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Page Four THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, HURSDAY, JUNE 22nd, 1944 NORTHUMBERLAND AGRICULTURAL NEWS (By R. C. Banbury) POTATO STUDIES The boys of the Brighton Potato Club met in the office of the Department of Agriculture on Saturday evening, June 17th, 1944, to study control of fungus diseases and insects. It was apparent that a satisfactory production of potatoes was not probable without thorough protection. For small lots, Agricultural Representative R. C. Banbury suggested one of the complete dusts such as Copotex, manufactured by the Niagara Spray Company, Bordeaux-Arsenate dust prepared by C. I. L. These contain sufficient blue-stone to control the diseases of the leaf from the time it comes through the ground until maturity. For up to about one acre, a two-row hand duster does does a good job and "for small s mounts it may be applied from a cotton bag. Bordeaux in a wet spray is the standard and will continue to be used by those producing a large acreage of potatoes. Frequently, the usual mixture of 4 bluestone, 4 lime, •ind 40 gallons of water has the lime increased to about 6 pounds and about 2 pounds of calcium arsenate is added as the insecticide. The greater the pressure possibly the better, but Bordeaux can be applied oven with a sprinkling can with fair results. The symptoms of late blight, tip burn, blackleg, rhizoctonia, and wilt were studied and the value of the treating of seed conisdered. There seems no possibility of securing entire disease free conditions and the treatment of the seed potatoes a few weeks before planting is a good assurance. For economy of labour, Semesan Bel seems the most suitable protection. The members present were Harold, Max and Cecil Morgan, Hubert Harrington, Grant Kerr, Gerald Lance, Harold VanSlyke, Harry Simpson, Robert Post, and William Carr. Those absent were Harry Grimes, Douglas Macklin, Gerald Hodges, Albert and Ronald Bulman. RURAL SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT CONTEST The Northumberland County schools will be visited by Inspector A. A. Martin and Agricultural Representative R. C. Banbury on Friday, June 23rd. This contest is to select the schools that have made the most improvement in the surroundings in the past year. Among those in the inspectorate covered by Mr. Martin are : S.S. No. 6, Seymour, Miss Delma •iimmerly, teacher; S.S. No. 9, Cham-ahe, Mrs. Muriel Reddick, teacher; S.S. No. 2, Haldimand, Mrs. Luella Young, teacher. The following schools with their teachers are entered from Hamilton Township, which is inspected by Mr. W. H. Carlton, who, unfortunately is unable to assist with the judging because he must preside at certain examinations: S.S. No. ly" Hamilton, Miss Helen Davey, teacher; S.S. No. 5, Miss Edna Jamieson, teacher; S. S. No. 16, Mrs. Anita Angue, teacher; S.S. No. 17, Miss I Lois McMann, teacher; S.S. No. Miss Isobel Rutherford, teacher, and S.S. No. 2, Mrs. E. Clarke, Port Hope, teacher. The school is the centre of the community and has much influence on the youthful minds who come under its care. Pleasant surroundings do much to encourage the bud of beauty to bloom and should be fostered even in wartime. NORTHUMBERLAND CROPS In general, farm crops have seldom ?ooked better. There is some concern in wet areas owing to the recent frequent showers and it is possible that crops on poorly drained land may suffer. On the other hand, up until a week ago the hay crop on old meadows did not look very promising and this moisture is just what is needed to bring along good supplies of roughage. Supplemented by supplies of milk from shippers to Toronto, most cheese factories are handling much more milk than last year. In spite of the poor grain crop, surprisingly little lack of feed is evidenced in hogs and poultry with more than normal numbers going to market. Transplanting of tomatoes has been very satisfactory with losses from frost weather lighter than was CASTLETON June 20th, 1944 Pte. Ernest Chappie, Mrs. Chappie end baby, Petawawa, spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. "Niles Burley. Mrs. Argyle Allen and Bennie, of Toronto, spent the weekend with her sister, Mrs. Harold Spencer. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold May, Toronto, spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest May. A large number attended the shower for Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Blakely on Friday evening. Miss Nina Bush, Brighton, spent the weekend with Mrs. Clayton Barton. Miss Mary Bowley, Toronto, spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. S. M. Purdy. Mrs. Jack Dingwall left on Saturday for Dunnville, where he will be stationed for awhile. Mrs. Russell Baker and Elaine spent the weekend with friends at Port Hope. