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'EA:F'ORTH, Friday, November 18
or and produetien on, the moa ket$
Qf the. Wo °iV
Tie pointed out that industry in
Canada had a defitzte responsibility
to Assert itself against all the disrup-
tive elements which would destroy
- our free and democratic s s�ern-^-
y
forces which seek to develop "misun-
derstandings, distrusts and fears" in
the hope of "setting labor against
capital, province against, province,
people, against government" to
ermine the fbuncdations of our d
so-
ciety.
Winter Will Come e
,About this time of year those who
feel they have a particular ability to
look into the future, offer their pre-
dictions as to the kind of winter we
tri.
3tiay
expect.
These weather forecasters are
-egion, and the manner in which
they arrive at their conclusions is
varied. There is the venerable Indian
who . puts his reliance on the winter
-coat of wild animals, the prospector
who goes by the bark of the trees,
the chap whose hobby is sun spots;`
the statistical -minded citizen who
goes by the law of averages, and the
old-timers whose weather lore is just
a sort of acquired instinct.
And every expert predicts some-
thing different. For one, the winter
will be short and mild, with little or
no snow. For the ether, we can look
for months of intense cold and drifts
deeper than any we have had before.
Somebody predicted a year ago
that last winter would be "bitterly
cold and that the snowfall would
break all records." He based his pre-
diction on the thickness of onion
skins, his authority being a state-
ment attributed to the late Gestapo
chief, Heinrich Himmler.
"The roots; ° or onions, of the mea-
dow saffron are located at depths
that vary from year to year. The
deeper they are, the more severe the
winter will be; the nearer they are
to the surface, the milder the winter.
This fact was called to my attention
by the Fuehrer."
Regardless of how highly one
might regard the authority, we all
know what happened last winter.
Naturalists of the American Mus-
eum of Natural History had better
luck with their guess. They said
that the winter of a year ago would
be mild, because the brown band
around the midriff of the caterpillar
was wide ;. if the band is narrow, it
will be a hard winter. This year's
bands, according to the Museum
people, are wide, so we may expect
another mild winter.
Soon enough we will know what
prophecy is the right one. In any
event we can be reasonably sure that
the winter will be long enough and
hard enough for most people. There
will be plenty of snow to shovel.
There will be storms the young peo-
ple will call blizzards and at which
the old-timers will snort in derision.
There will be the customary solemn
arguments about modern winters as
compared to the old days, and Grand-
father will recall that back in the
seventies he walked two miles to
School, sometimes through snow-
drifts nine feet deep.
No matter what kind of a winter
it is going to be; we do know that by
the time March arrives we will all
long for spring.
Nobility of Toil
The necessity of realizing that in
ordinary work lie the benefits of life
acs we know it in Canada, or for that
utter in any free country, was
tressed in a recent address by Mr.
. `.J. , Stannard, a Montreal mann-
astute.
the general tone of his speech is
•elleeted in this paragraph,: "We
ixlitst" help to rebuild appreciation of
the .nobility of labor and the beaut .
y e _
o�vera'lls
and smokestacks.
of
us�t 'r�egaib: ,the: invinoble ppl�er
lir h and,utity of mind • and purpose.
nit plant &lnly in the minds of
nth .the .troth that work is. the
ryyti,and
t
a th arid. �se+r'ur
''1�'e.X 3
rsteoverti"'e t Can
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than that
Which
for ipnia ; to ,>th6 c1ue of tudir
It is well that a voice is raised -
against a prevailing tendency in
many quarters to regard work—
either mental or physical—as some-
thing degrading and unnecessary. It
has become smart to think of toil as
something to be avoided. Mr. Stan-
nard soundly suggests: "We must
help our people to realize the truth
that, for all its noise and dirt and
smoke industry is the very heart. of
our democratic economy, while trade,
or the movement of goods, is its life-
blood."
•
Time to Stretch
The individual who goes to sleep
while listening to a sermon in church
has long been the subject of count-
less jokes. But while he has been.
laughed at, nobody has done any-
thing to help him.
Now comes Rev. C. Fraser Keir -
stead, of Fitchburg, Mass., with a
new approach to the problem. What
church congregations need is a good
seventh -inning stretch, says Mr.
Keirstead, after he had spent some
time on the other side of the pulpit.
Ft's often easier for the preacher
to give the sermon than for members
of the congregation to sit and listen,
according to the minister. He said
he found hard pews "numbing and
tiring."
