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Wednesday, Decem'er 1, 1943 THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE THE Flesherton Advance Published on Collingwood Street, Flesherton, Wednesday of each week. Circulation over 1,100. Price in Canada |2.90 per year, when paid in advance fl.60; in U. b. A. $2.60 per year, when oaid in advance (2.00. F. J. THURSTCN, Editor Los Angeles Trip The last of a series of articles by Miss Irene Martin of Flesherton, who enjoyed a trip to Los Angeles, Calif., the past summer, giving some of her impressions in a most interesting resume for Advance readers; Visits are so pleasant but not the partings, as 1 bade my brother, his wife and little girl good-bye early that Sunday morning. My main thought, of course, was "When would we meet again in this chaotic world?" My route home was up the west coast, through the San Joaquim Valley and the Mohave Desert. It is very mountainous and there are many varieties of cacti, as well as the pe- culiar Joshua tree. There were two engines on and we climbed steadily to 4,026 feet. At Tehachapi there is a spiril railway loop one of the world's great engineering feats. You look down into a great, broad valley to the town of Caliente, which took twenty-five minutes to reach, show- ing how much elevation is lost as we descended to 414 feet. Around Bak- ersfield much cotton is grown and there are many oil wells. Northward from there it is fairly level and very fine farming country. At Fresno is the largest raisin packing plant in the world. I changed trains at Mar- tinez, near San Francisco, and my travelling companion from there was the young wife of a Navy officer, who was in Pearl Harbor when it was attacked. Through Oregon : t is beautifully wooded mountainous country, really quite rugged, with deep canyon:-. Lumbering is the main industry. Beyond ('n.-ciu.e Lucks and near Ho",d River is Mitchell's Point, the old Storm Crest of UH- India:: . approach ed by a in .1 daring ]>:<<, of m.'.-i'li- ry. Here, a.- at Cruwn Point, i'i: gineers had to b<- lun." o\vi ciilf with rope:- 15(1 tn J"ii lV<-t long to blast footing enough to ti.aki- Mirv-y. A I. can: if Hi .-igiit in tin- early morning sunlight was the lofty Mt. Shasta with it.s snow-capped peak. Crater Lake i a beautiful lake, nestled in the "mountains nnd fringed with woods. 000,000 horsepower. Built near the dam are fish ladders, costing $2,500,- 000, which convey during salmon runs as many as 23,000 Chinook per day. We had a five-hour stop-over at Portland and liked that city very much. Near the station was the "Oregon Pony" the first locomotive in the Pacific North-West, operated first in 1802 in freight and passenger service. In south-west Washingto'i is Mt. St. Helens, 9,697 feet, towering in a symmetrical cone and considered one of the most beautiful peaks of the Cascade Range, resembling the fam- ous Mt. Fuji-Yama of Japan. It is plainly visible, with its snow-capped peak, for 100 miles. I arrived in Seattle Tuesday morning and had to dash to catch the boat "Princess Alice." There were over one thous- and on board and it was a lovely trip through the islands, with the mountains in the distance. We reach- ed Victoria at noon and it was really good to step off onto Canadian soil again. Victoria overlooks the Straits of San Juan de Fuca and in the back- ground is the Olympic Range and snow-capped Mount Baker. It is a beautiful city with its wide well-kept streets and gay flower gardens. There was an old English tally-ho to Tieet the boat. The Dominion Obser- vatory there contains the greatest telescope in the world, with a 72- nch reflector. Butchart's gardens are a fairyland of flowers, lawns and ake. They feature sunken gardens, Italian and Japanese gardens, minia- ture trees, shrtlbs, waterfalls, rustle bridges, etc. The Crystal Garden >ntains one of the largest salt water swimming pools on the continent, the ,vater being pumped from the Pacific, nearly a mile away. It is about 85 miles across from Vancouver Island to the main land, and was an equally enjoyable trip. Vancouver is an interesting city i\\f>, and I do think we in the East do not sufficiently realize and appre- ciate the beauty and ruggedness o,1 our Pacific province. The Indian- goods shops, beautiful Stanley Park the totem poles, a tour of the city (in an open-air sight-seeing stree !'or two hours, are some of tht high lights. Hast ward across the majestic Rock- ies and they are marvcl'.'uis in n'ir rugged splendor. Among the 'n.iMiiir |n aks are Ml. Stephen Mt. Tempi'. Ml. Sir l><m.,l.l. Mt. M.