The Wingham Advance-Times, 1939-03-16, Page 2PAGE TWO WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES Thursday, March 16th, 1939
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Fingland, K.C., CHnto.n, bid later stat
ed he would make a statement when
the result of the analysis had been re
ceived. Sponsors of the project do
pot anticipate striking oil in any
quantity for another two or three
hundred feet, it was stated.
Parry Sound Liberal member Air.
Slaght thinks Herridge is a political
mountebank. Mr, Herridge probably
thinks Mr. Slaght is slack.
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Huron County will not have the In
ternational Plowing Match next year.
This event is becoming so popular
that it is difficult to land.
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Hon. Eric Cross says that increases
in costs of government are not due to
too much governments but rather to
remands made upon governments. We
doubt if he is entirely right but there
'is much truth embodied in his state
ment.
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Car insurance rates are going up
this year. The ever-increasing num
ber of accidents is the cause. This
would be a good eyar for the motor
ists to apply the care and courtesy
slogan.
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Hon. H. H. Stevens, M.P., says Jet
Mr. Herridge try it, meaning form a
new party. Mr. Stevens made a noble
effort in 193'5,but only one of his Re
constructionists was elected, himself.
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Syl. Apps of Toronto Maple Leafs
hockey-team has hopes of becoming
an M.P. If he ever attains this ambi
tion he will find that they pass out
plenty of slams in that game also. ,
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March came in like a lion and it
can get lamb-like any time now. This
winter haS been a steady one even if
temperatures did not drop'as low as
some* years.
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A British member of Parliament
suggests a pipeline for oil from Can
ada to England. This has all the ear
marks of a pipe dream.
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It ife said that muskrat steak is a
very tasty dish. We are quite willing
to take the word of the epicures on
that subject.
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Ex-servicemen are to be congratu
lated on their offer of voluntary co
operation in case their country once
again requires their services. A sur
vey is being made of all veterans by
allied veterans’ organizations to find
out just what service each man would
be willing to give.
| NEWS
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Tiltiuul tuntin,
Claim Oil Found Near Clinton
ItSmall quantities of oil are being
brought up at the well of an oil com
pany, now down 1,780 feet near Clin
ton. The oil- comes up with the shale
rock and samples have been sent
away for analysis, it was stated from
the office of AV. L. Forest, president.
At first Mr. Forest referred the ques
tion to the company secretary, Frank
Four Generations in One Home
While four generations of one fam
ily are frequently heard of, seldom do
they live under one roof, Such is the.
distinction of a Brant Township fam
ily residing three miles east of Walk
erton on the Hanover-Walkerton
highway. Mrs. William McKelvie,
more than 80 years of age, is the
great-grandmother, Edward McKelvie
at 55 years is the grandfather, and
his son, Howard, is the father of the
little daughter, which completes the
four-generation circle. The McKelvie'
family is the offspring of pioneer
stock of Brant Tow nship.
Admit Listowel Theft
Two young men pleaded guilty in
police court, Stratford, before Magis
trate J. A. Makins to charges of
breaking and entering the jewelry
store of L. A. Oliver in Listowel last
week, and stealing good valued at ov
er $200. Watches and other pieces of
jewelry were stolen when the thieves
smashed-a plateglass window. Chas.
Westbrook, 21, of Brantford, and Wil
fred Roberts, 21, of Listowel, were re
manded to jail for a week. Two oth
ers arrested with Roberts and West
brook pleaded not guilty and the
charge was dismissed.
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No School for Lad of 13
The Listowel. Board of Education
will take action against a Listowel
man who refuses to permit his 13-
vear-old son to attend high school.
The truant officer brought the case
before the board. He said the par
ent claimed he;. could not afford to
send the lad to school. However, the
Community Club offered to buy the
books and the relief department cloth
es, but still the father remained firm.
He insists, the trustees were told, the
lad be given a permit to’fcuit school
so he may start woiming, The boatd
refused1 the permit.
Mice School Problem at Harriston;
Problems of school boards are
many and varied,'but the Harriston
board has something different to wor
ry about. It is mice. Reports are
that the Harriston public school is
“lively-with mice," and a correspond
ent says that the children are catch
ing them, and endeavouring to make
pets of the creatures. Illis report is
greatly exaggerated, if not made out
of the whole cloth, accordingvt'o an
other statement.
A Narrow Escape
While Mr. Kurt Wahl was working
over the engine on the Elma township
snowplow, in front of Vallance’s Gar
age in Atwood, his clothes caught on
a revolving shaft. He was able to
catch hold of a rod and held with all
his strength while the clothes were
torn from his right arm and body be
fore he was released from his dang
erous position.
