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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1942-10-08, Page 6Notes from A Woman’s Workshop THB SW TltliBSHISG MACHIM'. OF 1890 This threshing-machine roared and rattled over the country roads op its own’ power. Until recently it had been drawn by horses and was therefore less frightening than this hideous monster that went snorting Flunglng, ^pitting, spewing, over gently winding roads, Now it scared the living daylights out of all the creatures with hoof and heel. Horses flung up a flying mane, arched and switched their tails and plunged headlong across the fields. Cattle< lowered their heads and pawed, then tossed their horns, shook their necks, and with tails streaking behind, bleated and galloped to the farthest fence. Calves bellowed and bawled and ran to the barnyard gate and the feeding-trough, pleading for human assurance. But the red threshing-machine clattered along on its own proud power and the man driving it felt like a god and grinned, —From “The Country ^choolm’am” by Della Lutes hm jn w an nn Maire ffte most of yotgr Tea«* K THE PASSING OF SUMMER BACK TO THE RATION THE EXETER TIMESrAPVOCATE, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 8th, 194? WILLIAM HENRY DIES IN SEAFORTH HOSPITAL place in Scott Seaforth, on September 30, Henry, in his Within the unillumined vale of death, She stands condemned, who knew Paradise; Betrayed by artful Autumn's let guise, By the false wind’s breath. Close sepulchred ?in bowers, * The vanquished legion of repose, While to far exile of Passes the rainbow flowers. once scar- inexorable devastated tlie leaves hibernal snows pageantry of gaunt beneath The And The To ravaged gardens, the sky, moon-begotten iris bids adieu; soon in sombre cerements will lie elfin wraiths of loveliness we knew. Now rides despairing summer to her doom, In wind-tossed tnmbrils, wailing through the gloom. —Irene Chapman Benson in Canadian Poetry Magazine .T « FASHION HIGHLIGHT trim- The Quilting is being used as a ming on dresses and suits, straightness of the skirt made of limited material allowed by the' clothing restrictions is offset by narrow pleats or front fullness. Peg-top effects also achieve this/re- sult. No more extra sugar for canning now. None allowed for church sup­ pers. Nor is it advisable to con­ tribute for such entertainments from the private rations of the guests or promoters, as this would defeat the end in view, l.e., that every individual in the home should be adequately fed. Do let us cooper­ ate with the food controller in this ration business. It is for our own good.* * * YOUR VACUUM. CLEANER When putting away your “vac” you have .probably been coiling the cord neatly and tightly around the hooks. This is hard on the cord as it brings the wear always in the same places. Try looping it lqosely and distributing the wear from time to time. Broken cord will not be easy to replace. # * HOW TO SAVE IN THE The death took Memorial Hospital, Wednesday Of William 82nd year, good health in the hospital only six days. Death was caused by a heart attack. Born in Cromarty on December 29, I860, he was the son of the late Mr, and Mrs. Thomas Henry, Thirty-five years ago he was married in- Bruce- field to Isohel McNeil, who prede­ ceased him last year. Mr. Henry farmed near Brucefield until twenty- five years ago, when he retired, In January he went to live in Seaforth with his sister, Margaret Ann Henry. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Brucefield United Church. Surviving are two sisters, Margaret Ann Henry and Mrs. Hugh McKay, both of Seaforth. The- funeral was held Saturday from Brucefield United Church. - A Masonic funeral was held with members of Seaforth lodge acting as pallbearers. Interment was made in Baird’s cemetery, Brucefield. LIFELONG RESIDENTS OF GRANTON MARK DIAMOND WEDDING ❖ ELECTRICITY HOME night, Robert Mr. Henry had been in all his life and had been Mr. and Mrs. Scott McNaughton, lifelong residents of Granton and Vicinity, were surprised when their family-, met at their home recently1 to celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary, Mr. apd Mrs, McNaughton