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The Brantford Daily Expositor from Brantford, Ontario, Canada • 9

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Churches Mainly About People Sunday I times objectionable often monotonous What these girls are doing is not even easy They are not playing with suckers These fish are big fellows heavy to handle cumbersome and slimy In learning the girls get their hands cut with the fish knives often enough But they are mighty deft about it and are fast earning a reputation for rapid skilful work The Canada Food Board has been telling Canadians for months past that they must eat more fish At PRESBYTERIAN METHODIST FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Alexandra Presbyterian Church Rev Chas Uke minuter Union services with Colborne Street Methodist Church during July and August Services in Alexandra Church to-morrow Rev Logan will preach 10 am Brotherhood: Colborne Street Brotherhood will meet with us 3 pm Sunday school and Bible classes see Zlen Presbyterian and Wellington Street Methodist (Union Sir Wood-side will preach 11 am Zion Church "Why Germany (Thanksgiving service) 7 pm Wellington Street "Doe It Matter What a 3 lan Union choir Cordial Invitation Wellington Street Union eer-vlcei with Zion Presbyterian Church 11 ain Service in Zion church 7 pm Service in Wellington Street Church Minister in charge liev A Woodvide MA Mutc by the combined choir in charge of Mr Thus Da men ATCJI 9mm Wesley Mcthodlet Cor Cayuga and Superior strji ltev Marshall BA KD 46 Cayuga street The piistnr will preach at both services Subjects 11 am "A Strange Flight" 7 ni "A City in Aehce" Mia Tyler will sing at the morning service and Mr A Hairod at the evening service The choir will render special music 10 am Claaa meeting 345 pm Sunday school and adult Bible classes Summer aervicea one hour A cordial welcome to all theae aervicea 11 a Separated Rev Langton of Paris will preach Anthem Unto Solo My God to Mrs Seeord Bible SchooL BAPTIST CHRISTADELPHIAN and their friends The proceeds will bo In aid of the Red Cross Mrs James A Adams is the guest last people are beginning to realize of friends in Hamilton it with the result that the demand for fish is Increasing and the Atlantic Mrs Pearce end daughter I dealers are having a busy time kcep- Manlta of Toronto ore visiting ad I lng the markets supplied with the the parental home 87 Sheridan I now-famous ten-cents-a-pound fish street So many of the fishermen have heard their call to arms that it Flight Lieut A Maples who is doubly hard to cope with Domin- haa been at his home 213 Murray ion and European demands street on last leave left this morn- And here is where the fisherette ing to report in Toronto before leav- comes in! lng for overseas if women can help on the farms In the factories in industries of Dr and Mrs Reg Seeord accom-1 every kind they are surely fitted to panied by Mr Fred Hatch of Hamil-take their places by the fishermen ton returned the first of the wesk and if they cannot go out in dories to from a four motor tour I catch the precious sea food they can through the states at least have a share in handling it Ion shore a Miss Irene James who has been There are hundreds of girls by the spending the past week in town the coast who might take this to heart guest of her aunt Mrs Stewart They are on the spot Their strong OSB returned to her home in To- young hands and stout hearts are ronto on Wednesday needed In the fishing business The I trail has been blazed Will they fol- Mr and Mrs Gordon CaudweU i0w In the wake of those pioneer flsh- and little daughter Betty and Mrs erettes A And will the example set McMaugh of St Catharines leave on I by this handful of girls inspire wo-Monday for a few vacation at men in other parts of the country to Beaumaris Muskoka Lakes east about for the most useful and necessary forms of work to engage Miss Shannon entertained most de- ineven if they have to break new lightfully a few of the young people trall8? on Wednesday afternoon at the tea This after all is the true test of hour In honor of Miss Florence Leem- ther epjrtf their courage and their ing of Chicago a popular visitor in endurance town Mrs Morton Paterson Master and little Miss Mary left on Thursday to spend the next few Inonths at their summer home in Oakville MOYLli-TltANQLTLITY