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Goderich Boys' School Patrol is now doing traffic safety assisting children across the streets. At his post is 3 'red D. Vincent. duty in front of the town's public schools and at main'intersections Ihe boys are instructed by the provincial police, PR Re -- a --_----------- ~ Proye Your Love HANK McCALL Jim Weeks took his spite out on his car and moaned, "With all the girls in this town to pick from, I get engaged to the one with the wildest ideas." He had dashed out of Jane Blake's house two minutes before without kissing her good-night. They were. in love, they were engaged, they wanted to get married, their parents liked the match; in short, every- thing was perfect except Janie's crazy notions. A doubting, brood- ing mood had possessed her all wives. Betty and I will lock up our, apartment and prepare to enjoy a free four-week vacation." NM * » "Lock up your apartment? listen to me," pleaded Jim. He ex- plained his predicament while Bud listened sympathetically, Jim eas- ily persuaded him to sign over his apartment. v : Those days were a whirlwind of frantic scurry. The attendants' gowns had to be ordered, the ar- rangements for the reception and dinner had to be made, and all the thousand other things that go with a wedding had to be settled in one short week. The time between the nuptials and Bud's departure was «0 be spent in honeymoon. The day of the rehearsal found all details - carefully assigned. The practice went smoothly until Bud beckoned Jim aside. "I don't know how to say this, Jim, but the com- pany has changed its mind. I was transferred to next month's class." LJ LJ Ld A squadron of bombers wouldn't have made the roar that Jim's dream boats did as they crashed into the rocks He had one/idea to across. "Dpn't tell Janie, Bud. We cai off the wedding now. 7 Bud - There Never Was Anything Like It Some Recollections of the Great Days of Radio's Most Famous Team 'By Peter Ronald As most radio listeners know, the 'half-hour weckly program featur- most popular on the air. Bu. some of the younger generation may be surprised to Icarn that there was a period, back in the 1930's, when for a quarter of an hour cach week: day evening, starting at 7 o'clock ing Amos 'n' Andy is. one of the * world-famous-- Amos 'n' Andy. And in March, 1928, they started--again as a sustaining program--over WM- AQ. : * * * Popnlar from the very first locally, it wasn't long before they attracted the attention of advertisers; and in August 1929, under the sponsorship of Pepsodent, they first went on the air nationally over a network. IFrom then onward their popularity grew by leaps and bounds until, at one point, surveys revealed that nine out of ten radio sects tuned in regu: larly to their program, and their theme music, "The Perfect Song" was as well known as "God Save the King" or "The Starspangled Ban- ner." : : Iixpressions such as "Ise regusted" ---"Ain't that sumpn?" and "Hold de phone" became part of our every- day speech; and when listeners were asked to send in suggested names for_the baby born to Amos and the former Ruby Parker so many letters came in--2,400,000--that - a special branch Post Office had t6 be set up in the- building where Gosden and Carrll worked. ' Os ht ou hd * . Madam Queen's breach of prom- ise suit against Andy--Ruby Taylor's almost fatal illness--and Amd's trial Some Notes From The Farm Front By John Russell Although tractors and trucks have done a lot to lighten the burd- en of farm labor, they also increase the possibility: of fire. Officials point- out that with the increase in gasoline-driven vehicles in raral areas, extra gare is needed to re- duce the fire hazard. Main sources of such fires are «aid to be imperfect fuel storage, poor maintenance, accuniulations of oil, dust and other combustible materia), improper methods of ré fueling and' careless selection of "a place in which ta adjust, service and repair the equipment. In most cas: es it's mot the machine that's at fault, but the man who operates it. " * . A real bidding battle was seen at = recent Aberdeer-Angus sales in Perth, Scotland. This was when the reserve champion "bull, Emor of Derculich, was sold for 7,100 guineas --only 400 guineas short of the all- time world record price set up at the same sales in 1946. Successful bidder was Tom Tweedle, on behalf of the McRobert v 'Farms- of Douneside. Principal op- ponent was an Argentine represent- ative, anxious that the bull should go to that country. Bidding started at 1000 guineas. When it reached 7000 there was a pausc--applause-- and everybody thought the Argen- tine had won. But Tweedle bid an- other 100, and the South American finally gave in. * + Just like cashing in on a 20 to 1 shot were the results of recent ex- periments in hog feeding, when it "was-found that a saving of $20 in feed costs was effected for each one dollar's worth of salt used. Salt- fed pigs made a gain of 1.46 pounds daily as conipared with 1.26 pounds gained each day by hogs fed exact ly the same ration minus the salt. In this particular experiment each pound of salt saved 9.4 pounds of feed; and the ration fed consisted of corn, soybean, éilmeal, alfalfa meal and a simple mineral mixture. * » * A University research crew has discovered that a heavy shower, falling on hay after it has been cut, may reduce the food valuc of the crop by fully one-third. This is be- cause the rain washes away large amounts of sugars, minerals and pro- teins frcm the hay. * * * Canada's turnip crop in 1947 had a value of almost twenty million dol- - lars with Ontario and the Mari- times accounting for three quarters of this immense production. But both these Provinces are plagued, to some extent, by an insufficient supply of boron at critical periods Big Boom, Maybe, In