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Port Perry Star (1907-), 22 Jun 1939, p. 7

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A hon BE ag ] 1 id Ey --_--.en A 3 i as Yat Honolulu, Hawaii, is to have a . J1.000,000 low cost housing .pro. * jeet. ' _ proofing solution, ~~ Fumigate closets, BAS 14 AYIA WN YAEL . Other Royalty Visited Canada King George and Queen Eliz- abeth First as Sovereigns ' King George and Queen Elizabeth are not the first royalty to come to Canada. But they are the first to visit inthe capacity'ot sovereigns, Jn 1779, Prince William Henry, later "King William 1V, in command of H.M.S, Pegasus, wag 'attached to the Halifax and West Indian suad- the Halifax and West Indlan squad- ron of the Royal Navy, Princo Edward, the son of King eorge 111, and later the father of. ueen Victoria, visited Canada in 1791, making a second'yisitias a member of a British regiment, and a third and last one in 1799. In 1860, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, when but 18 years of age, came to this country. He was later known as King. Edward VII In 1901, the Duke of Cornwall and York, with his Duchess, visited the Dominion, It was he who later be- came King. George V. - In 1919, Canada went into a great spagn} of.enthusiasm when another Prince of Wales made a tour of the country, Ho was back again in 1927: This Prince of Wales became King Edward VIIL King George VI, of course, had been 'In Canada before. In 1913, while a youthful naval cadet, :he touched brietly- on the shores of this Dominion, Little did he think: then that he would some day re- turn to it as the beloved King of Cannda, = Wanda Goes By Air The only animals allowed on the lanes of the Trans-Canada Air ines are "Seeing Eye" dogs guid- Ing their blind masters. The first dog passenger on the. T.C.A, was Wanda, who accompanied: her mas- ter, R. P. Thompson, executive of- ficer, Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Calgary, Alta., from Calgary to Lethbridge and Van- "conver and across to Victoria by Canadian Airways, Gorey Fogle To Banish Moths Begin Your Attack On Them ith A Thorough' Clean- ing Bee : Begin your attack with a thor ough cleaning because moths and carpet beetlés dislike notorlety, says McCall's magazine. They scek dark,'quiet places to lay thelr eggs. "Brush well all articles in rooms' and. closets, Thoroughly vacuum clean' rugs, upholstered furniture and draperies, Frequent and thor- ough use of the vacuum cleaner prevents infestation of upholstered turniture and rugs as it removes larvae and eggs. . Spray In Cracks a Larvae thrive on the collected wool \lint and hair in floor cracks, and behind base boards: Spray these places thoroughly with com- "mercial 'ofl fumigants, which are stainless. Repeated Application may ba, necessary, as the spray, must make a direct hit to. kill" Power sprays of vacuum cleaners are es- pecially useful for this job and for saturating wool clothes with mothe as chests and fooms with paradichlorobenzene or napthaléne flakes, sold under bragd. names, ! 2% RE L | Poland? 'Answer: The Corridor. is - | | posal; means of preventing sickness and NEWS: PARADE ... HEADLINES AGAIN: «After six weks of keeping people in darkest -dgnorance, the newspapers ° are "flashing onus the sudden light of : European events, For a month-and - a halt 'we were scarcely let know --that such a person as Adolf-Hitler existed, so chucked were the pages "of Canadian dailies and weeklles with news stories of the foyal tour, multitudinous plctures of Thelr Majesties. Made us uneasy not to | hear the latest he was up to. But now the big streamer headlines are back on the front pagés, and it's all. blood, thunder and. crisis once more, 'Sgreat to be in the know agalu. Much more comfort- able, GAS TAX STRIKE:- Although the May returns haven't been figured- up yet, it is expected that gasoline . tax revenues in Ontario will show a falling-oft from 1938. for the sec- ond month since the elght-cent tax went into effect. In April they dropped $45,000, Provincial * offic- fals, believe, however, that it was only a temporary decrease, and the Government has no Intentlon of rescinding the increase, it is learned. ioe