An Interesting Souvenir
Mrs. J. Kyle hasK an interesting
souvenir* in the form fef a letter sent
by her brother, J. J. Mitchell, Van
couver, on the first coast-.to-coast air
mail service. The letter left Vancouv
er on March 1st at 6.45 p.m. and ar
rived in Toronto the next day at- 1
Walkerton, At a County town res
taurant they ordered lunches, and it
is alleged that they left the restaurant
without making settlement. The own
er repored the matter to he Chief of
Police, who located the quintet,.and
opened a friendly discussion with
them onsthe subject of paying for
their eats, The boys told the officer
they had settled before leaving the
restaurant but when he suggested
locking them up, so they could tell
their story to the magistrate, they all
dug down in their jeans and paid the
officer in full. The Court mayyet de
cide to prosecute the five boys,—-Mild-
may Gazette,
• Don’t let common constipation
' rob you of life and vigorl When
bowels don’t work right, the trouble
often li^s in what you eat* You
don’t get “bulk”. Such common
» foods as meat, bread, potatoes are
consumed in the body. They fail to
supply the bulky mass that helps a
bowel movement. Crisp, crunchy
ALL-BRAN helps in two ways: It
contributes to the “bulk” you need; .
and it also is a rich source of
Nature’s intestinal tonic, Vitamxa
Bi. Eat .ALL-BRAN every day;'
drink plenty of water, and see what
a difference “regular” habits can
make in your life.
p.m., from there it was, forwarded to
Clinton, arriving here on the evening
train the same day. Both the- envel
opes and sta'mps in connection .with
this special delivery are in demand by
collectors, "many of whom sent their
own letters to Vancouver in order
that they might receive the stamps
issued for this occasion. — Clinton
News-Record.
Grows New Teethi at 84
Joseph Millie of Creempre recently
celebrated his 84th birthday. He had
a particular reason for greeting his
well-wishers with a broad smile. The
reason: Mr. Millie*has four new teeth
—real ones.. He expects a whole new
set before his next birtli/lay comes
around,
Chinaman Wop. Suit from C.P*R.
Judge T. M, Costello handed down
a division court judgment awarding
Peter Chu, employee of Wong’s Chin
ese cafe;- Goderich, judgment in full,
$150 and cos^s, the amount lie tele
graphed an impostor, representing
himself as'Gordon Wong, Chu’s em
ployer, received in Toronto over the
C'.P.R. telegraph from Goderich,
Wong was.in Toronto on holidays at
thetime, The suit was against the C.
P. R, telegraph and judgment was ag-
inst them. The trial judge holds that
Chu,’ who signed a paper waiving id
entification of Wong in Toronto, was
not properly instructed or informed
as to the real meaning of the waiver
clause. ’
COOKIES THAT DON’T NEED
COOKING ARE A REAL
NOVELTY FOR DESSERT
‘ By Betty Barclay
It sounds like magic to suggest
cookies made without cooking. But
they are a delightful culinary, fact
You can whisk , them together ahead
of time and put them, into the refrig
erator to “bake". Then pop them out
to serve with cusjard or fruit or ice
cream at dessert time. They are thrif
ty as well as easy to make with
sweetened condensed milk. You can
count' on scoring a triumph because
these recipes are guaranteed failure
proof. If you want to let the guests
in on the secret, you’!! stimulate con
versation as well as appetities with
these tempting novelties-. . ?
Unbaked Brownies
squares unsweetened chocolate
cups (1 can) sweetened con
densed milk
cups (% pound) vanilla, wafer
crumbs » .
cup finely chopped5 wal’nut
meats
Melt cholocate in top of double:
boiler. Add sweetened condensed milk
and stir over boiling water 5 minutes
until mixture thickens. Add vanilla
wafer crumbs and % cup finely cTrop'-
ped nut meats. Place cholocate mix^
ture in- pan and spread evenly, using
a knife dipped in hot water.' Sprinkle
top with remaining % cup chopped
nuts. Chill ip refrigerator 6 hours, or
overnight. To serve, cut in squares-.
Makes 18.
Magic Peanut- Butter Whirls-
cups (% pound) vanilla wafer
crumbs
teaspoon vanilla
Sweetened condensed milk (ap
proximately 7 tablespoons)}
cup penanut butter -
Roll vanilla wafes to crumbs; and
add flavoring. Add 4. oafiJespoons
sweetened .condensed milk,. Weiidlng'
thoroughly. Add remaining sweetened
condensed milk, a spoonful at a time,
until mixture becomeh thick paste..
Pat out flat on wax paper- .(ihv an ob~ '
long pan 10x6 inches) and let stand '
until surface dries a little (about 15 '
minutes). Spread with- peanut butter i
and roll up like a small jelly roll.;
Chill. Serve cut in thiir. slices.
