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Hosiery Plant in 1 ceived the degree of doctor of medi-
Production the Medical School of the University
of Western Ontario at London Fri-
day; of last: week. He also won the steam cooker or" a double boiler.
cine at the convocation exercises of
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
soft, add butter and, salt to taste and
serve while hot.'Varieties than can
be used in this way include White.
and Yellow .Scallop, Crook & Straight
Neck, Yankee Hybrid, Bush Marrow
and Cocozelle. It has been found th .s..
the immature Green Hubbard' Squash
also makes an excellent vegetable
when prepared in the same way. An -
The Iioleproof Hosiery Co. went in other way is to cook the squash in a
to production at its Goderich plant Class of '17 Scholaeship and was ad -
in the former Dominion Road Machin- nritted into the "Alpha Omega Alpha"'
ery Co., factory on Tuesdayof this international honor medical society.
week. Six transfer knitters,. four of C. Borden Sanders, of Exeter, was
them from Goderich are engaged. awarded the W. H. McGuffin Schol-
Army socks are being manufactured, airship in Radiology, and was also ad-
one every four and a half minutes,
by each machine. The machines are set
up in the former office and drafting
room floor space of the Dominion
Road! •Co„--Goderich Signal Star,.
Sky ii arbour Under
New Directorate
.Waterloo county citizens are now in
the majority on the new directorate of
Huron County. Flying Training School
Limited, operators of No. 12 E.F.T.S.
(Sky Harbor), as a result of a 'reor-
ganization meeting held at the offices
of the airport Wednesday afternoon.
This development was forecast some
rnonths ago when preferred stock
of the company was called in and the
majority of shares ,of common stock.
passed into the hands of the Waterloo
group.
The„new directorate is composed of.
the following: President, 3. It. Becton,
Waterloo; vice-president, G. I. Par -
sone, Goderich; directors, B. W. Tuck-
ey, Exeter; T: Dietrich, St. Agatha;
K. Hueston, Wroxeter, N. Schneider,
Kitchener, W. H. Sims. Kitchener.
Retiring directors are W. L. Whyte
Seaforth; Wilmot Haacke, George
Feagan and Hugh Hill.
The new Sky Harbour president. J.
R. Beeton, is a member of the Kit-
chener Waterloo” Airport Commission
and his associates have been identi-
fied with him in the establishment and
operatation •of the Kitchener -Water
loo Flying Club, under whose charter
Sky Harbor is now operating.
J. R. Douglas, Sky Harbor manager
sifice its inception as a training
school, and formerly manager of the
Kitchener -Waterloo .Clwb's, aerdrome
at Kitchener, was reappointed. K. Sto-
thees is the temporary secretary -trea-
surer, replacing Ben Stranghan, wlio
has held the position for three years
and who has joined the colors. — God-
erieh Signal .Star,
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I :..:. WI' SQ —GUEST
The marriage took place .at King's
. College Chapel, Halifax N. S„ on Sat.
urday, July 10th, of Margaret 1'Iary,
Guest, Winnipeg, to: Sub. -Lieut. Don-
ald Spurgeon Wilson, R,C.NV.R.
Both parents of the bride are form-
er residents of Goderich. Goderich
Signal Star.
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WIGGINS—SMITH
A quiet wedding took place at the
home of the bride's parents, Mr. and
1VIrs. Norman A. B. Smith, Cathcart
sibreegt, London Ont., on Saturday
July 24th, when their only daughter,
Jean Elizabeth, became the bride. of
Ship's . Writer J. Donald A. Wiggins,
of 'H.'M.C.S., Prevost, only son of Mr,
and, Mrs. John C. Wiggins, Goderich.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
E, A. Earchman, of Knox United
Church, London, and Miss Imogene
Sim, formerly of Woodstock,. presid-
ed at the piano. Goderich Signal
Star;
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Awards at Convocation
Donald L. Oestreieher, son of Mr.
Aaron Oestreicher, of. Hay, twp, re-
initted into the Alpha Omega' Alpha"
society as an undergraduate. •
H. A. Colin of Brncefield, was
awarded the Khaki University and Y.
M.C.A. Certificate. —' Exeter Times
Advocate.
