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The Clinton News Record, 1943-04-22, Page 6PAGE 6 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD ..: has handy, built-in pouring spout YOU'LL serve the family a delightful breakfast treat every morning, if you give them steaming bowls of delicious Robin. Hood Oats with the distinctive pan -dried 'flavour!' You'll save needed pennies with the extra 2 pounds you get the giant new economy package. Robin Hood's new package is compact -easy to carry while shopping, yet it's big enough to give you real economy buying. It's easy to handle in the kitchen and it • has a handy, Built -In Pouring Spout that closes snugly to protect your oats from dust and air after using. Delicious Robin Hood Oats are milled entirely from top-quality, sun - ripened Western grain that has a dis- tinctive flavour all its own—a flavour to which a toasty richness is added by our special :Pan -Drying process. Robin Hood Oats are a rich source of food energy and contain at least - 72 International Units of Vitamin B-1 in every ounce PLUS. useful amounts of essential minerals and proteins. Everyone who tries Robin Hood Oats likes them and so will you. ,Sold by grocers from coast to coast. OT•32 PULL UP CUTOFF POUR Canadian Red Cro3s Society Ontario Division An�ua Report community, should the occasion arise. Certificates and pins will be awarded at the close of this training, and here in our own community you can see the necessity of this training. In vulnerable centresthe Red, Cross Auxiliary have set up 25 mobile units It was a very great pleasure and of the loyalty and cheerful co-operat- at strategie points whence they can privilege to attend the 23rd Annual ion of all 'workers who give their be dispatched -with the least possible' Convention of the Ontario Division of services in all departments so ungrud- delay to any point where they are the Canadian Red Cross, whose motto gingly was extended to all women of needed in an emergency. is "Tq Serve and who, in time of Peace Ontario. . or War, tarry on in the work for the, Liaison Officers were 'encouraged improvement of, health. the prevention to continue their work with Hospitals of disease and the mitiagtion of suffer and particulary with help to rcturnea ing throughout the world. men which will before long be a prob- The meeting was held in the Ball len and another, load for the Red loom of the Royal York Hotel in Tor-) Cross to carry. onto, and because of War conditions, The next of Kin Liaison Officer pressure of time and, the Governments gave every touching report on the request to .curtail meetings as much Prisoner of War problems. This is a as possible, the sessions were crowded speeial a enosib'I'ty of the Red Cr°os The Blood Donor Clinic is being carried on under the guidance of 141rs. Fuller. The urgent request of the Government for unlimited supplies of dried serum has resulted in this essential Red. Cross Service being ex- tensively advanced. During the year the number of clinics established in strategic centres was increased from 4 to 20, resulting in the weekly quota being nearly trebled by the end of the into one busy day. There were about and special steps have been taken to Year. . The experiment of establish - 500 delegates present, and the meet ensure that assistance would be forth .ing Mobile Blood Donor Clinics has ing started promptly at 10 a.m, with coming where needed, The Inter- beef complete' success and will be the singing of the National Anthem, ,national Status of the Red Cross expanded shortly. The mobile units Mrs, Wallace Campbell was in the provides the only means of. Cummun- I provide for the extension of service chair and presented the various con -prisoner districts not Sufficientl o ul cation that a prisoner of War has 1 y p p ated venors and their reports which were with the outside world. As the War to maintain permanent clinics. The enthusiastically received. The yearprogresses, the number of'our Caned- 'Blood Donor Service will become in - ending 1942 has proven to be a most ran War Prisoners will increasethere- i creasing popular and importantthis satisfactory one for Ontario Division. fore it is urged that our local next of corning year in anticipation of higher They were, for the'first time,able to kin officer gets in touch, with ,head- I casualties amongst 0111' Canadian pay off their debt to the National Red. quarters and get tlte-Iatest informat- T'orces, They have arranged for: a new location in Toronto and 'before long they will be equipped to take care of 3000 bloods per week. One person can safely give their blood every ten Weeks. Very soon the call will