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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1958-02-26, Page 7Time To Fly Turk's was a farmyard-built airplane. In those days you bought blueprints for airplanes the way you buy blueprints for barbecues today, . . Our first wings were covered with a-heavy balloon cloth. They had such an exaggerated curve that they clutched onto- the air like a hand holding onto a cliff, rather than split it, like a wing of modern design, They were called clutch-grip 'wings. The little four-cylinder engine with a toothpick propellor had a rough time hauling so much air- s plane, When they worked at all, they landed so slowly ydu could almost step off and, rue, along beside them. But weight and ig- norance usually either kept thbrn on the ground or brought them back to it fast. If they did get into the air, the pilot was faced with the imminent danger that he would run out of know- ledge, the ship would come apart at the seams or the engine conk out. Adding to the confusion was the number of designs on the market. Oddly -enough, there were more types of airplanes for sale in those days than there are now. Each type of machine had its own type of 'control. A pilot who learhed to fly one. type couldn't fly another. A left- handed pilot was no good in' a right-handed ship. Even such a change as the location of the throttle created difficulties. . The operation of those old- time ships didn't require much knowledge or flying ability. *You'd steer with the rudder bar, pull the stick back to ascend, shove, it forward to nose down.' Your shoulder harness was con- nected by means of a wire to the flexible trailing edge of the wing tips. To bank you just hunched your shoulders. But you always kept your eye on the "telltale," which was the sole flight instrument of its'time and the original turn-and-bank indi- cator. It was nothing more than a ribbon streamer tied to the bamboo shaft directly in front Of the pilot. As long as the streamer blew directly toward the pilot it indicated a properly banked turn, but when it trailed toward the outside it Warned of a slip! If it fluttered toward the inside of a turn, the ship was skidding. I was a flier. I had no thought for the after years, I wanted to fly because it was the most ex citing thing I'd ever. done. I didn't even_cothe dose to visua- lizing the air's being full Of airs planes someday. The possibility that they'd ever be used corn., inercially never occurred to me, They were Made for fun, and 'was going to_ have plenty of it. —From "Under My Wings," by Captain Basil' L. Rowe, Mats No Venice Say Stiehtitts There is life on Meta,, that strange red planet 0,000,00O miles ,away, 'which is the earth'e nearest ileighbottr, apart front the moon. Ati international team Of seientista working at en servatety in the Pyrenees say ed. They believe they 'have Obe tervatierial proof that life exists there, But what, kind of life? Living, thinking kettle t? 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But he could, and did — well enough ,to be the backbone of championship Dodger teams and to win the most valuable player award three times in the Na- tionel League—the same league that had a Willie Mays, a Stan Musial and a few other greats ofofr this modern era. "Campy" was big league in a number of ways, but what his' pals remembered most about him in the stories which came out immediately after his automo- bile accident recently was his wonderful sense of humour and warm personality — his sincere love for the game that has meant so much to the Campan- ella family. Roy was one of the highest paid Dodgers, yet he probably thought less about that side of it than anyone else on the then Brooklyn roster. He admitted, and meant it, that he would have played for nothing, When Jackie Robinson- quit the game, they wrote stories about his managerial possibil- ities — the first Negro with the potential to pilot a ball club writes Rumill in The Christian Science Monitor. But those close to the Dodgers felt that it was a case of mis- taken identity. While Robinson might have made the grade, teammates contended that Cam- panella had a far better chance. Actually, Roy had managed for a short spell, at Nashua, N.H., while he was playing there and Walter Alston was the field leader. Once when Alston was ejected by alt umpire, Roy took over — to the surprise of no one but himself. However, he had the respect of those Nashua mates, just as he had in late years, in the Dodger clubhouse—and