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\ \ | Mrs. McClung, Prairie Novelist, 3 " oattle, Nellie bought a football, asked the ' To Celebrate Her Golden Wedding "The day Mmasried him I did the best day's work 1 have ever done," says Nellie L, MoOl who, with her husband, R, W. McClung, oele~ brates their golden wedding to morrow in Victoria, B.O, She chose her mother-in-law first and there by hangs a tale she has given in Ros oS paphy, "Clearing in the ost', Nellie Mooney, a girl of 16, had Just begun teaching in a country school in Manitoba, On her first Sunday, she attended the Young Ladies' Bible Class taught by the new. minister's wife from Port Are thur, On returning to Her boarding house, she and a daughter of the home were questioned about the minister's wife, The daughter de- scribed the wife's clothes in detail, but Nellie declared, "In fact, she is the only woman I have ever seen whom I should like to have for a mother-in-law," Nellie's enthusinsm was not much dampened on learning the minister had only' two sons , aged fourteen and ten, What difference would three years make when her hus band was 80 and she B37? Romp time afterwards, she heard another son had stayed behind in Ontario to finish his term teaching, He ar« rived and worked in the village drug store 'until he went. to college in Toronto, He then became druggist in that same village store, Born in Ontario When Nellie was about seven, her . family left their stony farm near Chatsworth in Grey County, for the Souris Valley in southwestern Mane itoba, Three th had led to this decision, A nelg who had gone in 1876 to the Northwest, as it was called, returned two years later and told of the wonderous fertility of the soll, Sir Thomas White, then plain Thomas White, wrote widely read letters and articles in the Toronto Gilobe and the Montreal Gasette about his recent visit to Western Canada, Finally, Nellle's eldest brother Will, declared one day on coming in from ploughing: "I'll never put another plow into the soll of Grey Oounty, I'll go West Will went West and soon after- ward the family followed, They made the trip by boat from Owen Sound to Duluth, by rail to Winnie ho by ox-cart to the Souris y., Mr, Mooney and his two eldest sons preceded the rest of the family who stayed In Winnipeg un til & house was built during that first summer, Sohool at 10 Until Nellie was ten years old, she had little opportunity of going to school for she was needed to herd Fences did not Jot enclose the pasture and the little girl who pretended she did not want to read was useful at home, To her delight on starting to school she was told by her teacher she would learn fast and within a year she was reading the Third Reader, By the time she was 15, she se- oured her second class certificate and was attending the Normal School in Winnipeg, Her first school, three miles from Manitou, had 40 pupils, many of whom oar= ried on the feud and grudges of thelr pen and caused many fights in the schoolyard. th her first salary eh "if I have to walk!" Piplls to help her draw up the for playing and allowed them to use it with only one condition: when there was a fight, the ball would be locked up in her desk for & whole day. Wants Votes for Women While a country school teacher, Nellie became interested in women got the franchise but usually met with a response from them suoh as "It's an insult to our huse bands to even ask for a vote." At the first political meeting she at- tended was one of the two woe men present---she and her friend submitted to the speaker, Hon, Thomas Greenway, two questions in writing as to his attitude on women obtaining the franchise and the right to homestead, He deigned no reply. A chance of teaching in the grad- od school at Manitou came and Nellie went into town and boarded with the Methodist minister and his wife, Mr, and Mrs, McClung. As for the eldest son, Nellie writes in her blography thus: "He told me one day I was the brightest find of their life since leaving Port Arthur, but knowing what they thought of the prairie, I did not feel greatly elated, He would have to do better that, After attending the Collegiate Winnipeg for a year, Nellie went Treherne to teach. The Moclunis had also moved there and Nell agani boarded with them, "Wes", the eldest son, was still in Manitou Yat of course came to Treherne to Married Life in Manitou Her last six months of teaching were in her old home school and then she and Wes McClung were married and they lived 'in four rooms over the drug store, When a book agent came around selling cook books at $3 her husband hand- Has Golden Wedding NELLIE L, MeCLUNG Author of "Sowing Seeds in Danny", which was the best seller in Can- ada in 1008 when it was published, is ociobrating her golden wedding tomorrow, Her husband, W. R, Mo- Olung, and she lve in: Victoria, B.C, They both are Ontario-born, » od out the money, so she writes. However, as she had helped cook for threshers for three weeks on end not long before, she was not completely inexperienced. To