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A Close Call
Miss Margaret McIver had a nar--
row escape from carbon monoxide gas
as she was returning from the Sea
forth-Clinton game at Stratford. A
leaky exhaust pipe is believed to have
allowed fumes to enter the car, affect
ing Miss McIver to such-; an extent
that when the car reached Seaforth
she was unconscious. Other occu-.
pants of the car, who were slightly
affected, noticed that she did not an
swer when spoken to„ but believed her
to have fallen asleep.—Seaforth Hur-
i on Expositor.
Accepts' Call to Howick ^Church
Rev. H. Vbege of Wartburg has ac
cepted a call to the parish of Trinity
Lutheran Church* Howick, and St.
"Jacob’s Lutheran Church, Norman by.
He will be inducted into this charge,
Sunday, April 23. He is succeeding
Rev, Walter Wentzloff, who preach
ed his farewell sermons Sunday, Mai*.
12th and then leaves for his new ap
pointment of Logan and Monktoh.
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Seaforth Musicians • Did Well
Seaforth* vocalists distinguished
themselves at the recent Stratford
Music Festival. Doris Ferguson was
finalist in the class under 11 years
with 166 points? tn boys* solo under
10 years, John Robert McKenzie and
Donald McKenzie stood well with 76
And 75 points. Dorothy Gallop and
Kathleen Holme§ took fourth and fifth
places in girls’ solo under 15, with 81
and 79 points. .Seaforth Huron Ex
positor, , , '
$7,009 for Broken Neck
A spring assize court jury at God
erich brought In a verdict for $7,000
and costs in favor of Harold Stark,
Fergus baker,'who suffered a broken
neck in at motor accident with a car
driven by Russel Flyby, Fergus ac
countant, on November 19,1937. The
accident happened on Wellington
County highway No. 60, midway be-
Fergus and Flora, on a curve,
The jury found both principles to
blame anti fixed total damages at
$10,000, appoftiohing 70 per cent to
Blyby and SO per cent, to Stark.
Youths Came Across
Five youths residing on the 6th
concession- of Carrick and vicinity,
r neatly got themselves into trouble at
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fawted spots whose rivers lute this
sillvery. fish, it seems fitting to fell
jw to> fry smelt and also to give a'
Hmpfe of recipes which may be tried
■q fit ably.
For frying smelt, remove small
scales first'with sharp knife. Silt the
fish.sand remove entrails, and then re
move silver lining from stomach by
grasping with the thumb and index
finger. After the smelt are cleaned,
place in* salt water over night. When
preparing to cook the Jfinelt roll in
egg bat ter and dip in cracker meal or
corn meal. Then fry in deep fat,
Layer the fish in a dripping pan. Put
a thin slice of bacon over each fish
if they are large. If small a generous
covering of bacon. Sprinkle with pep
per, a few dots of butter, Add-1 inch
of water. If you have beef stock add
% beef stock. Bake it until
fie moisture remains and
done. Serve with catsup, •
*. Smelt Chowder
Soak’ fish several hours
night in salt water. Rinse.
2 teaspoons of butter, the fish, 4 cups
of milk, salt to taste. Tiny pinch of
sugar. Pepper as liked. Bring to the
boiling point. Serve hot with wafers
of- toasted,bread sticks.
very lit-
fisli are
FLAVORING SMELT DISHES
By Betty Barclay
With smelt runs due Itt Escanaba,.
Michigan, as well as in many other
Baked Smell;
Clean and stand in salt bath over
night. Rinse. Pour boiling water ov
er the smelt and stand 5 minutes.
or over
This is
done to remove the “fresh cucumber"1
odor. Clean 3 lbs.
a pan. Pour on 1
Plape iri the oven
separate the fish
Peel and slice 6 medium sized potat
oes, Va onion. Cook in 6 cups of wat
er. When the potatoes are tender, add
of smelt, Place in
clip of hot water.
15 minutes. Then,
from the bones.
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ROCHESTER-BUFFALO - E RIC
King George V is the’latest; addU
tion to the British fleet. According
\o her naval pragram,. Britain will
have a capital fleet of at least 25 ,ves-
sels With 14 aircraft carriers, aldtost
100 cruisers, 288 destroyers, 78 sub
marines and a flotilla of smaller ships.
The new battleship, launched by King
George VI, displaces 35,000 tons and
carrw-a main armament of 10 14-
inch guns with 16 5,2-ineh guns and
imtltiple pom-poms. Her speed wilt be
faster than any other Irtish battle
ship and she is protected better ag
ainst torpedo, gun and air attack. ‘The
new ship is the first of five ships of
an entirely new type,