The Moyle-Hranquility Institute held a very Interesting Subject for Sunday 7 "Armageddon" Speaker Mr tyles In Cc Ail welcome lea In CUF Hail 136 Daihousle' St Seata free No collection Calvary Baptist Church Daihousle St Rev Bowyer the pastor will preach Subject 11 am "Securing World-wide Subject 7 pm "The Man Whom Everybody is Talking the third In the series "iirst Aida to a Higher Life" Come and hear It Everybody welcome Baptism at night Good music Sunday school at 943 am see Immanuel Uaetor Rev Alexander Sunday school 1(1 am Morning service 11 am Mr Frank Foster Evening service 7jxm Dr Linscott subject "Jesus in a You will enjoy our bright services Coma see Shenstone Memorial (the Baptist church on the Hill) The pastor Rev Bll-mon will preach 11 am "Stones to Be Rolled 7 pmt "Music's Strangers always welcome! 7 Figuring The Pastor will preach Anthem the Solo Thou My A Cordial Welcome to All Come BETHEL HALL Bethel Hall Sunday 11 am Breaking of Bread 3 pm Sunday school ana Bible classes 7 pm Gospel service: Dr II Bier will (IV) speak Subject Divine A cordial invitation extended to you is now the guest of Mrs Digby Wellington street a a a Miss Kathleen Garrett la spending the week-end at Port Dover a a a Dr and Mrs Bates of Flint Mich are the guests of Dr Sager a a a Mr and Mrs Lawrence were motor guests in Port Dover on Friday 9 9 9 Messrs and Ostrander left to-day for Long Point for a fishing a a a Miss Lorraine Logan has returned from spending a few weeks at Xlagara-on-the-Lake a a a Dr and Mrs Ashton of New Haven Conn are the guests of Dr and Mrs Klppax Dufferin avenue a a a Mrs Mann has returned from Detroit having spent a month with her son Mf Harry Mann a a I)r and Mrs Wiley are motor guests of Mr and Mrs Edwin Best Glen Buell Ont for the next two weeks a a Rev Dr Ashton and Mrs Ashtln of Oilesn NY are the gurets of Dr and Mrs Klppax Dufferin avenue a a a Mrs Webster and little son and Miss Jean Burt leave to-day to spend the summer at Mr and Mrs cottage in Oakville a a a Miss Aileen Olement and Mias Dean are spending a few weeks at Syracuse and Sandy Greek Beach a a a Miss Edna Smith and Miss Gertrude Adams are the guests of Rev and Mrs Smith at Winona Park for over the week end a a a Mr and Mrs Faterson and Mias Race of Mitchell were the week end guests of Principal and Mrs Race grounds a a a Mrs Eric Milton is a guest at the Homewood Sanatorium Guelph over the week-end visiting her sister Miss Annie Finch who Is in training there SCIENTISTS First Church ef Christ 44 George street Services Sunday 11 a Subject Lutheran CONGREGATIONAL First Congrsgstlonsl Church A hearty ELjfr AA EuT welcome and helpful message awaitjrou 4TwL Baptist Church I age at the First Congregational Church Rev Thompson minister Sunday school at 10 am Mr Dixon SupL large adult Bible claas Mr Sterne president: Mr I Hoag teacher Church services 11 am and 7 pm Morning subject "The Great Possession of Life" Evening subject "The Great Position of Efficient choir Excellent music Special soloists Mrs 8 Sanderson organist Come! St Matthew's Lutheran Queen anil Wellington Sts ltev A A Zinck RA pastor 10 am Sunday erhool Services at 11 am and 7 pm will be conducted by the ltev lTof Little DD of Waterloo Lutheran Seminar' Ail are welcome 5 Cor George and Darling Sts Opposite Victoria Park meeting at the home of Miss Crad- Miss Margaret Matthews who is dock on Wednesday of last week one of the farmerettes doing national an(j a rany afternoon was service work it Port Nelson spent well attended- The meeting the week end at her home on "O0 was opened in the usual manner and Crescent I the roll was answered by quotations from Pauline writings Mrs Walter Hyslop who has been Ater the business of the meeting spending the past few months in I Rg dl8pMed 0f a most interesting town the guest of her sister Mrs a on Canadian authors and Herbert Yates returned to her I iheir works" was read by Mrs borne in Chloago on Friday I Barnle Jr also papers on Pauline I Johnson by Mrs Clumpan Miss Miss Marjory Elaires of New York! 