her mother-in-law, Nollie owed her start in writing, While visiting her and his wife, Mrs, MoClung notic®d in Collier's Maga- gine that a short story contest was being conducted, She took Nellle's place in the kitchen and told her to write her story. It did not win a prize but it became the first chapter in "Sowing Seeds in Danny", a book which became the best seller in 1008 in Canada and also attained wide popularity in the United States, At the same time, Nellie began writing articles and stories for the Methodist Sunday School Publications, She had joined the W.0.T.U. soon after her marriage as it was the most progressive organization of the time and when in 1907 the pro- vinelal convention of the W.0.T.U, was held in Manitou, she was one of the speakers, It was at this time, she writes, that she felt the first stirring of ambition to be a public speaker, Becomes Entertainer With the success of "Sowing Seeds in Danny", she was often ine vited.to give readings from her book, For such performances, in. stead of using a rose leaf from a summer hat to give color to her cheeks, as she had in the past, she resorted to professional methods and patronized hairdresser, mani- curist and beautician, "Purple Springs", "The Second Chance" and "Painted Fires", all of which deplet prairie life, followed her first novel, "Painted Fires" was translated into Finnish; published in Helsinki and also serially in all Finnish papers in America, In 1014 Mr, and Mrs, Clung moved to Edmonton where the late ter continued her efforts to "ime rove social condijions and espece' ally those of women, In 1931, she was elected a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of the, pro- vince of Alberta. She was one of the five Alberta women who were instrumental in obtaining from the Privy Council the decision that wo- men are "persons", In 1021 she was chosen by the Methodist Church in Canada as one of its 12 representatives to the Ecumenical Conference meeting in England, and was one of the speak= ors at this gathering held only once fey ten years and representative pf Methodism all over the world, At League of Nations In 1038 she was appointed one of the Canadian delegates to the Lea- gue of Nations at Geneva, and was a member of a committee dealing with social legislation, "That great experiment which almost succeed- ed," she calls the League in her biography, "The Stream Runs Fast". "Our face is a rond map inas- much as it shows the way we have come," says Nellie MoOlung, "It 1s aay those who approach old age with no hobbies, no defer- red ambitions, no unfinished busi- ness, who are bored and desolate," she also asserts, She, one may be sure, is neither bored nor desolate, Wife Preservers When dryi oh inaide i hat nol t dresses, lace tows colored 'wirfaces do touch each other. OiL HEATING Do Not Hesitate--Order Your Autor matic Oil Burner Immediately. For Installation Before the Heating Sea- son Begins. In Most Cases Your Present Heating Unit Can Be Converted to Oil Heating. Phone For Information A Check-up of Your Heating System. No Obligation. : W. L. BORROWDALE PHONE 3575w12 Welsh Friends Greet Arrival From Wales - Last Priday evening, 26 Welsh friends gathered at the home of Mrs, W, J. Jenkins, 101 Olive Ave- nue, for a surprise shower given for a Welsh bride, Mrs, Edward Kow- alski, 78 Fisher Street, She is the former Ivy Healey and arrived re- cently from Treharris, South Wales, Ciames were played and then the bride was escorted to a chair be- neath an archway, which was dec orated with pink and white stream- ers and from which a ribbon-trim« med watering can fortes gifts into a decorated umbrella, After the gifts were ed, lunch the hostess, sasisted was served by Mrs, John Jenkins, Mrs, Dave Jenkins and Mrs, George Clapp. ------ By Helen Bannerman (Canadian Press Staff Writer) Ottawa, Aug, 22, = (CP) = The peach parade has begun, It 1s evi dent that the crop will far excceed that of last year so we shall see a lot of peaches the next month, Nothing could more welcome, for ¥ Jokens are a general favorite, ole raw peaches make the best of desserts, They can be cut in half, the stone removed and the Ip eaten with a spoon "on the alf shell" This way most people don't think of adding sugar, But for some reason Jeople who enjoy a peach eaten from hand gonerally ask for sugar on sliced ches, Honey sweetens them, lends with the flavor and helps to prevent discoloration of sliced peaches when a small quantity is dripped over them, Peach Shortcake takes its place with Strawberry Shortcake as one of the favorite desserts of Cana- dians, Peach Cobbler and other puddings are also pretty special Yen the peaches are ripe and oy, The Agriculture = Department home economists say that Frogen Peach Cream is an ice cream with velvety texture and fruity favor and, best of all, it requires no rich cream, Frozen Peach Cream sufficient for eight servings requires two egg yolks, 2/3 cup sugar, one cup top milk or thin cream, 1 % cups sieved fresh pushes, (six medium ones), one tablespoon lemon