 llSoderlch ,: MEDICAL SEAPORT"( CLINIC DR. E. A. MoMA5TER, M.B. Graduate.; o},..UnlyerNty of Toronto 'he, , dude do fully equipped with elinOite and modern • X-ray and other te diognosstic and therapeutics Dr. F. J. R. roaster,Specialist in d seaees of. the ear,' eye, nose . and throat; 'VII be it the Clinic the first °eaday in every month from 3 to 5 Free Well-Baiby While will be held lan 'tlie second and last Thursday in ',TOW anedA u. from 1 to f rod- JOHN A. GORWILL, M.A.,' B.D. • Pftysiillan and Wrbeon . 112 DR. H. H. ROSS' OFFICE Phoma 20 - Seaforth MARTIN W. STAPLETON. B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon Successor to Dr. W. S. Sproat Phone '901W - Seaforth DR. F J. R.-FORSTER Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Graduate. in Medicine, university of Toronto. Late • assistant New York Opthal- msel and .Aural Institute, Moorefield's Eye and Golden Square Threat Hos- pital, London, Eng. At COMMERCIAL HOTEL, SEAFORTH, THIRD WED- NESDAY is eaeb month, .from 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.; also at Seaforth Clinic Meet Tuesday of each month. 53 :Waterloo Street South, Stratford. AUCTIONEERS HAROLD JACKSON SDecialiat In Farm . and Household Licensed in Huron and Perth Coun- t. Prices reasonable; satisfaction guaranteed. , For information, etc:, write or' phone Harold Jackson, 14 on 661, Seaforth; EL -R. 4, 'Seaforth. EDWARD W. ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer For Huron Correspondence promptly answered. Immediate arrangements can be made for Sales Date at The Huron Exposi- tor, Seaforth, or by calling Phone 203, Climtoai. Charges moderate and eats - faction guaranteed. LONDON and CLINTON 1 NORTH A.M. !ester 10.34 Hensall 10.46 EIPpen• 10:52 Brucefleld 11.00 i Clinton ............ 11.47 SOUTH P.M. !:Baton ...,,...... .. 3.08 Brucefleld 3.28 .ippen 3.38 liensall - 3.45 Exeter 3.58• C.N.R. TIME TABLE EAST A.M. P.M. erleh 6.15 , 2.30 llolmesville ..... 6.31 2.48 Minton 6.43 3.00 Seaforth ., ... 6.59 3.22 It. Colunban 7.05 3.23 Dublin 7.1.2- 3.29 Kitchell •- 7.84 3.41 f WEST I Kitchell 1.1.1041 10.01 Dublin ....,, .. 11.14 10.09 eeafortlli 11..30.. 10,21 , Minton 1L45 -.10.3'5 rlodertch . ` ' 12.05 - 11:00 C.P':R. ik TABLE `. _1 EAST P.M. Hereset .....:............... 4.40 4.35 Saw , 4.49 auburn 4.68 s Blyth 5.09 j' Walton • 5.21 oNaught 5.32 Toronto i 6666... , 6666. 9.46 t WEST A.M. P•oronto 8.20 " P.M. ItoNaught , 6 6 6 6 12.04 .t WhlilibLon r• •.. • • • 12.16 ,1 ++th ....a 12./8 bulnbii 1 .:, 12.39 , tfl� ...•66,6•6......•ro- 12.47 \..,i.•Y.....C..... Y e 12.54 ,.•6..... a. ani ..... .• 1606.'. !1, CHA,PTE R• 1 Stella said for the third. tune: • ""Ii 'Wish you'd tell me where. you're go- ing this _evening." Jane leaned forward for, a 'better view of herself In the triple mirror on Stella' -s dressing table. She pulled On her little 'new blue hat thinking that. if she_ had only • known she would not have' bought it. Heaven only ,knew when site would have the chance to wear it again!. Or the new blue dress thatd.vent with it. . "Please tell me, Jane." Jane laughed gently. "Darling, can't a girl enjoy 'her last night of freedom without being asked a hun- dl•ed questions?" - Stella ran a comb through iter hair. She said unhappily, "I wish I didn't have to go to :this wretched first ` night. I'm feeling perfectly miser: able about you." - Jane sighed. . "You needn't be. I assure you I'm going to have the time of, my life." After all', Jane .reflected honestly, it was entirely her, own fault that she was going to spend�•.the. evening alone. There were a dozen !people she' could' have seen if she had only chosen to make arrangements to meet one or otheft of - them. She knew that it was .since her break with Tony that she'd found she preferred her own company, unless perhaps she could be with Stella. There hid been . --it was true -that brief •hectic af- fair . with Clive Forbes, but the less she thought abut that the better. Jane was a fashion' artist, and Stel- la a 'free lance journalist. They had shared an apartment • together for some three years. Neither was -mak- ing much money in those days. Jane was at the bottom. of her particular ladder and "Stella, trying valiantly to get a foothold on heirs. Little by lit- tle Jane had learned what life had done to Stella. Jane only knew that there had been a husband .who •hacf let her down so badly' that he -had completely robbed Stella of her belief in human nature. She had divorced Him after a brief six months of mar- riage' and even though he was fairly well off she refused to take a penny from . him'%' Though Stella, in her worldly con- tacts was hard and ` caustic, she had a gentle understanding side that -no on else ever -•saw. It