The Huntingdon gleaner, 2 octobre 1940, mercredi 2 octobre 1940

[" \u2018ov \u2018tw Time Is generally the best doctor.SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR Capt.J.0.Cossette, Native Of Valleyfield, Rating 30 Years Ago, Now Naval Sec\u2019y.A Career Crammed With More Incidents Than Most Men Have In A Lifetime\u2014Invested Earnings To Learn English Thirty years ago Joseph Oscar Cossette, who had left a Montreal newspaper office with a yen for the sea, started on a naval career as a rating in Halifax unable to speak English beyond \u201cyes\u201d and \u201cno.\u201d Behind him are three decades of a career crammed with more experience that most men have in a lifetime.He has fought with the Bolshe- vists in the Baltic, served on both of the Canadian coasts and in England and was one of two men who escaped uninjured when the Halifax Explosion levelled the Royal Naval College in 1917.Perhaps Captain Cossette\u2019s desire for the navy was inherited.His father, who still lives at the old home in Valleyfield, Quebec, was one of those \u201ctwice-around-the- Horn\u201d men who sailed around the tip of South America in the days of clipper ships and windjammers.Leaves Newspaper But the Naval Secretary will only say it was \u201csomething in the blood\u201d which made him leave his newspaper job with La Patrie in Montreal and start his life on the briny.When he did so his father gave him his blessings without a murmer, but his newspaper editor told him: \u201cThis is a youthful folly which you will regret.The life of a sailor is tougher than you think.\u201d When Cossette landed in Halifax away from French-speaking Quebec he soon found his first difficulty in being unable to talk the English language.He could read it all right, but talking it was something different and something he found he had to master in the King's Navy.So the ambitious sailor paid his savings out to a Dalhousie Univer- isity professor to teach him two hours a night for six nights a week.Later the Navy hired the same professor to teach a class or other ratings and young Cossette took that\u2019 course too just to be sure.\u201cIt nearly broke me,\u201d he says now, \u201cbut I never told anybody.\u201d Escaped in Explosion His progress came as steady as his desire to go ahead and by 1917 he found himself an Accountant Officer at the Halifax Royal Naval College.It was while there he escaped in the explosion.He went to England to receive technical courses and won appointment at the British Admiralty.He recalls his experiences while serving as a sub-lieutenant in the Baltic in the fight against the Bol- shevists.He went ashore at a port called Libau with a seafaring idea to procure a cuckoo clock as a souvenir and he took soap with him.It was while soap was scarce in Russia and they used it for money.He walked into a little shop and scraping away the dust from a suspicious looking object found two packages of Canadian tobacco.These he had for one slice of soap.Captain Cossette never regretted the time he left his newspaper job to start his career on the ocean.It's a life of comradeship, interesting travel and healthy exercise, he says.His own son has been serving in the navy for two years and is now aboard the Royal Navy battleship Valiant, In the old days, he says, an officer in the navy nearly had to have a private income, but nowadays all a man needs to get to the top is the goods, the physique and the background and enough education to back it up.He has seen the barriers between the merchant marine and the navy disappearing and \u201cthe class distinction, I venture to say, will disappear entirely before long,\u201d he says.He can quickly assure mothers of all that the navy holds for a young man today.\u201cIf I was 25 again and had occasion to choose a career I would not hesitate a moment to join,\u201d he says.Captain Cossette was born in Val- leyfield, October 3, 1890.His mother, nee Eleonore Baillie, died in 1896.Bridesmaid Killed on Day Of Wedding Malone Girl Falls From Speeding Car Enroute to Wedding Breakfast On Saturday morning tragedy darkened what was to have been a happy wedding day when Miss Gertrude Eldredge, 27, daughter of Mrs.Nettie Eldredge, of Burke, N.Y, bridesmaid at the wedding of her sister, Clara, was killed instantly when she fell from a moving automobile as the bridal party left St.George's Church at Burke, N.Y, The accident occurred at 10:15 o'clock on the Malone-Chateaugay Road, a mile and a quarter east of Burke Center.The young people were taking a short drive before the wedding breakfast at the Eldredge home.Six automobiles were in the wedding procession with the bridal car in the lead.Miss Gertrude Eldredge was in the front seat with Wayne Fitzgerald of Burke, best man at the ceremony.who was driving the car.The bride and groom, Vernon Dumont, son of Charles Dumont of North Burke, were in the rear seat of the car.The young women were shaking rice from their hair and Miss Gertrude Eldredge had apparently turned to talk to her sister when it is believed her knee came in contact with the door release causing it to swing open.When her sister looked up from shaking her hair the other girl had fallen out.Her head struck the concrete abutment of the bridge over the Starch Factory Creek.Her skull was fractured and Coroner Edward Car- gill said that death was instantari- eous.Mother Waiting Meanwhile Mrs.Eldredge, mother of the victim, was waiting at the Eldredge home for the arrival of the wedding party.She had not joined the others, going home ahead to see that the wedding breakfast would be ready for them.Miss Gertrude Eldredge had been employed in Malone for the past four years by Miss Annabel Hehr at her store on Webster St.She is survived by her mother, Miss Nettie Eldredge; two sisters, Clara and Mabel, of Brushton; and two brothers, Milton, of Burke and Maurice of Lake Placid.Her father Rodney Eldredge, died several years ago.HUNTINGDON R.C.M.P.IS PROMOTED TO RANK OF CORPORAL Lance-Corporal Henry D'Aoust, of the Huntingdon detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, was promoted to the rank of Corporal, it was announced over the week-end in Ottawa.Corporal D\u2019Aoust came to Hun- tingdon two years ago when he replaced Lance-Corporal Spald- ing.Shortly after his arrival here Corporal D\u2019Aoust was promoted from the rank of Constable to that of Lance-Corporal.Mr.D'Aoust\u2019s recent promotion is one which is well merited.Corporal D'Aoust is assisted in Huntingdon by Constable Pierce.Valleyfield Settles Action Of $4,000 With ex-Treasurer L.J.H.Langevin\u2019s Action is Settled Out of Court\u2014 Ex-Treasurer Was Ousted From Position by Former Council\u2014Original Claim Was $11,307.28 The City of Salaberry of Val- leyfield will pay its ex-treasurer, Mr.L.J.H, Langevin, the sum of $4,000.It will be recalled that Mr.Langevin was ousted from his functions at City Hall by the former members of the council.In connection with this action, which was settled out of court, Mayor J.A.Larin explained that it is possible that the present administration will be criticized for this decision.The motlon was adopted at the last meeting of the Council.Ald.Dumouchel was opposed to the payment of this account.Mr.Langevin will recelve $1,000 now and the remainder will be paid by March 1st, 1941.; The action of Mr.Langevin against the City of Valleyfield was instituted on May 5th, 1939, in the Superior Court at Valley- fleld.The plaintiff claimed the sum of $11,307.28 from the defendant for personal damages following his dismissal as treasurer of the Clty of Valleyfield.In its resolution the Counci deemed it advisable to make a settlement out of court In order to avoid further expenses in this action.The City Clerk read a letter of resignation from Sergeant Wil- frid Brazeau, member of the Val- leyfield police force.During the month of October, 1939, Mr.Pierre Trepanier was hired as foreman on the construction of the Municipal Building on Larocque Road at $50.per week.Mr.Trepanier has signified his intention to the Council that he would sue the City of Valleyfield for the sum of $500.as he was not advised that the work would cease before the building was completed.The Council passed a resolution holding responsible the owners of the Bellerive bridge for any accident which might occur at that bridge.This was brought about following a written notice, without signature, which was placed near the Bel- lerive bridge a few days ago.The notice reads that the maximuni weight on the bridge is fixed al 5,000 pounds.The City Clerk read a letter from Leopold Major, of Ste.Barbe, applying for the position of constable in Valleyfield.The road committee was or- 1! dered to complete the bridge situated in front of the Montreuil Restaurant in Billette Village.Joseph Loiselle and Omer Cartier were appointed valuators and Delma Couturier as secretary of the valuators.THE HUNTINGDON GLEANER THE LEADING ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN THE DISTRICT OF BEAUHARNOIS HUNTINGDON, QUE., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2nd, 1940 SUFFERS PAINFUL INJURIES AS HAND IS CUT BY PLANER Ralph Lavery, employee at the a painful injury on Friday afternoon when he badly cut two fingers, thumb and the palm of his hand on à buzz-planer, Mr.Lavery severed two fingers on the same hand two years ago and it is now feared that he will lose a third one.on Friday afternoon, Mr.Lavery's hand accidentally slipped into the \u2018planer box causing the injuries.Dr.F.G.McCrimmon rendered first aid and the patient was taken to the Barrie Memorial Hospital in Ormstown.A surgical operation may be needed to-repair the deep cuts in the palm of his hand, it was intimated.Principal to Head Boys\u2019 Band Locally Huntingdon Boys\u2019 Band To Start Practices Within Few Days\u2014Officers Elected J.B.Macmillan, Principal of Hun- tingdon High School, was elected president of the Huntingdon Boys\u2019 Band at a meeting which was held in the School Auditorium on Monday evening.Other officers elected were Wm.Winter, vice-president; Miss Eleanor Moody, secretary and Gordon Cameron, treasurer.The advisory