The Brussels Post, 1948-5-26, Page 6to
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assisting children across the streets. At his post is Fred D. Vincent, The have are instructed by the provincial police.
Prove Your
Love
By
HANK McCALL
Jim Weeks took his spite out on
his car and moaned, "With all the
girls in this town to pick front. I
get engaged to the one with the
wildest ideas."
He had dashed out of Jane Blake's
house two minutes before without
kissing her good -night. They were
in love, they were engaged, they
wanted to get married, their parents
like d the match; in short, every-
thing was perfect except Janie's
crazy notions A doubting, brood-
ing mond had possessed her all
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They were in love; everything
was p:rfect except .. .
et ening. IIi- trouble started w hen
he moldy promised to do anything
to prove his love.
Janie laughed but said seriously,
"Jim, I'm going to give you a
chance to prove that promise. We
aren't going to get married until
you get us an apartment to live
in.
"ApanImentc Why, Janie, you
know we can't get an apartment in
this town. Besides, we get the third
floor of Dad's house."
"No, Jim. tin apartment, no wed-
ding."
The next are -ruing Jim cattle to
wetrk a gruff, hitter young man. He
ate lunch wi.h Burl Hoven, an old
friend in the engineering depart-
ment. The useally quiet Bud was
in high spirits.
"Jim, open your ears aid listen
to some gond news, I'm going to
production school in Chicago two
weeks from today. The company
pays all expenses, even for the
wives. Betty and I will lock up our
apartment and prepare to enjoy a
free four-week vacation."
* * 5
"Lock up your apartment? Bud
listen to me," pleaded Jim. He ex-
plained his predicament while Bud
listened sympathetically. Jim eas-
ily persuaded him to sign over his
apartment.
Those days were a whirlwind of
frantic scurry. The attendants'
gowns had to be ordered, the ar-
rangements for the reception and
dinner had to be made, and all the
thousand other things that go with
a wedding had to be settled in one
short week. The time between the
nuptials and Bud's departure was
,o be spent in honeymoon.
The day of the rehearsal found
all details carefully assigned. The
practice went smoothly until Bud
beckoned Jim aside. "I don't know
how to say this, Jim, but the com-
pany has changed its mind. I was
transferred to next month's class'."
* * *
A squadron of bombers wouldn't
have made the roar that Jim's
dream boats did as they crashed
- into the rocks He had one idea to
get across. "Don't tell Janie, Bud.
We can't call off the wedding now.
I'll find a place tomorrow if I have
to buy a hotel."
He said goodnight to Janie early
and headed home. As he was wait-
ing at a stoplight a paper boy
thrust the weekly edition of the
newspaper into his window. He
had no choice but to buy it.
Remembering that this edition
carried the next morning's want ads
he turned to the last pages His
eye searched for the "Apartments
for Rent" section, stopped and then
danced. His hands shook so hard
that he could hardly discern the
print. There is was, a thousand to
one chance, but it was there
"Apartment for Rent. Call 7883
after seven a.m. Do not disqualify
yourself by calling before seven"
* * *
The morning light had scarcely
appeared beore Jim was heading
for the apartment address He found
the street and the house, parked his
car and ran up the steps to the
porch.
He was startled when a voice
called, "Jim, you're a little late." A
girl sat in the corner, quietly wait-
ing for the landlord.
Janie was laughing when she
kissed him "Don't be so shocked.
Betty tipped me off to your little
scheme. You don't think that I'd
give up the wedding now, do you?
I saw this advertisement in the
paper last night, looked up the num-
ber and got here first. It's my apart-
ment but you can pay the first
month's rent."
IN OUR TIME
By Howie Hunt
"About the aid to the island of Foo Foo fund, sir—how mut'.
would you like to contribute?"
There Never Was Anything Like 11
Some Recollections of the
• Great Days of Radio's
Most Famous Team
By Peter Ronald
As most radio listeners know, the
half-hour weekly program featur-
ing Amos 'n' Andy is one of the
most popular on the air.
But some of the younger generation
may be surprised to learn that there
was a period, back in the 1930's, when
for a quarter of an hour each week-
day evening, starting at 7 o'clock
Amos 'N' Andy In Whiteface
(EST) activity of all kinds through-
out the Continent practically stop-
ped, in order that folks might listen
to the latest doings of the ICingfish,
Madam Queen, Lightnin' and all the
other characters created by two gent-
lemen named Gosden and Correll,
Moving picture theatres switched
off the film that was running and
left their screens blank.
In Hamilton a sponsor bought that
quarter-hour on a local station, then
left the period silent so that folks
could hear, without interference,
Amos 'n' Andy from nearby Buf-
falo.