Chief Warns Roy
Pigeon Hunters
During the past couple of years
pigeons have made their home in the
corner of the roof of the Stainton
hardware and a few boys have made
it a practice of trapping them. Lat-
ely however, the lads would not both-
er with :traps. They tore the bricks
away to make a large hole and craw-
led inside the roof and captured the
young and lifted the eggs. The chief
was notified of the destruction that
these lads were doing to the brick
work of the Stainton Store and the
roof of the adjoining building and on
Tuesday a couple of the boys were
caught en the roof and the chief gave.
them a severe lecture.— Wingham
Advance Times.
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Fell Down Stairs i
Child ;Injured,
When she fell down the stairs at
the home of her parents, Mr. . and
Mrs. Jack Stacey, 5-yeareold Loris
Stacey suffered concussion and, was
rushed to Wingham General Hospi-
tal. We are pleased to report that she
sufficiently recovered to be taken
home on Monday. The accident hap-
pened early Thursday morning, --
Wingham
Wingham Advance -Times.
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World Traveller
Grand Bend is host this week to
a world traveller, Mr. Affleck, who as
engineer en the plane accompanied
Mr. Churchill on his flights to Afri-
ca and America. Mr. and Mrs. At -
fleck are holidaying at the Dew Drop
Inn.—Exeter Times Advocate.
Squash for ' - ,"
Summer and Winter
(Experimental Farms News)
Squash of any kind or variety is
good food and easy to grow. It can
be used both as a summer food and for
storing when ripe for use during the
winter months, says T. F. Ritchie,
Division of Horticulture, Central Ex-
perimental Farm, Ottawa.
Summer Squash are used when the
fruits are partially grown and when
the skin is soft enough to be easily
punctured with the thumb -nail. When
taken while quite young; the internal
part, which would later be filled with
seeds, is left in and cooked, skin and
all, When preparing the summer
squash merely remove the sand and
grit by washing with water and scrub
bing with a stiff brush. ° Cutinto
medium sized pieces and place in a
pot with only enough water to pre-
vent scorching. Squash oontains'a con
siderable amount of moisture and
once the cooking commences the liquid
quickly ,00zes out, When cooked until
Imaxavesiorer
Fighting Frenchmen Man Torpedo Boats
Picture shows: A busy scene, at aSea. Tbese motor torpedo boats pos.
British Port, where Fighting French secs a high speed and great powers of
sailors are preparing to put to sea deetruotion. They vary from. eighteen
in motor torpedo boats.. They work to thirty-two tons, are -about 72 feet
beside the . British Navy, protecting in length and touch speeds up to 50
the coastal waters ef Britain, and knots. Some carry two 21: inch: tor -
making lightning thrusts against Ger- pedoes, two : machine guns and depth
man shipping in the channel and north charges.
The winter squash should be well
grown, of medium size, free ` from
insect damage and fully ripened be.
fore being ,placed in storage. Careful
handling is necessary to avoid bruis-
ing Use a sharp knife when remov-
ing the fruits from the vines. The
stem should be intact and left at-
tached to the fruits.
The squash intended for winter use
should be stored on shelves in a dry
room with t Lure of around
a empera
55 degrees. F.
Varieties commonly used for win-
ter include Golden Hubbard, Green
Hubbard, Kitchenette (a small green
Hubbard), Warty Hubbard for show
pgrposes and, where large squash era
in demand, Acorn or Des Moines, But-
tercup and Bouquet, the latter two
small' turban shaped -varieties.
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How to Hitch -Hike' i
Hiteh hiking is another occupation
that has been greatly altered by the
war. As the opportunities for catching
a ride, have declined, the candidates
for a seat in some stray passing mo-
tor vehicle, or any vehicle, have vast-
ly increased. Today practically every-
one is a hitch -hiker at heart. The cor-
poration executive and even the cor-
poration executive's wife, secertly
yearn at times to get picked up. Like
the members of the armed services,
they are restrained by a strict code
from•solieiting a lift,, but when they
get an offer they will usually .scurry
towards an invitingly open auto door
with an eagerness as keen (though
disguised) as that of a junior clerk or
stenographer late for work.
In the early days of motoring, pro-
fessional bums were about the only
people who sought free transporta-
tion. The bum knew his business. From
stowing away on the rodsor in the
blind baggage of, trains he had learn-
ed that in his relationship to the train
crew his correct conduct while aboard
was to draw as IittIe attention to him-
self as possible, The bum tried not to
annoy. He intruded only his person,
not his voice. He carried this tech-
nique into the age of the motor car.
