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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1964-04-01, Page 19W�loN�oAY. APlSlk tst. ttM. Relates AccOunt Of Voyage •To Famous StoryBookIsIe-OFRobflIthiCrus•oe THE :LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO. HISTORY OF BOWLING (Continti, from page 18) frames, ;A strike is scored if he fells 'all . five,, pins. with one throw,., a spare if he does, it. in two. throws; .a perfect game of 450'' is. a rarity,; comprise$ 12 .consecutive (By Benson Cox). . "We're making nineteen' :knots frequent calls and pick up the if the weather does• not change catch, It appears that this island we should be there be.seven to- morrow morning." It was, the cap= lain of the ,good;ship " Kungsholm" who was speaking; and she was headed for Mas . a Terra, .a Chil- ean possession; one' of 'the, Juan Fernandez group, and lying in the South' Pacific. between the Gala- pages, and Faster ' Island. ; Mas ; a. Terra 'claims our . in- terest as.being the, reftige of Alex- ander' Selkirk, ' mariner, • wholed a solitary existence there during, four; years and four months, until being taken off in 1709 by the pri- vateer, "Duke," Captain Dampier: From Selkirk's . reported exper- iences Daniel ' Defoe produced the immortal ' classic, "Robinson Cm.:see," published in 1719,and read a sudden crash On investigation,. wherever the English lnguage is it was .discovered that' a quantity.: known,and translated 'into many of glassware had slid from some Other tongues. shelves and . had 'shatteredon the: deck. A - piano had worked loose • and was sliding about. Windows were : also blown, out. The ship 'continued to roll and toss 'through-, out the .:night. " • Early next day , we tied up at Valparaiso; the name' . means `Vale'. of • Paradise;" Suffice •:it: to say' that ourr stay was charming. From .• here we -"went . by. rail ' to: Santiago,, . capital city . of . Chile. we' later `. learned: Along: the face. 110 miles up 'a slope:, of :the Andes of 'the cliff ran. a' .ledge of rock; ' Mountains. The scenery is' superb: displaying laying• eight' or:' ten openings One views Aconcagu, • ..highest' p peak on the' Western Hemisphere. Which. appeared to be eaves. One . of these, so' we learned, had been We : can see • far over to the boon used by. Alexander 'Selkirk as :.his clary of Argentina and Chile, shelter from Wind,. rain and :sun: where stands the heroicstatue of , the Cristus, a memorial of the The anchor had now been low led e p g • . between the two repub- ered,. and . the ship had ceased to hes 'that they ,shall never engage make headway... Now the' e sound • in war between .themselves while from . the gang -ladder, and: of 'a time, continues. On the ':ite tender leaving the davit' •:Soon we side the outlook. extends, ridge up - had taken our place in the' dory, on ;ridge, 'to the vast Pacific We, and were. speeding. towards the' pass through attractive'. towns, fine landing not more , than a -furlong fi i : g or .two awn from our anchorage, fruit districts, and upland ' pastor'': y es where , ;sprightly . race horses A sign at the landing -stage pro- desport :themselves.. Now.we are claimed to the villagers ° that the • i ` " s h olm" • was • to - arrive Nat Santxagg and we detrain . at ship iKung bthe handsome, modern .railway. on Wednesday' • 'morning. • Several" station '.and.: are driven to ' the of the, islander were on . hand 'to Hotel ' • arrere . with Its deluxe greet us:. As 'all ` spoke.. Spanish..swiC , thegreetingwas subdued. ;The swimming. pool on the'seventeenth floor. first roan, whom: I Met bailed me' ".• with ' a :friend]' ``Buenos .dins ' , On the.ground floor • of this: y hotel is a, -social • centrei : named Then he continued, in excellent the "Robinson Crusoe Cave:".. English, "Can you supply me with Conspicuous in this' room is a :-,tab some safety -razor blades? .I am usf ,,out. He was ;the radio -•op- ,ory of Alexander. 