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Page Eight THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 6th, 1944 CAMPERS BEWARE OF POISON IVY In the comprehensive arrangements of the Canadian authorities for the training and welfare of the fighti forces, the evil effect of poison ivy was not overlooked. Of all skin-irritant plants in North America, poison ivy is one of the worst. It grows under a variety of conditions, wet or dry, shaded or exposed ,and in any soil from pure sand or rocky ground to rich woods or fields. It is often plentiful in stretches of unoccupied land. But because poison ivy is prevalent on shores and rocky situations especially by wooded lakes and highland legions so attractive to campers and summer cottagers, the danger of poisoning should always be borne in mind, for the simple reason that in these out-of-the-way places it is difficult to get rid of the plant. Full description of the plant and its several different habits of growth, together with information on treatment after contact are given in Circular 574 "Poison Ivy," which may be obtained by writing to Dominion Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. IMPORTED FRUIT PRICES CONTROLLED A recent Wartime Prices.and Trade Board order controls the price of imported peaches, pears and plums. The selling price in Canada will be based on a limited mark-up over the cost of bringing the fruit from the United States. Last year there was no price control on these fruits until August 16, when they came under the ceiling prices for Canadian-grown fruit. This new order is designed to bring in more supplies for the early fruit market and regulate the prices for consumers. Keep your mind open to new ideas and suggestions. There is no better way to make yourself valuable to your firm or to make yourself more money. Picnic After Robot Terror As B.W.V.F. Canteen Arrives Casualties Made Light as Hot Food and Refreshments Aid Battered Farm Area From our London Bureau By W. T. Cranfleld Resident Staff Correspondent Toronto Evening Telegram London, June 23--Victims, of one of the first Nazi flying-bombs to fall on English soil enjoyed a picnic by the roadside near their shattered home when they were fed from a mobile canteen presented to the area by The Evening Telegram British War Victims' Fund. It was in a country district as void of military objectives as Hudson Bay. But there were some cottages clustered around a little church with a farm or two nearby. Three of these frail habitations were destroyed. Others were damaged. Casualties were light, but the inconvenience and discomfort inflicted on this peaceful community may well be imagined. A telephone call from a farmhouse brought the B.W.V.F. canteen to the spot as speedily as it could be loaded and driven over the intervening distance. Everyone was parched with dust and dismay. Hot food and drinks were in urgent demand, especially for the homeless waiting transport to another centre. Those families that elected to stay by their smitten nomes rescuing what they could of iheir kitchen utensils and personal belongings had to be fed and com-lorted. Furthermore army technicians and other experts rushed to the spot to report on the twisted fargraments of the infernal machine also needed food. In seven hours the B.W.V.F. canteen served 317 meals and mugs of refreshing liqnid, soup, oxo, sandwiches, stew, beans, bred, chocolates, biscuits and other good things not forgetting a tin of rice pudding opened for a baby. "Judging by this incident," the canteen crew leader told me, "the Nazis' new weapon as a morale buster is a flop. Our customers were little moved by its rude disturbance of the orderliness of their lives. j "When they needed rest from their labours they stretched themselves on, the grass verge by the roadside, pic-1 nicking cheerfully on the dishes we provided and which were supplemented by stronger ones rescued from their own larders. "Merriment was not wanting. From time to time a wag would cry 'milk and butter, please, miss,' or 'when's, my duck and green peas coming.' * "One local farm lad, who has a motorcycle, volunteered as jack-of-all-work. Can opener, bread scrounger, water-carrier and private messenger, he did a magnificent service end finally convoyed us safely back to our base." Vague and unlocalized stories reaching Canada about the doodlebug attacks on Southern England will not, it is hoped, convey the impression that we in Britain are having a whale of a time in which the only human qualities displayed are pluck and pleasantry. The truth is that just as the Nazi propaganda has abandoned its first extravagant boasts of death and and