come to you, here, and 200 people will be as - shown how very .'necessary it was for accidents in three days. Iced to register to 'send their blood all branches to co-operate and comply, Great tribute was paid to members overseas, in a bottle, to the boys you. with the wishes of the Mother Organ- of the Red Cross Corps. They are want to save. Gocall sides you heard ization because the undertakings there the women in uniform who. so effici- the seriousness of 'the future, Invasion aro colossal, and we are such a small eptly handle ambulances, the offices and Epidemic. There never was,. anti spoke in the wheel. Our 70% of all Emergency, Nursing Auxiliaries, theneverwill be, a War without Epide- our income is spent very judiciously, Blood Donor Clinics, and are giving- Ileacs. they give to all relief funds, our 80% of their time and service all the time., is purely for our work roam expenses Under the able leadership' of Mrs.' The Nutrition and Visiting House - or: local emergency relief. Only by Arthur Ellis they have rendered keepers have done an excellent job pulling together can the goal. set be great service to the Army, Navy in the Paris Services, Visiting House- reached, , and Airforce. One of the' high lights keepers who go in where a Mother is of the year was the call for 18 mem-ill or possibly the Father is on Active Ths report of the Women's Worlc bers of the Corps to proceed to Ehg Service and the Mother hag a part or Board was given by Mrs. Leila Fraser, land for duty there. These girls were whole time job. In many of•these and of course was astounding in its picked `for, merit and : qualification cases these services are paid for, but enormity.. As you know, the Nation- and all have, happily reached Eng- if not possible, they ,a:re gratis. al Branch sets the Quotas for Ontario land safely anct a second contingent : The Jam project alone was worth Division, and they in turn give us our will be.going over shortly, g while.' ' They sent 131 tons of Jam quota. National asked last year for - overseas. 2,541,337 articles, and Ontario Women Splendid progress has been made The Outpost and Northern Relief made' 3,211,203, just an' extra 700,000 in Emergency Nursing Reserve un- work room is supervised by Miss der the very capable leadership'of Frances Campbell, There are 29 out- Mrs. Frances Lachland. The object-. post Hospitals to' which a steady ive of this Branch is 10,000 women . stream of surgcal dressings and trained in Hones Nursing and Eimer Hospital linens were sent. Through. genies in War, ready to serve in the out the year 275 needy ex -service - homes of their communities in time men's families were assisted, the be - of :emergency or epidemic. At the ual Christmas boxes of Cheer, Mc - close of the year 1000 Graduate nue- ,Servicemen and Nursing Sisters in ser and 6300 non professional women Sanatoria as well as several. veter- had registered in this. service. The ans of this present war. plan now is to have the members en- The Outpost Hospital and Dental rolled in these courses continue :pract-� Services lave been under ,const deer- ise periods once a week for 3 months ble strain because of the change in and then they can with confidence,, conditions in the Northern districts, offer their voluntary services to the1rHowever most services have been loss, their share of the east of the ion regarding 'this all important war to that time, and from now :on, work. hope to keep on the right side of the books. The Campaign results were Highway First : Aid :Posts, even most gratifying, practically all bran- with less traffic and reiiuced speed des meeting their quotas, and it was rates are still rendering aid to two maintained, new hospitals have been established, old ones renovated and equipped with modern equipment. The Community Doctor scheme has been increased • to 4 and other aegnests awaiting this service. The Dental Coach has not been out because there Was not a Dentist a ailable' but hopes are held out that this will soon be re- medied. The Organization of the junior Red Cross has proven to be a 'tremen- dous success. The primary objective in both War and Peace is .Health. Many membersare able to make. large sums of money but they are realising that health is a very impor- tant cohtn}bn'tion toward winning this war and are exerting greater efforts to have good physical and mental health. Their war correspondence with soldiers, their work for crippled children, are all grand training for the days when they are a little old- er and can step in and take their place in the :Mother organization. The usual appreciations were then offered; particularly to the .Press, .and Z