IMRREGNABLE ROCK! When one thinks of "the 'solld, unchanging things of this world, the Rock of Gibraltar is among those that come first to mind (with or without the "lite Insurance sign on it). But as Fascist boldness in Europe lncreas- es, the Rock becomes dally less so0lld, secure. German guns have been trained on it from across the Straits for several years now. It's even come to.the point that one of Italy's most influential newspapers is demanding transfer of the Rock from Britain to Spain, Says 11 Tele- grafo: "In Spain the questlon of Gibraltar 1s "essential for the life | and independence of the nat WHAT, NO TITLES?: In the King's Birthday Honors List this year the name of no Canadian Is included (except Sir Harry Oakes', of course, but he has long since fled to the Bahamas). None includ- ed because no one was recom- mended; There was no recommenda- tion because the present Premier, who for the time being does the - recommending, is not in favor of titles. Neither is anyone else so far'as we can discover, except per- haps the people who can sce them- selvés getting one, THE WEEK'S QUESTION: Why is the Polish Corridor (which Ger- many wants. surrendered to her) essential to the national life of none other than the province of Pomotze which belonged tosthe an- clent kingdom. of Poland. The . people of the Corridor have always been predominantly Polish. Some of Poland's most important indus- trial areas aro located there. The Corrldor is the llfeline passageway through which the natlon's econ- omic. products are transported to the ocean and the oitslde world, . Rural Health: Its Conservation County Health = Units Make Valuable -Contribution--One of Canada's Most Important Problems ' -- AttenHon=i8 drawn-to-the-value-- --of-the county health "units by an- nouncement of the awards in the Canadian Rural Health Conserva- tion Contest for 1938, Financed by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, ithe contest fs conducted in Canada by the Canadian Public Health-Assoc- lation in co-operation with the Am- erican Publle Health Association. For the second timo the major award in Canada has been won by the St, Jean:Iberville-Laprairle-Na- plerville County Health Unit, the" headquarters of 'which are at St. Jean, Que.;-and the medical officer, Dr. J. A. Lapierre, D.P.H. - Judging in the contest is made by a carefully selected group of health experts, the communities being appraised on the measures it takes: (1) to provide and safeguard fts watér supply; (2) to furnish , adequate and pafe sewerage dis. (3) to reduce infant and matérnal deaths; (4) to combat tuberculosis and syphills; (5) to® protect : its citizens .against other communichble diseases; (6) to in- sure healthy children; (7) to pro- tect and safeguard its milk and other foods; (8) to promote effec- tive co-operation with its physicians and: dentists in furnishing neces- sary services to all those who need them; (9) to enlarge and improve its lay-ainderstanding of ways and death amd of maintaining health, : Kt Rural health conservation is one - of the: most important problems in ~Canada and it is to be hoped that the yexample set by the various county health units in the Province of Qpebse will stimulate action in good - many othér parts of Canada, . ' The _---- King and Queen At Niagara \ -A thousand pictures she had seén of the Falls fell far short of its real beauty declared Ontario. Queen Elizabeth during the Royal visit to Niagara Falls, \ NTARIO UTDOORS By VIC BAKER BASS POSTER - Angler Ernest Grand of (Tor- onto is credited with the idea for "the bass poster picturing the legal minimum size, which the Ontario Department of Game and Fisher- "ies is posting throughout the bass resorts of Ontario this year. Twenty-five thousand were print- ed at a cost of $600 at the recom- mendation of that active. organi- zation, the Ontario" Federation of Anglers, we are reliably informed. WE'RE ALL FOR IT And speaking, of the Federation of Anglers recalls to mind their current progress report covering the 1938-39 scason of their popular and widespread con- servation activities. We quote from this report what we think will be interesting information for ev- ery conservation-minded