'walker Miss Evelyn Kemp and who is one of the farmerettes on a I jjs Mabel Cradock gave very pleas-Tarm at Port Nelson spent the week mg instrumentals and violin solos end In town the guest Miss Mar-by Ella Jarvis accompanied by garet Matthews Lome Crescent Mias Ethel Greenwood were much appreciated Miss Rhoda Sharp Mr and Mrs Edward Wilkes Miss gaya a very humorous reading It A Brant County Letter to His Soldier Son Miss Bishop Is spending a few 1 weeks in Syracuse New York Capt Ray Parke of Niagara-on-the- Lake spent the week end in town Mrs Boddy is a visitor in Goderich the guest of Mrs MacDonald a General Ashton returned on Monday after spending the week-end in town Mrs Carrol of Hamilton is ihe guest of Mrs John Ashton Sheridan street a Mrs Fitton has been spending the past week with friends in Toronto a a Mrs A Towers left on Tuesday to spend several weeks with friends in Sarnia a a Hon Col II Cockshutt is spending a few weeks in the west on a business trip a a a Miss Spencer leaves to-day for Port Bruce to be the guest of Mrs Poppelwell a a a Miss Grace Deeming of Chicago Is the guest of Miss Elspeth Duncan Duffcrin avenue Mr A Towers was a business visitor in Windsor for a few days during the week a a a Capt Pete Verity who is stationed on one of ships is spending a few days in town a a a Mrs (Dr) Klppax entertained at the tea hour on Friday afternoon in honor of her guests a a a Mr Woodburn Langmuir of Toronto was the guest of Mrs James Dlgby during the week a a a Mr Herbert Beney of the Bank of Hamilton staff is spending a fortnight at Port Bruce a a a Mrs Creighton Dufferin avenue left this week to spend the summer at Little Metis Quebec a a a Mr and Mrs A Waterous Dufferin avenue left on Friday to spend a tew weeks at "Minnicog" a a a Miss Short of Boston arrived In the city to-day and is the guest of Miss Burbank Brant avenue a a a Mrs MacKay and Miss Florenoe MacKay of Woodstock are the guests of Mrs Schell Brant avenue a a a Mr and Mrs Goold spent the week end with their eon Pilot Lyman Goold at Camp Borden a a a i i Edythe Sanderson has beien spending a few weks in Tdrt Dover the guest of Miss Alyse Brooks a a a Sergt Howard Meyer is spending the week-end with his mother Mrs Henderson Brant avenue a a a Mr Laing lert bn Thursday for Jackson's Point to join Mrs Laing and family for a fortnight a a a Mr Richmond Sutherland left on Thursday for Stoncy Lake to be the guest of Mrs Gordop Smith Miss Helen Ballantyne left the beginning of the week to spend a few weeks at Port Carling Muskoka "Mrs Hastings Webling and little son Allan leave to-day to spend the summer at VVeas Beach near Sarnia Mrs CutclifTe and daughters left to-day for three weeks at "Brlttanla" Lake of Bays Muskoka a a a Mrs Lally of Lansinglxtrg XY is the guest of her sisters Mrs Cameron and Miss Leonard West street a a a Mr Tark spent the weekend In Buffalo the guest of his daughter Mrs (Dr) Fred Bollachcy Sunday Services at 11 am and 7 pm The Pastor Rev Robert White will preach both morning and evening Morning Subject: ii 88 Jesus Brantford July 20 Dear Son: It is some time Bince I wrote you Bible School Bible Classes will be held at noon Immediate- ly after the morning service but I will try to make up for it by Teckla Wilkes and Mias Trancesca I deCidei to hold a barn dance in sending you an extra newsy letter Wilkes returned on Monday to their Mr jj new barn next home In Buffalo after spending a few I Frl(jay night July 19 proceeds to days in town the guests of Mrs A be ueed for Red Cross purposes The this time The garden Is coming along splendidly Lettuce and onions and The dance at the Golf Club laBt Saturday night was such a success the lady president Miss Gibson and members of the executive have consented to hold another this evening which will be open to all members Evening Subject: 88 Wilkes His Exceeding I meeting waq brought to a close by singing the National Anthem and God Save Our after which a lunch was served and a collection or 513 was taken to furnish new records for the Ambrola previously presented to Nursing Sister Cradock for ufc in the Canadian mill- Introducing' the Fisherette Strangers in the city and vis- ltors are always welcome to all services radishes we had plenty of The beans have provided one good meal with plenty more in sight The cauliflower is headed up and the cabbage looks well There are tomatoes of good size on the stalks though as yet they have not started to ripen Throughout the city the gardens are looking splendid The potatoes particularly promise a big crop If blight which has set in does not work havoc From some sections of the city come reports of thefts of vegetables