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The Wingham Advance Times, 1925-07-09, Page 7' u7 "Thursday, July gth., 192 NEW STATION FOR WSB By R. M. Sherrill (Radio Engineer) Station WSB, Atlanta (Ga)., is ,building a new super -power station on •'the top of the Atlanta Biltrnoe Hotel, The transmitter is a Western.. Electric -installation of a new type. It repre- sents the very latest in broadcast de- •velopment, and is expected to set a new standard for modulation and effi- ciency. Capacity coupling of the set to the antenna system insures a "sharp'. wave, and eliminates harmon- ics, The station studio, which is to be .as fine as the transmitter itself, is lo- cated on the top floor of the hotel. WSB, which is something over three years old, was one of the pion- eer broadcasting stations. Mr. Lamb- -din Kay,' who has always been the an- nouncer at WSB, and who has won a national •reputation as such, is to be the director and announcer atthe new .station. A Request From Scotland Like the Americans, the Scotch ra- dio amateurs like to receive cards ac- knowledging. the reception of their signals. The thrifty Scotch amateurs are worried, however, abort the ex- pense of these "Q -S -L Cards" as they .are called. Orie of these operators makes a pathetic appeal to the Ameri- can "hams" to remember that the -post- age on cards to his country costs one cent, more. NICF uses a power of about 5KW and has carried on'two-way communi- y cation with Sydney, Australia; , Trans -Atlantic Low Power Record An unusually low power wasused by an English station (5SI) when he communicated With U. S. at. The transmission started with high- er power at 5SI, but at' the request of 1PL it was gradually cut down to an input power of only 2,2 watts. This is less than 125th of the power used ,in the average incandescent light bulb 'in the home, Another striking thing about this feat, was that 5SI Was' transmitting on ,a make -shift aerial consisting of a i single wire, varying from 7 to 28 feet above the ground. The transmission took place on a wavelength of 96 me- ters. • Man -Made Static An English listener announced re- cently, that he had discovered a new kind of static which seemed to have a certain time and rythm to it. Some skeptics have pointed out however, that a neighboring station was trans- mitting a Gaelic concert at -the time. It is supposed, from the foregoing ! report, tht a Gaelic concert must sound something like the familiar 'noise made by three or more Ameri- can stations holding a "free-for-all" on the same wavelength. The above"plea was made after the Scot had been forced to pay an ad- -ditional postage fee on each of a do- zen cards, ' Navy Tries The Shorter Waves The short wave transmitter at NKP :Bellevue (D. C.), has met with such -success that numerous short wave na- -val, stations are now in operation' be 'tween the wave -lengths of 20 and 8o meters, . About half of these stations :are on shore and half afloat, The radio operators on various bat- tleships have built •themselves "unof- ficial" short wave receivers for the purpose of hearing NKF, These r.e ,ceivers use but a single tube, and it is. reported that NKF comes in stronger y -than the powerful 17,000 meter naval :station at Annapolis. Radio Questions and Answers (Mr. Sherrill will be .glad to, help you solve your radio problems. Write him in care of this paper.) A. H. R says: "I have made an electrolytic rectifier wording to your instructions, and when using the 125 watts will never charge at more than a ampere. I would like to ask, what governs the amount of rectifica- tion in this type of charger? Is it the draw as measured by the size of the lamps, or has the strength of the solution and size of the plates any- thing to "do with it?" Ans.-The charging current from the electrolytic rectifier will be, roughly, the voltage divided by the total resistance in' the circuit. The vol- tage used here is the applied voltage less the voltage of . the battery being charged, •'The principal resistances in the circuit are in the two 75 watt A Time nd. Saving Service The simplest method of doing your shopping quickly and economic- ally in the summer is to place your completegrocery order at your nearest DOMINION STORE. No bother -sure savings. PURE DANE SUGAR - m 241b. WHITE SATIN • B,A G PASTRY FLOUR 6066 cwt. TINS,, ,�� rad Dominion BAKING POWDER ilk 2 I c LARGE BOTTLE SWEET PICKLES Dexo . C 20isateraMmaxamosoirsomemostomegnommunramo ib. pail PURE L'3.95 ARD 4 zh. 25c NESTLES EVAPORATED MILK 2 TINS 27c CHOICE HANDPICKED WHITE BEANS s FLACORNKE,S 3 FOR 25c OAP BALI) r 1O59 BARS C WI GHAM. A•l VANCl a' '11vfl lamps (connected in parallel) and in the electrolytic cell. The latter with a saturated Borax solution should be around b ohms. ,Itis imperative that the charger be kept from over- heating The heating is due to one or more of the following reasons: (1) Back -Leakage --caused by pure aluminum, poorly formed alumni - um 'electrodes,'insufficient concentra- tion of the solution, or impurities in the solution. (2) Small volume of electrolyte -- as large a volume as possibie should be used in order to provide for circu- lation and heat radiation, Inaddi- tion it is advisable to place the jar con- taining the electrolyte in a much lar- ger vessel filled with water. , iltsfor• the FOR JULY By Betty Webster Picnic Time The picnic season is a joyous time for all. 