That's why—well along in his ser-
vices—he began the innovation of
saying, "Let us all stand and take a
seventh -inning stretch and relax."
The 29 -year-old clergyman, a na-
tive of Nova Scotia, who conducts a
Harvard University divinity school
seminar, also says that sermons must
run no longer than 20 minutes.
"If a sermon can't be delivered in
20 minutes," he explains, "I don't be-
lieve a man should attempt to deliver
it at all."
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WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY:
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The late An Magee "Neigh-
borly News" broadoaets ever a
period of eight years on tire CIBC
network piled up over a mention
written words of sheer delight
to a very 'wide aud'ience., These
million• words have been raked and
sifted' down to 60,00a wards for a
book — "Andy. Clarke and His
Neighborly News"—which has been
published by Ryerson Press in time
to bale Christmas gift to someone
in all the thousands of homes • that
were joyously invaded' by Andy's
voice every Sunday morning for so
many years.
When Andy Clarke died, his
widow, Vi ,Dickens -Clarke, herself
a newspaper woman all her life,
detefmined that Andy's work in
recounting the humor and good-
will of Canadian rural life, should
be preserved. `in a book. With the
help of her friend, Mrs. May Hol-
land Cox, an experienced author,
Mrs. Clarke spent a whole year ex-
tracting from those million 'words
of .Andy's filed manuscripts the
very cream of the stories her hus-
band had culled from the weekly
newspapers of Ontario and Que-
bec. Last winter, she enlisted
from among the host of Andy's
friends in the newspaper and radio
business a committee consisting of
Gillis Purcell, general manager of
Canadian Press, Dan McArthur of
CBC, Frank Macintyre, of the Dun-
dalk Herald, and Greg Clark of'ahe
Montreal Standard, and after a
meeting with Dr. Lorne Pierce of
Ryerson Press, the. task of as-
sembling these into book form was
A FINE FALL FOR PLOWING
, (The Ottawa Citizen)
Reports reaching the Central Experimental
Farm show that more land is being plowed in
Eastern Ontario and adjacent Quebec than for
many years past. Fall plowing is an important
prelude to next year's crops, and farmers have
always been anxious to complete as much as pos-
sible before the freeze-up. Farm experts say that
fall •plowing is preferable to spring plowing, par-
ticularly in heavy land. In the old days, when
all plowing was done with horses, the farmers
were inclined to wait until the autumn rains
softened the ground before beginning this work.
They plowed in October and into November till
the frosts stopped them. They still do the bulk
of the plowing in these months, and last month's
excellent weather enabled them to make unusual
progress.
The advent of
power available
wait for the ground to soften. Experimental
Farm officials have been advising plowing as
soon as the crops are taken off in fields bothered
with weeds so that the weeds can be killed by
subsequent cultivation. Hence considerably more
plowing is done in September and even in August
than formerly was the case.
One of the great problems in farming around
Ottawa is the heavy investment involved in farm
machinery. Many expensive machines are used
for only a couple of weeks each year; yet they
have to be cared for, and the interest on the in-
vestment runs the entire 12 months. Experts
say three methods are used to alleviate this situa-
tion. One is larger farms, so that longer use
can be made of the 'machinery. But this entails
heavy capital expenditure in buying more land.
A second method is co-operative ownership of
machinery. A third is the use of custom work
which applies particularly tQ plow -bag. Outfits go
Erma farm to farm plowing fields at so much an
acre, much the sante as threshing has beets done
at a rate per bushel for generations. in some
sections custom plowing has become quite a 'busi-
ne$s.
'Pate i,ar7
o. has b
•
making
tests
to fin
whe-
ther th'e oldifaShioned mould -board plowing or
the more modern ' disc ,plowing gives the better
resttlts, lint it has been unable to reach airy hard-
and.fast decisieni. The filrrows of the old method
look. the better, but the discs keeps the earth,
rich With vegetable matter, closer to the surface.