committee will consist of Douglas McGerrigle, Miss Elsie Salter and Lawrence Brown.A large attendance of parents and students attended the meeting at which the formation of the Hun- tingdon Boys\u2019 Band was highly endorsed.Mr.Robert Ellis, promoter, presided at the meeting and briefly explained the motives of the band and its necessity in such communities as Huntingdon.Some twenty students have already signified their intention of taking part in the practises which are scheduled to commence during the latter part of this week or at the latest, next week.The instruments have been ordered and these are to arrive in Huntingdon over the week-end.A delegation from Ormstown also attended Monday's meeting.The Ormstown Study Club Plans Program Dr.T.J.Quintin Elected President at Organization Meeting The Ormstown Study Club met on Wednesday evening in the High School for the purpose of organizing for the coming fall season.Officers were elected and the executive committee named, as follows: President\u2014Dr.J.T.Quintin.Secretary\u2014Mr.D.C.Munroe, Treasurer\u2014Mr.R.C.Jarvis, Executive\u2014Miss E.M.Seymour, Mrs, C.J.Bryson, Messrs.D.J.McEwen, Rev.Edwin White.The following courses will be taken during the six weeks term beginning Wednesday October 7.45-1 Home Nursing, Mrs.D.C.Munroe.7.45\u2014Farm Problems.Special speakers.Soil and Fertilizers, Control of Insects, Pests, Refrigeration, Silage Problems, Farm Economics, Tractor Farming.8.50\u2014Choral Singing \u2014D.A.Hinchcliffe.Two classes of membership are open to the public.Study membership fee $1.00 for attendance at any or all of the courses, and library membership fee 50c for use of the library only.Combined membership fee will be $1.50.The library will again be placed in the High School Common Room and will be open each Wednesday evening throughout the winter from 7.30 to 8.30.Members wishing to register on the opening night are asked to do so early, in order that the classes may start promptly on schedule.WAR MINISTER oy HON.ANGUS L.MacDONALD, Minister of National Defence for Naval Affairs, Huntingdon Mills Limited, suffered ' à \u2018While working at the buzz-planer \u2018nesday afternoon.THE MILITARY TRAINING BARRACKS | {Gleaner Photo and Eagravingi A sectional view of the Military Training Barracks at IImmiingdon is shown above, A few weeks ago this was an open field.Today it is a village in itself, with some 33 buildings covering the grounds and swarms of men hurrying the completion of the buildings so that the trainees who are expected on October 9 may immediately occupy them.Dirty Chimneys Greatest Fire Hazard in Huntingdon Homes Fire Chief States Most of Fires Since Beginning of Year Originated in Chimneys\u2014Fire Prevention Week October 6th to 12th Commencing on Sunday, Oct.6, up until Saturday, Oct.12, the residents of this town and of this district are asked to exercise special caution in the prevention of fires.This week, by royal proclamation, has been designated as Fire Prevention Week throughout the Do- minfion of Canada.Tle Town of Huntingdon and the syrrounding district has been comparatively free from fires for some time past.In the town itself there have been but eleven fires since the beginning of the year, and all of them have not been at all serious.In addition to these, there was one false alarm and one alarm for inspection.The last fire was this morning at the Woollen Mill.Of the eleven fires the majority of them originated from chimneys, which would indicate that not as much attention is given to the care of chimneys as there might be.Chimneys should be cleaned out regularly and not allowed to burn themselves out, as sparks often escape through cracks in the chimney and set fire in the attic, or they may drop on dry combustible roofing, setting fire to it.The safest type of chimney is a goed brick chimney built from the ground up and lined with fire clay or vitrified clay of a thickness of at least three-quarters of an inch.Sparks on combustible roofs is another cause of fires.This hazard can obviously be eliminated by means of incombustible roofing material instead of a material that will ignite readily when exposed to sparks or flying brands from other fires.A number of factors which cause fires is listed by the Dominion Fire Commissioner at Ottawa and are as follows: Lightning; spontaneous ignition, particularly on farms where wet hay is stored in the bam; matches, throwing them away while lighted or smouldering; using gasoline or kerosene for lighting of fires or cleaning of floors; heating equip- ment\u2014wooden floors under stoves should be well protected.Sides and back of stove should be at least three feet from the woodwork or wood-lath and plaster partitions.Smoke pipes should be at least 18 inches from unprotected woodwork.They should not pass through floors or closets or enter a chimney in an attic, and they should be cleaned at least twice a year.Electrical wir- ing-\u2014this should be done carefully in a house and the wires should not carry an excess load.All fire hazards should be removed and some sort of fire fighting equipment should always be kept handy in case of a conflagration.Liquor Endangers Not Only Boys But Girls And Mothers So Says Speaker at Provincial W.C.T.U.Convention Here Telling of Evils of Alcohol\u2014Mrs.W.Usher of Cushing is President The 56th annuai convention of the Quebec Provincial Women's Christian Temperance Union was held at the United Church, Hunt- ingdon, last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday when officers were elected and ways and means were devised to carry on their work.Mrs.William Usher of Cushing was elected president.Other officers elected were: Honorary presidents, Mrs.Henry Wilson of Athel- stan, Mrs.L.G.Geggie of Beau- port; immediate past president, Mrs James Mabon, of Montreal, honorary vice-presidents, Mrs.John Scott and Mrs.William Rilance, both of Montreal; honorary corresponding secretaries, Mrs.L.M.Colcomb and Mrs.J.C.Moore of Montreal; honorary recording secretary, Mrs.A.VanVliet of Lacolle; corresponding secretary, Mrs.Roy Blair of Orms- town; recording secretary, Mrs, A.E.Rivard, of Montreal; \u201cY\u201d secretary, Mrs.Henrietta Scott of Knowl- ton; L.T.L.secretary, Mrs.J.E.Merritt of Montreal; treasurer, Mss.E P.Lyon of Ayer's Cliff; editor of page in \u201cTidings\u201d, Mrs.A.Graham of Cushing; provincial press convenor, Mrs.Archie Graham of Cushing.Members of committees were appointed as follows: Place of work.Mrs.Peter McArthur, convenor, Mesdames Dobbie, Levers, Orr, Blatchford, Robinson, McQuaig, Geggie and Rothney.Resolutions: Mrs.Wm.Usher, convenor, Mesdames Graham, English, Crawford, Tweedie, Fuller, Henderson, McKen- na and Rider.Courtesy: Mrs.Levers, convenor, Mrs.Munro.Finance, Mrs.Lyon, Convenor, Mrs, Rennie and local treasurers.Credentials: Mrs, Badien.Press: Mrs.Archie Graham, Convenor, Mrs.Blatch- ford.Pages: Miss Frances Turner, Convenor, Mrs.Rennie, Among the ministers who brought greetings to the convention were Rev.J.B, Maclean, DD, and Rev.W.S.Hatcher, and those who addressed the members were Rev.W.Orr Mulligan, of Westmount, Rev.T.Knowles, of Huntingdon.Presentations of prizes took place.on \u201cY\u201d night which was in charge of Mrs.N.W.Reese, of Athelstan.The annual silver cup was won by Franklin Centre Union for the greatest increase and the annual \u201cY\" cup was won by Central \u201cY.P.B.\u201d of Montreal.The Loyal Temperance Legion Cer- Hochelaga L.T.L.The convention opened on Wed- Amongst the items on the program was the presentation of a resolution by Mrs.Wilson which was as follows: \u201cBe it resolved that we place on record our full allegiance to His Gracious Majesty, George VI and our beloved Queen Elizabeth, and pledge our ! | | 1 loyal support to our Empire and our Dominion in this time of grave National crisis.Their duties require much patience and endurance.They are serving as living examples of calmness to their peoples, encouraging them and exhorting them to their duty.We rejoice in the Providential escape of their Majesties from injury when bombs fell so near the Palace and pray that they may ever be protected by Divine power.The National Anthem followed.This resolution was ordered sent to the Secretary of State at Ottawa and to His Majesty, King George.The Correspondence was réad by Mrs.J.C.Moore, prov.cor.sec'y.It included: A reply from Buckingham Palace in response to our letter of last autumn; from the Lady Tweedsmuir, thanks for sympathy in her sore affliction; from Hon.Mackenzie King, on the death of his minister, Hon.Norman Rogers; from the British Columbia W.C.T.Ure our winning of the franchise; two communications from the Premier of our Province, Hon.Mr.Adelard Godbout; from the Hon.Norman Rogers shortly before his death: letter of greeting and kind remembrance from our National President, Mrs.Grace Knight.This latter communication was also full of instruction and suggestions for our year's work.A few of her hints were: \u201cThat we should ask that all \u201csales\u201d should be confined to licence holders; 2, That hours be restricted to 3 to 8 p.m.and allowed on week days only: 3, No advertising except in their own places of business: 4, Regarding careful selection of homes for Evacuated children.One told us of a fine exhibit which the W.C.T.U.had presented at the C.N.Exhibition.This exhibit had elicited much favorable comment.tho' one of 28 presented.Mrs.Poe wrote us re Peace and International Relations, Mrs.Newton moved, seconded by Mrs.Usher that our secretary be authorized to send suitable replies.Carried.An address of Welcome followed.presented by Mrs.Robert Sellar, of Huntingdon.The speaker said be- causé of her age she should be permitted to reminisce a bit, but she would promise not to he long-wind- ed.She believed this was the 4th visit our provincial W.CT.U.had in membership made to Huntingdon.She remembered our first visit when Mrs.Sanderson had been our president and just here paid a neat little 'tificate of first honors was won by compliment to our present presiding officer.Mrs.Mabon, who on that former occasion had been one of the