citizen of Ontario: i "If politicians, newspaper crit- ics, non-member clubs, conversa. | "tionalists rather than congervajion- alists, or other individuals or --groups-of men; feel that-they-can do more with a $1,000 grant of public money, in a constructive, consistent way, on behalf of con- servation and restoration of wild life in Ontario, the Federation would like to hear from them, and the letter will be published in our next bulletin, °° "It is our opinion that over a period of years our affiliated clubs, through the Federation, have giv- en the Department of Game and Fisheries more constructive help with their many problems than any other voluntary agency. We have had the satisfaction of seeing many of our recommendations ac- cepted and carried out. "Why should the government not subscribe to our work under Ontario i these circumstances, even more * fully than at present? Next year, we propose asking the government for $3,000, justified on the basis of what -we have started and will accomplish in this present year 1939. "Our experience with the pres- ent Department of Game and Fisheries has been that they do willingly accept honest, construct- ive criticism," : ------ "Ontario Fruit's Fine Prospects 'There's Going To Be A Bump- er Crop In Some Districts This Year--Qutlook Bright in Others Bright prospects Tor the fruit crop in Ontario are forecast in the first frult and vegetable crop re- . port of tho scason issued by the. Ontarlo Department of Agricul- ture, . ~ "Weather conditions have been faVorablo for growth of fruit in Western -Ontarfo and frost damage has been negligible. Nearly all var- fetles of fruit trees, plants and vines "wintered well and showed good fo heavy blossom, with-the exception of areas; LC They've Weathered Well Spleg showed average to good In Norfolk County and the (eorgian Bay district, but light elsewhere. Treos generally wintered well and rodent injury to young trees was the only damage reported. Cherries, peaches, pears "and plums all showed a heavy yleld to come, Grape vines aro In a healthier and - hardier condition - than for gone seasons past, Strawbepry plantatiofis are In excellent cond! tion. Raspberry acreage was re- duced slightly this year. She Province of Sind, In India, will build 79 new roads before 1041, : : [ i Spy - apples In some VOICE of the PRESS PAGE. A RED HERRING . You can recognize a political is. sue by the way party leaders snort 'road.--Windsor. Star, - OVERPOPULATED With huge throngs meeting them at every plate they stopped at, 'the King and Queen may have gathered the idea Canada is over populated.--St, Thomas Times- Journal, WE COULD LEAD THE WAY Just as Canada encouraged by her acts the collapse of the League of Nations, so today Canada by vigorous action which would again receive the "appraval of all sec- tions" of this country could -help to lead the way to the only way of peaceful life that offers itself.-- Winnipeg Freo Press, - ? GONE WITHTHE WIND In" St. Thomas a memorial foun- tain erected ycars ago for the watering of horses is to be moved to a park and filled with flowers because there are few, if any horses left to use it and because Like 'the hitching-post, the water- ing-trough is today an urban ana- TThronism and it may soon join the cigar-store Indians in the muse- ums.-- Brockville Recorder and Times, CANADA'S SHAME If there is any one thing which the Federal and Provincial Gov- ernments have failed in during re. cent years, it has been in the handling of the single unemployed men, The United States has its CCC camps, and South Africa has formed semi-military regiments where youths are given a training, However, every effort in Canada seems to have failed to touch the problems as a whole. -- London Free Press. ? Neighbors Lend Farmers Grain Newcomers to Burgessville Dis- trict, Unused to Canadian er Residents International friendship_was evi- denced when 15 neighbors Yt John -Rozsejovsky and-Andrew Stentim- roy, Holbrook, near 'Burgessville, adlans" with spring seeding. The two men are of Hungarian birth, but reslded in Slovakia until the fear of what might happen in the future caused them to move "to Canada in September, 1938, with their wives and Stentimrey's