devastation for more sober claims so is our tendency to dismiss the new weapon as of mere nuisance value being modified by events to a primmer realism. Once more we are on a veritable battlefront. Only Check Increase Our counter measures are putting an ffective break on the robot attacks, but are checking their increase rather than reducing their. persistence. Whenever cloud cover gives the in-'ruders some protection they come over at frequent intervals and although they are aimed at a venture sometimes find civilian targets. Under favourable conditions they may oper-: te for eight put of twenty-four hours. As each bomb carries a ton of high explosive, no one can mistake a hit for a popping champagne cork. There will be some thrilling and heart-rendering stories to tell some JULY RATION TIME TABLE (Clip this out and keep available) * 11 COFFEE OR TEA (Green)-- Coupons 14 to 29 inclusive and I El to E6 (old book) T-30 to 35!" (new book) are valid until declared void. Coupon T-36 becomes valid July 13. Coupon T-37 becomes valid July 27. Each good for 4 ozs. tea or 16 ozs. coffee. SUGAR (Redl-- Coupons 14 to 29 inclusive (old book) Coupons 30 to 35 (new book) now valid. Coupons 36 and 37 become valid July 6th. CANNING SUGAR (Blue)-- Canning sugar coupons FI to F5 (old book) now valid. Canning sugar coupons F6 to F10 (old book) become valid July 6. Each good for one pound of sugar. BUTTER (Purple)-- Coupons 66 and 67 now valid. Coupons 68 and 69 become valid July 6. Coupons 70 and 71 become valid July 20 Coupons 66 to 69 expire July 30. Each good for butter. PRESERVES (Orange)-- Coupons Dl to D16 inclusive (old Coupons 17 to 22 inclusive (new book) are valid until declared void. Coupons 23 and 24 become valid July 6. Good for preserves, sweet spreads or sugar (see chart in retail shops). Free Admittance to the Grounds Street Dance and Carnival Thurs, July 6 (Old Tyme and Modern) JITNEY DANCING 5c per dance day when all the stops to prevent the enemy knowing where his siles are falling are removed. Some cf us have already learned 'tis not necessary to visit the barber to get a close shave. The point of it all is that supporters of the B.W.V.F. never had less excuse to curb their generosity ind zeal. tbme / Now that I can go I'm not going to stick around and let the other fellows do it. Bill and Jack went over last week, and Fred's been over there a year. Now it's my chance; It's going to take months of training before I can get fighting-fit, so I'd better get moving today. Yes sir! I'm going now, to tell Dad and Mom that I'm on my way to sign up. WEAR IT ON YOUR ARM m CANADIAN ARMY Uflfi OVEBCFAC SERVICE FOR OVERSEAS SERVICE Dance Free Admittance to grounds Carnival Russ Creighton - with his - Variety Dance Band and Entertainers FEATURING JOSEPHINE HOLMES Comic and Acrobatic Dancer ROSE MARIE BURNS Singer, Toe and Tap Dancer THE O'LEARY SISTERS Those Singing Mountain Girls and their Guitar "ZAN-ZONI" The Celebrated Magician THESE ARE ALL TOP-NOTCH ARTISTS One of the Best Open Air Shows Ever Presented •_ AND IPS ALL FOR FREE ! BINGO - GAMES - DRAWS REFRESHMENTS Sponsored by the Colborne Street Dance Association THE PROCEEDS ARE FOR PATRIOTIC PURPOSES The 1&e*cxMl Drug Store ENOS FRUIT SALT........................................ 59c, 98c ANDREW'S LIVER SALT ............................. 44c, 79c GRAPE & LEMON SALT........................................ 50c ALKA SELTZER .............................................. 29c, 57c UNGENTINE, for sunburn.................................... 44c REXALL INSECT CHASER, for mo'squitos ............35c SUN GLASSES........................................ 19c, 25c, 39c FIRST AID EMERGENCY KIT............................ 89c KLEENEX ................................................ 13c, 2 for 25c HIND'S HONEY & ALMOND CREAM ........ 2 for 79c 4 SQUARE MINERAL OIL, 40 oz......................... 89c IVY CHECK, for poison ivy.................................... 50c FLY KIL .......................................................... 24c, 43c ELKAY'S WHITE SHOE POLISH ........................ 25c SPECIAL--5 x 7 inch enlargement on easel mount..............................................................43c W. F. GRIFFIS The Rexall Drug Store We Deliver Redfearn keeps C08.I ^eePs ^e^earn Quantity of Dry Wood on Hand LADIES' HOSE 65c -- WHITE SOCKEES LADIES' DRESSES -- CHILDREN'S DRESSES --V-- ENGLISH CHINA AND GLASSWARE CUPS and SAUCERS -- PLATES and NOVELTIES --V-- MEN'S WORK GLOVES AND SHIRTS BOYS' COTTON PULL-OVERS GOOD ASSORTMENT OF PAINTS & VARNISHES Jas. & Redfearn Son PHONE No. 1 KING STREET COLBORNE "Colborne Stores Contain Goods Sold Elsewhere and Prices are No Higher"