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Covert George spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Douglas Tait. Mrs. D. Ritchie and Mrs. Mattie Calbery spent Sunday with Mrs. Moffatt. Miss Laura Naish spent Sunday afternoon with her sister, Mrs. Helen Baptist. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Yardy and family, Toronto, spent Sunday with their aughter, Mrs. Jack Blakely. Mr. Elwood Jones spent Sunday Bowmanville. Mr. Arthur Johnson, Oshawa, spent the weekend with his family here. Miss Betty Covert, Harmony, been spending the past week with Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Tait. Rev. and Mrs. Ball and Clara, of Warkworth, were tea guests of N. Gunter on Sunday. Miss Carrol Covert spent Sunday afternoon with Miss Ruth Haynes. Mr. and Mrs. Don Ellis and family, Milbrook, spent the weekend with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Shredd, and Mrs. Lillie Ellis. Mrs. M. Dudley and children visited Mr. and Mrs. Fred Warner on Friday last week. Miss Mona Warner visited Carolyn Dudley on Saturday night and part of Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Oran Haligam and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ed. McBride. SHILOH June 20th, 1944 Remember the Aniversary Services here next Sunday in the morning at 11.00 o'clock, and in the evening at 7.30. Rev. Wm. Sterling, of Colborne, will be the speaker for the day. Everyone is invited to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Mutton, Dundonald, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Mutton. Mr. W. W. Mutton and Miss Rena Mutton were Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mis. Clinton Irish. Colborne. Miss Ruth Mutton, Brighton, spent tne weekend at her home here. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McCracken, Cobourg, were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. John McCracken. Mr. Garnet Mutton, Dundonald, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Downs, Wooler, and Mr. George Mutton, Brighton called on Mr. and Mrs. George Mutton Sunday. Word has been received here that Pte. Bernard Watkins who has been serving in the Army in Italy was reported killed. Canvas can be preserved from rot or mildew by applying coats of nish or paint, but care must be taken to see that the protective coating put on thinly enough to permit it to penetrate the pores of the cloth and to permit the fabric to retain i onable pliability. anticipated. The set of apples is good ,?nd with most orchards having received better attention than usual, a fair crop of clean fruit could be expected. Strawberries are ripening generally through the county and selling up to 40c per quart to the consumer. Weather conditions have been ideal and this crop may give housekeepers.a chance to build up their preserves. PROPERTY FOR SALE FARM, 150 acres, mostly workable, 20 acres bush, water on tap, spring creek, solid brick dwelling, large bank barn; within 3 miles of village. Price $3,000. Easy terms. 150 acres of real good land, good buildings, well fenced, plenty of running water, near to church, school and store. 112 acre's of a choice farm, 2 sets of first-class buildings, choice location, Hydro installed. $7,000. FARM, 5 acres, choice garden land, newly built frame house, cottage design, soft and hard water, good cellar, barn 30x48 ft., stable for 5 head, good hen house, good garage. This property is within 11/2 miles of Colborne. Sacrifice for quick sale. FARM, 75 acres, well watered and fenced, good level land, good buildings, on county road. See this one--$1500. SOLID BRICK HOUSE, 7 rooms, with modern conveniences, barn, half acre of land, in Village of Colborne. Persons having properties for sale are invited to list them with the undersigned. We pay for advertising. S. E. ROBINSON Auctioneer and Real Estate Agent PHONE 78r23 COLBORNE, Ontario AUCTION SALE --of-- HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE Stoves, Sewing Machine, Electric Washers, Sprayer, Etc. the property of Mrs. May Roberts PERCY STREET, COLBORNE ( Friday, June 30th, 1944 at 1.00 o'clock p.m. Linoleums. Carpets Walnut Settees 1 Dining Room Extension Table 1 Sideboard 1 Walnut Stand 1 Wooden Bed, complete 1 Iron Bed, complete 1 Sewing Machine Dining Room and Kitchen Chairs 1 Walnut Corner Bracket 1 Platform Rocker 1 Bedroom Suite 1 Desk 1 Bed Cot 1 Arm Chair 1 Vacuum Cleaner ; Lawn Chairs Jardiners, large and small 1 Jardinere Table ^ Games Carpet Sweepers Lawn Mower 1 Electric Washer, Maytag 1 Electric Washer, Connor 1 Stove, with over arid warming closet 1 Lawn Hose, 150 ft. Pick Axe Oil Lamps Dishes Crocks Flower Pots, large and small Fruit Jars Screed Door Axes Carpenter