from ward gardens and the Thrift League which has worked hard on the vacant lot garden plan will offer a reward for the perpetrators of the thefts In view of tho opportunities offered to all who wanted 1o work a garden it seems a shame that there some people NEW EXPERIMENT IN WAR WORK FOR tary hospital at Basingstoke PLUCKY NOVA SCOTIANS TAKE TO FISH CLEANING IN OIL-SKINS AND SOU'WESTERS Brant Avenue Methodist and St Presbyterian Churches The monthly nfeetsng of the East Ward Kith and Kin was held in St school room The ppooWfffit Mrs Angus occupied the chair The meeting opened at 730 (sharp and a splendid number of mom hers were present to hear Mayor MacBride who gave a very and afiterward'a dls Innfcraatlve talk UNITED SERVICE In Brant Avenue Methodist Church tributed tags for the picnic to toe 80 unprinoipied t0 rob those who members who were present It bave worked of the reward of tho unskilled and the war and outside trades have been able to keep up with the increase but the trades not directly connected with the war tho professional men and those on salary are feeling the pinch Where It once took a dollar to buy certain goods foodstuffs etc It now takes 8250 to purchase the same quantity There have been several changes In local pulpits recently Rev TumeU of the Mohawk Church and Mohawk Inetltuto has accepted the position of rector of the Anglican church at Jamaica British Weet Indio Rev Marshall late of St Catharines has taken up the pastorate at Wealey Methodist church Rev Father Cassidy of Paris has been transferred to Hamilton his parishioners presenting him with a purse this week At Mohawk churoh on Sunday last a new organ was dedicated to the memory of tho Six Indians who have given up their lives in U)is war St Swl day here was a splondid one and since then we have had beautiful weather Summer long delayed la at last here The weather has been ideal for the crops Strawberries were a abort crop this year and sold by the crate at 22c a box Raspberries are quoted at 28 a box by the crate These prices are about three times the normal price Cherries were 5175 a basket for Canadian cherries and 8275 for English cherries Tho fruit growers are certainly reaping a harvest these days The Twelvth of July passed off very quietly here The local Orangemen about 75 strong paraded at Preston A queer case of blundering came to light here this week An Egyptian who carried a passport reading from Alexandria to Pavla via Bordeaux arrived at Paris Ontario in place of Paris France a trip of some 4000 miles throurh combined blunders The city has about 900 tons of coal on hand and starting with August 1 this will he distributed in small lots to enable the small householder to start off the winter with a supply Tbe wise ones who cannot get all the coal they want are laying in a store of wood to carry them through Coal Is going to be a very scarce article during the coming months Well son things are fairly quiet eo I will ring off Your loving DAD been arranged for three who were unable to cittend to get their tog? Ion Monday evening from 7 to 830 pm at ft school room where the executive will be In Chwrge Tbe next meeting will be held as usual in the school room 11 am Rev Gordon BA 7 pm Rev Gordon BA MUSIC AM Solo Lovely Are Thy Liddle Soloist Mrs Ilood Soloist Metropolitan Church Toronto MUSIC PM Solo "A Prayer Stinson Soloist Miss Hilda Hurley -At the organ Mr Clifford HSggin lOPTOMETRICAL HOUSE COMPLETE New Store Occupied by Dr Jarvis is a Gem in Style and Equipment Tlicfce girls are rrplaring men who li nve gone to (lie front They are employed by the Maritime Fish Corporation Canso XS COLBORNE ST METHODIST CHURCH The most modern optometrical women of France who dragged along Rev Clark Logan MA Pastor labor In their leisure hours There were two sad accidents in the city this week Ilarry Applegath a and signalman was caught by a II and Train and was instantly killed It Is thought that he was asleep on the track Wilfrid Sackrlder who was motoring on the Paris road turned out to avoid a tethered cow Tho car struck ml and turned turtle In the d'tch Sackrlder who was an employe of tho Ker and Goodwin and munition plants previously and who the next day was to hare started work at the Waterous plant was pinned under the car and killed while his wife and little hoy were thrown out and escaped The