younger women, but was \u201cnoticed\u201d even at that distant date.as a member of promise.The speaker remarked on the many changes and improvements in their town since that time and remarked on the many conveniences added even in (Continued on page 5) QUEBEC AYRSHIRES TO BE AT NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW When the National Dairy Show is held at Harrisburg, Penn., on October 12 to 19 there will be a fine representation of Canadian Ayrshire cattle present.The Canadian exhibit will be made up of 29 selected animals from Quebec which will be contributed by the herds of Premier Ade- lard Godbout, the estate of W.C.Pitfield, Cariterville, Que.; Geo.H.Montgomery.Montreal; R.R.Ness and Sons, Howick, Que, and the Provincial Dairy School, St.Hyacinthe, Que.Several noted prize winners will be in this exhibit, including Le Moines Point Enterprise, grand champion at the last two Royal Winter Fairs.Three Sets of Car Keys Are Found Missing Culprits Take Car and Leave it Near Military Camp, Taking Ignition Keys With Them The problem of stolen car keys in Huntingdon is becoming serious and at the same time ridiculous.Three sets of keys were reported stolen during the past two wecks and one of these was found on the person of the rightful owner twelve hours after it was reported stolen.Shortly atter 6.39 p.m.on Wednesday, George Dixon reported to Chief Emile Beauchamp that his car had been stolen from its parking place in front of his residence on Prince street, The missing vehicle was found at about 7.30 the same evening, parked near the Huntingdon Military Camp.The \u2018keys were removed from the ignition.To avoid further grievances in this respect, Mr.Dixon immediately changed the locks on the doors and the ignition.At about ten o'clock on Friday ev- jening, a district resident, whose car was parked also on Prince street, complained that the keys had been removed from his car while he was shopping on Chateau- gay street.After a thorough search, which lasted until the next morning, the owner of the vehicle again looked in his pockets and the keys were there! W.McL.Clarke Secretary C.C.Died Suddenly Deceased Had Addressed Gathering of Huntingdon Board of Trade in March Montreal business circles were shocked and saddened at the sudden death on Wednesday morning of Wendell McLeod Clarke, B.A, F.C.18S,, secretary of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce since its inception in 1927.He had retired as usual on Tuesday night and suffered a heart attack shortly after midnight, dying about two hours later.He was only 48 years of age.At a banquet tendered by the Huntingdon Board of Trade on Thursday, March 28th, 1940, Mr.McL.Clarke addressed the gathering on \u201cThe Importance of Cltizenship.\u201d The large attendance recall the impressive address heard that evening.His sudden death was a shock to his many friends in Huntingdon, Mrs.Clarke, the former Mary Chalmers, of Smiths Falls, Ont, one son, George Foster Clarke, and a sister, Mrs.Leonard Mor- rell, survive.Mr.Clarke, who in addition to being secretary of the Chamber of Commerce was also consulting editor of Canadian Business, was born at Saint John, NB.and received his education at the Sussex High School, New Brunswick; the Ottawa Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto where he graduated with his B.A., with honors in English history and classics.He also was a prize winner in economics and won five gold medals in university debates.He was appointed a junior trade commissioner in the De- (Continued on page 5) SPEAKS TO W.C.T.Te | | ' | REV.THOMAS KNOWLES, who addressed the W.C.T.U.Provincial Convention here.The pen is the tongue of the mind.EIGHT PAGES Trainees Will Swarm Into Huntingdon on Wednesday, Oct.9, to Commence Drilling About 1,000 Are Expected to Arrive \u2014 First Day Will See Them Getting Settled in New Quarters\u2014 Thirty-one Officers in All Wednesday, October 9, will witness the entry into Huntingdon of the largest number of part-time residents in the history of the town.On this day practically all of the 1,000 youths destined to come to the Military Training Barracks at Huntingdon will be pouring in by train, by bus and by cars.These youths, 21 to 22 years of age, will come mostly from the Westmount and N.D.G.sections of Montreal, while a number will come from the Chateauguay Valley itself.October 9 was the date set some time ago far the coming to Hunt- ingdon of these men and it would Appear that the buildings will be ready at this time.At present they are about 80 per cent completed, with a gang of 460 men working feverishly to have them all set for the appointed day.Some of the buildings will not be completed by this time but sufficient of them will be finished to accommodate the trainees.Work has not yet commenced on the drill hall at the far end of the field, but this will not be needed until later on when the cold weather sets in.At present the electric line is being installed which will service the drill hall.When the 1.000 men arrive next Wednesday they will not come in a body.Allowed transportation money, they will journey to Huntingdon by whatever means of transportation they decide upon.This will mean some will come by train, some by bus, while the relatives or friends of many of them will drive them to Huntingdon.On the first day of arrival they will have a medical examination, be assigned to their quarters, clothed, fed and in general get accustomed to their surroundings.Drill will commence soon afterwards.This will mean seven and a half hours drill each day for five days a week, On the sixth day, Saturday afternoon, it will be ai holiday.One-third of the men will be allowed to have a week-end off at one time should they so desire.This will mean that every man will: have the opportunity of having one, week-end off during the time he is; quartered here.Although some of the officers who will be in charge arrived here last week, the majority of them came on! Sunday.A special train from Mont- \\ real brought the group in on Sunday afternoon.A parade was formed at the station which marched to the Military Training Barracks.Lieut.- Col.C.C.Brooks, the officer commanding the camp here.took the salute of the passing men as he stood in front of McCoy's Store.There are at present 31 officers here.Previously it was stated that there were to be 240 officers.This number, however, referred to the number of officers being trained for the eight military training centres and were being trained at Three Rivers at the time.With the officers are 180 N.C.O.\u2019s and service men.The officers range in age from 21 to 28 years.The men will be off from 5 o'clock in the evening on, but must be in camp at 9.45 p.m.They have to get special permission to leave the camp every time they desire to go.The N.0.0.'s, however, are allowed to go out every night until midnight.There are about 30 of these.The discipline of the men, both at the camp nnd about the district, will be in charge of the Provost Section.This will be composed of ten men, one of whom may probably be from Huntingdon.They will be Great War Veterans.Should the soldiers create a disturbance or be a nuisance in any way around Hunt- ingdon, a phone call can be put through to the military barracks which will bring à squad of the provost.section to take them in hand.The soldiers will be instructed previously in regard to any possible disturbance they might create so that it is believed they will conduct themselves in a gentlemanly manner as a result.If this is not the case, they will be quickly dealt with.About eight or ten of the officers here belong to the 6th Hussars and were present In Huntingdon at the time the Borderers\u2019 colors were placed in St.John's Anglican Church.This division of the army is no stranger to Huntingdon.At one time Huntingdon was one of their training headquarters.Temporary quarters are being used for a hospital but it is expected that the regular hospital will be ready for use in the near future.Major Mark Kaufman will be the officer commanding the camp hospital while the battallon medical officer will be Lieut.F.M.Bourne.BUSINESS IS PICKING UP IN QUEBEC Ever brightening economie conditions in the Province of Quebec are chronicled in the latest business summary of the Bank of Montreal as reproduced herewith: \u201cQuebec-\u2014Retail trade has been maintained in fairly large volume.Wholesale trade is generally at a high level.Collections are fair to good.T'ourist traffic showed a substantial recovery during August.Lumber is in good demand at rising prices and stocks are becoming depleted.Demand for pulpwood is strong and shipments are moving in good volume.Newsprint production has shown a slight recession.Woollen and cotton mills are still operating at a high rate, but there has been a slight seasonal falling off in the latter.Some hosiery manufacturers still suffer from poor export business.Apart from a decline in orders for men's wear, clothing manufacturers are busily employed.Furniture factories continue to operate at capacity.Most shoe manufacturers are well occupied.Tanneries are operating at about 60 per cent of capacity and leather prices are firmer.Industrial activity is still rising and considerable expansion of manufacturing plants necessitated by war contracts is under way.Gold production for the month of July was 80506 ounces ($2.817.710 U.S.) compared with 74.831 ounces (2,619,085 U.8.) in July, 1938.Farm produce and livestock are in good demand at steady prices.Crops are generally satisfactory.