Tools and Bench Mirrors Creamers Saws 1 Ice Cream Freezer Scythe 1 Sprayer, cohapressed air Perfection-Oil Heaters Grindstone Spray Barrel Lumber Piping Sickle 1 Victrola 1 Hammock 1 Hall Rack Floor Matting Grain Bags and Sacks 1 Arm Chair, oak Rockers 1 Coffee Grinder 1 Paper Rack 1 Butter Bowl and Ladel Tomato Flats and Baskets 1 Kitchen Range 1 Wicker Rocker 1 Settee and 2 Chairs to match 1 Wickless Oil Stove, 3 burners 1 Kitchen Range, almost new 1 Fumed Oak Buffet 1 Fancy Shelf 1 Eight-day Clock 1 Fancy Shelf 1 Large Dusting Brush, Fuller 1 Set Bath Brushes, 3-piece, Fuller 1 Ironing Board Other Arthicles Terms of Sale Cash S. E. ROBINSON, Auctioneer LAKEPORT June 20th, 1944 Misses Mary and Margaret Fagg, Toronto, spent the weekend at their home here. Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Cox, Toronto, spent the weekend here. Miss Jennie Nicholl, Toronto, spent the weekend here. Mr. and Mrs. H. Winter, and Mrs. R. Robson, Morganston, called on Mr. and Mrs. B. Warner on Monday. Mr. Allan Jewel had a tonsil opera- jiome, after visiting at Grafton. Pte. H. Oke, of the Veteran's Gu?rd, j Kingston, spent the weekend at his home here. Mr. Wm. Irvine, Trenton, spent the weekend at his home here. Sgt. Pilot Jas. Lister, R.C.A.F., is spending a furlough at his home. Chance For Life Given Ontario's Children By Hospital For Siek Children Paralysis Epidemic Reminds Province of Type of Service Given Every Day For 62 Years Like a spectre out of the dark ages, Infantile Paralysis (Poliomyelitis) appeared in Ontario homes late last July. Rich and poor, old and young city dweller and farmer--all were hit. Appearing without warning, striking where leas" expected, the horror spread. By late August an epidemic of maior proportions was with us. School opening was postponed ovei a great portion of Ontario. Children died before they could be rushed tc hospitals. Nearly every parent in the Province was concerned and took what precautions seemed best to have children avoid contacts which might bring the ghastly plague to them. But mystery still shrouds the way in which this dread disease is spread. Then, the Iron Lung became frontpage news. In all Ontario there were only three Iron Lungs available. Telephone enquiries to Boston and Montreal manufacturers produced the indefinite promise that MAYBE in ten days or two w Omt; could be shipped. But children were in danger, lives were at stake. IRON LUNGS were needed at once. So the officials and 'taff of The Hospital for Sick Children decided to build IRON LUNGS themselves. In less than eight hours, a c but workable wooden lung finished--less than 30 minutes b< the doctor had «aid a little patient would die unless a respirator could be provided. Four more Iron Lungs (wonders in design and operation) were rushed to completion in as many days. Enthused workmen gave up Saturday, Sunday and the Labor Day holiday to fabricate the steel shapes a«d parts under che direction of Hospital . officials. These machines went ' ' more IRON LUNGS be built with all possible speed, so that children from every part of the Prov might be provided the only possible chance for life during the later ages o- the disease. Thus was the emergency met ' y The Hospital for Sick Children when many lives were at stake. There was no thought of expense or human limitations. The Job had to be done, and was done despite the fact that it meant night and day service for But this is Just typical of the service The Hospital for Sick Childrer has rendered for over 60 years. Every hour of every day and i«ighi some emergency must be met. The life of a child, precious to some family, is at stake. It is only when dozens of similar cases occur at the same time that the work become? "news," and can be called to the attention of the public by the press in a spectacular manner. Nevertheless, the work goes on hour after hour until the days and months and years total decades of service to the needy children of the Province. «• Every emergency situation creates costs which mount up far beyono the normal provisions of government and municipal grants. But. unlike most other hospitals. The Hospital for Sick Children has no large group of Private Ward beds from which to draw extra revenue which can be applied to Public Ward s Over 400 Public Ward-No help is received from the funo collected by the Toronto Federation for Community Service, as patients are taken from all over the Province. Sick and crippled children must be given medical attention and hos-nital care no matter what their circumstance. No one would deny them this right. This worthy institution has just started its annual Christmas appeal for funds to enable its work to be continued in lust as effective a manner as in the past. Those who have investigated all agree that The Hospital for S'ck Children makes most careful use oi charitable donations and bequests-- a world-wide recognition for efficiency and economical operation has been earned. Your gift should be mailed to the Appeal Secretary. The Hospital for ? 