He was a good passenger except some
times for his smell, or unless it hap-
pened that his professional duties re-
quired that he stick up the motorist.
In the course of time the hitch-
hiker and his thumb appeared along
the roadsides. As 'a class the hitch-
hiker was younger than the bum. He
was cleaner -looking and he had a
light hearted attitude like Robin
Hood. A deft panhandler masquerad-
ing as an amateur, the hitch -hiker
ruined and superseded the bum, who
never maneged to shop looking like a
professional.
The wartime, ride -wangler has much
to learn from his predecessors. The
corporation executive's wife, for in-
stance, when she has bagged a seat
in a ear and thanked the driver, often
show a sorry ignorance that there is
a tradition of deportmentin these
matters. All to frequently for her
own good and for the good of hitch-
hiking, the lady -and the gentlemen
do it too -goes on talking, perhaps
expanding on the fact that she is ever
so grateful for, the ride as she has to
be at the Red Cross rooms right on
time today because of all those quilts
to get out, or she may remark that
it's a fine day, or she may exclaim,
"Isn't the problem of getting oneself
conveyed from one place to another a
difficult problem nowadays?"
These things are definitely against
the rules. The driver may feel that
he has done enough by picking up
the lady, without having to talk to
her. If it is morning and he is on his
way to work, the percentage chances
are all against his wanting to talk to
anybody. Mornings, it may be natural
for him to be in a surly mood, and
this mood has to be respected with co-
operative silence, as it is his car. Most
bums or even brash pre-war hitch-
hikers understood that if they irritat-
edthe driver too much he might stop
the car and tell them to get out.
Few drivers have the courage to
take such measures against a well
meaning fellow -citizen who has be-
come an occasional wartime rode cad-
ger, yet when a motorist is seen go-
ing his way without picking up anyone
it ,nay just possibly be that his heart
isnot cold, but that the previous day
he has had his ear talked off.
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Agriculture Profits
Their record is enviable in that res-
pect. he said, but if the stabilization
policy of the government as'a whole
is to be successful, then it is essential
that farm .:prices also be stabilized..
Palm income in Canada generally
is now above farm living and operat-
ing costs. Prices fog most, farm pee -
ducts are better than they have been
for years. Any further pressure to
increase farm prices or to- expand
unduly the system of subsidy pay-
ments, must inevitably lead to disas-
trous inflation and its consequent ev-
ils to everyone, farmers included, the
chairman explained.
"The real interest of agriculture, is
best served by a long period of stable
prices," stated; Mr. Gordon.
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Junior Park Wardens
The arrival of the summer season
always brings to most Canadian
schoolboys a longing for life out-of-
doors, away from hot classrooms,
books, and blackboard. They dream of
scouting through the woods, riding
horse back, discovering wildanimals
M their native haunts, and all the
other interesting things of nature
that fill a boy's heart with delight
and wonder.
This year an opportunity has been
given to a number of lads under six-
teen years of age; mostly members of
the Boy Scouts Association, to realize
some of their fondest dreams. They
have been enrolled as Junior Park
Wardens in the national parks, and
are assisting the regular Park War-
dens in such work as the prevention
and detection of forest fires, protec-
tion of game and other wild Iife, sup-
plying information to tourists, and do-
ing whatever other tasks may be re-
quired of them for the welfare of the
national parkin which they are oper-
ating.
Some of the older boys accompany
regular Park Wardens on the less ardu
ous patrols and take part in week-
end hikes in order to gain a wider ex-
perience and lcnowledge of the park
service. Those boys who indicate an
aptitude for this type of work are re-
ceiving valuable training which should
fit them for employment in the re-
gular Park Wardens Service when
they become older. In the meatime
they are given lectures by appropri-
ate officers on wildlife management.'
forest and game protection, trail rid,
ing and many other important things
that are part of the life and work of
a Park Warden. They are also taught
something ef the geography (and per-
haps the geology) of the park areas
so that they will be able to give ac-
curate and intelligent information to
park visitors.