think this is a grand opportunity to pass this on to our own local pap- er, they who are always so willing and generous with their paper space.. Then followed election of Officers, when kindest felicitations were of- fered to the retiring President Mrs. Campbell, who has given so unstint- ingly of her time for two years. It is the policy of the organization that no one hold office longer than two years. Her successor, Mrs. Arthur- Dills is a very capable and champing person and should go far in her office as pre- sident. She spoke with great feeling of the humanitarian work of the Red Cross, of the heavier load to come and urged that there be absolute co- operation in this merciful work. Let us put aside all personal petty grievances, we are deep in war to end war, and our sacrifices and sor- rows will be great. We may not be our brother's keeper,but we, can be our brother's helper. articles. Very great stress was plac- ed upon the storing of, Nursing Epid- emic Units and a number of very 113- teresting eases were cited' where these have already proven their worth. Russian Relief, the Par East, Surviv- ors Bundles, Dunnage Bags and Sailor Comforts all showed wonderful Supp- ort. The Warehouses are a tremend- ous item, and the Canteen to supply meals for the workers. Here let it be known that there are only' eight paid workers on the staff and from 5 to 700 voluntary workers per week. The thanks of grateful appreciation The morning session was then ad- journed. Luncheon was served in the main Banquet Hall when all Honor- ary Members of .the Executive were the guests of honor. The hall was very gay with flags of all allied na- tions and each small table was cent- red with. the Red Cross flag. The many uniforms of the Red Cross, Navy, Air Force and Army made a very colorful room, Honorary mem- berships were presented to members throughout the province by His Honor the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and Sir Ernest MacMillan presided at the piano for the Toast to the. King. A novel entertainment was the playing by e member of the Tor- onto Symphony Orchestra, a Flute, one of several hundred musical in- struments being sent to German Pri- son Camps to ,help our boys while away their monotonous hours and to help keep up their morale. The spec- ker of the day was an original mein- ber of Ontario Division, Mrs. H. P. Plumtre; who is now the head of the Prisoner of War Inquiry Board at Ottawa. She gave a resume of the growth and expansion of thesociety and looks for greater achievement in the:post war period. The great forces which we bave organized during this war will not be allowed to disband and we will` need to have mobile minds in order to adapt ourselves to new conditions. I+orseeing an expan- ding service in the period of recoil- struotion she said, Our nursing and Community Doctors schemes will raise community standards, our blood donor clinics will be put to new uses and the immigrant coming to Can- ada will find friendship and courage in• our familiar symbol, The afternoon was spent in round table conferences and much valuable information was gleaned. WHEN IT WAS, YET DARK (The women at the sepluchre) While it was yet dark they came, ter love had dallel them. Called them from their sleeping or their weary .watching. While it was yet dark .And they arose and came. The spices were fragrant in their arms; their feet Stepped softly on the dew -spread paths, They put aside the ;heavy dripping branches, Wet because the sem had not yet risen They went quietly, not as with grief, yet not as with hope; Something they did not known impel- led them. ' The light they' had not yet seen was below the horizon, Below the horizon of the world's high- est hopes. If they had spoken, they would have said, sadly and gently. "They have killed the. best and the loveliest, the one. Who spoke truth, Yet can truth be slain?" So they did not talk; they went swif- tly with their perfumes, Hardly thinking, because they could not bear to think; - Moving because they must move, be- cause there was to be a message. And they diel not yet know the nes sage, So they came to the tomb, all dark, all shadow And the stone was rolled away. And the voices came, clear •through. the dimness: "He is, not here, He is risen. Why seek ye the living Among the dead?" And the sun rose strong and shining, above the trees. A. Jacqueline Shaw WHO WAS IT ROLLED THE STONE AWAY? We were fortunate in being able to see through the warehouses, and there saw our own Records which were very favorable indeed. We saw that our shipment front Olinton'not..a. week previous waswell on its way to England. Nothing is held