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Page Eight THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 6th, 1944 Canada NEEDS Nurses The Nicholls Hospital wishes to announce that the next class of student nurses will begin on Monday, July 1st, 1944. It would be appreciated if anyone contemplating entering this School would communicate at once with the Superintendent of Nursing. If there are more applicants than can be accommodated in one group another class will be organized beginning early in September. Because of the recent regulations students admitted after July 31st must have a Secondary School Graduation Certificate. Anyone in doubt as to their academic qualifications should submit their educational certficates for evaluation. THE FIRST BLOOD DONOR CLINIC will be held in Colborne on the morning of FRIDAY, MAY 5th Donors will be advised by mail or phone as to the place and hour of their appointment The response to the call for Volunteer Donors has been Wonderful and is a credit to the citizens of Dundonald, Castleton, Lakeport, Colborne and vicinity. To ensure a sufficient number of Donors for future clinics we need Fifty More Volunteers To be one of the fifty to associate yourself with the One Hundred and Sixty fine citizens who have already volunteered for this service fill in and mail the application form below or telephone 153w or 161, Colborne BLOOD DONOR VOLUNTEER I freely offer myself for the purpose of donating blood, and undertake to proceed on request to the place indicated. (Please Print) P.O. Address .......... Phones: Office... THE NEED IS URGENT SPROUT POTATOES FOR EARLY USE (Experimental Farm News)^ The sprouting of potatoes for a few weeks before planting time has been found helpful to obtain extra-early mature potatoes. An early variety, such as Irish Cobbler, should be chosen for this treatment. The tubers selected for sprouting are first disinfected, then placed in shallow boxes, with the bud ends up, (hotbed flats will serve the purpose) and when placed in a room with a temperature of from 55 to 60 degrees F., green healthy sprouts wiU have developed in four to five weeks. Seed treated in this manner when planted in shallow drills as soon as the ground is warm enough wiU produce strong, vigorous tops and new potatoes in less time than seed that is not sprouted. Too high a temperature in direct sunlight under glass may spoil the sets. In regions where frost often forestalls maturity presprouting may considerably increase the main crop. C. J. Fast, of the Dominion Experimental Station at Beaver lodge, Alberta, in reviewing a date-of-planting experiment conducted for six years up to 1926 finds that potatoes put in trays at the time the first outdoor planting was possible and then planted at successive weekly intervals, decidedly outyielded sets taken direct from the root cellar. This was especially true with the later plantings, which aver-l 30 per cent more yield from sprouted than from unsprouted sets. Sprouted potatoes are sometimes withered and the loss of moisture from the tubers may ocacsionaUy result in lower yields. To avoid this, where only small lots of seeds are sprouted for early use, dry sand can be used to fill in around the tubers so as to cover them slightly. The sand is moistened and kept moist until the seed is planted. An advantage of the sand sprouting is that a strong root growth is also started simultaneously with the sprouting. Great care is to be exercised, however, at planting time on account of the danger of injuring the roots. PAPER SALVAGE It is vitally important that all cardboard, corrugated paper, brown paper, magazines and newspapers be salvaged announces the W.P.T.B. CONSERVE Spending unnecessarily is a defeat on the home front. If you don't need don't buy it. vies of messages explaining problems of electric ■,ened direct M> The H»dro-Electric Power Commi supply to fam ,ion of Ontario. Uniform Rural Meter Rate Anywhere in Ontario Our last advertisement illustrated the reductions which will apply to farm and hamlet services in most areas in the Province. Herein we give some of the reasons for and benefits of the new Uniform Meter Rate. The cost of rural electric service is made up of two main parts : (1) The cost of providing electricity in bulk at convenient central points (substations); (2) The cost of distributing this electricity from these substations to the user. Since electricity cannot be stored, it is necessary to provide lines made up of poles, conductores, transformers, etc., to carry the eletcricity from the substation to the consumer so that each user will have service available at the flip of a switch. To the cost of building these lines must be added the cost of maintaining and operating them. Electric service rates originally included a Service Charge to cover the cost of distribution, plus a meter rate to cover the cost of the bulk electricity at the substation. The Province was divided ino a number of rural power districts created around available substations without particular regard to township or county boundaries. Each of these districts had its own meter rate, varying from a high of 6c, 2c and 3Ac to a low of 2V2C, Wic and %c. During the past twenty years rmany complications and inequalities have arisen in trying to maintain the identity of these