were married by Rev. Robert Phillips in the old Methodist parsonage, Gran­ ton (the present; residence of Miss F, Fotheringham). Their atten­ dants were the late Mrs. Ferguson, of Toronto, and Robert Knowles, of Blanshard, who is still enjoying good * health and resides in St. Marys. . The couple took up residence on, the 10th concession of Blanshard and remained there until about 15 years ago, when, they retired to the Village of Granton. There were six children: Oliver, of Toronto; Allan, of St. Marys; Mrs. Fred Kohl, of London Town­ ship; Mabel, of Granton; Norman, on the homestead, and the late Mrs. Charles Jones, who passed away three years ago. There nine grandchildren. SHIFK.A Meeting The Y.P.S. met in the church on Tuesday evening last to reorganize for the coming year, iRey. L. Tur­ ner' was in charge and after reports were given, officers were elected as follows: President, Kenneth Baker; vice-president, Stuart Sweitzer ; secretary, Lyle Finfcbeiner; treasur­ er, John Lamport. The next meet­ ing is tp be held Tuesday evening October 13 at the home of Stuart Sweitzer, A miscellaneous shower will he held in honor of Mrs. Scott (nee Hazel Pickering) who was re­ cently married. Wedding bells were ringing in our community last week. Mr. Prance, of Parkhill, who suffered a paralytic stroke, is ing cared foi* at the home of daughter, Mr, and Mrs. Major ker, Pte. Roy Baynham, of Kitchener, spent the week-end at the home of Mr. L. Schroeder. There will be no service on Sun­ day next oil account of anniversary services at Crediton. Sunday School will be at 10 o’clock. Mr, and Mrs. Eryin Ratz return­ ed home .from their honeymoon on Sunday last, CREPJTPN EAST Mr, Joe Flynn, of Zurich, spent Sunday with his daughter, Mrs, Jack Jasney. Mr, and Mrs, Thomas Baird children spent Friday with Mr. Mrs. Sam Sims. Mr. and Mrs, Aaron Wein family spent Sunday with Mr, Mrs, Wes. Wein near Sharon, Messrs. Murray Neil, Gordon Mar­ ner and Eldon Merner, of the C.P.R., Windsor, spent Sunday at their homes here. Mrs, John Baird, of Grand Bend, is visiting her daughter and son- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sims, and and and and has be- hls Ba­ Ivan Culbert Writes trip the was (Continued from Page Three) broke away, promising to pay him another visit on my return to Skye —-but once seen never forgotten. In any cage,.I don’t suppose I shall ever see anyone or anything quite so primitive as Uncle Donald and his happy home. Returning from the mountains down into the town of Portree again, I arrived just in time to check my­ self for six-legged animals and wash up and go to the evening service. The service was followed .by a sing­ song of any hymn one cared to choose. It was also open for any­ one to get up and say his bit but the nervous Canadian held fast. Al­ though he did ask me several ques­ tions, and I told them a hit about life in Canada. * * » TO LENGTHEN SHOE LIFE'' , ---------- / - A Swedish woman writes/thaf in her native country ^Koes are'- * strengthened and water-proofed in , this way. Drip a few drops of boil/ ed linseed oil on the soles of ndw shoes, spread evenly over the/sur- face, turn shoe on its side And al- dow to dry. Repeat three or four times before wearing the shoes. This should be particularly valuable in connection with youngsters’ shoes —they so often dash out, forget­ ting all about rubbers. And rub­ bers, too, need to be saved. * * * SHOPPING IN ENGLAND 1. Use only sufficient lamps to provide eye-saving light. 2. Use one light or lamp in the living-room, rather than three or four, and place so that the family may gather around the one light. 3. Have the light source as near as possible to work, but avoid glare in the eyes. 4'. Keep larn-p shades and fix- ftires clean.<"Uluty fixtures absorb as much'"as oge-qUarter of the light; light-colored” walls and ceilings re- UfectUglX into the room and absorb less than dark walls. -J ^/Eliminate colored bulbs;.they absorb approximately one-third of 'the light; replace dark shade lin­ ings with white, or light colored lin­ ing, to reflect more light. 