Oil Reserves Of Northern Alberta America's critical oil shortage may be the spark that touches off a big new boom in Canada's vast, untapped petroleum reserves. Canada is. the world's highest per capita user of oil. Its own production last year was 7, 632.204 barrels less "than one-fifth / the world's annual production, and less than 15 per cent of its own requirements. Yet government geol- ogists both in U.S: and Canada point out that Cagada has the greatest oil known reserves on earth locked up in bituminius sands in Northern Al berta. It is estimated at from 100,- 000,000,000 to 250,000,000,000 tons according to the official Canadian + Year Book. ) Most of Canada's oil has been coming from the Turner Valley area near Calgary, Alberta, where sup- plies have been declining. To boost new. production, engineers in this area recently exploded 5000 quarts fields have been opened in other arcas of the province, the last in the Leduc area ncar Edmgnton, where homsteading farmers and In- dians on reservations have been of fered big prices for drilling rights and royalties. Oil also has been pro- duced in small quantities in Saskat- chewan, Ontario and New Bruns: wick provinces. - The Canadian government and oil companies have spent vast sums de: veloping the southern Alberta oil fields. The government did geolog- ical mapping and surveying, and during the war took over the devel opment of the tar sands of northern Alberta, searching for a méthod of extracting the oil from the sands. These bituminous sands are locat- North second i 3 .- = 5 oil Boom? -- The Maryland Plant, only refinery in .Tiber- ta's vast Turner Valley oil field, casts its own reflection in the water as if to mirror the _ potential oil boom in Alberta's bituminous sands. ed AT McMurray, northernmost rail: head, and stretch over an area esti- mated at 115 by, 55 miles, The Canol Project While the bituminous sands" have been used as a paving material, con- tinuous oil extraction in commercial quantities has got yet proved suct cesful, The Sield with present methods is about one barrel per ton of sand. During the war years most pub- licized of Canada's oil fields was that at Norman Wells, on the Mac- Kenzie River, just south of the Arc- tic Circle. Here Canada and the United "States built the Canol pro- ject. The first wells in this area were drilled in 1921. Now the oil wells of this sub-Arctic area are supplying enough oil for mining. developments and the few. small settlements in the area. Top produc- tion during the war, was 4000 bar? rels daily. : : Meanwhile, the Dominion's mer-: chant marine and individual oil companies are speeding up devel: ~ opment of a fleet of oil tankers to _bring increasing quantities of crude oil from Colombia, Venezuela ard- "Ecuador, where Canadian companies have large holdings. * on a charge of murder were other ights of their almost 14 years of quarter-hour programs, which I'll find a place toinofrow-i-I have = ---to-buy- a- hotel"... J a - RCE Si in the turnips' growth. He said goodnight to Janie early Fone | This deficiéncy can be recogniz- They were in love; everything -was perfect except , . . evening. His trouble started when he rashly promised to do anything to prove his love. Janie laughed but said seriously, "Jim," I'm going to give you a 'chance to prove that promise. We aren't going to get married until you get us an apartment to live "Apartment? - Why, Janie, you know we can't get an apartment in this town. Besides, we get the third floor of Dad's house." "No, Jim. No apartment, no wed- ding." : id The next morning Jim came to work a gruff, bitter young man. He ate lunch with Bud Hoven, an old friend-.in the engincering depart- ment. The usually quiet Bud was in high spirits. ) "Jim, open your ears and listen to some good news. I'm going to production school in Chicago two weeks from today. The company pays all - expenses, even for the and headed home. As he was wait- ing at a stoplight a paper boy thrust the weekly edition of the newspaper into 'his window. He had no choice but to buy it. Remembering that this edition carricd the next morning's want ads he turned to the last pages His eye searched for the "Apartments for Rent" section, stopped and then ° danced. His hands shook so hard that he could hardly discern the print. There is was, a thousand to one chance, but it was there ' "Apartment for Rent. Call 7883 after seven am. Do not disqualify yourself, by calling beforé seven" * LJ * The morning light had scarcely appeared beore Jim was heading for the apartment address He found the strcevand the house, parked his -car and ran up the steps to the porch. He "was startled when a voice called, "Jim, you're a little late." A girl sat in the corner, quictly wait ing for the landlord. Janie was laughing when she kissed him "Don't be so shocked. Betty tipped me off to your little sclieme. You don't think that I'd give up the wedding now, do you? I saw this advertisement in the paper last night, looked up the num- ber and got here first. It's my apart- ment but you can pay the first month's rent." ' By Howie Hunt iar" og ) "Released by Baw Bra Taterprises h ¢ the aid to the island of Foo Foo fund, sir--how much a ~ would you like to contrioate?" els % SE, i TF * dh: oR, - fellow-citizens seemed much _ Amos 'N' Andy In Whiteface (EST) activity of all kinds through- out the Continent practically stop- ped, in order that folks might listen to the latest" doings of the Kingfish, Madam Queen, Lightnin' and all the other characters created by two gent- lemen named Gosden and Correll. Moving picture theatres switched off the film that was running and left 'their screens blank. In Hamilton a sponsor bought that 'quarter-hour on a local station, then left the period silent so that folks could hear, without