was Stella who' saw Jane through that ghastly time when her' engagement to Tony Rees was broken. It was Stella who, a year later, brought .Jane up with a jolt when Clive Forbes who -had bean conning around , wlth her .had very nearly •Persuaded her to slip- across to Paris with him for. a week -end. She prevented.i1 by the simple ex- edient • of , quietly appropriating Jane's passport. They_had h5,d a bit- er •quarrel and Jane threatened to apply for a new one, but .somehow she 'didn't and. before many days had I • by she thanked Stella, a little shamefacedly, saying that of course she'd been right. ,She hadn't really known wlfa,t had•"conte over her. Now Stella would be going ' to live aIone, and' - Jane would be leaving. her because tomorrow she was join - ng the Women's Auxiliary Air Force; Always Jane had said that if war came she'd feel she must do. some- thing more worth while than sketch - ng hats and dresses. The blitz only F. her determination, and at last she said to Stella, "I'm going to join up in one• of the women's ser- vices. There must be some useful work that I can do." The W-A.A.F:'s were appealing for giris of good education atnt ir- reproachable integrity for 'special ser- vices. She went to .Victory House, was approved by the board there and told to undergo a medical examina- tion, which she passed Al. Now she N • to report for duty at, ten -thirty tomorrow morning. _ There remained only this last ever T of freedom .. . "May I borrow your flashlight?" S • asked Stella- "The battery • of mine is .dead." ` " , "Yes, of course. Rupert's calling or me and he'll. bring me beak here. start' need it. Darling, I wish you'd dine with Rupert and me. You II • we'd love you to. And. we could 'probably get an extra seat •for Wild' Strawberries.'" .• "Jane shoola°her head. "Two's .com- pany," she said with a little •apaiiie. Stella told her not to be ;absurd. `Rupert' Grata . ", she began, "I know. He's an'old friend. Three won't be a crowd, and you think it's a grand idea, No, thank you, my pet. As I said •before, I've made my own plams for this evening." She picked up the. touch' as she poke, told Stella she hoped she'd en- oy the theatre, sent her love to Rup- ert Grant and left the apartment. DOwn in the hall the doorman sprahg o ol%n the door for. her. "Taxi, miss?" "No. thank 'you. I'd rather walk." he enlarged into the gathering gloom of a darkening London. Nice o he living in the heart of the West lilnd& she'reflected, thinking that she slid .Stella had certainly progressed in vin since trios' • earl. mode' of 1i e fiheir g y days when they'd first taken an aPitrt✓- titeat together. Then they had ial.. t• . • two Fo�oms' and a 1cltclten'Switit a bratth in it, on the top floor: of a' dilapitat- ad House in Bloomsbury. They'd bought twenty pounds' worth' of tarn- iture on. the installmenii plan and their curtains had cost a shilling" a yard and had been made. at, home, New they were in a modern cpart- ment hotel a stone's, throw from Pic- cadilly. Their cobined incomes made this possible. Jane 'had. felt a little worried about the financial ' end of things when she -had come back from Victor# House with the knowledge that she was to report for duty so quickly. Stella had told her instantly that she `was, doing very well despite the war. • Ard if things went, against her she'd just have to find a tenant for the apartment. Whatever happened Jane wasn't to worry 'on -that score. What did worry Stella, was how Jane was going to manage On one and four - pence a day. This was worrying Jane too. Still there was nothing she could do about it. What really mattered was that deep down in her heart, once she em- barked on this new life tomorrow, would be 'the warm glowing feeling that she would -be helping in ,her own small way in this gigantic struggle that her country was undertaking. ' So intent was she on her o-wn thoughts that she blindly turned a corner not noticing where 'she Was going. An Air - Force officer, hurry- ing along, head bent, collided violent- ly with her. So sharp was the im- pact that the little blue 'hat' went fiy; ing and had he not put out .a swift arm to ••catch her Jane would have gone flying into •tihe gutter after it. As- it was she regained her balance, feeling bruised and, shaken and very much as if a tank had. come hurtling at her. She reached' for her hat, but he picked it up„ before her. "I say, I'm most terribly Sorry," 'be said earnest- ly. "Did I hurt you?" "'That's all right. It was my fault really. •I wasn't looking where I was going." "That's very generous of you. But I was barging along much too fast . ."He smiled suddenly: 'To 'be honest, I was in •tii`e' devil of a tem- per. I was trying to walk it