juice, % tea spoon almond extract, .one table- spoon gelatine, % cup of cold water and two egg whites, Beat the egg yolks and sugar to- gother; add milk or cream, peaches, lemon juice and almond extract, blending well, Soak the /gelatine in cold water for five minutes, then dissolve over bolling water, Add slowly to the first mixture, stirring to prevent the gelatine from lump- ing, Place in freesing tray of re- frigerator and turn into a chilled bowl, mash and add unbeten LT] whites, Beat with a rotary beater until the mixture is fluffy, Return to tray and freese until firm, When it comes to canning peach- es, & six-quart=heaped basket should give about five quarts of canned fruit, The peaches should be fully ripe but not over-ripe and bruised spots must be carefully removed, Under-ripe peaches will be poor in flavor and color when canned, Peaches are only mildly acid and a thin syrup (one cup sugar to two cups water) is recommended though this proportion may be decreased or increased a little to sult individual taste, For a six-quart basket of peaches, add eight cups of boiling water to four cups of sugar, Bring Jo, boiling point, skim ' and keep 0 MUGH BUILDING (Continued from Page 1) North at the corner of Alexandra Street, have been successfully over come, The foundation is in, and the brick walls are beginning to rise. The cement foundation of » water tower which was originally located on that property ided problems in excavating, ally it was blasted out, and the foundation of the new building was put in, Rising above the structure are the steel shafts which are used as » holst for materials, Part of the first storey walls have also been completed, and the window frames for the of the firat floor are in place. ork began on June 1. When the residence will be complet= ed depends entirely upon supplies, "and they are problematical," Bathe and MoLellan, the contrace tors, comment, Chist Church Christ (Memorial) Anglican Church members who have been using ' the basement in which to meet hope they will be able to move into the superstructure which is now being bullt, by the New Year, Located on the corner of Hillorest and M Streets, there has been little obvious construction 80 far, "However, the next few weeks will see a great change," according to R. B, wilking the contractor, 'We have most of our materials now and '| oan shoot ahead quickly." The walls of the church will be of solid masonry, with a cement ine terior, Outside they willl be of buff, rug brick, The roof will be framed with principal rafters, all of which are ready to be erected now, Two Additions Two other additions to downtown business premises are well under way, The foundation of the addition to the Anglo Canadian Drug Co- plant has been completed and the laying of the concrete block walls is under way under the direction of the cons tractor, Clarence Foster, H. M, Brooks has completed the | erection of forms for the founda. tion of the addition to The Times Gasette bullding, The work of pouring conerete was commenced on Thursday last and was complet- ed today. The Experts Say . . . " Attractive Wiener Potato Salad 1¢ dinnertime looms, and the cupboard is low, here's a streamlined menu you might like to serve, Begin with soup~~condensed cream of tomato soup--the canned kind to which you need add only milk, and heat, to serve, Then bring on a platter of potato salad, Now we don't mean an or- dinary side-dish salad, This recipe, which you will find below, contains all the essentials of a satisfactory main-course meal, It is a veritable medley of potatoes, weiners, 4 bit of precious flavor-glving bacon (if you have it), onion, and two hard cooked eggs. These good things are heated in a frying pan and sprink. led lavishly with distilled white vin. ogar for dressing. bed dessert you'll want something thit's a lt filling--shortcake made of fruits in season, ralsin ple, or a dish of old-fashioned chocolate pudding. Coffee or iced tea will give this meal the finishing touch | i it deserves, . This salad is a slick way to make the most of available staples and stretch market-short items, The pungent flavor that punctuates the dish is the distilled white vinegar that serves as a dressing, You'll find it simple, savory, swift, Hot Potato Salad With Wieners 6 medium potatoes 6 slices bacon, cubed 1 medium onion, chopped finely B to 6 wieners, skinned and thinly sliced 1% oup distilled white vinegar 2 hardgcooked eggs, sliced 1% to 3 teaspoons salt Pepper Scrub potatoes and boll in jackets until done, bacon until crisp, Remove bacon from frying pan and saute onion and wieners until deli- ontely browned, Peel and cut pota- toes into Y-inch cubes. To the wieners add potatoes and remaini i; ngredients, Or you could have the eggs for a garnish, Cook, stirring gently, over low heat until all in- jents are thoroughly heated, ve on: a Riatter edged with let. tuce, Good with genuine dill pick- les, Berves 6, School Principal Now Assistant. Newcastle, Aug. 23, -- In many communities the shortage of quali- fied