6. Do not leave lights burning un­ necessarily in halls, basements, gar­ ages or porches. * * * KET'XluE AND PAN neighbor tells us that for years has put away pears without She peels them Extract from an English letter: “After breakfast I got my basket ready (I did have a bath, there still being plenty of last month's soap) and put all the ration books in the basket, also a clothing-card with five coupons remaining for us till May, my string bag, an old newspaper—because last week I came home clasping a naked fish. Finally I dropped my purse in^mon­ ey also necessary. It is a ten min­ utes’ walk to the shops, but by the time I got there the store was pack­ ed with women wedged in between their baskets and a queue was be­ ginning meats _ to form at the cooked counter.* ❖ * R.A.F. SLANGUAGE We time, , „ _ _____ |ng to the developments of the times. The Air Force has invented many new terms, hardly understood by the layman. Do you know these? Duff—Bad, rotten. Gestapo—Service police or intel­ ligence officer. Brown job—Army. Blue job—-Navy. Type—Person (as a good type—- a good fellow). Spit—Spitfire. Wimpey—Wellington. Get cracking—Get a move on. Sqtiht-—Burst of fire. Gong—Decoration. “Gen” means the real, inside in­ formation on anything. Yhus “dutff gen” means wrong information. The “chief plumber” is chief en­ gineer; “tpiack” Is the doctor; “second dickey” is co-pilot; “stickey- hack” is an R.A.F. photographer. There are .three degrees of bore­ dom, brassed off, browned off and cheesed off. Cheesed off is the strongest. Browned off Is most common. have noted from time to how language grows accord- A she cooking or sugar, and puts them through the meat chopper, packs them in sterile jars and covers the top with 2 teaspoons of lemon juice. In the winter she uses this fresh fruit puree with cream as a desert. It sounds as if it were worth trying. Also we no­ tice that a grape-grower says that if ripe grapes are pressed and the juice put into well-sterilized 'bottles (he accomplishes this by putting them in the oven for half an hour at 250 degrees) then properly, cork­ ed, that not one bottle in a hund­ red Will ferment. One would pose that in both these cases perfect fruit would serve. Chocolate Chippies 1/3 cup butter % cup white sugar % cu.p honey 1 small egg % % sup- only teaspoon vanilla teaspoon soda, dissolved little water teaspoon salt bar of semi-sweet chocolate cut in coarse pieces, the size of a bean. Flour to make stiff enough to drop from a spoon (about 2 cups). Cream butter and sugar, add egg, beat well, add soda and vanilla. Add flour and chocolate. Drop by tea­ spoons on a .greased pan. Bake ten minutes at 350. Ripe Cuoinnber Relish large ripe cukes medium onions pint vinegar in a * y2 % * * * ♦' * # # #’ -S M # KITCHEN KINKS To remove letters from smear the letters soap. 2 2 1 M cup mustard % cup sugar % cup flour 1 teaspoon turmeric Peel and remove seeds from cu­ cumber. Peel onions. Chop both and add 3 teaspons salt. Let stand % hour then cook 10 minutes. Make a paste of the other ingredients and add slowly to the hot vegetables. Cook for 20 minutes. Seal while hot. flout* then soft bags Thon first soak them, with Now roll up the and leave them for a day. wash and boil for 15 minutes Place them bleach for a they should ♦ « 'ffr ijr # on day be * # the grass to or two when quite white. $ * ? * # ♦ «i * •>jr * * * ♦ Grape Catsup 4 pounds grapes 1% mips cider vinegar 1 ; i 1 2 Wash and stem grapes, cook till soft and rub through sieve. Add other Ingredients to pulp and boil till thick, Beal hot teaspoon salt teaspoon cloves, gtound teaspoon allspice teaspoons cinnamon RUB Boxes to be sent over- i-MKWWEJtt Just why shotild the Wartime Prices and Trade Board announce the removal of all price restrictions from newspapers and magazines? HURONDALE W. I. The September meeting i of Hurondale Women’s Institute held at the home of Mrs. P. Pass- more. The meeting was opened in the usual manner with the pre­ sident, Mrs. Kirkland, in the chair. The rol call was answered by a “su­ garless recipq.’’ The last possible date for those wishing to hand in woollen rags to 'be made into blan­ kets is October 15, at Mrs. B. Case's. The articles being made for the Navy should be completed within the next week, seas'" to the hoys from- our district are to be in charge of Mrs. W. Eth- erington, Mrs. . Morgan and Mrs. Case. The topic on home economics was very ably given by Mrs, Garnet Hicks. There followed a period of sing-song and a contest, “An Old- Fashioned Dinner”.. The meet­ ing was closed with the singing of the National Anthem. Lunch was served by the hostess and commit­ tee in charge. The October meet­ ing is to be held October 21 at the home of Mrs. McQueen. „ - Why should they be treated any differently from any other commodity which is offered for sale? The Board says it has done so in order that the newspaper and magazine publish­ ers may have opportunity to safeguard their revenues which have been “very seriously interfered with” as a result of the Board’s restrictions on the manufacture of many articles of commerce which formerly were extensively advertised. Publishers are up against a “very serious decline,” and must be set free to save themselves if theyAcan. It is obviously impossible for the government to grant subsidies' to the. newspapers to help them survive, since that Would interfere with the freedom and independance of the press. Town and village newspapers are the hardest hit by war restrictions, says the Board announcement, and it is practically impossible for them to put economies into8 effect which will afford any great saving, since they always operate on a small margin of profit and indulge in few extravagances. The Times-Advocate, like other weekly newspapers all over Canada is feeling the pinch. It is quite possible that we shall be forced to raise both subscription and ad­ vertising rates in the near future, for we are determined to survive apd continue to serve this splendid South Huron community. What we have we shall hold. We fee1! certain that at least 90 per cent of our subscribers would be willing to pay $2.50 a year for their paper rather than that Exeter and district should not have their regular weekly budget of news. For the immediate present, however, there will be no change in the subscription price. The present -rate of $2.00 per year, or three years for $5.00, if paid in advance will continue for awhile at least and we would advise our Subscribers to take ad­ vantage of the intervening days to pay fof at least one year in advance. PAPERS WHICH ARE MORE THAN ONE YEAR IN ARREARS WILL RE CUT OFF OUR MAILING LISTS BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY 1st, 1943 A number of weekly newspapers have recently announced that they will no longer send papers to subscribers unless they are paid for strictly in advance. The Times- Advocate is aiming towards that goal, but for the present intends to give its readers a little leaway. ,, ’ j By the first of January, however, the names of all who are more than one year in arrears will be removed from our mailing lists, and will not be restored until the sub* Scriptions ate paid in advance. That does not mean that those who are removed will net be expected td pay what is owing. On the contrary it will be out intentions to ask for the prompt payment of these debts. They will be owing to tts just as much as if we had served you with groceries instead of mental food. LOOK AT YOUR LABEL. PAY IN ADVANCE NOW AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PAPER WILL COME ALONG FOR THE NEXT YEAR OR MORE The Exeter Times-Advocate 0 Oh Return Journey is now past midnight and I back tomorrow, a different from the one by which J came, It start route so will say good-night for now'and finish this on my return to camp on Friday. Friday, evening and back in camp —What a blow. One looks forward to his leave for months, then it goes so quickly. However on with the story. One does not mind leaving a place so much if it is raining and so it was as the loaded bus pulled but of. Portree, making for the most southern part of the island,. where I caught the boat back to the main­ land. This time we landed at Wall- alg and after waiting for the train to carry us inland, I was on my way -to Edinburgh., The journey was most pleasant, especially Loch. Lo­ mond. Remember, the song, well now I can quite assure you