fam- ily. - $ Unfamiliar with Canadian ways of farming they, were far behind with seeding this spring, and had reached the end of their rope in more ways than one. Pald Back After Harvest One nelghboir loaned them suffi. client seed grain, to be pald back after harvest, and ene day seven tractors and elght teams of horses were pulling plows, harrows, etc, and tinaify seed drills over 23 acres of land. - thinking of buying--a+bar-pin "or a baby grand, a new suit for Junior or a set of dining-room furnityre--the best place to start your shopping tour is in an casy-chair, with an open newspaper. The turn of a page. will car- ry you as, swiftly as the magic carpet of the Arabian Nights, from one end of the shopping district to the other. You "can r¢ y on modern advertising as a guide to good values, you can ~=+ compare prices and styles, fab- rica-and finishes, just as though you were standing in a store. Make a habit of reading the advertisements in this paper 'every week, They can save you time, energy and money. and shy -when they pass jt on the it interferes with motor traffic. - Methods, Are Helped By Old- Ont; helped -the--two "new €Can="|" MAGIC CARPET It doesn't matter what you're, _ rr... RAS esa] GROWN "It DOES taste good in a pipe!" | HANDY SEAL-TIGHT POUCH «1 5¢ %4-LB, "LOK-TOP" TIN . 60¢ also packed in Pocket Tins IN SUNNY, SOUTHERN ONTARIO How Can 1? BY ANNE ASHLEY @ Q.--How can 1 cut pies so that the meringue will not stick to the knife? : A.--Dip the knife in cold water before cutting each slice of the meringue pie, or the cake, and - see how neat the slices are, with- out breaking or sticking. TQ.--How can 1 clean white silk lace? : A.--It should be washed and rinsed .in benzine, dried in the open' air, and pressed between sheets of white paper. This same method can also be used on cotton lace, Caution: Benzine is inflame mable. Q.--How can I draw an extreme- ly stubborn splinter from the flesh? . A,--Take elder-root and the seed of Jamestown-wéed; fry it in lard, and apply. "It is claimed that this will deaw any splinter from the flesh. Q.--How- can I lubricate the food grinder, juicer, or any other similay kitchen device and avoid any disagreeable taste or smell of oil? k A --Use a drop or two of gly. cerine. "Q.--How can I simplify task of threading a needle? A.--The thread can be more ea- sily inserted into the¢ ncedle eye if it is clipped on the bias. Slip- - ping silk threads through the nee- dle eye twice will prevent their constantly slipping out. Q.--How can I clean plaster of Perris ornamenis? A.--Cover with a thick coating a starch 'and let it become _per- pectly dry. Then brush off and the dirt will come off with it. Degrees of drunkenness have been listed by an American doc- tor, who complains of the diffi- culty in trying to-prove that driv- crs are drunk. He gives the six stages of drunkenness as: (1) Dry ond decent, (2) Delighted and "devilish, (3) Delinquent and dis- gusting. (4) DizZy and delirious, €0) Dazed and dejected. (6) Dead drunk, the' Expedition To Indian Village 'The first archeological ®expedi- tion ever sent out by the Univer- sity of Westen Ontario had pitch. ed camo at an old Indian village site, Clearville, near Morpeth, to spend &ix weeks investigating the historical evidence found there. Under the leadership of Wilfrid Jury, who with his father, A, H. Jury, is honorary curator eof the Iidian Museum at tlfe University, the party is conducting an archeo- logical survey of the ancient camp gite, The Clearville site is on the farm of John Cochrang, of- Dutt, and Mr. Cochrane gavé permission to the archeologists to "conduct their survey. They are camping on the spot during the excavation, which myst be done very careful- ly, in order that no bit of evid- 'ence, no Matter how small, may be damaged. tix 'LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher THE COLONEL » (Copyrights 1008, Vy Feed J (te) "I didn't want a lot of glassy eyes staring at me." DE ------------ THINK WHEN' SHES WEPT . CHURCH WHATEVER MUST A , BRIDE WAITING AT THE w. 'POP--Beyond Doubt the Bride-Thinks of Him Sn SRL lpn g Satan Rr) i { i. R "3 By J. MILLAR WATT > \

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