-- D'uiald, Castle Mt. ll.OUO fei-t high, : : ('at.HM.ia. Mt. Pnd-r Mt. Me- 1 1 ". <M is the famous Connaupht el, live miles long. At llunlT and Lake Uniisi' the scenery is truly 'iful. From there mi the mount- .lins gradually become smaller nnd and with relatives at Hcgina, and wished 1 could remain longer, bui iuty was calling and 1 was soon on my way East again. I arrived home on a Saturday, two weeks after eaving Los Angeles thrilled with all I had seen, and which I hope all of you will have the opportunity of seeing never-to-be-forgotten sights which 1 have tried to describe, but which will forever remain in my mind's eye. Blood Donors Reap Reward For Canadians including Mt. For- esters who have been blood donors and who have contributed through the Canadian Red Cross to the blood bank it is thrilling to hear in broad- casts from the front lines giving a report of the excellent results which are being obtained by means of blood transfusion s given to the wounded. They have a personal interest in hear- in that advanced blood banks are with the forward units, and that life- saving transfusions are actually giv- en under fire on the field of battle. Thousands of men who fought through tke desert campaign and the Tunisian blitz owe their lives to the new strength given them in this way. Frequently, wounded men were found who, to all appearances, were dead. Their bodies were cold, and there was no perceptible pulse. Yet a transfusion restored them on their way to recovery. Hitherto, in trans- porting severely wounded men from the field to the centre where their in- juries could 'be treated, the journey in the field ambulance, often over miles of rough roads, was more than their strength could stand, and many died in transit. Now, with blood trans- fusion administered from time to time in the ambulance, they not only rame through this trying trip, but they were actually in better shape when they reached the operating t-.ble than they were at first. TABLE SYRUP FROM APPLES IS HOUSKWIFE'S TIP It was a thrill In travel for miles along the great Columbia River. There were thousands of logs afloat upon it and many pulp, paper and lumber mills. The Bonneville Dam, built on the Columbia, cost $42,000,- 000. The capacity of its spillway is 1,600,000 cubic feet of water per recede to rolling hills as you arrive at Calgary and the winding Bow River, The prairies are such a change, with their "never-ending sameness, of the never-ending plains," dotted with hundreds of elevators, however. I had a pleasant visit at the home of second, and the power plants develop my uncle, .south of Swift Current, Scarcity of molasses stirred a Urunswick housewife into kitchen vperiments and one of these devel- oped into a table syrup, made from iweei ap;'!' 1 -. Mrs. L. Anderson of Kempt, Queen's County, explains that he prepares sweet apples as for flly and continues the boiling pro- :ess until the juice attains the con- isteney of molasses or honey. The :-o< dung can continue to produce a iensity suitable for a spread. Noth- ing is added to the apples, Mrs. Anderson states, "I just boil down the juice." To a whiskey lover the unkindest cut of all is a cut in alcoholic content without a cut in price. Italians do not seem to be giving much hf'P to the winter campaign. Can it be that they are merely fair weather friends? BUCKINGHAM Mr. Gordon Cameron of Toronto spent the week end at his home. Kecent visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Alf 1 1 aw i <>n and family were; Mrs. Henry Hawton of Collingwood and Mrs. Hawton's sister, Miss Dorothy Hawkins of Toronto. Congratulations are in order for two young men of this community and their brides; Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Conn Jr. (Frances Roiberts) and Mr. and Mrs. Ray iKawton (Muriel Cole). We welcome the young ladies and ex-. tend them all the best wishes of their friends and neighbors for health and happiness in their new relationships. Pte. Gilford Mullin of Camp Ipper- wash spent a leave at his home here last week. The Club meets Thursday, Dec. 2, at the home of Mrs. Alex. Mullin. First Time Donor Wonders Why He Worried About It What is a visit to a Red Cross blood Donor's Clinic really like? Some people think of it as a horrible ordeal, with nausea, pain and dizziness the consequences. That such is far from the case may be seen fron-. a letter received from a clinic doctor, writes V. R. Tiffin in the London Free Press. "I am going to take the time," the letter says, "to express my apprec- iation of the way in wh;ch your skill and attitude turned my first visit to the blood donors' clinic into some- thing very different from the ordeal I had braced myself for in spite of all assurances. I had a hor-or of the needle, but your skill made it seem nothing." The experience was illuminating. The waiting-room was filled with old- timers and newcomers. Old-timers joke about the affair as if it was an everyday occurrence. Doctors, nurses and attendants do everything possible to make one feel at :ase. Vigilant eyes and careful hands attend to every detail to make the visit a pleasant one. Indeed, there is no un- usual sensation until one reaches the lobby where there is a few minutes' wait outside the extracting rooms : until the call comes. It is the zero hour. What one is about to do looms up as something large and formidable. Then one re members the boys for whom the do- nation is intended. No pinprick jab theirs; no controlled flow that not a gram to much be taken. On the tield JT battle th y may lie alone. Perhaps a leg is gone and the life- blood spurts from the fragment left. When thoughts return and the do- nation 's seen in perspective it re- cedes into a very small thing that one is only too glad *o do because it gives a noble fellow a greater chance of life. "You're next," the nurse says quietly and ill a ft-w minutes it is over. There is little sensation, no ill after-effects, and one marvels that there was any hesitation at all in doing this small piece of service for the boys who face hell for us. Weather Forecast By British Airwomen are more extensively regulated than any other Canadian business. /S Canada's