interference, Amos 'n' Andy from ncarby. Buf: falo, : * * Ed ~~ Important men like Vincent Astor and Henry Ford gave orders they were on no account to be disturbed until the program was over. And an _American Presidential Candidate, warned that it was useless for him to try and compete with Amos 'n' Andy, complained bitterly that his more interested in the Fresh Air Taxicab Company than in their country's af- fairs. : Freeman Fisher Gosden--who al: "ways plays the parts of The King: fish and Lightnin' as well as that of Amos--was born at Richmond, Vir- ginia, in 1899. Charles James Cor- rell--Andy--is nine years older .and piano-playing ability led him into show business. : ~ Meeting first in Durham, N. C. the two took to oné another immedi: ately and formed a theatrical team. For some years they toured the Southern States with "tent shows". occasionally doing a vocal duet. Back in Chicago in 1924 they de- cided to build up a singing act, and with Correll playing piano, Gosden -the ukelcle, ¥hey were frequently heard by radio listeners of that era. Two years later they had the idea of switching to comedy; and on Jan- vary 12, 1926, made thejr air debut as "Sam 'n' Henry" over Station " WGN. They stayed there, as a sus: faining program, till = December, 1927. When leaving to accept a bet: ter-paying offer from another station, WGN refused to allow them to take the title of their act with them, So, after considerable experimenting, they finally hit on the combination under 'which they were to become 1 is a native of Peoria, Illinois, whose" came to an end on February 19, 1943. And radio listeners of today can hardly imagine the intensity of int erest--especially when it scemed as if nothing could possibly save Amos from a verdict of guilty. Onc of the most amazing things about Gosden and Carroll was that they never started writing their 15- minute show until an hour before it went on the air. Sometimes, indeed, the last page of the script would _still be in the typewriter while the first strains of "The Perfect Song" were sounding over the air waves. And then, as often happened, people would ask them what was going to happen . next, they had to answer-- honestly--that they didn't know, and wouldn't know till they got busy on the following script. . . * : Today both Gosden and Correll live in Beverley Hills, where Amos 'n' Andy programs now originate. The wealth they have amassed hasn't spoiled them, and -the friendship which began so many years ago, down in North Carolina has never been even threatened. If you were to ask them, right now, what memories they most cherished, it probably wouldn't be the days when nine 'out of ten of. the Continent's radios were tuned in to them--but of the times they were trouping together, with tent shows, down in the South. * From The Back Seat A motorcycle cop stopped a car and pulled out his book. "I clocked you at 45, mister," he said. The lady in the back scat cackled gleefiilly. "Just you give him a ticket, officer," she said. "Serves him right. He's a reckless, inconsiderate, dangerous driver." "ar wife?" asked the cop, and when the driver nodded glumly, the officer snapped shut his book, and added, "Drive on, brother." ed by a water-soaked appearance of the root, sometimes called "water core" or "brown heart". In the Maritimes, farmers combat this deficiency by using a fertilizer containing 2 per cent of boron, this being applied to the soil at seeding time. cessful in Ontario, where it is neces- sary to apply the boron to the tur- nip tops. For this purpose special dusts containing 50% of borax are available, and spray applications.can .also be made according to standard specifications. In using such appli- cations farmers should stick clos~ly to the advice of their iocal agricult- ural authority, as an- overdose of boron may be harmful to turnips and also upset the balance ofthe soil. 5 With grain feeds so expensive. .moré and more swine raisers are adopting the - cost-cutting practise of putting their pigs on pasture during the summer. In most cases the pasturage is some variety of legume--cither straight alfalia or clover, or a mixture of the two. One recommended metho) is to keep spring pigs on pasture until, they weigh around. 150 pounds apiece, then change to ful' feed for finishing. Leaving them still longer on pasture takes more time to get them up to market weight and fin- ish--although if time is not a prime factor, doing so cuts fec ling costs still further. : * * . Then there was the one about the college football coach who was _ asked why his teams were so uni- formly successful He said that when scouting for prospects he just got in his car and went travelling through the country looking for farm lads plowing with old-fashion- ed horse-drawn plows. "When I sce one I stop and ask: hint the direction to some nearby town," he said, "and. if he tases more than one hand to pick up 'the plow and point with, I pass him up as too weak for my team." 13 But this method is not suc- . Missing Link -- Some authori- ties say .this animal, a tarsier from the Philippine Islands, may be a definite link in the chain of evolution. The tiny ~ mammal, one of three tarsiers just acquired by the London Zoo, has an ape-like skull. It leaps from tree to tree aided by sucker-like discs at the ends of its fingers. ' Mother (trying to persuade her _ children to go to bed): "The: chickens, you know, dears, go to bed at sundown.' Maude (an observant child): "Yes, Mother, but the old hen goes too." These Political Days , | It isn't what the voter stands for nearly as much as it is what he falls for. : At 14 He Jumps 21 Feet--You'll probably be hearing more 'about England's George Broad. Only 14, the Londdg school- boy lives up to his name by covering 21 feet in the running broad. junip. , k q ii