\u201d Man F ound Drowned in L.St.Francis Donat Ouimet Falls Off Wharf at St.Anicet\u2014 Verdict of Accidental Death Rendered The discovery of the body of Donat Ouimet, 26-year-old resident of St.Anicet in Lake Bt.Francis, caused a great deal of excitement in that peaceful community on Saturday afternoon.Ouimet had been missing from his home since Tuesday evening, September 24th.It was feared he had fallen off the wharf that evening.The victim was the son of Mr.and Mrs.Alexander Oui- met, also of that village.William and Eddy Hussey, along with other volunteers, had searched since Wednesday morning in hopes of locating the body.The peaceful waters of Lake St.Francis revealed the body of the drowned victim, clinging to the bottom, some twenty feet away from the wharf, when the Hussey brothers made the sad discovery on Saturday afternoon.They im- Continued on Page 4 Domestic Science Course at Huntingdon High School A Weekly Review of the Activities in the Science Course\u2014Girls Are Dressed in White Aprons in The Classrooms Friday afternoon, Sept.20th, Grade Ten girls in the Hunting- don High School, had their first lesson in Domestic Science.Everyone wore white aprons and carried a note book.There were four groups with four girls in each.They were taken around to see where everything was, and then Miss Isobel McEwen, the teacher of Domestic Science, read and explained the four recipes.This comprised a vegetable plate suitable for a main luncheon course.Emphasis was placed on selection of vegetables with a mind to variety of flavor, colour and texture.Miss McEwen numbered each girl, The number one girls of each group made mashed potatoes; the number two girls boiled and buttered carrots; the number three girls stuffed tomatoes and the number four girls of each group stuffed and baked green peppers.Then Miss McEwen gave each girl a certain section to clean up.This was done while the vegetables were cooking.When they were ready, each group served their vegetable plate.Everyone, including Principal Macmillan, stood around the table and the four plates were judged.The girls enjoyed eating the Vo .About half past three, everyone returned to the class room thinking the afternoon was well spent.On the following Friday afternoon, the girls had their second lesson in Domestic Science.The groups were divided in a similar manner as the previous lesson, This afternoon the girls baked Virginia Ham with glacéed pineapple.They also pan broiled pork chops, with glazed sweet potatoes, stuffed apples and pimiento meat loaf with tomato sauce.At half past three, after all the cleaning up was done, the girls returned to their classroom.FINED $50.AND COSTS FOR SMUGGLING A district resident, who was caught in possession of United States Smuggled goods was fined $50 and costs or three months in jail by Justice Lemay on Friday.The law was enforced against the offender by the Huntingdon detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, under section 317 of the Customs Act.When he appeared before Magistrate Court in Valleyfield, the offender pleaded guilty and paid the food that they had prepared.costs imposed. THE HUNTINGDON GLEANER Wednesday, October 2nd, 1940 The Huntingdon Gleaner Published by The Huntingdon Gleaner Inc.ADAM L.SELLAR, President and Editor Huntingdon, Que.Subscription rates - - - $2.00 year Agents: A.Beaudin & Son, Ormstown, Que.Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association ; Ontario-Quebeo Newspaper Association; Ottawa and St.Lawrence Valley Press Association.Although every precaution will be taken to avoid error, The Gleaner accepts advertising in its columns on the understanding that it will not be liable for any error in any advertisement published hereunder unless a proof of such advertisement is requested in writing by the advertiser and returned to The Gleaner business office duly signed by the advertiser and with such error or correction plainly noted in writing thereon, and in that case, if any error 80 noted is not corrected by The Gicaner, its liability shall not exceed such a proportion of the entire rost of such advertisement as the space occupied by the noted error bears to the whole space occupied by such advertisement.Huntingdon, Wed., October 2nd, 1940 We can never tell where a good example will fall, or in what direction operate.Daylight Saving to Canada Represents $4,500,000 DITOR A.E.Dobbie, Smiths Falls Record- News, feels Daylight Saving Time should be abandoned.He has a right to his opinions, but some of the statements made in the Re- cord-News editorial columns last week must not be allowed to go unchallenged.We consider it a privilege to be a combatant in this particular case.Editor Dobbie is an esteemed fellow publisher and is held tn high regard by the publishers across Canada.yet even the greatest of all publishers make mistakes and opposition to Daylight Saving Time at this particular moment by one of eastern Canada's weekly newspapers is certainly in error.Editor Dobbie opens his combat by writing: \u201cGovernments! People! Everybody! Keep your heads! Personally, we think the daylight saving time for the year round is not only foolish but nonsense.\u201d He goes on to lay the blame for daylight saving on Premier Hepburn and Queen's Park, Toronto.Such is not the case.Daylight Saving Time has been requested by the officials of the Control Board in the Department of Munitions and Supply at Ottawa.Daylight Saving Time is credited with being the equivalent of saving 182,000 horse power of electricity in Ontario and Quebec provinces.If this is the correct figure then we can estimate the saving in dollars as approximately $4.500,000.This amount may not mean such a great deal in time of war, but when the day comes for us to repay such an amount in the form of taxation, We may wish we had saved the expense through adopting Daylight Saving Time.Perhaps the Smiths Falls Record-News is opposed to Premier Mitch.Hepburn to a point where anything it can do to combat him is the correct thing to do.That is the privilege of any newspaper.Freedom of the press is granted.But at this particular time we are at war, and when the War Control Board of the Department of Munitions and Supply make such a request, it seems to us out of order to say \u201cphooey.\u201d We all know right well government officials are accountable for many expenditures during a war thay are certainly extravagant.We can see that in the building of the barracks here in Huntingdon.However, when officials can see where millions can be saved through adopting Daylight Saving Time at no expense to the general public, then let us adopt it.The power companies will not be penalized through not selling the people electricity, for at the present moment there is said to be a shortage of 200,000 h.p.of electricity in Canada.If, through adopting Daylight Saving Time, we can divert the power so saved to a more useful purpose in the way of aiding industry that is creating munitions or supplies towards the War Effort, let us do it\u2014and without hesitating one day longer than is necessary to pass the required by-law in Hun- tingdon.Our Industrial Hub\u2014Valleyfield, Huntingdon, Beauharnois BOVE appears an editorial dealing with Daylight Saving Time.Up until 1940 this District of Beauharnois was interested primarily in dairy farming.Industry was a very secondary matter.Not so today! In the past 12 months more changes have taken place in this district than perhaps any other area of the same size in all Canada.This change to industrial expansion will continue, or we have underestimated Mr.R.A.C.Henry and Beau- harnois Power Corporation.Beauharnois Power Corporation is fast developing more electric energy.Ultimately this power plant will supply 2,000,000 h.p.plus that which comes to our district by the Shawinigan Water and Power Co.Large consumers of electric power are being created close to the buzz bars of this great power corporation.Further industrial developments are to be made, but concerning these we are not privileged to report, due to the fact that it Is against the war tactics of Canada to say too much about defence industries.However, the industries being located in this area are not all Government projects.Industries located here and about to be established will represent employment for thousands of men, not only during war time but also after the war.The 8t.Lawrence Valley, and particularly the area in which we live, will become the greatest industrial center in the British Empire.This is 8 broad statement, but one we have good reason to believe time will prove to be true.In building up these industrial plants of one kind and another, Daylight Saving Time is adopted.Thousands of men are working at these plants.The men who work on these projects come from all parts of our District 83 well as further afield.These men must work according to Daylight Saving Time, and that is one more reason why we should abide by that time.- * Canada Steps to the Fore! ANADA has completed her first year of war effort, and is rapidly developing into a foremost leader in world affairs.We have abundance of everything to make life worth while for everyone.Forests, farms, mines, factories, are all producing as never before.Employment is at the highest figure in our history.National income is up over 30 per cent as compared to one year ago.Export trade has increased by 33 per cent.War expenses are being paid for as far as possible on a day Lo day basis.Cañdada, while keeping open for Britain the unlimited supplies of the North American continent through our Eastern harbours, is also playing a vital part in welding the United States and probably the rest of the Western Hemisphere into military, economic, and financial unity with the British Empire.Canadian trained fighting forces on the sea, in the air, and on the land, are crowning themselves and their country with glory.Canada's business index is mounting consistently month by month.Canada's form of democratic government appeal to all of us.Canada's financial structure is solid.Banks are paying out money and accepting deposits, making loans and financing various businesses throughout the land.Canada\u2019s youth are going to schools and colleges and into business.Canada\u2019s people are taking holidays, going to movies and enjoying life.Canadian wives, mothers and young women are \u201ccarrying on\u201d in the home and in business as usual.Johnny Canuck, while rendering tremendous aid to John Bull, is also preparing himself to take over new and added world-wide responsibilities when the war is over.\u201cIn war as in peace, Canadians will continue to give their best.