Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Fall 1943, page 4

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.\IlllilLll l‘.\.\'TEEX m. .iumm s qu nlulnlil mun-Mk “or;- pro :lnmla 'rl..- Izinhrli on um l.-n. nw twin of 1 Hum ..l llic phi-v urn in“ _ \In Win lin» .r; in nu- n”. m \Ir. [Ilullllll Mun or 'lh.- tannin on line rllrlli‘ presented by Middlr-sek Cannn P IIESEXTATION quell in Hill Ilrmmmom ..1 civil in: {of 1- Ln. mu tn-vn will In ler s , in Hui-nus. Prrtirlm rd Ihn- I‘\\.I ll. pr. rrmm-mnuw ll' rirr brimminm of mu 5mm and Junior ln<li- lulu .rl .‘llllmr I" ii”- i Thu r. Thu h’vv It rim- . mm, llCI rim “W. l llii nmutx m lln Deon ll“ --r' n. "i liulliall! ‘ id ~1Iu"nfll uurk of iln» lllsllIlllt‘: and Junior Farmers. noun-n. was pri‘mlllud by )Iisn Jenn )IancllInn, Ill n In New Brunswick. ed llu- cnnlmus. in. mm m the rnntecns which would i... . nppreelnlinn at the inn» Dr. R. .7. Mural.” JAM GOES TO BRITAIN "Jam for Britain” is under Way in the lied Cross Warehouse in Toronto. For some weeks new cases of jam, both factory and home-made. us well as honey have been l‘OllIlIQ’ in by train and truck and \ar from the various branches of the lied Cross all'l “'0- mcn's Inslitutes all over Ontario. Tullny \\'omell Institute records report 1... es ((il G lbs.) of farlnry made jam, 786 t 585 (R7523 lbs.) of liliIne-lnmle jam and ~l~l cases {2,112 lbs.) of honey. The \V. I. Suear Fund rec-e'pts to date amount to $3030.73. Jan) I ad- in t ctories in the Hamilton district which has been sent direct tn England accounts for most of the factory jam. While this record is not Complete it is o prer liminary indication of the time, work and money which have been expended on this effort by hath organizations, i\lr,. linuulas lllunro, W. 1. Branch, Department of Agriculture, who has been the staff organizer for the jam enterprise this . :u'V tells of a dav in the Red Cross \ irehouse, wh ‘ and honey are arri '3 daily for Brit- ain. and of her vlslt to Middlesex County when the home-made jam season was zit its height. She is only sorrv that she could not make similar visits to other jalnrmakint‘r centres. Jam by the Ton “'l‘uo tons of Red Cross Cases were car oil through the wideâ€"open doors of the warehouse this morning: by a tired truck driver and all of us have been busy ever since, test’ng jam, \rii-ing up cases and making records oI the jam to send back to the makers“ This l\‘ the last process in the jam' lone journey from Ontario orchards and kitchens to English hospitals anl schools. A remarkable amount of jam has passed throuuh the warehouse this year despite the scarcity and ex- pense of fruit, an amount in which the \V. I. may well take pride. Today I have packed cases of honey from In- st'tutes at Palmerston and Seaforth and the Junior Branch at Tillsonburiz, peach jam from Iloselanll, plum from Lakcview and fragrant strawberry jam from Beetonl The last case was one of wild rasp- berry jam from Hyde Park, and in this one I take particular interest since I helped to make it. I started off one mornin'z in July in an elderly Buick with weak tires. My first stop was at Byron where the heavy sum- mer smell of raspberries rolled out of the church basement. Twelve mem- bers of the branch were at work that summer morning and Mrs. Day, the President. showed me a number of letters which they had received from England thankin them for last sum- mer's janL And they told me an in teresting tale of Mr. Porter's visit lu England. Mr. Porter, the Editor of the Farmer's Advocate, went to Em:- land to study farm conditions in Will" time At one institution he saw a Red Cross jam tin and when he turned it rouan he saw “Made by the By on W. I." on the back. Everyone pleased with the tale and we all told each other that it was a small world. The Byron w. 1., by the way, bell the scrapings left in the jaln pots at the day's end and serve it with lemun nr grapefruit juice at the next meefr ing, They call it “by gosh and by gully". I drove over to Hyde Park just in time to meet Mrs, Keays and Miss Norma MacKcllzie returning laden from a wild-raspberry hunt. I dressed for hunting trio and only re» gret that no films were obtainable since our bats and slices were of a strictly individual fashion. That after noon