'Selkirk; a' .na-` is without • inhabitant, only at this strikes:.. village. or Santa. Juan. Baptista, The . Although professional , bowlers ship's siren'' sounded — echoed reach, their peak at about 32, age and re-echoed. far' . away, 'signal or lack of it does not deter Par - for " goBowlingi . Canadianp Junior from allMas a Terra.n• The nameticip n Council ogrmme has. means `nearest to. land." Another" encouraged '30,000 youngsters from of: these. Islands is Mas • ai Fuera' 8 to. 18 to take 'up the sport, be- because"' e- because'' it is. farthest from l'and..lieves that junior bowling will soon A ,third island= of the • archipelago overtake junior hockey.. Octogen- is . Santa Clara; which appears arians have also succumbed to the merely as a dot .on the . tnap. , We lure; enthused 'one. "Bowling peps steamed away to the East, and to.me 'up more than anything I do the South ,American coat •• . I ,can be tired. or even not The wind rose higher, and the feeling well when I go to :the alleys,, but I' forget it•when I sea � became- ,roughen. as the day begin. to bowl." ' wore on. I was on' deck 'without • on the port-side,convers" 1S LEAGUES. FOR. BLIND uig with ' two shipmates, when- there was Increasingly realized in recent times have, been the therapeutic potentialities, . of bowling: the''. Can- adian 'National Institute : for the Blind operates ,15 leagues in : Tor- onto, Montreal and. , ,Vancouver, players keeping. their own Braille. score sheet; special equipment is available, to .allow wheel.. chair pa- tients to play; a special. bowler's league .in Ottawa is • for pregnant women only.... •. , Discovered 'during ' World War. 17 was that' bowling is an ideal 'form of group activity for ; factory' wor- kers, brings in its wake . sensat- ional increases i n production' Many, .of ' Canada's • largest 'con- cern, today suport::bowling leag- ues. A minister, has suggested that, bowling. is'. a ,good way to, ' get . rid of aggressions. 'Said he: "I think it: far ,better"" to. take it out on a: bunch of pins than: on neighbours or. the people who work in' the bffice with me .or even on my wife and children.!' • Endurance . supremacy in 'bowl- mg belongs to a select "few who have' rolled/ `over 1000. consecutive games. First to ` achieve '' the feat was` a ..30 -year, old Floridian who alternated 45 minutes. ' of 'bowling with .15 :minute. 'rest periods. Big Business - A "post -World War , II phenom- enon has been the surge. of new bowlers; . • about half . of . today's participants' have come" into the sport within thei past ten years.' Largely responsible for -this We retired. to :our cabins and to our beds, keeping in mind the Captain's forecast, . "seven,'tomor-, row: morning."We, slept, . had breakfast, and.' ;were ' out: • on the foredeck before seven: There, be- fore 'our r eyes, lay a' .high• grass covered promont ry..We had .. en- tered . a semi -circular hay. On the shore was.: to be ' seen: -a. village of two to three hundred souls, as let.. It : reads as'follows: In Mem-. erator, and we were standing at five of •Larco, in the county'of the foot of the'' tall radio 'mast.. , Use that. Fife; Scotland, '..who'" lived:' on - this I. told hint that I did "not island, in 'complete solitude . for sort of razor; °I. had'. found' the :f u'ir Years ,and 'four months.. He straight ht razo r the : kind the bar- , 0 `' y �_ : • t use,bersgore suitable form was landed -from the: " Cmq Ports ur ose s Z often travel` to''`out .galley; 96 tons; ,16 guns, A.D.1704, • of . the• , •places,"where such and taken 'cuff; in the "Duke"pri- way ... , << vateer,' 'lst .February, 1709 He wares are, not obtainable.. ..But died . Lieutenant of :, H.M::S. Wey- been 'discoveredby his footprints in the inud..He, was declared to. have, been Selkirk's constant •'com=.. panion and helper. These ` and other. details; :.all, unreal, . were ' in- troduced • to improve the story. Defoe could make fiction sound like truth. Boys and girls and . other folk, get a copy of "Robinson : 'Crusoe':' from the , public library, .or buy one. Read it, and, enjoy it;. ` and remember :when doing so, that you have in hand one : of the world's, great books. why said .I, "do you not :let mouth, A.D.1723, 'aged 47 .years.. your beard ' grow? That was • a' This . • tablet • is erected, near Se - very unpopular •suggestion, • for. , his'•'wife was standing by; 'and kirk. s ' Lookout by Commodore PoweiL and._the Officers of. If.M S. she expressed scorn and contempt «Topaz,;" the Officers at• the very idem )ft .rs ,quite evident, that the :peo We strolled• about the •village, •ple of Chile regard Selkirk as went 'to the post office and bought a nations] hero. • • • 'stamps, ' mailed, letters, obtained When Selkirk reached England. such souvenirs as, the people had the news of his ' exile spread rap- ,to offer, • visited the little • white idly, One Daniel •.Defoe, , a noted church, and inspected ' the high reporter,. and author' of more than '.point of rock known as 'Selkirk's 200. books, 'and numerous articles Lookout, wereThere horses,.on a 'wide variety of subjects, s�p, aga��rg along heard