420 beds i Sick Children, 67 College stre . To. A chance for health and happiness : the greatest possible Christmas ift to childhood. Painting of the interior of a room in which there hase been a person with an ifectious disease destroys the germs on all surfaces to which the paint is applied. Paint and germs just don't get along together. An estimated total of 500,000 yards of cloth have been saved during the past year as a result of the clothing conservation program of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board consumer branch through its remake centres. VERNONVILLE June 20th, 1944 Mr. and Mrs. Keith Waite, Helen end Douglas, and Mr. and Mrs. M. Caughrin and son Leigh, Peterboro, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. A, T. Waite. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Waite accompanied their son, Pte. Floyd Waite, to Bowmanville, after a leave at home last week. The sympathy of the community-goes out to Mr. and Mrs. N. Fitchett of Castleton in the loss of their youngest son, Glen Arnold, who was fatally injured when a milk truck accidentlly backed over him on Tuesday last week. Mr. and Mrs. Fitchett spent a number of years in this district. Congratulations to Miss Marion Deviney, who received her County honour and pin on Achievement Day at the town hall, Brighton, recently. She also received a Certificate of Achievement. Misses Mary and Regis* Calnan also received certificates. Mr. James Turk, Oshawa, is visiting Mrs. C. B. Turk. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Smyth and Miss Caroline Keiller, Toronto, were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Waite. Bessie Harnden, CW.A.C, Toronto, is spending a few days with her father, Mr. Henry Harnden. Mr. C. Mann, Mrs. J. Deviney and Mrs. C. B. Turk \vere delegates at the Sunday School Convention at Centreton United Church on Friday" last. Misses Ruth Deviney, Dorothy and Norma Mann and Irene Jaynes also attended. Mrs. C. Ventress, Haliburton, visited friends here and attended the funeral of little Glen Fitchett. Mrs. M. Warner visited her son, Mr. Wm. Warner and Mrs. Warner, Grafton, on Sunday. A large number attended the Dec-coration Service at St. Andrew's7 Cemetery on Sunday. The graves were beautifully decorated. Rev. Wm, Sterling, Colborne, was the guest speaker. Mr. Arnold S. Robson, of Trenton, sang a solo, and Misses Margaret and Mary Rutherford, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. M. Rutherford, sang a fine duet. Friends were present from Little Lake, Brighton, Trenton, Castleton, Morganston, Colborne, Grafton, and Gleason's Corners. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Sole and family, Norwood, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. Graham, on Sunday. Guests at the home of Mrs. J. Deviney on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs, G. Ventress, Little Lake, Mr. I. E. Ventress, Brighton, and Miss Marion Deviney, Peterboro. NECESSITY FOR RATIONING . The necessity for rationing, controlled distribution of food supplies, and conservation of all materials was stressed by F. L. J. Seldon, regional prices and supply representative of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, in a recent statement. "To Canada falls the task of supplying a large part of the food which ?s needed now, and will be needed in ever increasing quantities until the job of rehabilitating Europe has been completed. We are called upon to share our wheat, meat, eggs and dairy products with those upon whose freedom and our freedom ultimately depends," said Mr. Seldon. "Canada's farmers have done, and are doing a magnificient job in ducing food with a limited supply of labour and equipment. All of us help further by cutting waste down to the barest minimum so that food may be assured for those who need it." Mr. Seldom stated that it has been estimated that in their first six mon- hs of freedom the people of Europe will need twenty-three million tons f food. s Time Table i and leave Col- borne as follows: Westbound-- .00 a.m.; 1.00 p.n Eastbound-- 12.45 a.m.; 5.20 p.m C. N. R. TIME TABLE Eastbound Trains-- 14 Daily..................... 11,29 a.m. 10 Daily (Except Sunday) 4.02 p.m. 18 Daily (Except Sunday) 11.02 p.m. (*) No. 118 Sunday Only ...11.41 p.m. (*> (*) Stop to detrain passengers from Toronto. Westbound Trains-- No. 19 Daily ........................ 3.59 a.m. No. 9 Daily (Except Saturday) 6.36 p.m. No. 5 Stops on Saturday for mail......... 3.23 p.m.