districts. Therefore in order to provide suitable service to all at the lowest and fairest cost, the 120 Rural Power Districts have been combined into one Provincial Rural Power System with a Uniform Meter Kate of 4c, l-6/10c arid %c. Now, all Rural Power Consumers anywhere in the Province pay the same meter rate. This Uniform Rate represents a reduction in most of the old districts and an increase in only a few districts formerly having a very low rate. These explanations are given to help you understand the new rate. In our next message, we shall discuss, for your benefit, the MINIMUM BILL. In the meantime, if you need further information, please ask your Rural District Superintendent. THE HYDRO - ELECTRIC POWER COMMISSION OF ONTARIO In order to haoe a comolete understanding of the new rural rc/e.s, we suggest you clip and keep these explanation,. COMMUNITY BRANCH East Northumberland Women's Institute "For Home and Country" Meetings Held the First Wednesday of Each Month OPENING ODE A goodly thing it is to meet In friendship's circle bright, Where nothing stains the pleasure sweet, Nor dims the radiant light. No unkind word our lips shall pass, No envy sour the mind; But each shall seek the common weal, The good of all mankind. INSTITUTE CREED Keep us, O Lord, from pettiness; let us be large in thought, in word and deed; let us be done with fault finding and leave off self seeking; may we put away all pretence and meet each other face to face, without self pity and without prejudice. May we never be hasty in judgment and always generous. Teach us to put into action our better impulses, straightforward and unafraid, let us take time for aU things; make us grow calm, serene, and gentle. Grant that we may realize that it is the little things that create differences, that in the big things we are one, and may we strive to touch and know the great woman's heart common to us all, and O Lord, let us not forget to be kind. Our Aim--The Greatest Good to the Greatest Noumber. OFFICERS President--Mrs. Norman Chatten Vice-President--Mrs. Fred Thorne Secretary-Treasurer--Mrs. D. Morrow Press Reporter--Mrs. Lorne McDonald Sunshine Committee-- Mrs. Fred Wade Mrs. Lyle Chatten Mrs. Douglas Morrow Hostess--Mrs. John Cooney Roll Call--Bring a Grandmother Program Committee--Mrs. Heath, Mrs. Douglas Morrow Refreshments--Mrs. Roscoe Morrow and Hostess. JUNE Hostess--Mrs. G. Thorne Roll Call--Bring print for a quilt block Program Committee--Mrs. Tett, Mrs. Roy Morrow Refreshments--Mrs. A. Griffith and Demonstration of First Aid JULY Hostess--Mrs. Fred Wade Roll Call--Gift for Child Overseas Program--Children's Program Refreshments--Mrs. Russell Herrington and Hostess AUGUST Picnic--To be planned SEPTEMBER Hostess--Mrs. Lorne McDonald Roll Call--Gift for Overseas Box Program--Mrs. Lorne McDonald Refreshments--Mrs. G. Thorne and Hostess Sing Song OCTOBER Hostess--Mrs. Roy Morrow Roll Call--Bring a supper dish-Prize for the best Program--Mrs. Lyle Chatten and Mrs. John Cooney Refreshments--Mrs. Fred Wade and Hostess NOVEMBER Hostess--Mrs. Lyle Chatten Roll Call--Exhibit of Antiques Program--Mrs. Earl Irwin Refreshments--Mrs. Roy Morrow and DECEMBER Social Evening JANUARY Hostess--Mrs. Russell Herrington Roll Call--Exhibit and sale of aprons Program--Mrs. Norman Chatten Refreshments--Mrs. Lyle Chatten and Hostess FEBRUARY Hostess--Mrs. Douglas Morrow Roll Call--Bring a friend and introduce them I Program--Mrs. G. Thorne ! Refreshments--Mrs. John Cooney \ and Hostess MARCH | Hostess--Mrs. Fred Thorne | Roll Call--Spell your name backwards j i Program--Mrs. Fred Thorne j Refreshments--Mrs. L. McDonald I and Hostess j Demonstration of Angel Food Cake j by Mrs. Lorne McDonald APRIL Hostess--Mrs. Norman Chatten • Roll Call--Suggestions for Roll Call Pay your fee Refreshments--Mrs. Tett and Hostess Buy more War Savings Stamps ! &>oaJlfL DRUG STORE SPRING One Cent Sale NEXT WEEK THURSDAY -- FRIDAY -- SATURDAY April 13 - 14 - 15 - V -r-- FIFTY MROE ITEMS THAN LAST SALE MANY FAVORITES BACK AGAIN DON'T MISS IT ! Sale Bills will be Mailed Monday Morning SEE THAT YOU GET YOURS ! W. F. GRIFFIS COLBORNE Euchre and Dance Sponsored by Colborne Men's Club TOWN HALL, COLBORNE Wednesday, April 12,1944 Cards at 8 p.m. Dancina at 11 p.m. SPECIAL DOOR PRIZE $10.00 Euchre Prizes Proceeds for Local Patriotic Purposes Lunch by Ladies of the Red Cross Admission 35c SERENADERS ORCHESTRA McCracken & McFadyen AMBULANCE SERVICE l E. McFadyen, Embalmer Undertaking Prices to Suit Everyone SERVICE THE BEST "Men May Come and Men May Go" An individual appointed as your « may die, may be ill, absent, too busy to give the necessary attention to the administration of your estate. He may lack the necessary experience. You are assured of personal interest and prompt, economical and business-like attention to your estate every business day In the year if you appoint-- THE STERLING TRUSTS CORPORATION Sterling Tower, Toronto Redfearn keeps Co3.I keeps Redfearn Quantity of Dry Wood on Hand LADIES' HOSE--Excellent Quality--Just arirved-- Priced at 39c 50c -- 75c --V-- SHIPMENT OF ENGLISH CHINA AND GLASSWARE CUPS and SAUCERS -- PLATES and NOVELTIES First Choice for Best Selection --V-- MEN'S NAVY BLUE WORK SHIRTS MEN'S WOOL WORK SOCKS GLOVES--Canvas backs and leather fronts Jas. & Redfearn Son KING STREET