over, excep- ting the knitting which is only sent on requisition, but all civilian sew- ing is sent right along. Don't hold anything in your workroom,. as soon as you have five of one article, keep them moving. Stress:' was placed upon Surgical dressings. The importance of these being exactly as asked for, not a quarter of an inch out, not what we think, but what they Ask for. The importance of this is because of the shipping overseas. The box linings are waterproof and made a certain size and these dressings are planned to fit. They have done the planning, We MUST co-operate., A liege new warehouse has been taken over for Surgical dressings only, and some of these days we will have an ernes genay call, dressings • for the Invasion. They can only now ship once a week and area sterilizing in England, but 'soon Hospital strips will be plying to and fro 'and we must be really. Ii' the Women think they have been working rather hard, wait, you .will What if life seems empty, hopeless, Dreary, weary, every day? Not a rift; the mountains gapless, Someone will roll the stone away. Oh, the stones, the rocks, the boul- ders, The staunchest heart to daunt, dis- play, e Against their defiance put your shoul- der. Someone will roll the stone away. Sickness, sin, or sombre sadness Despairing death disease, decay. From this tomb •af your affliction. Someone will roll the stone away. THURS., APRIL, 22, 1943 If we all cut our eke ooc talks by just one Minute r� would ...It Save 110,000 hours Nr WAR C gtgry .ay War calls :;gust coe first which means that we should reduce our non- essential use of the telephone to the minimum. Present facilities cannot be increased; your co- operation is needed if war calls are to go through promptly. QPlease remember that the wasteful use of telephone time can hold up war business ---and that every second you save counts. anaggirninagezimmozzaw Om nate:ye S'e eweCe 0 1, Cute? !(!arcs eV. 1004,44. Though the mountains, dark and sin- ister, Seem to bar each Heavenly ray, When you scale at last the summit Someone will roll the stone away. As you glimpse into the Heavens And glories of Eternal Day, You, yourself had helped the angels Remove and roll the stone away. V A little sin may' hold as much sor- row as a large one. After you have bought all the Vic- tory Bonds you possibly can with cash, take one for $100 on the instalment plan. It will buy 50,000 plastic but- tons for battle dress. The Bomber Press in Great Britai,i Like everything else, the newspap- ers in England have been very much changed by the war, Imagine news stands which will not sell; you a news- paper. Imagine the advertising man- agers of newspaper being courted by those who are trying to buy a little of the space available. One of our first experiences was at the news stand in our London :hotel, We had heard rumours. of the Dieppe raid which took place just as we were leaving Canada, but we had not read anything about it, We 'were anx- ious to see a newspaper, However, the news stand could not sell us one un- less it was ordered in advance. Thus we abruptly learned to appre- ciatea privilege which we do not think about here, the .privilege of be- ing able to buy'a newspaper at any time. People over there are now glad to have any paper at ail. The privilege of .having a paper delivered ;every day isa highly prized one. A Muse - holder who goes awdy-for a time of- ten finds on his return that someone else has taken the right to get his daily paper, and it may be a hard task to get back in the good graces of the paper boy. People travelling on . a train will nearly'always pose their newspaper ri6und'to the other people in the com- partment after they have read it. 'Newsprint is -severely rationed in Englund. Not only have the publish- ers been forced to reduce the num- ber of pages to .a fraction of the usual volume, but the circulation Ms had to be drastically curtailed. In many cases the size of the pages and the width of the columns have, been reduced. soon see that you have just begun. Do ,you budget your time? De you spend so much time each day in the interests of the Red Cross? There is so much to ire .done. Do think this over and then let Your sewing and knitt- ing convenors know that you are ready to keep thein busy. You have always. responded. You have never failed an appeal. Our party was entertained at the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Express, The Times and Reuters Agency. We were shown through their plants and given every courtesy. At one of these newspapers, we found that the paper has been cut down -from an average issue of 28 pages to four pages. In addition, the circulation