we made eight tins of raspberry jam which We thought quite good. Miss MucKenzie is the leading Janiv maker of Hyde Park and her in- teg‘l y is such that the Red Cro su-var is stored in her kitchen all sul iner. a spontaneous tribute to ch other in these days of sugar ration- ingl Hyde Park has had a number of thankryou letters from England, a particularly interesting one coming from a patient in an R.C.A.Fl hospital there. Miss Patrick of the Delaware- I.ambeth branch was working in her yzurden and directed me to Mr Lenfcsty and the jam headquarter in Delaware. I planned to revisit it the following day for the rell current jelly session and started for Melbourne Half way between the two towns I was overtaken by a thunderstorm and a blowout simultaneously After which I got in touch with Mr Brail- don which explains how I knew about Melbourne’s honey contribution in ad- Vance. We at the warehouse, stnfi” mem- bers, volunteers, truck drivers and handy man are proud to be associated with the combined Red Cross-Women‘s Institute Jam for Britain Project." FOR THE CHILDREN A small gift box was recently sent to Miss Eleanur Hamilton for the children of the Garrison Lane School (See Home and Country, Spring 1942). Articles included were 2 wool cardigans with berets to match. 3 two-piece jersey suits for boys, sizes 2, 4 and 6, 2 pairs slices and 3 small children's books. nrie, m “cl-rim I. . SEEDS FOR ENGLISH GARDENS Again the t'cntrzll Fund Committee, F.\\.l.l.l. ls plannim: to send WEB“ able seeds to llrltaill. Arrangements are hempr made with the led firms supply the same quillllitie and v - Irlles as l t year. These are Valued at about :5 UUII and will be shipped in December or Januai for early plantv mg. Letter after letter tell us that our (‘anadian seeds are ul‘uuini: eve '- nliore in England. They are enj _ ll in English homes, e iihited at veget- nlile ‘hnws and fans, canned [or “inter. sold to raise money for \ lr work or saved for seelll Just ii few BSA t'el'pts from letters will interest yuu. The secretary of Sleepy Hague \\'.I. ‘ “I am writing. (in behalf of the Sleepy Hague \V. I. to say ‘thank yuu' fur the seeds which \\e received from Canada. You will be glad to know that the union seeds were sown and the plants sold at the \V. I. meet- IIIL' alll ~13 7 “as made [or the Red Cross. Tomato plants were sold till), another €1~1~0 being rai ed, a total of £1~4â€"0 fur the lied Cross from the Canadian seeds you so kindly sent us." The spirit of fellowship ‘ which these seeds have engendered is ex- pressed by Miss Sully Joner. tary of the Iiidwelly W. l.. Wales, “As you hold this lettel that across space and expanse l .lll be clasping your hand in fl'll' qr, loyal and true. members (if the l r: t‘olnmomrcalth of Nat’ons. \\ ‘ llu clasp it tightly on behalf at on "IE branch 01 the Women's liistltll' ‘l. the Federated Women’s Institlll Hf Ontarioi I would like to thank you so in on behalf of our W. L's for the i _ l lrl’l seeds you so kindly sent and l m.- that they will grow and iloull l ‘l. Welsh soil,â€"nnd that also then .ll grow and flourish a firm, true ll wlr ship between us here in thi~ .i‘l village and you in the III'CZJL :xl country of Canada". Other letters tell us of the -: :ll of the seeds, saying, “Yestel‘ I gathered the first dish of beans an ‘ my- had them today and they were r l; deliciousl I shall keep some for ‘ll so that I can grow them alll‘llr'l' year"; or “I have had some “w lettuce in my own garden. It ha- ducezl lovely crisp hearts.” It is your generous voluntar) l tributions which make such 15 possible NEW BRUNSWICK PRESENTATION. The above plrhlre slum-i « n r. s P'ru‘rlncl‘ nl Iéttw il snackihwnh u_ mm.“ Women's ' ice 1» in Mrs. w. H “mum in line‘ch . in ii I Civilinn harem, who .miri secllon at me (‘nnndinniRlld giiiss unlntmn ol' lhu Mirllllcscx County mobile unlllecn m m u! us by Mrs. w. H. Prcsrult, null: Van». Prlw‘l'mL TIII: onntccn was presented to Prcmik‘r “A” Prescott (lclt lrnm). The other two gentlemen tnkinu in“ .1. r ‘ r - .lll' M M. cm“: H d 5:13;“,sw’hbcifirrmnn. Fredericton Brunch, Disaster in r not cum-e and Corps nI Frcllcriclnul eranren. Saint John. Director at .\l 13'“ dmlzhm-ts were sun-ad by the nulmm

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