'Tis the time to be prepared so that at practically a moment's no- tice one can pack a tasty` lunch. The main idea is to have the food on hand and other items to go with it. Purchase plenty of paper napkins. Oiled paper. Paper plates. Paper forks. Paper spoons. Have "a shelf ready with: Jelly and. jam.' Cheese. Bottled goods. Salad dressing And -have plenty of egg's or cold meat in the ice box. -0- Paper Napkin Uses Buy plenty of cheap napkins. Hang some near sink. Use to wipe hands; wipe floor; wipe stove; wipe spots; wipe greasy pans, and be handy to wrap food ,in when necessary, -0- COOKING HINTS Potato Salad Cold boiled potatoes. 3 slices of bacon, Teaspoon of flour, Small cup of diluted cider vinegar Chopped onions. • Salt and pepper to taste, Method: -Cut up potatoes. Cut up bacon . in small cubes. Fry , bacon crisp. Remove bacon and make a sauce by mixing flour in hot fat until smooth. Then add vinegar. Mix well.. Pour' over potatoes. Add bacon, on- ion, salt and pepper. Serve immedi- ately,. --0- How To Cook Rhubarb Method: -Wash. rhubarb, Cut up and place in double boiler, Add su- gar: A tiny pinch of soda if desired -no water. Cook until tender. -0- BAKING HINTS Roast` meat or bake meat loaf the day before if you are planning to use it for sandwiches. Blueberry Muffins Or Cake I pint of sifted flour (2 cups). Pinch of salt. 2 teaspoons of baking powder. cup of butter. cup of sugar. 1 egg. 1 cup of milk, r heaping cup of blueberries, Method: -Melt butfier in baking pan while oven is heating. Beat egg. Add sugar and salt. Then add flour and baking powder sifted- together. Next add milk. Mix well. Flour blueberr- ies and add last, Pour into cake pan or muffin pans and bake twenty min- utes to one half hour. Sour milk may be used with tea- spoon soda instead of baking powder. To snake extra. good, beat yellow and white separately. Put beaten white in last before berries. .-0.-:- (Readers, Note: If you have any questions concerning Recipes and oth- er Household Hints you would like to ask Betty Webster --address her in cage of this paper,)" A BROTHERL' ` ARGUIVIENT To the Bditur av the Advance-Toimes Deer Sur,- , Well, I had it out wid me Mild bro- ther Matt. at lasht, an it ntoight as well hev been at fursht ler sunny diffisr. it made to him, fel••, shore, he is as shtubborn 'as wan ov thin mules I used to droive in Missouri, yis an wid. jist about as mach kick itt him, too. Wan ting I will say, 1 wus proud ay the way he cud defind a losht cause 'Tis the Irish blood :in hilt:, so it is Whin did ye ivir know an Irish regi - mint to surrinder, air know whin it wus, licked? An 'tis the same wid Irislunitt the wurruld aver, in the siri- gular number an prisint tinse, as me dawter-in-law wud say. Av coorse I can't begin to tell ye a tinth part av what wus said durin titre two alt tree hours av •discussin we had, an a lot av it I don't rernim- ber, an don't weal to, fer, .shure, th argymint wus purty shtrong at tonn- es, wid .warrunt wurruds betwane us, but widout any permanent mishunder- shtandin, so to slipake, fer, faith, an Irishman kin shmash yer head wan minnit an give ye a plashter fir it the nixt, 'Tis a quare wurruld as it is, but it wudden't be a wurruld at all, at all, widout the Irish, We wus alone in the house whin the argymint shtarted, fer the wiinmiti had *gone to a picnic wid the Ladies' Aid, arr the Wimmin's Institoot arr the S, " S. S. -,(maynin ' the Shlim Shkirted Sisterhood) arr:'someting av that sort,- so theer wus nobody to dishturb us. 'Twas the day that wur- rud came av the defate av the Grits in Novy .Scoshee, an me foightin blood wus up, I said to Matt. it wus a blessin fer the Prawvince that it had got rid av the Grits at lasht, an that wid a Tory Governxnint'in aw- fice the coal shtroike wud soon be settled, the fishermin wud l2ev betther luck an the ' apple orchards in the Anappleus Valley wud bear betther craps, an the whole populashun. wud• be sittin arround wid plinty av mon- ey, oney contintedly dhrinkin foor be foor beer, Jist let thin Grits at Ottawa bring on the Dominion elickshun, sez I, an we will shwape the counthry clane av thin, bad luck to thim, I sez. "Ye' same to be purty sure av yer- silf," sez Matt, "but mebby ye hev forgotten about • Saskatchewan an Quebec" he sez. "Tory Ontario isn't the whole av Canada" sez he. "I tought ye called yersilf a Pro- gressive," sez I, "an here ye are talk - in loike wan av thim . Grits. 