school teachers °*has meant that boaids of education must carry on with depleted staffs, but in New. oastle the shortage has given the district the best high school staff it has ever had. T. A. Venner, principal of the high school, asked the board to be relleved of his duties because of poor health, The assistant princl- pal left to take a post nearer home, | n, and the board was faced with find- ing a new staff, After considerable searching the board hired R. W. Goheen, of Fenelon Fails, ag principal, but was unable to find an assistant, Faced with the possibility of having to close the two-room high school and sending the students to Bowman- ville by bus, the board members were worrled, ' Their worries came to an end however, when Mr, Venner agreed to carry on for another year, and act as assistant principal, In this way, the Newcastle High School staf! consists of two principals the best qualified staff ever ene gaged by a village high achool, Durham Member Leads Sing-Song | Ottawa, Aug, 23--(CP)---Members of the Commons, who frequently hold an informal .singsong while they walt for members to get down to then House chamber from their offices for a vote, today had a timely addition to their repertoire. It came from O. E. Stephenson of Port Hope (PO, Durham) and it was sung by a group of his party colleagues while the House was waiting for a vote to be taken, The song: Show me the way to go home, I'm tired and I want to go to bed, I've listened to debates for days and days, Until I'm nearly dead, My jonny is weary and alone, ile, here I sit and groan; So, now you hear me singing this song, Show me the way to go home! Show me the way to go home, For the Government is almost oad, 80 why 2 here for weeks and weeks, While they only swing the lead. The Prime Minister has decided to roam O'er land--and sea--and foam=-- So, let's all be of one accord, : Show me the way to go home! | S---------------- TEN-DAY TERM Failing to keep we a $320 per week payment to his wife and two chile dren, as previously ordered by the court, brought John J. W. a sentence of ten days in jail when he appeared before Magistrate A, H. Lightbourn yesterday morning, ERROR IN NAME A most unfortunate error was made in the budget of news from Harmony which appeared in Tues- days issue. A part of the item should have read that Mr, and Mrs, Walter Beach returned from a trip | jus through Northern Ontario - and Quebec, ® Readers' Views STRIKES AND WAGES Bditor, Times-Ciazette, Dear Sir: Today we are hearing much about the alleged illegality of the present steel! strike and the fact that its continuance will wreck the economy of 'the nation; we also hear that it will break the price ceiling, bringing inflation and dire national calamity in its wake if wage increases are granted to workers in excess of ten cents an our, Meanwhile the government Is granting a ralse to the judges of our courts amounting to between fifteen and twenty thousand dollars per year. This means one judge will get more than 11 times a wetk= ly salary which we deny the steel workers, Do we hear anything about price ceiling brakes in the caso of judges? Then too, scabs are being kept in the steel plant at Hamilton and be- ing paid 24 hours pay for elght hours' work, This defies the provie slons of the law and exposes the hypoorisy of the price-celling claim, It puts the government of Canada and Donald Gordon's price board a he position of Mr, Hyde and Dr, ekyl, In defying law and order by per- mitting Stelco to harbor scabs within the plant in defiance of the factory act, the government of Canada is put on record as Spposed to the workers being pald a living wage, $33.00 a week. Yet it spon sors huge and unprecedented raises for the members of the bench and transforms our police officials into storm troopers to beat down those who are only asking for a living. And this living would come from the fabulous wealth they have created and will continue to create through their labors, It means the government is upholding lawbreak- ers and those who through the ex- oltation of their fellow-men are aking every law of the com- mandments. During the so-called spy investi gation many of our citizeny were brutally treated, denied contact with their friends and the right to legal counsel on the flimalest of flimsy circumstantial evidence, This was all because the government did not like some of the things which were thought about {t, How much worse was Hitler? The t attitude of the present ng and Drew governments clearly indicates that they both are owned body and breetohes by international oartelism--the same company that owned Hitler and his cohorts. Union men at Hamilton have been held without ball on charges more of minor law infractions and re- ceived heavy penalties; Meanwhile armed gunmen got off with fines, and some of them have not yet possible anal- ogy between the inoreased salary for judges and the fallure of our machinery of justice to find the armed thugs who conducted their attacks on peaceful union pickets? I wonder also about