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o ) THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1948 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE raGE FIVE Today's Short Story LAMBING TIME - By Mary L. Aksim (| of these day® the newspap- ers will carry a picture of a new-born lamb and spring will be off ~ially here. We know wherz our thoughts will be. They will be back with old Jake in a cob- web-hung musty shen pen. Old Jake was our father's hired man and for most of the year he was regarded by the family much as we regarded any of the useful animals in the barn, His position was certainly, above that of the . cattle, but there were certain »f the horses which would have run him a close race in a popularity poll. And as for our collie . . . But we think that Jake did not mind. He was content to creak about the barn, shuffling care- fully so as to spare his rheumatic Joints any unnecessary twinges, tending the cattle and the horses and the pigs and the sheer, feign- ing deafness to the imperious de- mands of us children, saving his rare words for the animals. None of us, not even my oldest brether, could remember when Jake came to us. There was a certain mysterious day in the fall each year when my father paid Jake his yearly wages and he would trudge out of our gate and + along the road without so much as a goodbye, But one day 've would return from school and lead our pony into the stable to find Jake mending harness as if he had :2ver been away. He never ventured any information as to his wanderings. And we, wise be- yond our years in this one human relationship; asked for none. But the sheep were Jake's spe- cial protegés. He spent many hours leaning over the partition of the sheep fold watching the bulky creatures devour their mash or choice alfalfa hay. When we could find him nowherc in the barn we would "rush across the springy ground to "'"e sheep pen and there would be Jake, grunt- ing approvingly at the fat sheep, prodding them gently with a long stick, shaking down fresh mounds of feed into their troughs. When the ewes began to drop their lambs in the spring Jake became overnight the mos: im- t person on the farm. Even my father daferred to him and relegated himself to the inferior part of Jake's assistant. Jake never closed his eyes in: lamb- ing time, but lay somewhere in the sheep fold, as we could tell from the strands of alfalfa stick- ing to his clothes. . One bleat from a ewe whose time of delivery had come and Jake was there beside her, effi- ' cient, and solicitous, wrapping the weaker lambs in a blanket. In the most desperate cases he carried the limp damp lambkins into the kitchen and laid them on a blan- ket on the oven door. How often did we children ereep down in the night to sit owl-eyed in the drafty Xitchen as Jake ministered io the wooily changelings? A strange thing, this business of birth, we would ponder, but we were too sleepy té pursue the subject. Too sleepy, too, to wonder why our nother did not protest this invasion of her kitchen, when we were not allowed to bring a Kitten Deyond the door. . We can still see old Jake trying to teach those orphan lambs. There always were some lambs left orphans, either by the death of their mother or a strange per- versity in their parent which made her disown her offspring. No matter what the reason there were some lambs each spring who had to be taught to drink from a bottle. We can stil see old Jake patiently trying to teach those boisterous lambkins that their foster mother was not as soft as a natural one, but there were many tired heads despite his 'warnings. As the lambs and their mothers gambolled out to pasture each year, Jake saw his importance receding. His great role was play- ed out and he was destined to slip back to the bit part:. And then it was fall and pay day, and old Jake was slouching down the road again, Came a year when old Jake did not come back. We never knew what happened to him. My father went to the county police to make inquiries, but could get mo trace of him. And my father was han- dicapped and embarrassed by not knowing Jake's last name. It hadn't mattered until now, but how, the police asked reasonably, can you make a search for a man whose name you dont know? Came lambing time and the sheep were anxious and unhappy und>r s':.age hands. And we chil- dren were lost without the old man about the barn. Perhaps. in some warmer climate old Jake is tending his beloved sheep, the sheep which feed on the hills of light, Perhaps he is happier there than in our stuffy sheep pen, but we doubt it. And that is what we think about when we see -the perénnial picture of 'the first. spring lamb. val ee Shanghai Voyage '(Continued from Page I) tioning unit decided to take a holiday and left us to swelter through a hot, humid night. The next night was a climax. About 2 a.m. I was rudely awak- ened by the captain who announced quite casually that a woman pas- senger had suddenly suffered an accident. These * ships do not carry a medical officer and I had to contact a ship carrying a doc- tor. This required my sending out an urgency signal, the first I ever sent in four years of sea service. Contact was soon established with the S.S. Diomede and we followed out their medical advice as best we could, reporting the patient's con- dition to them at regular intervals. Fortunately, no complications set in and the patient recovered to such an extent that she was the first to walk ashore at Singapore. © Plane Wings Damaged From Singapore to Hong Kong .we ran into bad weather. The seas were sufficiently strong to seri- ously damage the Mosquito wings which were carried on deck and also smash open a large dase caus- ing some aircraft radio equipment to be washed overboard. At our final port of call, Shang- hai, a military "cordon sanitaire" was flung around the vessel and no one could enter or leave the ship without presenting a pass to the sentry on duty. Each cargo hold had its security police and military sentry with fixed "ayonets. One stevedore caught with a camera sadly witnessed it being smashed on the steel deck. When some UNRRA barges were coming alongside one night, over-zealous Nationalist soldiers fired upon them. Several officers had to exert 'all their power to halt this barrage. The De Havilland mission to y China--a team of six from Toron- to