'Tis a Progressive ye are all roight, fer ye same to be progressin on the down- ward path purty fasht," sez X, "Well jine up wid yer Grit frinds if ye want to, fer, shure, we kin lick the both av ye.. "What is a Progres`ive anny- way, but a Grit' wid a little more sand in him? 'Tis the sand in the Grit parthy that always kapes gittin into the Government machinery an kaypin it from wurrukin properly," sez I. "Hould on, Tim, sez he. "Ye are afther gittin yer mettyfers mixed, so ye are. If ye take the Progressive cement an mix it wid the Grit sand, an hev a lot av ye ould Tories pourin could wather on it all the toime, shure, ye git a combinashun that can't be bruk, an the more could wather ye kape pourin on it the shtronger it gits to be," sez he. "Yes," sez I, an whin ye git yer mixture made an put down in soide- walks, us Tories will walk all over ye," I sez, "Now let me hear ye shpring another av thin mettyfers," sez 1. "The thrubble wid ye Tim," sez he, "is that ye are too narrey, an don't take a woide enough view av tings, arr to shpake wid another mettyfer, if ye want wan, ye are root bound an nade thransplantin, so ye do, loike ire woife thransplants her geraniums to make thin grow betther an projuce bigger blooms." he sez. If ye wus to live out Wesht a whoile ye wud meb- by make some improvesnint in yersilf, fer I see grate possibilities in ye me bye," sez he. "Live in the Wesht is it!" sez I. "D'ye tink I hev been deproived av me sinse intoirely? Ontario an the Tory parthy are good enough fer me" T sez, "an 'tis to be hoped ye will hev sinse enough to git back into the Tory parthy yersilf, loike the byes who wus led ashtray in Ontario hev done. Tape yer fate warrum an yer head cool, an casht a Tory vote whin- ivir ye hev, a chance, thim is the rules fer health an happiness." 'Taves -a long seshun we had, an ended wid. honors about oven, but 1 havn't toime to tell ye half av the shmart tings that wus said be the both av us, as ye wud natcherally ix- pickt whin" two Irishmin git taikin. Yours • till nixt wake, Timothy Hay. Answer to last week's puzzle als Face Cream -- RELEIVES Sunburn an Nyals Faoe Cream is a greaseless, disappearing cream with a delightful fragrance. It is especially recommended for sunburn and it removes tan. It protects the complexion against sunlight and :makes' face powder or talcum adhere better, It is not greasy or sticky and does not promote the growth of 'hair, 25 and 50 Cent Jars McAvoy's Nyal Quality Store, rug Store Phone 18. We Are In T e Market To Buy. Cream. and Eggs During Hot Weather it pays to look after Cream and Eggs and market them twice weekly. Profits are made on the Quality produce you sell. Under grades, •nq person wants them unless at a reduced price, The United Farmers Ca -0*. C-,.@, Ltd. Winghalln w Ontario SCHOOL REPORTS Report of the promotions made at S. S. No. 8, Morris (Browntown), for the school year ending June x925 6o per cent. required for, pass, 75 per cent. required for honours. Primer -Irene Ament, Isabel Rhyn- ne, Margaret Turvey. Ist.- Charlie 1/fathers, Stanley Mustard. I to Jr. II -Elmer Sellers, Irene Warwick (honours); Viola Goll (honours). - Jr. II to Sr. II -Dorothy Goll, Jean Garniss, Jean Turvey, Tom Garniss. Jr. III to Sr, III -Eva Dennis, Harry Gob. Sr. III to Jr. IV -Edith Garniss, Freda Mustard (honours), Ross Smith. Ethel I. Wardell, teacher The following is a list of the pro motions in S. S. No. 3, Turnberry for the year ending June 29. Total marks 95o, honours 712, pass 57o. Sr. IV -George Mundell 751; Rutin 'Stokes 687; Alex. Marshall 592. Jr. IV -Evelyn Lincoln 691; Elva Metcalfe 657; Mervin Marshall 572s Margaret Baird 56o. Jr. XII -Margaret Stokes Sa ig° Stokes 737; Tom Stokes, absent; Moreen Baird 57o; Michael . Schiestel 523. R. II -John Campbell, Arno .Met- calf. Sr. I -Gordon Breen, Elma Stokes, Russel Baird. Sr. Pr. -Margaret Mundell, Fernee Jeffrey, Elmer Jeffrey, Stuart Jeffray, Allan MacLean. Jr. Pr. -Edith Stokes, Mary Bairal Norman Muir, teacher.' 2. 35 2.1 6 io 13 26 r, 27 .a Horizontal I. Gorge or ravine 5. Fascinate g. Natural metal to. Large body of water I, Exist 5, 12, Afternoon 6. 13. Expression of inquiry 7, 15. Doctor of Divinity (Abbr.) 8. 16. Falsehood 17. Long narrow inlet of diminishing 12. depth 14. 19. Slackens 16. 20. Habit 18. 3" Pa 1. 2. 3. 4- 21. 24. 27. 28, 29. 32. 33, 36. 40. 41. 42. 44, 45. 46, 47, 49. 50. 55. Head covering 21. Grieves 22. Prefix meaning "down" 23. Unitarian Association (Abbr,) 25, Relies 26. Small child Connections . 29. Cleanses 31, An extinct bird of New Zealand 33, To urge on 34. 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