* * 5
Important men like Vincent Astor
and Henry Ford gave orders they
were on no account to be disturbed
until the program wwes over. And an
American .Presidential Candidate,
warned that it was useless for him
to try and compete with Antos 'n'
Andy, complained bitterly that his
fellow -citizens seemed much more
interested In the Fresh Air Taxicab
Company than in their country's af-
fairs,
Freeman Fisher Gosden--who al-
ways plays the parts of The king -
fish and Lightnin' as well as that of
Amos—was horn at Richmond, Vir-
ginia, in 1899. Charles James Cor-
rell—Andy—is nine years older and
is a native of Peoria, Illinois, whose
piano -playing ability led him into
show business,
Meeting first in Durham, N, C.
the two took to one another immedi•
ately and formed a theatrical team.
For some years they toured the
Southern States with "tent shows",
occasionally doing a vocal duet.
Back in Chicago in 1924 they de-
cided to build up a singing act, and
with Correll playing piano, Gosden
the ukelele, they were frequently
held by radio listeners of that era.
Two years later they had the idea
of switching t0 comedy; and on Jan-
uary 12, 1926, made their air debut
on
enry" over Sta
WON. Thee'' s1ayfc'd there, as a sus-
taining program, till December,
1927. When leaving to accept a bet-
ter -paying offer from another station,
WON refused to allow them to take
the title of their act with them, So,
after considerable experimenting,
they finally hit on the combination
under which they were to become
world-famous—Amos 'n' Andy. And
in March, 1928, they started—again
as a sustaining program—over WM-
AQ.
* * *
Yopnlar from the very first locally,
it wasn't long before they attracted
the attention of advertisers; and ;n
August 1929, under the sponsorship
of l'epsodent, they first went on the
air nationally over a network.
From then onward their popularity
grew by leaps and hounds until, at
one point, surveys revealed that nine
out of ten radio sets toned in regn•
larly to their program, and their
thence music, "The Perfect Song'
was as well known as "God Save the
King" or "The Starspangleri Ban-
ning"
Expressions such as "Pse regusted"
—"Ain't that sumpn "t" and "hold de
phone" became part of our every-
day speech; and when listeners were
asked to send in suggested names
for the baby born to Amos and the
former Ruby Parker so many letters
came in-2,400,000—that a special
branch Post Office had to be set up
in the building where Gosden and
Carroll worl'ed.
* * *
Madam Queen's breach of prom-
ise suit against Andy—Ruby Taylor's
almost fatal illness—and Ama's trial
on a charge of murder were other
high lights of their almost 14 years
of quarter-hour programs, which
came to an end on February 19, 1943.
And radio listeners of today can
hardly imagine the intensity of int-
erest—especially when it seemed as
if nothing could possibly save Amos
from a verdict of guilty.
One of the most amazing things
about Gosden and Carroll was that
they never started writing their 15 -
minute show until an hour before it
went on the air. Sometimes, indeed,
the last page of the script would
still be in the typewriter while the
first strains of "The Perfect Song"
were sounding over the air waves.
And then, as often happened, people
would ask them what was going to
happen next, they had to answer—
honestly—that they didn't know, and
wouldn't know till they got busy on
the following script.
* * *
Today both Gosden and Correll
lite in Beverley Hills, where Amos
'n' Andy programs now originate.
The wealth they have amassed hasn't
spoiled them, and the friendship
which began so many years ago,
down in North Carolina has never
been even threatened. If you were to
ask them, right now, what memories
they most cherished, it probably
wouldn't be the days when nine out
of ten of the Continent's radios
were tuned in to them --but of the
times they were trouping together,
with tent shows, down in the South,
From The Back Seat
A motorcycle cop stopped a car
and pulled out his book. "I clocked
you at 45, mister," he said. The lady
in the back seat cackled gleefully.
"Just you give hint a ticket, officer,"
she said. "Serves hint right. He's a
reckless, inconsiderate, dangerous
driver,"
":'- ur wife?" asked the cop, and
when the driver nodded glumly, the
officer snapped shut his book, and
added, "Drive on, brother."
Some Notes From
The Farm Front
By John Russell
Although tractors and trucks
have done a lot to lighten the burd-
en of farm labor, they also increase
the possibility - of fire. Officials
point out that with the increase in
gasoline -driven vehicles in rural
areas, extra care is needed to re-
duce the fire hazard,
Main sources of such fire's are
said to be imperfect feel storage,
Poor maintenance, accumulations of
oil, dint and other combustible
material, improper methods of re-
fueling and careless selection of a
place in es bich to adjust, service and
repair the equipment. In most cas-
es it's not the machine that's at
fault, but the nano who 0,71:erstes ill:.Areal biddingbattle sero at
recent Aberdeen -Angus sales in
Perth, Scotland. This was when the
reserve champion bull, Editor of
Demoulicb• we, ",1c1 for 7,100 guineas ,
---only -100 guineas short of the all-
time world record Price set up at
tine sank Sales in 1016.
Suceess(ul bidder was Tont
Tweedie, on behalf of the \1nRobert
Farms of 7)ounesidc. 1'rincipal op-
ponent was an Argentine rcprescnt-
aflee, anxious that the hull should
go to that country. Bidding started
at 1000 guineas. When it reached
7000 there was a pause—applause—
and everybody thought the Argen-
tine had wen. But '1lecedle bid an-
other 101), and the South American
finally gate in.