that coat of whitewash administered to Drew's Gestapo, about the so-called spy ine vestigation and the trials of those accused, What constitutes crucifixion of tice? LAURIE HISLOP. Ajax, August 10, 1046. at the... "Oshawa's Leading Furniture Store" 78 KING ST. W. PHONE 1030 BARRIE SECURES G00D SUM FROM - PARKING METERS Thousand Dollars In Month --Courtesy Cards For ! Offenders Barrie--Parking meters have heen in operation in Barrie for more than one month and James Case, who Is in charge of the meters, is collecting between $35 and $40 every day. Prom July 3 until August 14 Mr, Case collected pennies and nickles to the total of $1,617.66, This is more than $1,000 a month, From the corner of Mulcaster along Dunlop street and beyond the Five Points along Elizabeth to Mary Street there are 120 parking meters, The Town contracted to buy these meters at $62.50 each, but the Town was not obliged to advance any money, For the first year of oper- ation the Town receives 26 pen cent of the receipts, $404.30 to August 14, The remaining 76 per cent goes to the Mi-Co Meter Company until the total $7,600 is paid, At the end of the year the Town Council can decide whether or not they wish to keep the meters. If not, they are removed and the Town has had no expense. If the Council decides to keep the meters the Town will keep all the money as soon as the meters are paid for, The Town would then have a clear rev- enue, less the charge for Serdielis the meters, of approximately $1, & month, Automobile drivers pay for park- ny at the rate of one cent for 13 minutes, two for 24, three for 36, four for 48, or five cents for one hour, ' The meters are in operation Mon- day to Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 pm. and on Saturdays to 9 p.m, They are not in effect Sundays. While the meter parking bylaw is now in effect, the police have not rushed out to issue tickets to of- fenders, With the approval of the Police Commiszion, Sgt. H, H. Peel has had "courtesy cards" printed, These have been issued to all mem. bers of the Town police force and they are being used as a means of warning motorists who offend park ing bylaws, Some of the constables are issuing 10 to 16 of these,cards each day. When a constable finds a vehicle parked contrary to the bylaws He may lssue a card with an X marked beside one of the following items:, 1, parked by a fire hydrant; 3, not within parking lines; 3, parked on pedestrian walk; 4, too close to corner; 6, you are in no parking area; 6, in bus stop area; 7, violate ing parking metetrs; 8, other ine fractions as stated below , , , While the police have the oppor tuniity of Jain these: courtesy cards to warn motorists, such warn« ings will only be given for a short time, When the police feel that there has been a sufficient period of | warning they will begin to issue | Bi Pg In the meantime anyone who re- | i celves a courtesy card would be |B well advised not to look for a sec | |§ summonses for the offenders to pear in court, ond such warning, The police keep a record of the license numbers of | | offending vehicles, The courtesy cards have been in. x troduced only as a temporary meas ure and their use will be abandoned when the police feel they have |B served thelr purpose. New Ladies Wear Store Now Open Another new ladlles' wear and & yard goods store opened this weck- end at 154 Simcoe Street was formerly store manager of the W, Pattenick store here on King Street West and a few weeks ago |g terminated his association with | 8 that firm to start his own business, | 8 Mr, Swartz is a lifelong resident | of Oshawa and has many years of experience in the ladies' ready-to- wear business in both the United | States and Canada, One of the main features of the || Mid Town will be the exclusive lines | 8 carried, | of ladies' wear that will It is Intended, according te the proprietor, to carry only the best and most exclusive of ladies' dress es, coats and sults, with many one. | This practice is | & generally only carried on by much | |g of-a-kind styles. larger and fashionable stores In many of the larger cities of Canada ; and the United States. The Mid Town which was former= | § ly occupied by the Graham's Ladies' | Wear, hag been completely reno |g South, | i Murray Swarts, the new proprieor, | THE TIMES-GAZETTE Saturday, August 234, 1088 The Quality Tea \\ Shortages Cut Ford Work Hours Windsor, Aug, material supply situation many de- partments of the big Ford plant in Windsor are going on a short time basis, Work this week will be limited to four days instead of five, Starting next week, time will be re- duced to three days in the depart- ments affected, Notices have been posted advis- ing of the closing tonight rather 23, --Due to' the | flow We are virtually on basis and are can fo ev opera! short-week basis til can be PHONE 4068) Life Ins A Guarantee the fulfillment of educational plans for your children through Life Insurance, R. "CEC" BINT F, C. STARKEY Representatives i SL. 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