After all faripers are intelligent individi't'itliets and
While they *eleome advice from experts they
mrake their own, decisions and know the needs of
:their *Wit faints better than anyone else.
the tractor has made much more
and it is no longer necessary to
begun. . Tlloreaa M•actioneld Waree
the artist 'Owen (to illustrate -the
book with fit Wlage for each' caber} 'r
ter head. •i.,
The result is a book eo esaent,,.
tally Andy Clarke'a that yen .cal'ir
almost hear the toile' of ibis voice
as you read the pages. All the
greatest stories Andy Wel are:,:
included in the book. The form
into which it has been assembled
is by months. Each chapter is al
month of the year, from 3anuary"
to December, in which are group-
ed the choicest items that Andy
broadcast in that month during•
the eight yers of his "Neigh.:
bourly News' on the air, Greg'
Clark has written an introduction
in the form of a biography, the
interesting story of Andy-Clarke's�
happy and friend -making fife.
One of the features of the. book
is the index which enables the
old Andy Clarke fan to look up
the tale of the piano -playing dog
or the bear that treed the hunter,
without a moment's delay. It is
a unique book, uniquely con-
structed and certain to be an
abiding sweet memory to a multi-
tude of people. The Canadian
Weekly Newspapers . Association
which, with the CBC, was re-
sponsible for putting Andy Clarke
on the air, is co-operating with
CBC and the publishers in .pub-
licizing "Andy Clarke and His
Neighbourly News" and steps are
being taken to make it easily
available to all Who desire copies
for Christmas. The price is $3.00.
Just A Smile Or Two
• Wins $100 At Bingo
Mrs. - R. Taylor, of R.R. 2,MP-
( pelt, was the winner of $100 at a
bingo at Wingharn daring 41e. past
• week.—Exeter :Adeleemote-Tiiltee.
Exeter Men Suffers Stroke '
• Mx; Saixtael John,�;.'of tows'; is til:
at his •home, having suffered a
stroke one ,day ]ass wee1c, lie is
at present -progree 1pg, favorably. --
Exeter Advocate -Times,
Fractures Wrist in Fall
A well-known stage actor was wrong side," added the actor.
making his first picture in Holly- "I know I am," the boy replied,
wood. "Do you find it at all diffi- "but that's the side I shall have to
cult playing without an audience?" wear when the suit comes down
a friend asked. to me!"
"No," answered the actor, "not
at all. It doesn't bother me in the
least. You see, I have just finished
playing Shakespeare on the road."
•
'1t was the first day of a new
term, and the teacher askeda
small girl in her class -ea new pupil
—what her father's name was.
"Daddy," replied the child.
"Yes, I know," said the teacher.
"But what does your mother call
him?"
"She doesn't call him anything,"
was the quick reply. "She likes
him."
•
An actor entered a tailor's shop
and gave an order for a suit. He
took home a small pattern of the
material and showed it to his son.
"What do you think of it, Tom-
my?" he asked.
"Not bad," Tommy replied.
"Why, you're looking at the
•
Groom: "How did you make this
cake, dear?"
Bride: "Here's the recipe. I
clipped it out of a magazine."
Groom: "Are you sure you read
the right side? On the other side
it tells how to make a rock gar-
den!"
•
Patient: "Doctor, I blush so
easily that it worries me. When I
sit down and think, I blush. How
can I stop it?"
Psychologist: "The best way,
young lady, is to think about some-
thing different."
Years Agone
Interesting Items Picked From
The Huron Expositor of Twen.
ty-five - and Fifty Years Ayer
From The Huron Expositor
November 14, 1924
Wile playing football at school,
Wilson Little, of Winthrop, had the
misfortune to fall, 'breaking his left
arm above the wrist.
Mrs. S. Ronnie and family, Zur-
ich, attended the wedding of Miss
Euloine Guenther and Mr. Lloyd
Edighoffer at Dashwood at the
bride's home. Mr. and Mrs. Edig-
hoffer will reside in Mitchell.
The annual Harvest Thanksgiv-
ing and Armistice service was held
in St• John's Church, Varna, on
Sunday last. Rev. T. H. Brown, of
Seaforth, and the choir of St.
Thomas' Anglican Church render-
ed selections at the service. Those
taking part were: E. W. Bateman,
Clara Pinkney, Greta Merner, Thel-
ma Johnstone and Josephine Edge.
George Clark acted as pianist.
Mrs. William Cameron, North
Main St-, met with an unfortunate
accident Thursday last. In• corning
out of the house of a neighbor, she
fell and broke her hip.
Mr. Clayton Martin, of Engle-
hart, New Ontario, spent a few
days with his father in Tucker-
smith.
On Friday evening at the Town
Hall there was a keenly contested
game of euchre, Mr. Ed. Mole, the
worthy electrician and his staff of
card handlers, having challenged
the Fire Brigade to defend them-
selves against his staff of stalwarts.