\u201d Did You Know HAT Canada now has 155,000 men in the Canadian Active Service Force?One year ago there were 4,500 available for active service, That when war was declared a year ago the Canadian Navy had 15 vessels?That now it has 120, and 100 more will be added within the next year\u2014$16,000,000 worth of shipbuilding in all?That over 40,000 Canadians are building ships for the Canadian and the British navies?That Canada leads the entire world in the production of military automotive equipment, with more than 400 units a day being produced, seven days a week?That two huge explosives plants are being brought into production this month?That Canada is Britain's largest supplier of aluminum and its products and that $40,- 000,000 is being invested for making aluminum and conducting research?Well, now that you do know it, you understand why you are asked to buy War Savings stamps and certificates! Could He Take It?F one were permitted to read over all the letters that come in to insurance companies regarding claims from damages there could probably be gleaned from them sufficient humorous material to rank with such publications as the Literary Essays of Canada\u2019s humorist, Stephen Leacock.It isn't very frequently that they appear in public print.The Hydro Bulletin, however, managed to obtain one from some source and reprinted it.Signed \u201cCan I take It?\u201d the letter was received by an insurance company at Ottawa and is as follows: \u201cGentlemen\u2014The soullessness of corporations such as yours is astounding.Let me review my case.I carry an accident policy in your company by the terms of which you agreed to pay me $25 a week during such time as I was prevented from working because of an accident, \u201cA week ago I went around on Sunday morning to inspect a new house that is being built for me.I climbed the stairs, or rather the ladder now located where the stairs will be when the house is finished, and on the top floor I found a pile of bricks which were not needed there.Feeling industrious, I decided to remove the bricks.In the elevator shaft was a rope and pulley, and on one end of the rope was a barrel.1 pulled the barrel up to the top floor, and after walking down the ladder, fastened the rope firm, at the bottom of the shaft.Then I climbed up the ladder again and filled the barrel with bricks.Down the ladder I went again, five storeys, mind you, and untied the rope to let the barrel down.The barrel was heavier than I was, and before I had time to study the proposition, I was going up the shaft with my speed increasing every minute.I thought of letting go of the rope, but before I had decided to do so, I was so high up that it seemed more dangerous to let go than to hang on.So I held on.\u201cHalf way up the elevator shaft I met the barrel of bricks coming down.The encounter was brief but spirited.I got the worst of it and continued on my way towards the roof.That is, most of me went on, but my epidermis clung to the barrel and returned to earth.Then I struck the roof at the same time as the barrel struck the cellar.The shock knocked the breath out of me, and the bottom out of the barrel.\u201cThen I was heavier than the empty barrel, and I started down the shaft while the barre] started up.We met in the middle of the journey, and again the barrel uppercut me, unded on my solar plexus, barked my shins, ruised my body and skinned my face.When we became disentangled, I resumed my journey downward and the barrel went higher.Soon I was at the bottom and stopped so suddenly that I lost my remarkable presence of mind and let go the rope.This released the barrel, whic h had reached the top of the shaft, and it fell five storeys a landed squarely on me, and it landed hard, too.\u201cConsider the heartlessness of your company.I sustained five accidents within two minutes.One on my journey up the shaft when I met the barrel of bricks, the second when I touched the roof; the third when I met the empty barrel; the fourth when I struck the bottom; the fifth when the barrel k me, \u201cYour agent states that it was only one accident, not tive, and instead of receiving a payment at the rate of five times $25.00 I am y entitled to one accident at the rate of one alone.I therefore request you to fay policy, as I have made up my mind that I not be skinned either by a barrel or an insurance > OI LELLIIE z TTT EAT TEI EXT R EEA SLA ES TEE EE FREE LTR EL, 7 pepe Chronology | ronology \u20ac; 5 -of- 7 o> : | Chateauguay, 5 4- Beauharnois and ; Huntingdon ; Counties F From Manuscripts of ; The Late ROBERT SELLAR ere EE EET EEE EEE TILL IIIL RT ITIL ILL IRL LIN, PIII?JOHN DONALDSON\u2014I came out Montreal to McClintock's cession next day.The road followed the creek, and came out at Scar- June.1827, when the lots were given out, Manuel having completed Graham, Russell, Alex Pisher settled on the lower end.Next year McDougall, Wether- Henry and John Tate came.The Russell, who had brought who got lots with Yankee clear- getting crops in until June.great quantity was made.In '35 without rent.The year I came out, William Hodgins (English), John Fletcher and Isaac Phillipson were on the 3rd Concession.\u2018The side-line road to Durham had been begun in \u201931 and was cut out in '32, and the east half the year after.- There were just three buildings where Durham now is, when I passed through it first \u2014 Jones\u2019 house, where Dougald Graham's stands.an old barn on James Walsh's and a log building 20x26, .put up I think in '29 for a church, The frame of the new church was! up but it was not all boarded.It had heen raised in \u201931.When Calhoun came it was enclosed but there of tobacco.i \u2018slip over and put in the kettle, the was no floor until '35, only a few hoards on part of it, so that many of the congregation sat on the! sleepers, with their feet on the grass.In '38.when I was married, a friend told me to go into his seat, for a number of farmers had made and bought benches, some with backs and some with just forms.It was lathed and plastered and otherwise finished in \u201939, many subscriptions being paid in wheat.The usual annual subscription for the support of the church was $2 a family, and $4 was thought a great sum to give.Miller came out in \u201931.He had been married and after his wife's death, got too intimate with a girl and had to leave without a certificate.On this becoming known the river folk would not listen to him, and he engaged as teacher at the school on Moore's lot, to preach on Sundays alternately with Hunting- don.The girl afterwards came out, and they were married at Montreal, after which he went to the States.+* » » The first Methodist preacher was an Irishman.Charles Gaye.who had knee breeches, and in summer no stockings.He was a queer character.One Sunday on leaving after holding service (which was held in John Anderson's) a shower had fallen in the interval, when he exclaimed, \u201cIt's dammed slippery.\u201d His thrashing of his wife at last disgusted the neighborhood with him.This would be in '35.After him John Lowry, another local preacher, accompanied sometimes by Thomas Whealey, visited us and Lowry may be regarded as the first right Methodist.Dalgleish visited houses near Durham, and held religious exercises in them but thodist congregation was formed at Durham but it was not independent of Huntingdon until the fall of °55, when Sweet was sent as minister.The church was built a year before.I was at the induction of Mr.Anderson.the only clergymen present being Roach and Walker, the latter preaching the sermon from \u2018Feed My Sheep,\u201d and was hard on the Catholics.The Catholic church was standing at Finn's when I came.There were very few graves in the Scotch burying ground in '32, a dozen or so, but there were hillocks, which some said were the mark of old potato hills and others of graves.The burying ground at the English church where Baird's store now stands had also graves.| in 1832 and walked all the way from |the year of '36 and winter set in on in one.the 20th of October, and never af- day, and went back to the 2nd Con- | terwards relaxed.A greal many po- lett's.The settlement had begun in '37-'38 was very deep, and there was his survey that spring, Being so late | down by dogs.I caught one on the in the season only a few settlers.road.The settlers called venison went in, and these were William | \u201cbush pork.\u201d On the 26th of July.David Drummond.John, 1854, a great fire swept the conces- James Leggartt, Arch.Mc- | sion, causing much loss of property Russell.James Leggatt, Arch.Mc-|and cattle.It was a very dry sum- Campbell and Robert McClenaghan, | mer.ston.McCleitch, Cavers and Thos.swept away by the flood of '63.Cooks came in '29.They had a very 'a long while, for although petitions hard time.all being poor except, were circulated early in \u201933 for the some, opening of an office at Cross\u2019.it was money.Tt was potatoes three times)not until late in \u201934 it was estab- a day with some of them.Those lished.ances did better than the others, lion so had no hand in military for being only covered with bushes, movements.When the St.Regis In- they soon had crop in.The land dians.on their way down, met the was wet and they never counted on corpse of King at Charles Moe's Their place, they gave a whoop which we main hold was potash.of which a heard in the concession.and '36 the price jumped up to $8 was a bottle to each man.and even $9 per 100 pounds.or £10: there was a bee, \u2018the custom was for a barrel of 500 pounds.and some, the women to gather at the house cleared £50 and £60 a year.which on the farm on which the bee was was a great lift.The location tick- held.At a logging bee the women ets, $8 each.were issued in June \"27, | thus gathered, and one rascal saw and they had no rent to pay until them come out and put on the kettle \u201830.The Seigniory gave two years for tea on a fire out-of-doors, it be- did not preach in school.The Me- G There was frost every month of tatoes were lost by being frozen, The snow in the winters of '36-'37 and great slaughter of deer, one farmer killed 40 without shot, hunting them The Durham bridge was built by the brothers Mills in '45 and was I went for letters to Reeves\u2019 for I was teaching during the Rebel- The allowance of whiskey at bees When ing summer.Taking out his plug he gave it to a boy to! reward to be a few coppers.He was undetected by the women, who, after a while, were seen one by one to come out and begin vomiting.It shows they knew little of tea, and indeed in one year I only tasted tea four times.It was porridge for breakfast, pea soup and potatoes and perhaps a bit of meat for dinner.and often potatoes and salt for supper.There is a chest of tea used now for each pound then.The mill resorted to was generally Buck's, until McArthur started.He made fair oatmeal, but poor flour.John Simpson was murdered in the fall of \u201953, if I mistake not.Per- rault, though he has only a wooden leg.is still the same fighting man and shot the blacksmith, Leahy.