event was one which caused deep regret in the city Picnicking Is the order of the day even though the food regulations restricting tho comestibles are very stringent For instance meat sandwiches are forbidden during specified hours The Sunday schools have large turnouts as usual Mohawk Park is quite popular this year owing to tho fact that the city is trying to make It a pleasant resort and because the fare to Port Dover is now high 8115 for adults to the war" The Brantford Municipal Railways have been forced by operating conditions to boost the fares paid The green eight for a quarter limited tickets have been abolished leaving Miss Dorothy Langmuir anil Miss Mary Langmuir of Toronto wen the guests of Mrs Digby over tho week end Capt Ransom Wilkes of Toronto rpent the week end in town with his parents Col and Mrs A Wilkes 'Mrs Gordon Smith leit on Monday for her summer home at Stoney Ldjce where she will spend tho next few months Mr and Mrs Arthur Bunnell of Toronto spent the week-eml in town with Mr and Mrs A Bunnell Dufferin avenue a Mrs Colter has returned from St Johns Quebec after a short visit with her son Courtney Colter who leaves shortly for overseas a a a This Is not the kind of wartime occupation that can reasonably be advocated for Canadian girls In general But it is a stimulating example that should prove an incentive to men and women alike These hardy eastern women have eschewed tbe easier paths open to them and have deliverately chosen the rocky train which has known no other feminine feet in the history of Industries Early In the season though it is glowing accounts are coming from British Columbia of what girls have (lone in bcrry-picklng In the far West In the middle West they are operating tractors and driving cultivators and standing shoulder to shoulder with their men in running the farms But In the far East they have gone a step furthor They have donned oilskins rubber boots and They are not farmerettes nor are they berry-pickers nor dairymaids They are well let us Uiioin services with Alexandra iresbyter-ian Church in Alexandria Church Itov Logan will preach at both services 1000 am Union Brotherhood meeting 1109 Subject Distinction' 9(6 pm Sabbath school 8upL Mr Verily 700 Subject Mr Crooker will be the soloist at both services Mr White organist and choir leader Btrangera and visitors cordially welcomed Serst Fred Webster Toronto was drowned while swimming at Banian's Point the plow yoked to their bodies than mouse In Ontario and one which will like normal human beings In the Vie In its completeness and modern days before the war when theJr busl- flxtureg ttnd equipment with those of ness flourished they wore about as many striped petticoats as Miss the big metropolitan centres of the Hooks of Holland On tholr heads continent lias just been occupied at were shawls or 128 Colborne street hy Mr Charles Very different Is the Canadian I Jarvis The store which has recent-flsherette! Her outfit is all-envelop- ly been gone over moRt completely Ing smart and utilitarian She Is rc- with tts interior fittings and liand-crulted from the ranks of the some front represents nn investment younger women on the fishing coast of many thousands It is a distinct She is taking the place of her sweet- addition to tho line of business fronts heart or her brother She has en-Ion Colborne street while from a tered into the game In technical standpoint leaves nothing other words she has cut Ice In an to be desired The front is ono of entirely new spot For years the the most modem with cut and prism large fish companies on the East glass on a base of marble The show coast have been bringing girls out 'windows are models in taste and from Scotland to work in their factories to can and pickle and to handle the herring and other small fish But it remained for the Maritime Fish Corporation of Canso Nova Scotia to employ this doien or so of girls to handle the big fish In sheds to clean them and skin them and prepare them for the market It was of the fisher folk (hat the plaintive song was written men must work and women must woep" It does not look much like it when you see this picture! You feel more inclined to say for daughters Men must fight and women must These women are not weeping although their sweethearts and brothers are In France and some of them are beneath the sod They are cleaning