of." She• smiled too. "Did you manage it?" "I'm not sure. I say, are you quite sure you're not hart?" "Quite." "Well, at least you must feel a lit- tle bit shaken. You must let me get a taxi and ' drop "you . wherever -it is you're going." Jane looked at him. She remem- bered that this was her last night of freedom and that Stella had often said she was afar too shy and retir- ing. She smiled. "That's very kind of you but, you see, 1 just don't -hap- pen to be going anywhere " • He laughed. "In that case -look, shall I tell' you? You were just ou• -your• way to meet me. And I .wa•t hurrying to meet you and w.e were going to' dine at Kettner's. I've al- ready booked a table." He stopped a passing taxi as he spoke and held op- en the door for her. ''Hop in! We're going on to 'Black •Velvet' after." Ten minutes later she, was seated opposite him and the waiter was tak- ing their order. A table. had certain- ly been booked for him. • The maitre d'hotel clearly knew him. He had bowed them through the restaurant, removed the little card with "Reserv- ed" on it as they sat down and asked what he could get for them. "Two champagne cocktails, please, and tnake them snappy. Or would yoti rather have something else?" - Jane took off her gloves, laid them beside her handbag on ,the table and said a champagne cocktail would be lovely. She hoped that he wouldn't think that he was in the habit of din- ing with strangers. He hadn't con- sulted her with regard . to what she would eat or drinkbeyond one or two crisp Inquiries, but the dinner he'd chosen seemed- somehow to comprise all her favorite dishes. She heard herself 'saying out of a blue sky, "Why did She let yoni down'?" HIS eyes darkened, "Some other fellow, I imagine. :Elie said she had a cold" - . • • "I see, One man's • mea,t ." She smiled and remembered that Tony had always told, her that her smile could charm any; man. !'I'm enjoying my poison." He. said swiftly, "I am: too. Gosh, I'm glad I ran into you, though it was 'a bit unfortunate' for you!" She -laughed softly. "I could ,find -it in my heart to wish we'd met some other way. We could have been in- troduced for instance . . " He shook his head. "That would have spoiled it all.- But we can in- troduce ourselves now ..." She made a quick dissenting ges- ture. "No, -let's just dine together, go to a. theater together and then I'll say,,, `Good night - and thank yo'y very much' and that will be all there is to it." She glanced up to find his eyes fix- ed on • her intently. They were the bluest eyes she had ever seen: "Why do you say that?" She gave a little shrug of her ale der shoulders. "Does that matter?" "Yes. If we're not going to meet again, we may as well' be frank with each other: We'll have to get en- ough for a lifetime into a very little while." He paused: Then he said gently, "Please tell rte. • I -don't be- lieve it's just a w'hlrn," She hesitated. She made little pat- terns .on the tablecloth with her fork. She .said slowly, "There's a Little saying, a burnt child . . , "You're very honest." "I was very badly burnt." "So was I, once. This evening. The girl who let me down . ." . that was nothing." He laughed. "It merely put me in a bad temper, but if I were to see very much of you ..." - She shook her head. "You're not going to." "Please." Ahd more insistently, "No, no, no!" 'She gave a low laugh. ,"And that being settled, let's talk about ordinary sensible things. Tell me, do you like flying? Will it be a long war? What's your rank? Not your name -your rank." He leaned' nearer to her. "I love flying: God knows if it'll be a long war. I'm a flight lieutenant. And where 'shall we lunch tomorrow?" The waiter removed their plates at that moment. She said when they were alone again, ignoring his last question: "I see. I was wondering what those two stripes • indicated. What sort of aircraft do you fly?" Spitfire as a rule. I'm station- ed, up in the north. Now I'm down in town fer a few days' leave." ''Tell me more. I know so little." He told her a lot more. He'd flown, it seemed, since he was twen- ty. He'd joined, the Air. For on a short service commission and after- ward had been on the reserve. He'd flown in Spain An. the civil war and in China. If there was a scrap going on, he liked to be in it. "4 '•"This scrap," Jane said grimly, "seems likely to be a sticky one." "I know. But we'll get through all right." "I hope you will," she said, and knew that from the very bottom of her heart she meant it. "Have you ever crashed?" He laughed. "Lord, yes. , Three times. i smashed up a Spitfire only the other day. But I have a charm- ed life. By rights I should have been dead long •' ago." His eyes met hers. "Now 1 know why my guardian angel was looking after me." - The color crept into her cheeks. Her hands trembled. "You don't believe in fate?" he ask- ed. "Er -yes -I don't really know. I'm not sure I've thought a lot about it." Because zt is one of the most actjv!d agents .:in the spread. of disease su, 088 of the gr:t.atest el}ewifea of pubo health, the Attu!lnou. i}ttli4se sy should AO be tnletreted in t ,.a ptdane yr it ,suraoili+dtngs; or in ehvAe.