(To be Continued) Rockburn Mr.and Mrs.J.Farquhar are spending a few days with Mrs.A.Pollock before leaving for Florida where they expect to remain for the winter.Mr.and Mrs.Pollock accompanied them Sunday on a visit to Mrs.Lawson in Montreal.Mr.and Mrs.W.Henry of Montreal were guests of Mr.John Oliver During the summer the textile plants have been operating under forced draft, and pouring out articles of uniform and clothing at the rate of tens of thousands a week.As an indication of the production, the following table lists the deliv- ; Tree ~ eries made to the Canadian army during the two-weeks period ending October 3\u2014Mrs.Lawrence Brown, August 9.The figures for the air Huntingdon, 41 years.force and navy are in addition.October 6th \u2014 John Clifford Mec- It will be seen from the table that Caig, St.Louis de Gonzague, Que, the industry can practically equip à 23 years, full division of troops in a two- October 5\u2014Merrill Stalker, Orms- weeks period.town, 14 years.Deliveries to Army Two weeks ended August 9 | October 7\u2014Mrs.D.E.Black, Au- .oa Opinions AS a UNDER FORCED DRAFT alte: po: (The Financial Post) 5 \u20ac.Birthday To May Be Shortage of Electrical Power to Drive Machinery of War Industries to Supply Munitions and Equipment Next Year | brey, 44 years.; ; ; Battle dress blouses .22,000 The six destroyers which ls was pattle dress trousers .\u2026\u2026\u2026.22,000 October 7\u2014Mrs.J.Grant Whyte, recently announced would be added Leather belts .12,000 Ormstown, 24 years, to Canada's detsroyer fleet, have Blankets .30,000 .October 8\u2014Mrs.R.R.Ness, How- now been taken over, have been |BO0ts .00200000000e 69.000 ick, 65 years.Braces 124220054000 0 0» 27.000 manned by Canadian seamen and gonc™ \"00 0TIT LLL 20.000 nyo will be immediately ready for ser-|Comforter caps .37,000 3 hd vice in any theatre of war to which Greatcoats .14.000 * they may be assigned.This brings Sweaters .02020000000 22.000 Leduc & Prieur Canada\u2019s destroyer strength to thir- Overall blouses .38,000 Ltée teen.The six vessels are part of the Qverall trousers .40.000 .fifty destroyers turned over by the |Flannel shirts .18.000 4 Dcpartmental Store United States to Great Britain in; Service shirts .72,000 .return for Atlantic naval and air Socks .91.000 Valleyfield, Que.bases.The ceremony of transferring Underwear shirts .40.000 ?« .the six ships, which took place at! Underwear drawers .* 40,000 $ Specialty .an Atlantic port, was impressive.High ranking officers of the Eastern Command, representing land and air as well as sea forces, took part.About 125 officers and men of the Canadian navy are now manning each of the destroyers.Canada\u2019s air forces are being steadily | strengthened by the addition of a' number of corvettes or anti-sub- marine patrol boats which are being built in Canadian shipyards.The government has appointed! the commission which will admin- | ister National Unemployment Insurance in Canada.The chairman is Joseph Sirois, who was head of the Dominion-Provincial Relations Com- mision after W.N.Rowell took sick.Dr.Sirois gained experience while carrving through this monumental task which will be of great value to him and to the insurance commission.The Prime Minister.when announcing the appointment said that there would be many occasions when provincial authorities would have to be consulted and Dr.Sirois was admirably qualified for this work.The other members of the unemployment insurance commission are R.J.Tallon, secretary of the Trades and Labor Congress.who will be labor's representative, and Allan M.Mitchell of Montreal, who vin represent the employers of la- or.There are no signs yet of the woollen and knit goods division slackening up.The job of equipping troops has only started.Commencing October 1, Ottawa plans to train another 300,000 men in a one-year (Continued on page 6) è Ready-to-wear Garments for Ladies and Gents.Tailoring, Dressmaking and Millinery.PT\\HE difference between cost and selling price\u2014the measure of your PROFIT\u2014depends today on how your eggs grade.How they grade depends largely on the feed you use.Experience has led thousands of Canadian poultry men to say: The Unemployment Insurance PIONEER \u201cWhen it comes to quality, size, Measure was passed during the last colour and flavour, eggs produced session of parliament after the ne- the Pioneer way can\u2019t be beaten.\u201d cessary change was made in the BIG 3 For results that pay, feed British North America Act giving the federal government the authority to deal with this subject.Under the new law, employees and emplov- ers will contribute approximately eaual amounts to the insurance fund with the government adding a further amount equal to one-fifth of the combined contributions of labor and employers.The federal government also pays administrative costs which will amount to about five million dollars a year.The application of the insurance plan will be widespread, but there are certain forms of emplovment to which it eannot conveniently apply.The following are among those excepted from the scheme: employees of farming, horticulture, forestry, (Continued on page 6) Pioneer Big 3 Laying Mash along with your grain.More eggs, better eggs, extra profits will prove to you that the Pioneer way is the profitable way.° H'rite for FREE bulletin: \u201cFeeding and Management of the Laying Flock\u201d.You'll find it a valuable guide to profitable egg production.LAYING MASH on Sunday.Miss Dunsmore is spending a few days in Montreal this week.Private P.A.Murphy was home on leave over the week-end and he and Mrs.Murphy, Jackie Murphy.Willie Rosevear, Mrs.E.Arthur and Mr.Erle Middlemiss spent Sunday with Mr.and Mrs.Clarence Boyd in Finch, Ont.Howick Messrs.Robert Henderson, James Cullen, Andrew Elliott and Thomas Vass of Howick motored to St.Andrews East on Sunday, attended divine worship in the Presbyterian Church and were luncheon guests of Dr.and Mrs.Ballantyne.ACHEY JOINTS ?in Pills, for the kidneys, help remove pue toxins that are often the use of rheumatic twinges and achey oints.Money back if not satisfied.Regular size, 40 Pills.Large size, 50 Pills (In the U.S.ask for **Gino Pills\u2019) 302 Qe Friendly fo Eyes.CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC me Lat Not all BUSINESS IS BI G 4 A LITTLE steam lifts the lid of your tea-kettle.trains, machinery.Your bank deposit may be little, but it combines with millions of others to make a lot of \u201csteam\u201d.It helps to run the nation\u2019s machinery of production, marketing, employment, business.It is important indeed to the country\u2019s war financing and war-time effort.The money is yours yet it helps provide the credit necessary to move the goods and services of the nation.(I Canada\u2019s chartered banks thus perform functions of great usefulness.They receive the deposits of millions of Canadians, and extend credit to individuals, governments, businessmen and marketing organizations.The small depositor is important to the banks.The \u201clittle fellow\u201d, popularly so-called, is welcomed by any bank, as a customer.A lot of steam drives In war, as in peace, Canada\u2019s Chartered Banks maintain, uninterrupted, their useful services \u2014 safeguarding depositors\u2019 funds; facilitating the nation\u2019s business\u2014 looking forward to peace with freedom as the only sure basis of enduring prosperity.THE CHARTERED BANKS OF CANADA rn wy ¥ @ \u2018eo Lu fe aig Wednesday, October 2nd, 1940 28s THE FALL FRUITS If the shelves in the fruit cupboard still seem rather empty, do not despair, for the store of homemade jams and jellies can yet be appreciably augmented.However, no time should be wasted in checking the supply on hand to decide what should still be made, for the season of fresh Canadian fruits, with apples the exception, will soon be over.Cantaloupe and Peach Conserve 3 cups diced peaches 3 cups sugar : 2 cups diced cantaloupe 2 oranges, juice and grated rind 14 cup blanched and shredded almonds Mix all the ingredients and cook until the mixture is thick and clear.Pour into sterilized glasses.When cold cover with hot paraffin.Citron Preserve Cut citron in %-inch slices\u2014peel, remove seeds and cut in cubes.Cover with weak brine, allowing 1 teaspoon of salt to 1 quart of water and stand overnight.In the morning drain thoroughly, place over a very low fire and cook until tender.Allow 2 cups sugar and juice and rind of 1 lemon to 6 cups of citron.Bring to a boil slowly.Cook until clear and seal in sterilized jars.Grape Jelly Use slightly under-ripe grapes, wash, place a layer in saucepan and mash well, then add more grapes and mash and set saucepan over hot water to draw out juices.Strain juice through double cheesecloth.Boil 10 minutes and add an equal proportion of heated sugar.