The boys wear a smart uniform.
complete with red tunic, shirt, green
hat and tie, and of course their badge.
of office. In addition the Chief junior
Warden displays a star to indicate his
rank and authority. They are at all
times speeially alert to any attempt
by enemy agents to sabotage our for-
ests during wartime.
Junior Park Wardens are first and
foremost conservationists. Even
though many of these lads may not
have the inclination or aptitude for
the Jife of a Park Warden EIS a def-
inite career, they will at least have
learned something of the importance
of protecting our great national heri-
tage of forest and wild life resources.
They also learn the correct names of
trees and flowers and birds, and
have an opportunity to study the hab-
its of many of the wild creatures in
the parks. They not only gain a useful
experience, but in addition have an en-
joyable
njoyable and exciting adventure—an
adventure which will provide a topic
of lively and inexhaustible interest to
their less fortunate school chums.
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District Farmer Dies
As Result of Burns
Early 'Friday morning Mr. John
Brock, a well known farmer of the
Flmville district, was so seriously
burned when the car in which he and
two other men were travelling, caught
fire that he died the following day.
Besides his farming aetivitiei, 1YIr.
Brock was the butcher for one or
more beef rings in the district and
was on his way to Staffa when he
experienced car trouble. Ire was un-
der the car making repairs :when
dripping gasoline from above in some
way became ignited, and before he
could be rescued from his position was
terribly burned.
He was rushed to ScottMemorial
Hospital, Seaforth, !but died the fol-
lowing morning.
Mr. Brook was in his 48th year.
Born and, raised. in Flimville, he had
lived there his entire life. He was e
When Prices Steady member of Elineville-United Church.
Speaking to the Alberta Federation
of Agriculture here, Donald Gordon,
chairman of the 'Wartime Prices and
Trade Board, paid tribute to the far-
mers for the magnificent job they are
doing in wartime 'food production. gins of Clinton.
Surviving are his wife, Mabel; three
children, Clifton and Billy at home,
and Grace in Galt, and one brother,
Sherwood Brock, Winchelsea.—Huron
Expositor, The deceased' was •a ne-
phew of Mr. and Mrs. William Hig-
The Control of
Weeds in Lawn
(Experimental Farms News)
To many home owners the control
of weeds in the lawn is a problem.
Many hours are often spent in spud-
ding dandelions and pulling plant-
ain only to find that next year there.
are as many and sometimes more of
these weedsthan' ever. There is an
easier way of controlling plantain and
dandelion, says George Knowles, k'iei,l
Husbandry Division, Central Experi-
mental Farm, Ottawa.
Plantain, especiailly, can be effec-
tively controlled by spraying the in-
fested area withlong time burning
oil at the rate of five gallons per one.
thousand, square feet of lawn, The
same treatment is usually effective
against dandelion but results have not
been so consistently successful as in
the Ease of plantain.
While plantain and dandelion are
perhaps the most common weeds in
lawn there are several other species,
such as chickweed, heal-all and ground
ivy, which often give trouble. Weeds
of this type may be controlled by dust-
ing the infested area, very uniformly,
with calcium cynamid dust at the rate
of five pounds per one thousand
square feet. It should be applied on
wet foliage as it requires moisture to
start its herbicidal action.
Cyanamid dust is quite caustic so
in order to prevent burning one
should cover his hands with a thin
film of oil before handling it.
- AlI chemicals which are used to
control weeds in lawns discolour the
grass for some time after they are
applied. This period of discolouration
is shorter when the application is
made in the spring and in the fall.
In the Ottawa district fall • treatments
should not be applied later than the
first week of September, so as to in-
sure g recovery of the grass before
winter.,
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MY NEIGHBORB
I see him at his work; with loving
touch
Tending the bare, bruised earth where
hidden lies
The summer's precious heritage. His
eyes
A dreamer's ... Yet, as though be-
lying such
His careful hands betray the crafts-
man's skill
But I, who watch him year by year,
know well
He builds on dreams; throughdreams
the seedlets swell;
And out of dreams comes beauty, at
God's will
I'll see him walk with contempla-
tive gaze
When summer glories all the garden
span
With tint of calendula, iris, rose.
And I who build with words, shall
well appraise
The joy that fills the dreamer -artis-
an
Who walks, with God, his garden at
day's close
Montreal Grace Pollard
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A TALE
A youngster at school, more sedate
than the rest;
Had once his integrity put to the test,
His comrades had plotted an orchard
to rob.