has been cut from 920,000 daily average to 650,000. Several hundredapplications for subscrip- tions each day have to be refused. This is typical of the restrictions an all the newspapers. All of these plants have duplicate plants deep in the ground, very com- fortably and completely fitted up so that the entire work of getting out the paper can be carried on without interruption during raids. Moreover several of these papers have complete plants in other cities where some editions are printed every day. For instance, the Daily Express, which has a daily circulation of about two and a,half mmillions, is .printed in three. places, London, Manchester - and Glasgow. They are so co-ordinated by wire service that although they are set and made up in each city, they are exactly alike on most pages, Advertising has been cut to almost, the same degree as the reat of the paper. The Daily Telegraph, we were told, refuses about thirty columns of advertising every day. Display ad- vertising has to be booked several weelcs in advance, and even then without any guarantee that it will appear. In cases where legal adver- tiling must appear before a certain date care must be taken to advise the client if it cannot be printed, in order that an effort may :be made 'to have it printed elsewhere. Advertisements. for beer and liquor may still be carried in the English papers, although they are now berm., ed in Canada. With so much difficulty in obtain.' ing space in the newspapers, it is not surprising to see' a new develop- ment. Large numbers of notices, that originally would be want ads in the papers are now displayed en ,small cards in shop windows. We saw a great many of such ad- sertising cards, not printed, but writ.. ten by hand placed on display in the shop windows in many of the cities we visited. We do not know whether the shopkeeper makes a charge for all these notices (although we heard that some shopkeepers charge 5 shil< linge), and the wondered if this prae- tiee will continue after the war is over. It is not surprising, with curtail ments in size and number of pages - of the newspapers, that the news le also condensed, There are a great many very short items making up the news columns, but taking into consideration the difficulties under which they are operating, the British newspapers are very readable and give a surprisingly good news cov erage in the space at their disposal. News of Canada appears in fairly good volume and is well presented. We found that the Canadian sol- diers are quite worried because it le no longer permitted, to send papers over by mail, except actual subscrip- tions. They are afraid that subscrip- tion ropier may also be banned. They appreciate the home paper now in a way that they never did before they ' left home. They read every word of it. One officer reinarked that he considered a boatload of papers from hone is a boatload of morale. One reason why this restriction was placed en Canadian papers was because some publishers lead been bundling up their over tuns, and send- ing them over to be distributed. We were told by one service worker that:. he had seen at one time 600 bags of such papers, and he simply did not know what to do with them. There ' is no doubt that the publishers who. sent them were anxious to help. They•• thought it 'was a good thing to do, but; it actually was a misguided effort, It was a great pleasure to be able to visit one of the, leading weekly newspapers, "The Banbury Guardian" which was the paper on which 'm'y Lfather, the late George Legge, served his a -p rentiecshi Q pp h p. This i,. one of the older weeklies of. England and has been owned by the same farbily fora great many years. It is interesting to compare pre- sent day training with that of seventy years ago, In his memoirs, Mr. Geo. Legge said, "The training I got in this establishment covered a much wider range than the teehnie51 schools of today, " sweeping floors; buildings fires, washing rollers, sort. i ing pye; fetching in beer,:. gin, rum, 'and snuff, varied by an occasional hour spent on the ,old canal bank eat.. thing minnows for, the foreman's next fishing trip." Weekly ,papers have increased their price from two pence to 'three pence Iper issuel,advertising sates have in- creased about fifty per sent since the start of the war and the papers have decreased in size, In England, 'the press is still fres, The newspapers are able to choosy what they shall print, and free to citicize anybody and anything, In the Axis lands and; in the countries the Axis have-,overrmr, those wino print the unbiased news, and offer any- eriticism, do so under constant perie iof death .