\u201c| assure tasty bread every oa > SEE tarte EEE NEC ma cm : because I'm always pure.full- strength\u201d MADE IN CANADA Continue boiling until it reaches the jelly stage.Pour into hot sterilized glasses, cool, and seal._ Damson Plam Jam Wash the fruit and cut in half, removing the pits.Break a few pits and add kernels to the fruit.Pour a little water over the plums and heat slowly to the boiling point.Cook gently for one-half hour.Measure and add an equal quantity of sugar.Simmer one hour and pour into sterilized containers.Seal at once, Pear Marmalade To every pound of peeled and cored pears which have been sliced very thinly, add % lb.of sugar, 4% ounce of green ginger root, scraped or grated, and half a large lemon.Place the pears in the preserving kettle in layers, sprinkling each with sugar, lemon juice and grated ginger root.Allow to stand 2 or 3 hours, then heat slowly to the boiling point.Cook until clear and thick.If preferred, the ginger root may be crushed and placed in a little bag which can be removed from the mixture before pouring into glasses.Aubrey-Riverfield A meeting of the Women's Asso- clation of Howick United Church was held at the home of Mrs.Jas.Bruce on Wednesday evening with ten ladies present, when plans were made and committees appointed for the annual chicken pie supper which is to be held the second Friday in October.The Aubrey-Riverfield WI met at the home of Mrs.Hiram Reddick on Thursday at 2 p.m., with 23 ladies present, who responded to the roll call with \u201cA law I would like to have changed.\u201d Current events were given by the convenors present.A lengthy discussion regarding the demonsiration we desired to have given by Miss Rettie followed, and home economics, especially dressmaking, was decided on.Mrs.J.Gruer reported that a new mattress had been purchased for one of our hospital beds, and this bill, as well as others, was ordered paid.Subscriptions for the new Macdonald College magazine were taken and reports of the June convention at Macdonald were distributed.A very interesting paper on \u201cThe Refugee Problem\u201d was read by Mrs.F.G.Easton.This took the form of a brief sketch of a shipload of children who were brought over from England, from their entry on board ship until the ship docked, and the reaction of the various 800 children to their life on board ship.A goodly donation of jams and jellies was received for the Barrie Memorial Hospital.Plans were discussed for the making of single bed quilts for the Red Cross.The meeting closed with the National Anthem.after which the hostesses, Mrs.FP.G.Eas- ton, Mrs.W.G.Allen and Mrs.Red- dick served delicious refreshments and a social hour was enjoyed.Mr.and Mrs.Ray Reddick, Ruth and Hazel spent Thursday in Montreal.Mr.and Mrs.J.Edgar McKell, Edgar, Thyra, Mrs.Edgar Nugent and children were Wednesday evening guests of Mr.and Mrs.Bryce E.Bruce, Franklin Centre.Mrs.Minnie Kyle spent several days recently visiting friends in this locality.Mrs.Math McKell and son, Wayne, spent the past week guests of her parents, Mr.and Mrs.Cor- rigan, Shawville, Que.Mr.Math McKell motored to Shawville on Saturday and Mrs.McKell returned home with him on Monday.On Friday evening a very enjoyable reception was given in honor of Mr.and Mrs.Willis Craig upon their return from their honeymoon trip.About 80 guests were present and Chinese checkers and cards were played until lunch time.Speeches and congratulations were tendered the happy couple by BEMA Molasses- \\ A Natural Food Product .the N Pure Juice of the Famous CV) Barbados Sugar Cane 2 5 \u201c © Yes, that is exactly what BEMA V Molasses is.From Barbados comes this the sugar cane.disténctive flavor; baked beans, \u201cTHE BRAND ORIGINAL PRÔDUCT \u2014 NOT A BLEND\u201d delicious food product\u2014as pure and zestful when it reaches you, as when it came from That is why it has such a why so many careful housewives use it as a regular part of their daily menus.Rich in vitamins, BEMA Molasses is also a valuable source of iron\u2014an essential food element, That's why it makes an appetizing, healthful spread on bread\u2014at the table and for between meals.It is also used by many housewives in cooking making cookies, gingerbread, cakes, puddings, etc.It\u2019s good ALL WAYS! Your grocer sellsit.Be sure to ask for BEMA Molasses, the original product\u2014not a blend.LASSES THE HUNTINGDON GLEANER \u2014 Feminine Fancies \u2014 Latest Fall Model Lynne Carver wears a Balenciago gown cut in one-piece with graceful front drape, long tight-fitting sleeves, a dressmaker neckline and a quintet of white ivory buttons for its only trimming.Save for a jeweled bracelet, the actress keeps her accessories in dull black.Facts of Interest To Movie Fans Two Films Go Into Production Production was started this week on the M-G-M lot on two features.One is temporarily titled \u201cComrade X\u201d which stars Clark Gable and Hedy Lamarr.Based on an original story by Ben Hecht and Cnarles Lederer, the production will be directed by King Vidor, Felix Bressart.Sig Rumann, Vladimir Sokotoff and Oscar Homolka are included in the cast.Producer is Gott- fried Reinhardt.The other is the new and yet untitled Kildare picture, the latest in M-G-M's \"Dr.Kildare\u201d series.Lionel Barrymore, Lew Ayres, Laraine Day, Nat Pendleton, Emma Dunn, Walter Kingsford, Alma Kruger and Marie Blake continue their characterizations of former Kil- dare films and Robert Young is to be seen as a \u201cguest\u201d star.Jackie Cooper has been signed for a leading role in \u201cFighting Sons,\u201d which is slated to go into production soon.Ian Hunter, Gene Reynolds, Bonita Granvile, June Preisser and Edward Ashley are in the cast of this story which, originally had the tentative title \u201cTwo Sons.\u201d Henry Blair has been added to the cast of \u201cLittle Nellie Kelly,\u201d which has Judy Garland in the title role, with George Murphy, Charles Winninger, Douglas Mc- Phail also in the cast.Marsha Hunt is an addition to the cast of \u201cFlight Command.\u201d James Stewart has been signed to a new contract and will next appear opposite Hedy La- marr in \u201cCome Live With Me,\u201d a timely comedy on M-G-M\u2019s new production list.friends and neighbors.Then dancing was enjoyed by the younger set, music being furnished by Messrs.Mervyn Craig and C.W.Orr, with Mrs.Orr at the piano.The young couple were the recipients of many useful and beautiful gifts.Our good wishes go with them in their new life together.Mr.and Mrs.Howard Cullen spent Monday in Lachine guests of his sister and brother-in-law, Mr.and Mrs.Page.Mr.and Mrs.Emest Robertson, Reta and Mrs.Agnes Black spent the week-end in Morrisburgh and Ottawa.While in Ottawa they enjoyed a trip through the Parliament Buildings.Mrs.Mary McNeil and her grandchildren, Lyndon and Brian Hooker of Ormstown, are spending some days with Mr.and Mrs.Harold Robertson.Mr.and Mrs.Wallace Templeton, Robert and James Templeton motored to Quebec on Sunday to visit Pte.Douglas Templeton, who is ill in the hospital there.We are glad to report that he is on the road to recovery now.Mrs.Jas.McKell, Mrs.John Orr, Mrs.M.Knox and Mrs.A.Younie accompanied by Mrs.Wallace You- nie, spent Tuesday in Montreal, guests of Dr.and Mrs.Laurin.Mrs.Andrew MacFarlane and Eva Marilyn, and Miss Doris Goundry left on Friday for a trip to Alberta, Mrs.MacFarlane going to visit her mother in Ohaton and Miss Goun- drey friends in Alberta and British Columbia.Miss Reta Robertson of Montreal spent the week-end the guest of her parents, Mr.and Mrs.E.Robertson.Mr.and Mrs.Ralph Weager, Mr.and Mrs.Clifford Weager and Miss Ray Walton of Montreal spent a day last week with Mr.and Mrs.A.A.Allen.Mrs.Melville Brown and two children spent Monday with her parents, Mr.and Mrs.E.McKell.Miss Edna Reddick of Macdonald College spent the week-end with her parents, Mr.and Mrs.Ray Reddick.Mr.and Mrs.A.A.Allen enjoyed a week-end motor trip to Sherbrooke, Que.What\u2019s in the Wind by PAULA DICKS 4 Harvest Days An orchard when the red fruit hangs heavy is a healthy sight.Three thousand trees loaded with McIntosh and Fameuse on a Franklin slope is a rich reward for a drive on a September Sunday.Mr.Nolasque April's orchard shows a thrifty care.Eight times it was sprayed during the season and in its tenth year carries a splendid crop.McIntosh are being harvested by twenty men.In October they are to be sold during Apple Week in Montreal by the Kiwanis Club in aid of charity.» * + That Servant Problem In Montreal last week I heard much lamenting about the scarcity of domestic help.Walking down Peel Street I noticed two girls carrying placards.They read: \u201cCham- bermalids labor dispute.Back wages payment.Pay cheque for two days $1.33.Local 382.\u201d They told me that they were picketing Mount Royal Hotel, where 20 chambermaids were on strike.Wages were supposed to be $26 a month and board but all they could collect was $18 a month.Few tips were received.Since the strike, girls still remaining on the job were paid at the rate of $20.I offered to find them work in the country at this rate but they didn\u2019t seem interested.» + * Forward March, the Women! In the afternoon I listened to Major Sophie Elliott, in command of the Women's Volunteer Corps, explain their work.\u201cI don't want you to think we are starting out to be Amazons,\u201d said Miss Elliott.\u201cWe are simply women wearing uniforms and giving our talents to our country.We have no funds and the girls pay for their own uniforms.\u201d Miss Elliott claimed that the sight of women turning out to drill had a stimulating effect on recruting activities of the regular forces.Also that the regular exercise in the drilling was having a most beneficial effect on women who would otherwise stay cooped up in the house and brood morbidly over the war news broadcasts.Drilling is at night and recruits are housewives, domestic and office workers, Work for next spring would include instruction and activity in growing vegetables in vacant lots.Experts from Macdonald College would train them in agriculture.In the question period I ventured the suggestion that back-yard and vacant lot gardening might be found very expensive; not to expect too much from the Macdonald College instructors.They were pretty busy already instructing the professional farmers, with sometimes not very much success, Asked how the corps could render help to agriculture, I replied.by coming out and doing housework for the farmers already engaged therein.I explained that all young people had flocked to town and city factories and military projects for the reward offered in the way of a regular and substantial pay envelope.» * + Red Cross work in Ottawa is due for a set-back this season; housewives absolutely unable to procure housemaids; these women will, therefore, not be able to knit or sew, states a writer in The Standard.Not being able to discuss the virtues and failings of their maids, the poor dears wouldn't dare to face a sewing meeting for lack of conversational material.Dahlia\u2019s Ruskin\u2019s Religion.