And asked him to go and.assist on the
job.
He was shocked, sir, like you and an.
swered "Oh, no! .
What, rob our good neighbor! I pray
you don't'go.
Besides, the man's poor, his orchard
is bread;.
Then think of his children for they
must be fedl'r
"You speak very fine, and you look
very grave,
But apples we 'want, and apple we'll
have
If you will go with us, you shall have
a share—
If not, you shall have neither apple
nor pear.''
They spoke and Tom pondered— "I
see they will go.
Poor man! What a pity to injure hire
so!
Poor man! I would save hint his fruit
if could,
But staying behind will do him no
good.
"If the matter depended alone upon
me,
His apples might hang till they drop-
ped from the tree:
But since they will take them, I
think I'll go too—
He will lose none by me, though I
get afew"
His scruples thus silenced, Tom: felt,
more at ease.
And went with his corrrrades the ap-
ples to seize:
He blamed and protested,; but joined
THURS., 'A.TJG.. 5; 1948
3 dear Old r tish Mother Ys A Ferry Pilo.
syr • ;+
Mrs. Ruth Moore ran her own mo-
toring business in peacetime and was
motoring correspondent to a women's
magazine. Her week end hobby was
flying. In 1939 she married Captain
Moore and in May, 1940, he was kill-
ed at Dunkirk. Six months later her
baby daughter, Virginia was born.
She might have stayed at home and
looked after her baby but she wanted
• ;a=
•
to put her experience and ability be-.
hind the war effort. She joined the -
Air Transport Auxiliary of the Brit.
ish Air Force.. Now she delivers
bombers from factories to their oper-
ational stations and ferries planes to
all parts of the country.
Picture shows: Mrs. Ruth Moore
photographed after landing a Welling.
ton bomber at its station.
in the plan;
He shared in the plunder, but pitied
the man.
William Cowper.
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OUR EMPIRE
There are what make .an Empire;
The homes for which men fight,
The quiet of a country lane,
Wide, lighted streets at night
A church where men may kneel and
pray
In sweet simplicity;
A lawn where happy children play
Under an apple tree;
A. mother slinging to her child;
A farmer at his plough,
With no man there to raise a whip
When he stops to wipe his brow:
The something leaping up within
Wfiene'er the flag snaps high—
These are the living symbols
That an Empire cannot die!
These are what make an Empire:
Little unwieldy ships
Blundering through the Channel
Without a gun on their hips,
Shattered by enemy aircraft
The strangest fleet afloat,
Out from the Thames from Grimsby,
Ferry, and fishing boat,
From Blackpool, Hull and Norwich,
Cruiser,' and tug, and smack,
Crossing the Straits of Dover
To bring their kinsmen back.
Fishermen, clerk and schoolboy.
Putting their faith in prayer,
Who wouldn't admit they were beaten
And so they never were.
Men who went out to Dunkerque;
Women who work at a bench.
Children who buy a war -stamp
Men who fight in a trench;
No matter what clime or kindred
Knit by a common tie—
These are what make an Empire;
Britain can never die!
—Dorothy Dumbti11o.
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ENGLAND 1940
Thank God for valiant men in crucial,
hours!
Uprooted, charred, ' behold this.
England now:
Atrocities to make her cringe and,
• bow;
Exploding fire that everything de.
yours,
Lives, houses, ancient halls and sac-
red towers,
This war -Lord, Nazi mind—one
wonders how
Some freak of nature happened to
endow
It both with soul of brute and human.
powers
England, with all her failing's, still
has shown
The way to liberty in thought and'
deed;
Man's worth and rights, her long
tradition's creed
For this at tines her lives she freely
spent
It was but yesterday she stood alone
And saved the narrow path of man's
ascent.
Max Ehrmann..
8th Army Man Examines Knocked Out
Italian Tank
Picture Shows :An Sth Army man
examining' a knocked -out Italian tank
on the road south-east of Gafsa. The
tanit had been recovered by the Ital-
ians and turned into a road -block,
a vain attempt to stem the Allied'
advance northwards. It was in this
area that the victorious Sth Army
joined up with the U. 5, forces ad,
vancing from Gafsa,