fish It sounds prosaic enough but patriotic work is often prosaic and hard neatness The main part of the Interior Is the waiting room done in walnut tan and brown effect predominating with three large chain lights adding to the good effect A modern vault stands prominently on tbe right while a little further on are cosy fitting rooms with especial lighting fixtures These filling rooms give a much desired privacy while their equipment Is most modern and! patterned after the continental lead ment and tests for the eye and light- lng facilities which make the entire outfit most harmonious and pleas- nlphtoL "for bffHmi1 1 oiher i'fndern Iia glass and oilier modern e-QUlp- ment afford a valuable feature of the i entire house This mechaniral has been so well supplied alth in a- made up cent fare rules On the Paris line the fare remains at 20c single but has been boosted from 30c to 35c for return fare The commission hau the cheapest fair six for a quarter These tickets are as yet good at any time In tho day but It seems likely that they will have to be made limited if the deficit which promises to accrue at the end of the year Is not Otherwise a straight five KLOOF SUNK BY SUB ordered two rebuilt cars for tho Grand Valley line to cost 800 each 1 and to be ready within two or three months This end of the line Is a Introduce them to you (list flshercttes! Anyone who knows thn native life of Scotland can summer up in this connoctinn a vivid picture of the Highland So they call them in the land of rakes and herring! They were really tho precursors of our Usherettes with a difference Theso Canadian glrl sru young and strong nnd the necessity of war rather than the custom ff tho nges has led thorn to take up' this work I But the Highland fish wlvesr-who run ever give them full credit for the faithful labor of years the toil of their lives the- rigor of thulr work? Many of them grew old and Food Board Flashes There are still some women in Canada who do not seem to be aware that it is against the law to make icing from cane sugar It Is surely apparent to anyone who Is in the habit of buying cakes that substitutes and chiefly maple syrup are now being used by all the bakers Here Is a simple recipe for maple icing which should serve for special occasions although there Is very little excuse now for any kind of Icing on cakes: Two cups maple or eorn syrup two teaspoons shortening one egg white Boll syrup until it spins a thread add shortening pour slowly over beaten white of egg beat until stiff enough to spread on cake their vacation picking fruit on the Bowslaugh farm at Grimsby Master Harris returned Friday after a delightful holiday spent at Fort Bruce the guest of his grandmother Mrs Poppelwell Mr George Matthews who is in training at (he tnilning school In Toronto spent (he week end at his home on Lome Crescent The Misses Clarice Monts and Lois Wiley have lert for a two weeks holiday the guests of Misses Dorothy Hagcy Ollphsnt Lake Huron Mr and Mrs Frederick Palter and sobs have been visitors In town for the past week tbe guests of Cut nnd Mrs A Wilkes Mr Salter lert on Thursday night anil Mrs Salter LONDON July A British sloop' was sunk by a submarine on Tuesday says an admiralty announcement to-day Twelve of the crew were fhe only survivors The Briileh transport Barunga bra been gunk by a submarine) the admiralty announced this afternoon The Barunga was a steamer over 7500 toaa paying one and with better cars the omuiiiaislonorsi claim they will be! to prodlce locally things ore very quiet In! d1' huslness and Indus-lng rn work i ns Al- ca Gorkins wth a acarcity of labor- Day ar n0w chines that Dr Jarvis is practically Independent of Importations Not only ran the lense surface be ground but also the rdgs while nothing else Ir lacking for finished work bent before their time because of tbe land tedious There is Httlo romance everlasting burden of fish they bore about tt on this side of the Atlantic In the creels on their backs They i There Is not even the inspiration of were picturesque to look but they diiwt contact with wart actuality It were beasts of bufJcii mure like tiie'ia simply a hard level grind aoino- A large rargo of relief supplies Is to be despatched from the Uni led States to uussia at the earliest possible moment i I 4.

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