The firemen won out by 17 games.
Thos. Sharp and James Davis (Hy-
drolites) won first prize; Dan Shan-
ahan and E. J. Box (Firemen), sec-
ond prize; Thos• Johnstone (Fire-
man), lone hands. Thos. Rands
(Hydrolite) won the consolation.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Johnston, of
Toronto, spent Thanksgiving with
friends in Seaforth.
A despatch in the Mail and Em-
pire on Thursday says: "St. Pat-
rick's increased their hockey squad
to thirteen players when Manager
Eddie Powers was successful in
signing Reg Reid, of Seaforth, :Ie
is a cracking good forward, and
was one of -the smartest front line
men in the Intermediaite O.H.A.
series last season."
Mrs. J. E. Keating and little
daughter are -visiting friends in To-
ronto.
•
A woman wrote to a lonely heart
editor from a very rural spot as
follows: "My sister and I aren't
exactly lonely out here. We have
gat each other to speak to, but we
need another woman to talk
about-"
Huron Federation of
• •
Agriculture Farm News
Rust Proofing Farm Machine
Rusty machinery is causing far-
mers serious loss in labor, repairs
and actual equipment. It requires
considerable patience and time to
put a moldboard, cultivator shovel,
seed drill or one-way disc into sat-
isfactory condition if the working
surfaces have been allowed to rust
for any length of time. Rusty
bearings, shafting, steel chains or
slip clutches may cause more wear
in the first hour of operation, after
a season's storage, than will occur
during the entire operating season.
Rust is the reddish material
found -on iron or steel after expo-
sure to moisture in the presence of
ale. In order to remove rust from
any surface that is to be polished,
some of the iron or steel has to
be removed, says A. Wenhardt,
Dominion Experimental Station,
Swift Current, Sask.
Various oils and lubricating ma-
terials around most farms may be
used for rust prevention for short
periods. But unfortunately most
farm equipment receives no treat-
ment of any kind.•
A number of rust preventative
materials have been developed for
successful industrial use, and are
now being made available for .farm
use. These materials may be ap-
plied by brushing or spraying, and
when used as specified they will
protect polished surfaces indefin-
itely. These materials are avail-
able from the large oil companies,
along with recommendations re-
garding methods and rates of ap-
plication.
Every farm equipment owner
owes it to himself to spend a lit-
tle time cleaning up his equipment
and applying some effective rust
preventive. Hours of irritating
work and possibly expensive re-
pairs, may be saved when the
equipment is used again at the be-
ginning of a new season.
Grazing animals require food
to maintain body processes and
normal muscular activity without
loss of weight. To meet these
demands it is necessar'' to have:
Protein for repairing and rebuild-
ing body tissue; fats and carbohy-
drates for producing heat and a x-
ergy; mineral materials for •build
in
bone and continuing
body
func-
tions.
Growth and fattening take
place only after the requirements
for maintenance ate met.
Selecting For Hatchability'
HatchabilitY of total eggs set in,
approved itatoheries has averaged
its .the vicinity of seventy per cent
in reeent yeasts. As a breed, Bar-
red Plereartith flocks are Weirdly
about average in respect, to hateir
Trudy Plcicart daughter of Mr.
and .Mrs. C. V. Pickard had `the mis-
fprtaue tp 'fall in• one of the ,class
rooms at the school on Wednesday
• f last week, fracturing: her right
wrist. ' She is, attending school
with the wrist in a cast.—Flxeter
Advocate-Tintes.
Property Sold
tie miraculous growl'', of the Chris-
tian Obtut'eh, from twelve disciples•' '
.to a wol+lsTwide "orga�ti anon, gro w
ing despite its own tribulations and
oprposition from without. iSpecialt
music Was trrovtdedb _'by the choir.
Sgt. A. R Peron rendered a violin:
selection acidsang a, vocal solo,.
Tie•plea combinedo- with Flt. -Lt.. P.
0. Jones in a vocal duet. Mrs. W.
M. Nedi$er sang a solo, "Leave It
With Him,"—Cliliton News -Record
Wins scholarship
Mr. Ross' Button has purchased
W. J. Hailahn's residential prop'er-
ty on Queen St. North, getting •pos-
Session Dec. 15. Mr. and Mrs. Hal-
lahan and family are preparing to
move to their farm on the 4th' con-
cession
oncession of East Wawanosh. -iVir.