\u2014 I have heard a woman say that school children should not be required to memorize poetry because if they did not do it of their own volition it was a waste of time to do it under compulsion.To carry this argument, if it merits the name, to its logical conclusion, one might say that it was wasting their time to have them memorize scripture, for the passages assigned are often blank verse in the original, while others fill every poetical requirement except that of mere form.But an interest in beautiful language and thoughts may be developed.The opinion that exacting such memory exercises \u2014within reason\u2014causes an aversion to the Bible is scarcely well founded.For that matter, one might as well contend that any study which tasks the memory, such as spelling, history, or a language other than our mother tongue, rouses such antagnon- ism in our minds that we never attain proficiency in it.John Ruskin tells us how his mother trained him to commit to memory numerous Scripture passages, and how meticulously correct his recitation had to be before she allowed him to leave any given lesson.Yet he must have admired and loved the Bible for we find him constantly quoting it in his lectures and writings on art and architecture.His suggestion that it might be no fault to have on each side of your Gothic porch a stone seat where the tired wayfarer might rest for a few moments, is supported by two verses which might apply to present war conditions, \u201cbring the poor that are cast out to thy house,\u201d and \u201cThey are wet with the showers the rock, for want of a shelter.\u201d He declares that true religion is romantic (in his sense of that word) and continues thus: \u201cIf you were to ask me who of all powerful and popular writers in the cause of error had wrought most harm to their race I should hesitate in reply whether to name Voltaire or Byron, or the last most ingenious and mos.venomous of the degraded philo- osophers of Germany, or rather Cervantes (author of Don Quixote's adventures), for he cast scorn upon the holiest principles of humanity\u2014he, of all men, most helped forward the terrible change in the soldier of Europe, from the spirit of Bayard to the spirit of Bonaparte, helped to change loyalty into license, protection into plunder, truth into treachery, chivairy into selfishness; and since his (Cervantes\u2019) time, the purest impulses and of the mountains, and embrace | Whatnots Poetess Visits | In Huntingdon A few days ago we had the pleasure of meeting Mrs.Janet Pollock Graham, author of a book of verses containing many lovely lines on the .beauty of nature in the Ottawa Valley.; Mrs.Pollock lives in Cushing.Que., on the banks of the Ottawa River.A farmer's wife and busied with household tasks about her home, she yet finds time for a great deal of literary work, as well as so- clal and church work.Mrs.Pollock visited Huntingdon recently to attend the WC TU.convention.In her own locality she acts as treasurer for the W.C.T.U.For a number of years, under the pseudonym of \u201cAunt Jean Herself,\u201d she wrote a weekly column for the children in the Lachute Watchman and the Granby Leader-Mail.In the book Mrs.Pollock left with us, \u201cFrom Hill and Dell,\u201d she very cleverly portrays the beauty of the little things of nature which we too often forget to see, forget to take time from our very busy, mercenary lives to appreciate.Better than! words the following poem penned | by Mrs.Polock will testify to the fertility of her gifted imagination.WIEN I GROW OLD When I grow old, Lord, let me live Where tumbling waters, singing go, Thro\u2019 ferny glens and flowery meads, Dear childish haunts of long ago.Where lisping winds, lke little prayers Lull tired minds to rest\u2014 And _florant shrubs draw vibrant e From earth's o'erflowing breast, Oh may my sight be such, dear Lord, That my appraising eyes May glean the beauty of the fields, The glory of the skies.And hearing be attuned to sounds Of earth, while yet life's sweet Of birdsong gay, at eve, at dawn, The rustling of the wheat, I crave not fame nor shining gold, But Jovs like these, when I grow old.\u201cBehold, I will lay the stones with fair colours, and thy foundations with sapphires; and I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.\u201d Bul not only does Ruskin promise them happiness themselves the noblest purposes have perhaps \u2018been oftener stayed by the devil, under the name of Quixotism, than under any other base name or false allegation.Quixotism, or Utopianism: that is another of the devil's pet words.I believe the quiet admission which we are all of us so ready to make, that, because things have long been wrong, it is impossible they should ever be right, is one of the most fatal sources of misery and crime.Whenever you hear a man, dissuading you from attempting to do well, on the ground that perfection is \u201cUtopian,\u201d beware of that man.It is very Utopian to hope for the entire doing away with drunkenness and misery out of the Canongate (Edinburgh\u2019's slum quarter), or to hope to give every child in this kingdom the knowledge of God; but the Utopianism is not our business\u2014the work is.Our everyday critics appear to carry on for the happiness they derive from fault-finding.Nol so Ruskin.He takes thought for his listeners\u2019 happiness, telling them that they have no conception how much they would enjoy beautiful architecture.He draws his proof from the Bible, viz: that whatever temporal things it uses as emblems of spiritual blessings must be good things in themselves.This they surely admit, he says, and asks, How, then will you evade the conclusion that there must be joy, and comfort, and instruction in the literal beauty of architecture, when God, descending in His utmost love to the distressed Jerusalem, and addressing to her His most precious and solemn promises speaks to her in such words as these >) Each pad will kill flies all day and every day for three weeks.3 pads in each packet.10 CENTS PER PACKET at Druggists, Grocers, General Stores.WH Y PAY MORE?- THE WILSON FLY PAD CO., Hamilton, Ont Housewives \u2014d Everywhere VALLEYFIELD, Agree That \u201cOur Best Flour\u201d Is Best for Baking McDonald & Robb, Limited QUE in increased beauty of environment, but he urges upon them the duty of considering the happiness and welfare of the artist who provides that beauty for them.He reminds them that the Bible says, not \u201cBlessed is he that feedeth the poor,\u201d bul \u201cBlessed is he that considereth the poor.\u201d He allows that a little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.Ruskin asks his wealthy hearers, or readers, Lo sacrifice a careless preference to what they know to be for the good and happiness of their fel- low-creatures.He demands of them: When you spend a guinea upon an engraving, what have you done?You have paid a man for a certain number of hours lo sit at a dirty table, in a dirty room, inhaling the fumes of ni- tric acid, stooping over a steel plate on which, by the help of a magnifying glass, he is, one by one, laboriously cutting out cer- taln notches and scratches, of which the effect is to be the copy of another man\u2019s work.You cannot suppose you have done a very charitable thing in this! On the other hand, whenever you buy a small water-colour drawing, you have employed a man happily and healthily, working probably out in the pure country and fresh air, thinking aboul something and learning something every moment, not straining his eyesight, nor breaking his back, hut working in ease and happiness.Unless we are certain not merely that we like \u2019 Herdman Mr.and Mrs.Ellis Wilson and son, Donald, have moved to Ormstown, into the house owned by Mr.Robt.Ovans on Depot Street.Mr.Wilson has secured a position with Mr.Raymond Graham, driving a milk truck.Although we are all sorry they are leaving our community, we wish them every success and much happiness in their new home.Miss Florence Varin of Montreal, was the guest on Wednesday of her parents, Mr.and Mrs.Adrien Varin.Mrs.W.E.Rennie, who has spent the summer with her son and daughler-in-law, Mr.and Mrs.J.E.Rennie, has gone to Huntingdon, to spend the win- er.Mrs.Emma Gamble was a Sunday caller on her friend, Mrs.Hattie Herdman, who we are sorry to say Is in very poor health, Mr.and Mrs.Romeo Varin and family of Montreal, were Sunday guests of his parents, Mr.and Mrs.Adrien Varin, Mrs.Cora Black spent the week-end al the home of Mr.and Mrs.J.E.Rennie.Mr.and Mrs, Royal E.Gamble and Beatrice, were Sunday guests at the home of Mr.and Mrs, Arthur McClatchie.Mrs.James T.McCartney, son Mr.Lester McCartney and two daughters, the Misses Alice and Olive McCartney, were Tuesday cvening guests of Mr.and Mrs.J, E.Rennie.Mr.and Mrs.Orville Gamble and son Ronald, called on Mrs.Gamble\u2019s sister, Mrs.Stanley Anderson on Sunday, who has been quite sick Lhe past week.Her friends all wish her a speedy recovery.Mr.and Mrs.William Gamble and sons Erskine and Harold, and Mr, and Mrs.Nelson Anderson and children Lola, Bobble and Helen were Sunday guests of Mr.and Mrs, Ernest Erskine and family, Mr.and Mrs.Gordon McClat- chile were Tuesday guests of Mr.and Mrs.Royal E.Gamble, Mrs.William Gamble was a Monday guest at the sume home.XX a picture, but that we are right in liking it, we should never buy pit Ai MER painters and interior decorators have been quick to appreciate this modern finish.And home- lovers everywhere have discovered how smart it is to brighten rooms with the subtle, intermediate sheen of C-I-L \u201cSemi-Gloss.\u201d It is available in a variety of delicate shades that will blend with any decorating scheme.It brushes smoothly .hides better.stands repeated washing.