ten Chartered Banks are subject, /v under the Bank Act, to the most thorough- , ' , fi' n g regulation. For instance: The R.A.F. Meteorological Service includes civilians, airmen and mem- bers of the Women's Auxiliary An Force. Upon their reports depend the success and even the possibility of operations, both operational and instructional; the importance of their task needs no emphasis. Their re- ports have been the means of saving the lives of air crews, as in the in- stance of the Whitley bimber which, as warned, ran into bad icir.j condi- tions at 9,000 feet. The pilot instr. :- ted the crew to bale out, the bomber being out of control, when one of the crew remembered that the Met. Officer had suggested that there would be better weather at 3,000 feet. They therefore remained in the aircraft, breaking cloud at this level and being able to straighten out at 2,000 feet to finish their job. This picture is one of a series taken at an R.A.F. Coastal Command Station from which a "Met. Flight' operates. Picture Shows: W.A.A.F. meteoro- logists "at the ready" with balloon, theodolite and stop watch, used t j estimate wind speeds. The annual audit conducted by Chartered Accountants appoint- ed by the hanks' shareholders is submitted to the Department of Finance. The Department may call for further special audits, and in addition maintains regu- lar inspections of the banks' affairs through the Inspector- General of Banks, who is ob- liged by law to examine the banks' books at least once each year. Then there are monthly to both the Department of Fin- ance and to the Dank of Canada. The Minister may also call for special returns at any time. All this in 'addition to the Bank Act's extensive regulations cover- ing such phases of banking oper- ation as reserve requirements, types of transactions permitted, interest rates and note issue. Thmn r*0u/ofKMii or for th purpot* of tahguording your lavingi and guiding th, operations of the bank* a* an /menf of our national lif*. 1 C H A R T E R E D B A N K S Q F C A N A D A Are Soldier Paper Neglected? (Dundnlk Herald) The Herald sometimes wonders if postal authorities are giving due con- sideration to newspapers being sent from Canada to members of the armed services overseas. Some of the lot-- id boys write home to the effect that delivery of papers is very irregular, whereas loiters sent to exactly the same address arc delivered quite promptly. For exnnvpV, in n letter re- ceived this week by flu 1 Herald from Tpr. Aubrey Aitkeii he states that }\c has received only one copy of the paper since about the middle of May. These papers are .sent regularly, without fail, to nil the Ivy an ! rrvN on our mailing l |s ^. which now num- bers ov rr n hundred and don't think it isn't quite a chore keeping, that lUt up to date. We have it from members of the forces overseas that thi' home newspaper is every bit as welcome nnd looked forward to, as letters from home. They are moral builders nnd deserve every bit us much co n side rut ion ns first class mail matter. It is our opinion that overseas rather than on this side uf w:iter the fault lies with the postal authorities. We have n little idea of the troniMMlous joib of handling the tons nnd tons of mail must be, but there is little excuse 'or the non-de- livery of newsipnpers which arrive afely overseas, prmpprly addressed. British Beauiighters Attack Enemy Shipping Artist's impression of the action when Beaufighters of R.A.F. C-rist:i! Command, escorted by Spitfires of Fighter Command, carried out a suc- cessful attack against a large and heavily armed German convoy off the Dutch coast. One medium sized mer- chant vessel and one smaller vess.-l were set on fire by cannon re. The Keaurighters had to fly through heavy flack before reaching their target Two of them are missing. Picure Shows : merchant "essei. bricher used for escort purposes, which was damaged and set on fir*. The three feathers of foam (centre) nre par:'V:'.ru-s towed by an auxiliary minesweeper. One of the attacking Beaufighters chases a traweler (out of sight, left hand bottom corner). The sea at the trawler's stern is pitted with cannon shell bursts. Ship behind Sperrbrecher and ship far background right, are medium sized merchant vessels. Note the protect- A heavily arim .' ; ing bali-.ions in left background, nown as a Sperv- I It would be nice if old Snntn would I. ring us another month for nut Christinas shopping. So, they hud an annual home show i-i Cleveland this yenr? What lie- Mv-en tnnks, joes. trucks and thp butcher, the poor old h ire is becom- ing scarce. King And Queen Visit In u two-day tour covering 500 miles, the King nnd Queen visited two atntions of th.< v. S. Army Air Corps nnd seven K. A. K. stations. They saw lenr cvidi'tu 1 '. 1 of )-:iw th. wo great air iirnis aiv bei-n; \\ ' ' into one T ist i.'runj; forftCJ. Ma.i Cen ral !: 0. I':!; M- co-nf-u- > lie > iiv ,- \ ' ' . uul Uri. '' 11 command)"-" I' S tvin.l, i,, , ,. .;,; U. S. Army Air Corps he Kin.T plud the American Gener- als and other officers with questions -' t tK'ir i\ -operation with the R. \.K.. a'ul h.w th-.- two force* ar d v -tr'iir r their efforts. Associated Pivst* Photo shows: Her Majesty, The Queen. ch:\ttlnsr with two officers at a V. S. Army Air Corps Sta'i.'v - Cantain Jacob Kpt- ing of T-.vvro Miss, (],.) and .Cavtnin K. C. Herbert. Boll City, Louisiana.