Button is an em:peoyee of the. Wal-
lace Turkey Farm and is a married
man with a family of two sons.—'
Blyth Standard.
Averts Cellar Fire
The Wingham fire brigade avert-
ed what might have been a disas-
trous dare last week at the home of
.Tack Pym, ,on. Diagonal Road, when
the wooden extension oa a sawdust
burner caught fire. The burning
wooden frame fell into the hopper
which in turn set fire to the rafters
and sawdust. The prompt action
of the firmen confined the blaze to
the basement.—Wingham Advance -
Times.
ability when compared with other
breeds. Nutrition, incubation and
methods of handling and storing
the eggs all affect the percentage
of fertile eggs which will hatch,
and all are largely under the con-
trol of the flock owner and hatch-
ery operator. The presence of
lethal hereditary factors in some
birds may be another cause of the
failure of some eggs to hatch.
It is apparent that per cent fer-
tility plays an important part in
the percentage of total eggs which
will hatch. About ninety per cent
or more of all hatching eggs pro-
duced are expected to be fertile,
but low fertility in some flocks is
a serious economic problem.
In searching for the cause of low
fertility, nutrition of the flock
during growth as well as at ma-
turity should be examined to see
if it is satisfactory for the devel-
opment of vigorous birds. Good
range conditions and proper hous-
ing facilities in the breeding pens
are also conducive to high fertil-
ity.
At the Dominion Experimental
Station, Fredericton, N.B., says
Leonard Griesbach,a fertility tests
indicate that extremely early ma-
turing males are likely to be small
and should therefore be discarded.
Only vigorous males which show
goodcomb development and other
well developed male characteristics
when not more than six months of
age, should be selected. These
tests also indicate that in flocks
where fertility has become a prob-
lem, the introduction of new b cod
may be desirable. This action is
more likely to be necessary in
small flocks than in large ones
where there are great opportunities
for suitable selection.
Butter exports in 1948 from the
four chief exporters — Denmark,
the Netherlands, Australia and
New Zealand --Mere 20 per cent.
above the preceding year, and at
about 80 per cent of :pre-war.
Honor had been brought to the
village in the achievement of Jim •
Armstrong, sen of Mr. and Mrs.
James S. Armstrong, Brussels. Jim
has won the Huron County Schol-
arship to the Ontario Agricultural
College, Guelph. This scholarship
is for $100 cash and is awarded to
the student from Huron County
who attains' the highest standing
in Grade'XIII in the County of Hur-
on and who attends O.A.C. Con-
gratulations are in order to Jim
Armstrong for the good, work he
has- done and it is perhaps particu-
larly; sitting that this scholarship
and horror be brought to Brussels
by a •meinber of what will be
known as the last graduating class
of Brussels Continuation School.—
Brussels Post.
Short Wave To Trinidad
Mr. W. B. Cruikshank, Turnber-
ry Township, whose hobby is short
wave transmitting, very kindly ar-
ranger a 15 -minute conversation
for Mr. and Mrs. Alex Reid, of Ed-
ward Street,, with their son-in-law
and daughter, Rev. John and Mrs.
Thompson, who are on missionary
work in Trinidad. Mr. Reid said
the reception was wonderfully
clear and uninterrupted by static
of any kind. It was quite a thrill,
he -said, to hear the voice so clear-
ly and find that they sounded as
if they were very close to home.—
Wingham Advance -Times.
Visited in Western Provinces
•.
Zurich Lions Club Meets
A. fairij; well attended meeting
of the local Lions was held Mon-
day eventing at the Dominion4
House 'There were no guests pre-
sent, so the Lions had, the eventing
all to themselves. Lion Victor had.
prepared a -quiz paper on Lionism
and this was being filled out by
each group at a table, and -the win-
ners
inners were then treated to choco-
late bars, while the losers sat by
and looked on. Some wire said,
"It's great to be (brilliant?'Lion
Jacob Harberer, who is also chair-
man of the Community Centre
Committee, gave a summary of the
doings of that organization, and
stated that about five or six thou-
sand dollars are needed to com-
plete that part of work, which the
public must raise by subscriptions•
or donations in order to ,finish the
jab. Zurich Herald.