* *
Just lite cashing its on a 20 to 1
stint ttert the results of recent ex-
periments in hog feeding, when it
was found that a saving of $20 in
feed costs was effected for each one
dollar's wep•th of salt used. Salt -
fed pigs made a gain of 1.46 pounds
daily as compared with 1.26 pounds
gained each clay by hogs fed exact-
ly the same rat.`on minus the salt.
In this particular experiment each
pound of salt saved 9.1 point cls of
feed; and the ration fed consisted
of corn, suyi•etut, oilmeal, alfalfa meal
and a simple mineral mixture.
* * *
A Cniver•ity research crew has
discovered that a heavy 'shower,
falling on hay after it has been cut,
may reduce the food value of the
crop by fully one-third. This is be-
cause the rain washes away large
amounts of sugars. minerals and pro•
teins from the bay,
* * *
Canada's turnip crop in 10.17 had
a value of almost twenty million dol-
lars with Ontario incl the :Mari-
times accounting for time quarters
of this immense production. But
both the -e Provinces are plagued,
to some extent, by an insufficient
supply of boron at critical periods
in the turnips' growth.
This deficiency can be recogniz-
ed by a water•soaked appearance of
the root, sometimes called "water
core" or "brown heart".
111 the Maritimes, forams combat
this deficiency by using a fertilizer
containing 2 per cent of baron, this
being applied to the soil at seeding
time, But this method is not sac-
nssful in Ontario, where it is neces-
sary to apply the boron to the tur-
nip tops. For this purpose special
dusts containing 50% of borax are
available, and spray applications can
also be made according to standard
specifications. In using such appli-
cations farmers should stick cloy ly
to the advice of their local agricult-
ural authority, as an overdose of
boron ntaybe harmful to turnips
and also up,et the Wane of the
soil.
With grain feeds so expensive,
more and more swine raisers are
adopting the cost-cutting practise
of putting -their pigs on pasture
during the summer. In m,ut cases
the pasturage is sone variety of
legume—either straight alfalfa or
clover, or a mixture of the two.
One recommended method is to
keep spring pigs on pasture until
they weigh around IH pounds
apiece, then change to full feed for
finishing. Lea wing them still longer
on pasture takes more time to get
them up to market weight and fin-
ish—although if time is not Ti Milne
factor, doing so cuts feeding costs
still further,
Then there was the one about the
college football coach who was
asked why his teams were so 1111i-
formly successful IIe said that
when scouting for prospects he just
got in his car and went travelling
through the country looking for
farm lads plowing with old-fashion-
ed horse-drawn plows.
"When I see ono I stop and ask
him the direction to 00111e nearby
town," he said, "and if he uses more
than one hand to pick up the plow
and point with, I pass hint up as
too weak for my team."
At 14 He Jumps 21 Feet—You'll probably be hearing mole
about England's George Broad. Only 14, the London school-
boy lives up to' his name by covering 21 feet in the running
broad jump.
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JACK SOMERSBY
OF VANCOUVER, B.C.
risks life in gallant attempt
ta,save aged owner
All was quiet in the little auto
camp just outside Vancouver.
Suddenly, from her cabin win-
dow, a woman saw a glare in
the distance. Then, as she peered
into the darkness, the glare be-
came more brilliant. A trailer
belonging to 74 -year-old
Thomas Whittaker had burst
into flames.
RUNS FOR HELP
Running to Jack Somersby's
cottage, the woman told him of
the fire. "You get an ambulance",
he said, "and I'll try to save the
old gentleman". Sprinting the
50 yards to the blazing trailer,
Somersby wrenched the door
open, entered the trailer and in
a few seconds had Whittaker out
and on the ground. The old man's
hair and clothing were afire .. .
and Somersby used his own
hands and body to extinguish
the flames. Minutes later, both
Whittaker and Somersby were
on their way to hospital. The
rescuer was treated for severe.
burns about the hands and face.
The older man failed to recover.
The fact that'his rescue at-
tempt was in vain does not de-
tract from the courage and unsel-
fishness of Jack Somersby of
Vancouver. We are proud to pay
him deserved tribute through the
presentation of The Dow Award.
THE DOW AWARD is a
citation for outstanding hero.
ism and includes, as a tangible
expression of appreciation, a
3roo Canada Savings Bond.
Winners are selected by the
Dow Award Committee, a
group of editors of leading
Canadian newspapers.
Frantically the woman pointed out the
blazing trailer to Somersby. They
both knew that 74 -year-old Thomas
Whittaker was trapped inside. At
once Somersby rushed to the rescue.
Later, talking o reporters at the
hospital, his hands swathed in
bandages, Somersby was modest
about his heroic action. "Anyone
would have done the sante", he said
quietly.
JITTER
By Arthur Pointer
RC1
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