-egerleg hu i4 4n4 frtiitifor •sale-.,It,!creed itk 41x1. , And Passes di'reetly fro tibia 'filth to huulan :food, earryixlg, bacteria and particles of decomposing .organic. '^matter Ort its 'hairy body and • legs and ; An; its sticky feet and mouth. It may light on the' face of a aleePing child,.; and this %noug t fly is netprious for the part it plays in spreading infan- tile diarrhpea, typhoid, tuherculosis, cholera, dysentery and. other •diseas- es. It is strongly suspected of being a carrier of the virus causing infant tile paralysis, and already the case has been almost proved by the, find- ing of die virus., in• a mixed collection of files taken in districts where in- fantile paralysis had occurred. The commontouse fly is one of the most serious corrupters of food. In the hone, control of flies is compare, tively easy. They can be, destroyed, and effective covering of the tempor- ary garbage will prevent, the files from finding a breeding place. The most effective method of con- trol consists in eliminating or reduc- ing their breeding places outside by the proper treatment and disposal of such materials as manure and 'garb" - age. ••One neglected manure heap or garbage dump is often sufficient to n .infect the whole neighborhood, and th-arefore in' the control of flies it is necessary *to enlist the active co-op- eration of the whole community. Prac- tical information on this subject will be found in Bulletin No. 637, "Con- trol of Some! Common Species of Household Insects," which may be ob- tained free by writing to Dominion Department of Agriculture,•• Ottawa. c` 1' sig, r r�� alyprQanately;, s Blapkbeiries, • ourf4, :;lgganberries str; S'- one to; Pale -and: a , sugar to 1% cups er ° y 'olds 1T'giiMetelY 3s c4 . P- Soii etch! ., 8.9Ar�; lures ;and. rhO.- barh ' A one to One +� cup; 1; cup sub'. cine, water yields 'approxi -mately 1 •eiipd chip. For ' all Syrups,' sugar and Water should be Nought to belling, point and boiled five Minutes. The syrup - a. should be kept hat until used. (Continued Next Week) • "Are you related ftt Will Smith. of Wood Street?" "Yes, I'm sort- of distant relation. There were fifteen in our family. r'm the oldest .arid he's the youngest." Canning Hints Wlien ' canning fruits , with sugar this year it is important to use, for -each fruit, the syrup that will give a palatable , product with the mini- mum :amount •of sugar. In order that no syrup be wasted the amount of syrup required should" be carefully calculated. Small fruits, berries and cherries will require one- half, to three-quarters cup of syrup per pint sealer and large fruits such as pears and peaches will take froth three-quarters to one cup for each pint sealer. Here are the syrups that we have found to give the most satisfactory and economical results in our experi- mental work: 11 Since every berry is valuable this year, young Canadians are out trying to save all of the crop.. This happy Picker is not only helping in important food conservation by •gathering vitamin -rich black cur- , rants, but is picking up some extra vitafins for herself through a sun -tan CANADIANNS INVADE SICILY --TAKE BEACH -HEADS WITH .EASE • st ,:tNew type barges bringing their ,cargoes of men and supplies almost onto the beaches, carried in- vasion -trained Canadians into the assault on Sicily where shore gun positions Were taken with light +ning speed. At top, Canadian troops leave the barges for shore on rafts and small craft, with some even: wading to shore through the shallow water. In the 'lower picture three of the Canuck invaders, Piper N. A. McLeod, L. -Cpl. O. A. Jones and Pte. L. 'Dunn (right to left) -,all of Vancouver, B.C., move inland past one of the few pillboxes. which made up the .sca>}ty' beach defences. These three men were among the first Canadians to `set foot on Sicily as the assault began. OTTAWA -BUSY WAR•TIME TEL'EP IONE CENTRE! Since the besginning of the W ar, ,the Dominion Go ve� out' s telephe'ta ietite •h - bon (left) is R�,e to ted ironl,Ligzt operator's' eta 25, the btttwe, . glial telephone bnihdfiig (centre) habeen expanded astelelhoxss in as,,rritis, ruse roYt39.000 �7O4,dtl0 and obtortaiiitessa es handled byfieba tiale 1d11�nee sVvLtch oardri t) 1t re �T I>e0 from 7, �oan1►bhtd ]� . 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