Holds Remembrance Service
Mr. and Mrs. Gleason Gill have
returned from two months' holi-
days in the West, visiting her sis-
ter, Mrs. Leslie Burnard at Theo-
dore, Sask., and with Mr. Gill's
sister, Mrs. George Shaw, at Bran-
don, Man. They also spent a week
at Neepawa, Man., with his rela-
tives and with Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Gleason, at Canora, Sask. Motor-
ing out with Mr. Leroy Burnard,
their nephew, they took four days.
and enjoyed the Canadian scenery
and long stretches of paved roads.
This was their first trip by motor.
—Mitchell Advocate.
Baptists Have Anniversary
Clinton Baptist Church celebrat-
ed its anniversary with a special
service Sunday evening. Rev. A.
E. Pinkerton, pastor of Egerton
From The Huron Expositor
November 19, 1899
Ross Bros., of Hensel], have pur-
chased from A. E. Hodgert, of Far-
quhar, his imported C13 desdale
stallion, "Royal Renwick."
McDonell Bros., of Hensall, have
their handsome store now lighted
by electricity!
Considerable interest is being
shown in the, predicted shower of
meteors on the 14th and 15th of
this month. It will likely take
place about midnight..
Mr. Fred McGregor's driver col-
lapsed in'Egmondville church •shed
during service Sunday evening.
George Chesney and Wm. Robb
are .starting a new neat store in
the old Dopp stand, in Holmsted's
brick block.
While here' last week Guy Bros.
left with Greig & McDonald an
order for a complete outfit for
their company. The order is in
the neighborhood of $400.
A number of young people en-
joyed a social dance in Cardno's
Hall on Friday evening. Excellent
music was provided by the Daly
orchestra. .
The farm of Mr. Robert McCart-
ney, on the Mill Road, east of
Brucefield, has been rented to Mr.
John Clark for three years at an
annual rental of $225.
Mr. John Ross, of Brucefield, left
last Wednesday for Mildmay where
he has accepted a -good situation
as stationmaster.
Kippen's. New Methodist Church
will be opened on November 12.
Rev. Joseph Edge, of London, will
preach; Rev. W. J. Waddell will
conduct services at '3 p.m., and
Rev. Edge again at 7 p.m.
The sound of the woodsman's
axe is now daily heard in the vil-
lage of Kippen. Hugh Atkinson
and William Moore have the eon -
tract^ of cutting the bush on the
ae * * left side of the station on the pro-
perty lately bought by Mr. Isaac
Jarrett.
One of the most successful years 11x. McArthur, hardware merch-
of junior. farm club work in Can- ant of nendall, has completed, his
ada will culminate in 'the 19th An- contract of installing a fine furnace
nuai National Club Week at Toron- in the Methodist t5httrch, which is
e e..,th firm.
to, November 13-18, during theper-"credit adt to
rod of the Royal Winter lt'air. A Mr. C. W, Atkinson, 'at employee
record number of at least one in t'tie Brolidfoot ti Box .factory,
hundred junior members will at met with a serious accident en
tend, all of whom have been de- Thursday of last week. He Was
Glared provincial • champions In working with. the shaper When his
their respective .projects. 'lett hand came in dantatt With the
(tv. ' o letel
'�hatrgh they will be kept busy sties. One - finger as c inp y
e 's'e're near-
' evere and two others ;in Toronto competing in national severed.
be working
ud'ging competitions to select ly alit off: Ile has en w g
'Dorritliion champion teams in with blue baaC'hine for 12 'ybitre,
clothing, fold, dairy, (beef, swing, and this 'wad the first aeoident lie
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Reward For Club Work Well Done
A special service of remem-
brance was held in Wingham Unit-
ed Church on Sunday morning,
Rev. W. A. Beecroft taking as his
text: "Remembrance." He recall-
ed to mind names of persons and
places in the First Great War,
which are almost forgotten today,
but .because of those people and
places we are now a free nation.
The Anglo-Saxon resistance to Ger-
many meant freedom, but it also.
meant war, sacrifice and battle-
fields. That is why we must never
forget. While the congregation
etood, Mr. Beecroft read the names
of the church members who had
paid the supreme sacrifice in the
First World War: Leonard Brock,
Richard Howson, Edward Helps,
Wilbur Johnston, John T. Mitchell,
Harvey Wills; in the Second
World War: Percival Biggs, Mac-
Kenzie ` Habkirk, William Kew,
Clifford Taman. — Wingham Ad-
vance -Times.