of Selkirk, and his exile 'on the slope,; progeny of animals the' lonely island, and, arranged to left bythe buccaneers who in • meet him at Bristol. Selkirk told earlier years had 'been occasional his story of life on the island; visitors, for the purpose of ob- And later • he gave .Defoe ;his notes taming .fresh water and .valuable and papers. It must have seemed satin -,wood;, and`' to 'hide the '•spoils ' the .renowned. reporter'. that he made' a remar a e scoop.,"'Th collected . . pursuing .lgitimate trade. ,Now, book was • published in 1719. ' on • r. aids against vesse s the island is devoid of satin -woody Defoe included in his book "Robe or , of other large trees. "WV'e `ob- inson Crusoe" accountsof details serve a• .solitary Norfolk .. Tsland which had . never. oceured. ,Ile pine, tall and ,conspic'tious, as also v� rites ' of the , Shipwreck, which some , small arbor : vitae sped herd ,tit taken • place. Selkirk_ had mens and a species of .spruce. jarrelled 'with ,his captain, and Fig trees are'numer�ous, and plums,. f ,td thi•at��ncd to jtrti►p ship' at are -ripening. ipening. In front of many thea: first stop. The ship arrived homes. flowers are to be seen, at Mas a • 'crra and . the whole as dahlias; ' carnations, • shasta party. .went ashore. It was a stop', daisies` and verbascum. The child- of four .ds, The 'officers , and N ren andgrown ups appear to be 'crew were returning on' board• and well-nourished., ps . were a cut to sail . Selkirk tried cross the,,, gangway, but.. was ��'he--dwellers..on-..was 'a. Terra to. .cr _,. gain their livingby trapping lob- restrained E treaty was --of ne- sters Which to be abun- avail, and the `vessel'- sailed away, , h are said g 1 y . . lonely dant, alongthese shores ilei, of leaving ,him on ,shore. His prime ttalit theyare popular, !. exile . had begun, q y' god prices, Ships ' Mote OveI'; thet e wad'. i o man and command• freM .the mainland of Chile make "Friday," Who was said to have PAGE NINETEEN DISHES Lammert and John Van Der Veen On The GRAND: OPENING a. Of: 'Their . New Bowl aid Billiard Business: We Wish Them, Every Success 'In The Future : Business Life : Of The. Village: We 1Were. Pleased Tn, .Have. Had A..•.Part in The Construction Of: The New • Academy. • John W. Henderson Lumber Lucknow boom. is ;Qthe advent. ,of. the , auto - natio pin -setter ' which has replac- ed the tim:e=honoured,. pin ,boy, mechanically • sweeping away and resetting fallen- spins. At.. 30 cents 'a line, a five -pin bowler can: enjoy -,an. . evening's -_ en- tertainment , for, `about 90 cents 'or $1.20. Shoes, can be rented :for' 15 cents, a ball' 'for nothing, • but many . regular ; bowlers prefer . to' buy their own ' , shoes, ..ball and carrying case .for' -about . $25. Ten- pin bowlers • pay' . about 50 cents a:. line. • Many . neophyte; , bowling devot- ees 'have been lured into the sport.' by the huge promotion" campaigns. run by the bowling entrepeneurs.. School s, churches, industrial regional and national tournaments, even "mailographic" tournaments for youngsters. ;Social Whirl In. an ironic turn -about over the past 15 years, the bowling alley ' has traded- a chronic -unsavoury reputation Ora • new look of re-, • spectability. Gone • is the dimly lit, smoke-filled .: atmosphere. . In its place. ,is the new bowling ,alley,, an opulent, floodlit structure on . a well -travelled thoroughfare: Can- ada's largest lane, the Rose Bowi in Montreal, . has 72 • lanes . (48.'.for. duckpins: and 24 for len-pins), hand dryers . and air-conditioning, rest- aurant, estaurant, snack bar, meeting ' rooms, lounges, - nursery, ''plans to add a swimming. pool and cabana's: Oth_ plants, fraternal and civic ' organ er lanes have cocktaiU .lounges, izations have . been ` encouraged to, barber shops, beauty parlours, form teams and leagues.. A prime shooting and archery :ranges, lion- target.of,: the propaganda were dromats. . thefair sex, who now make up The bowling . alley is frequently 65 percent of the . country's , bowl- the centre of : community life, , has ers. Also fostering interest in the replaced the soda.' fountain as a r. sport has been a raft • of local, ` rendezvous for teenagers LUCKNOW BI and BJLLIARD' ACADEMY: A Forward Step In The Community Lan mertander Van Der Veen • We. extend best wishes' to the new proprietora. and appreciate the fact that we could,,be of service in construction plans, The 'SEPTIC' TANK . INSTAiWATION. and COMPLETE OUTSIDE 'SID 7GI1YG :_ 0 _iGL►: d. :.L Done By RONALD . E. FORSTER Luckn�w • .f • •