lent to the Nationalist govern- ment--reported that the aireraft we delivered would take some weeks to service efficiently. Their duties include teaching the Chinese 1 OER ALIAS < PILLS Lk Ft | AT ry 1 Ni ELSI EN Hae An Den yy (Copyright) ground crews the technical know-all of the planes. Their task is made more- difficult by the lack of Chin- ese technical terms, and the inter- preter who translates direct to thé crews, has to leave out certain vital points in the lectures. Since the.Canadian government does not get paid for the shipment until the craft actually fly, a Canadian test pilot is expected to arrive this week. The outward voyage of the Cliff- side is complete and she is due to leave for Vancouver. From there she will take a less spectacular but equally vital cargo of grain and timber to Great Britain. Our trip across the Pacific will take about 26 days and as we are travelling in ballasty-without cargo--hope for moderate weather." . Successful Year Indicated By Burn's Church Annual Meeting at Ashburn MRS. WES. ROUTLEY (Correspondent Ashburn, Feb. 4--Sunday School was conducted at Burn's Church on Sunday, Feb, i, at 10am, Fol- lowing the lesson pegjod. Mrs. R. Lunney read an interesting letter from Miss Mary Anderson, one of our missionaries who is stationed at Nigeria, Africa. Miss Fern Ste. phen told an interesting story about a little African girl. A short Sunday School meeting wag held which resulted in the fol. lowing officers being elected for 'the ensuing year: Supt. Mr. Bdgar Heron; assistant supt., Mr. Andrew Heron; 'séc'y, Mr. James Childs; treasurer, Mr. Arthur Richardsen; pianist, Miss Fern Stephen; Mis. sionary convener, Mrs. R. Lunney,, and flannelgraph convener, Mrs. Routley. The same teachers, Primary class; Mrs. Mrs. R. Lunney, Junior girls; Mr, Walter Kerr, Men's Bible class; Mrs, N. Anderson, Ladies' Bible class, were re-elected. Mrs, R. Richardson was elected as teacher of the Senior girls in place of Mrs, H. Ashton: The missionary objec- tive for the year was set at $175. Church service was held at 7:30 pm. with Rev. J. Riddell in charge. He chose for his text St. John, chapter 21, verse 19, "And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, 'Follow me'. The regular annual meeting of Burn's Church was held on Tues- day evening, Jan. 20, at 8 pm. Rev, J. Ri was appointed as chairman for the meeting and opened the meeting with singing and the reading of Psalm 108, fol- lowed by prayer. 'The minutes of the last meeting were read by the secretary, Mr. Wm. Gardner, and approved, The report of the cemetery board was given by Mr. Walter Kerr. It was decided to keep the finances of the cemetery separate from that of the church and the board was giv- en authority to re-invest the bond which had matured. Mr, Edgar Heron gave the report of the organ committee and it was decided to start an®organ fund im- mediately. Any contribution to this fund will be gratefully re- ceived. MT. Norman Anderson gave the treasyrer's report which showed a substantial balance of $608.00. The Sunday School treasurer's report was given by Mr. Arthur Richardson. The Sunday School is to be highly commended for their splendid work accomplished during the year, especially by the missionary department. The report showed the total re- ceipts to be $446.51 and of this $178 had been forwarded to mis- sions. The balance on hand is $62.51. The report of the Ladies' Guild was read by Miss Fern Stephen. The total receipts were $110.50 and expenditures $79.56, leaving a bal- ance of $30.94. Miss Vera Leach gave the treasurer's report of the Women's Missionary Society. The total receipts were $94.85 which had been forwarded to the treas- ACK WITH BUSTINS FARES ARE LOW Round Trip -- Tax Included NORTH BAY .......... WINNIPEG ............ $46.50 REGINA ....., 57.80 CALGARY .... 77.85 VANCOUVER ... 88.55 . Tickets and Information at PRINCE STREET PHONE 2825 urer of the Presbytery. The bale which had been packed and sent in October was valued at $55.00. Mrs. Gordon Fisher gave the re. port of the Bible Society, $58.50 had been collected and sent to the head office. The report of the Ladies' Bible | Wm. Class was given by Mrs. Gardner. The total receipts were $182.30, The expenditures were $146.47, leaving a balance of $35.92. It was moved that the meeting be adjourned after which 'a deli- cious lunch of sandwiches and pie was served by the ladies and a so- cial time enjoyed by all. 1,000-Mile Rounds For Labrador M.D. Montreal, --(CP) -- Does winter | make you long for the warm, brigh sunshine which tans the skin- of } | southerners? If it does, just of Labrador's "Man of Mercy" and you'll be quite satisfied with the so-called cold winters of Canada's city zone. Dr. Tony Paddon, former lieuten. ant-commander in the Royal Cah- ditian Navy, will soon hitch up his dog team--he sometimes wears out three dog teams during one season --and make his 1,000mile winter "tour" of rough country to visit his estimated 2,500 "patients" scat. tered in outposts of Labrador. The doctor, born in Labrador 33 years ago, is the son of the late Dr; Henry Paddon, who worked in co- operation with Sir Wilfred Gren- OLD AND NEW -- The railway ticket of 100 years ago was very small compared with the modern sample which A. A. Gardiner, left, eral passeng ic presentin St. George at the "Washin er traffic manager, to Alex Leslie, president of the Kiwanis Club of ontreal. The present-day, Sickel to cover a trip on gtonian" from Montreal to anadian National Railways, is orida is over a yard and 847 is a fifty-cent piece a quarter long, while a facsimile of the metal token used in 1 scarcely larger than feil on the Labrador coast for more than 40 years, Rid! by sled for a month, at times for distances of 400 to 700 miles between stations without meeting any human being, he lives mostly on bread and tea. Always provided with emergency rations, he has never gone hungry for any length of time. . During the Second World War, Dr. Paddon served as a ship's sur- goon, Now posted at the Grenfell fon, where he is in charge of | all medical work, he has visited Montreal to lecture to medical classes. In summertime he cruises along the coast aboard the hospi- tal ship Maraval. One of his most gruelling experi- ences was the time his guide be- came snow-blind. 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