Lack of Books Depicting
Can. Heroes, Remedied
(By P. W. Luce in The Christian Science Monitor)
Canadian boys may now learn
something about the history ;of
their own country from other
books beside textbooks.
A series of twelve thero stories is
scheduled for publication; and
more are planned for the future.
Four are already on the market.
The authors are a man -and -wife
writing team, Mr. and Mrs. Leon-
ard Knott, of Montreal.
The decision to write a series of
books for boys had its genesis in
a good-natured grouse by 12 -year-
old Lenny Knott that he couldn't
find any books that featured Cana-
dian heroes. He had recently re-
turned to 'Montreal from a three -
and -a -half year residence in Bos-
ton, and there he had learned a lot
about Abraham Lincoln, George
Washington, Benjamin Franklin,
Paul Revere, Henry Ford, "Buffalo
Birde Cody, and scores of other
famous American characters whose
exploits are recorded in juvenile
literature. He liked that kind, of
reading.
Young Lenny reasoned that Can-
ada must have produced the same
kind of men, and that their adven-
tures should make just as good
reading. But he didn't know who
these men were, or what they had.
done. Oh, sure, there was some
stuff in the history books, but that
was in the form of lessons, not re-
creation. He wanted something
with more life to it.
The development of Canada is
much the same as that of the Unit-
ed, States, and •there is probably as
much literary material north of
the forty-ninth parallel as there 15
to the south of it, but very little
of it has been put to good use,'llhe
men who made history have been
sadly negieeted.
It is- not that there has been a
dearth of jtivenile books; by ruaila-
dian authors. t ubert. la''yans fiat
produced nine -boosts for -boys,
L, Haig"" -^Brown. haS• Written four,
and Dicksbn Reynolds has eve or
six to hercredit. All these have
h a
British Colulnbta background, but
They all t'ai i
y are s r gh ' t efidt on, They
do not shave a "name a1�pea]," as
is the .ease with stories about John
Jacob Astor, Stonewall Jadtson., or
Theodore i't.00eeveit,•
)1ve Canadian publishers put out
juvenile books, and nearly
every
Y
province io Used as the setting Of
Otte er More Varks et'ery year, blit
'rarer .:does history iigture in the
story. Mr. and Mrs. xnott are
working what is practically a vir-
gin field.
Curiously enough, very few wo-
men in Canada have attained prom-
inence through achievements which
lend themselves to literary exploi-
tation. The heroic journey of
Laura tSecord, who tramped dan-
gerously through 25 miles of On-
tario bush to give warning of the
invasion by American troops un-
der Lt. Col. Boerlster during the
war -of 1813, resulting in the cap-
ture of his 545 men by Lt. Fitz -
gibbon's small force- of 75 white
men and some Indians, has been
used more than once,, frequently
with unwarranted embellishments.
So has the epic story of Madeline
bs Vercheres, who, at the age of
14, in 1692 successfully defended a
fort' near Montreal against fifty
,,Iroquois for a full week, her only
garrison being cher brothers, aged
10 and 12, one old man, and two
French soldiers whoa tried torun
away.
In sharp contrast to the paucity
of material on (historic women,.
Canada is •particularly rich in -
substance that makes for strong,
appeal to boys in their teens.
From the day on which Jacques,
Cartier landed from St. Malo on
the Gaspe coast in 1534 all
through the French regime to the
moment when Wolfe and Mont -
calm met in battle on the Plains
of Abraham there is a wealth of
adventure waiting to be written
around such famous names as the
explorers La Verandrye, de Lit
Salle, Alexander MacKenzie, Sim-
on Fraser, or the early Jesuit anis--
sionai'ies to the savages.
It is true that it would be im-
possible to introduce a white boy'
hero into these stories, but" an In-
dian lad, would serve the. purpose, -
and (night even be more colorful.
So far as can be learned, the ,ad-
venturous trading days• of the Mud -
sonar Bay Company, and of ,its ehief'
rival the Northwest Far Company,
Mere never berm' used as the set-
ting u
forthough
l juvenile fiction; th g
both concerns employed youths_
sent out into the western wilder -
tests from Scotland, and these were
nedessarily involved in the in•evit-
tble fights of the frontier.
The introduction of such giants
as Lord (Strathcona, Sir Thomas
'Shtti li'heseey, or Sir '&pians van
Horne, in a story for boys written
around the building of the Cana--
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