that line, “'On' the bonnie, ‘bonnie banks of Loch Lomond”, is really as pret­ ty as it sounds. I might say the heather was at' its best and this piece I am enclosing was given to me by a shepherd who brought it down from the Highlands. The white heather can only be found in certain spots in Scotland. At Endinburgh Arriving in 'Edinburgh late Mon­ day evening, I decided to have a night there and make a quick tour of the city in the morning. I will not go into details on what I saw as I did not allow myself enough time. But I intend going back up there, possibly on my next leave. From there I travelled back to Lon­ don, which was a very long jour­ ney and by night. Got cleaned up in the Beaver club, changed into my civies and proceeded to Pulborough, Sussex, to' visit some friends. I still had two days of my leave left and in the- two days I visited friends in Petworth, Horsham, Hans Cross, finishing u.p last night in B'ognor Regis. Up very early this morning in or­ der to catch the train and back to camp by 1200 hours. So here I am, my -dear folks, in the Y.M.C.A. writ­ ing tent, while the rain pours down outside. The welcome I received on coming in today was that I was posted to H.Q. Company In the Car­ rier Platoon. They are changing all N.C.O.’s around in the battalion to give them an idea of each branch of the work. I may or may not be there some time. -In any case you can still address my mail the same as before because we are not far from “B” Company and I can pick it up there. Word has no doubt reached Can­ ada about the British-Canadian Com­ mando raid, to Start, but carrying on is certainly worry about We have had a few coastal raids recently, but hot for long at a time. I witnessed an hour’s raid the other evening, and it seemed like old times to see the heavens lit up with thousands of flares. Apart from the fact that the-whole thing is very horrible; it really is a sight to See* How the red tracer bullets seem to cross .each other in the sky amongst the slowly descending flares, then disappear into the clouds. Hope all are Well at home and the heavy Work soon complete, Yes, the summer certainly has gone quickly and Winter Will be here be­ fore We*kft£»W it. Your loving son, IVAN WINCHELSEA Don’t forget the Red Cross bingo on Friday night in Winchelsea school/; Mr. and Mrs. Garfield Cornish and baby, of Zion, spent Thursday evening with Mr, and Mrs, Sher­ wood Brock, * Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Cooper and Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Cooper and family, of Elimville, visited on Sun­ day with Mr. and Mrs. irorace Del- bridge, Mr. and Mrs, Sherwood Brock vis­ ited on Sunday with Mr, and Mrs, Goldwin Glenn, of Brinsley, Mr. and Mrs, Cliff Moore, Thedford, visited on Sunday Mr, and Mrs, John Prance. Mr. and Mrs, H, Bailey Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Collier, of Kirktom Mr, and Mrs, Lloyd Miller, of Stratford, visited on Sunday with Mr, and Mrs, Ray Fletcher. Mrs. R. W. Batten is in Wingham, this week attending ihe W.M.S, convention. Mrs. George Delbridge spent latter part of the week with Mr. Mrs. Harry Murch, of London, Kitchen Shower A very pleasant spent at the home of Clarence Fletcher on ning, September 27, twenty members of the shower club of Woodham, met and presented one of theii’ members, Mrs. Murray Gibson, (nee Greta Fletcher) with a white and red granite shower. Miss Lorraine Jacques and Mrs. V.‘ Chatten made the presentation,} after which Greta very suitably re­ plied. , The evening was spent in a program and contests, which were enjoyed by all. A dainty lunch was served by the committee in charge. , of with spent Alf, the and evening Mr. and Monday •When about Professional was Mrs, eve- GLADMAN & STANBURY (F. W. Gladman) BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, &c Money to Loan, Investments Made Insurance Safe-deposit Vaults for use of our Clients without charge EXETER and HENS ALL CARLING & MORLEY BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, &©• LOANS, INVESTMENTS, INSURANCE Office: Carling Block, Main Strec®, EXETER, ONT. Dr. G. F. 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