through- out the National League. Campy was the friend of the young ball player, the• Pulman porter and waiter, the clubhouse boy, the boy whocarried bats, the men who had 'the unattrac- tive jobs around the ball park: No player was more willing to give someone a hand — at any- thing. And he was the busiest fellow in spring training, coach- ing young players and sitting around at night talking baseball with all who would listen. Having knocked around in the Negro leagues for years before being brought to the majors, Roy. Appreciated far more than most what the luxuries of the big time meant. He never abused them, never took them for granted. Mechanically, Campanella was a standout on the: field. He could handle pitchers. He could throw. - MERRY' MENAGERIE 'Hey, that gives me an idea =-how about a father-and-stn. banquet?" MINIATURE HOLY BIBLE Just Out! A brand new item with terrific appeal miniature Holy Bible in open framed gold case with gold plated bracelet. Actual size 11/2 x 13/4 inches, $1.98 Postpaid. T, HART, 189 WILSON AVE„ TIMMINS, ONT, apart, that changes take place at various seasons in, the planet's, soil. These changes in brightness' and colour could mean that some kind of plants grow there. With the dawn of 1958, as- tronomers all over the world are planning to take 'hew"tleps' to solve this age-old mystery of Mars. In recent months they have discovered that if space- men from earth do get to Mars they will not find "canals" there. It is now almost certain that no artificial canals exist on Mars. Way hack in 1877 astronomer Schiaparelli started the canals notion, He found that dark patches that earlier observers had called "oceans" were con- nected by narrow streaks, some- times thousands of miles long. He called 'these streaks "can- ales" (channels) but bad trans- lators made them e canali" though they Were obviously' many miles wide. Association of ideas the rest and for years even 'learned astronomers got into the habit of talking about the canals on Mars. On August 10th, 1971, Mars will e be only 35,800,000 miles from „the earth and the latest radio-telescopes available then are likely tie add greatly to our knowledge of the planet, Its dis- tinctive red colour comes from the barren, deserts in the north- . ern hemisphere, but the south- ern hemisphere is girdled by strange, dark green areas which might be vegetation. "Has Mars ever been inhabi- ted by intelligent beings?" an astronomer was asked recently, "Probably not," was his cautious reply. He .added: "If living 'crea- tures do exist on Mars today, we shall find out within the next quarter of a century. But for reasons' of climate, atmosphere and so on it is unlikely that such beings would bear much resemblance to ourselves," Astronomers say that the Mar- tian atmosphere is similar to that 100,000 ft, above the earth's surface. Every Village Has An Orchestra. The Balinese are a people pos- sessed by a passionate love of music and dancing, Every man, whether he it a prince br a poor rice-farmer, seems to have the ambition to perform in his vil- lage orchestra or dancing group, and those who are not talented enough to do so count it a priv- ilege to subscribe what they can' afford to help in the purchase of costumes or fine instruments. Even the poorest, smallest vil- lage owns, coMmilnally, a gable- lan. This 'is the traditional or- chestra of Ball, The majority of its instruments ate metal Ones— large hanging gongs, smaller Ones set 4:3,otizontally in racks, tiny eymbals and many different variants on the citileirArlike iti- etruirieint We had seen in the ceremony at Denpa'sar. In aerie, theft to these, there May be e rehab, the two-stringed Arab fiddle, bamboo flutes and, al- ways, two drums', Most of these instruments are extreMely expensive, Balinese Sr/tithe' are Able to forge the. bronze keys for the dtticimers, but the secret of making the deareet-ebtniding find Meet Mus- kat gongs is pesseeeed only by the craftsmen., of a small town in settthern ava and a line gong is therefore a tretetired petetteieri, worth a great deal of inetiey, The Music ritotitteed: by the e„geinelaei is bf the inost ravishing lrind, full of subtle percussive 4)71111ns, plangent ripples and crashing chords, I had expected that I . should :And it too foreign, too exotie, to give any real pleasure. 'Yet it WAS not tee The musicians played with such verve, conviction And dedica- tion, and their Music was alter- nately so ,exciting and so tender- ly contemplative, that we were enraptured by it. Twenty • or thirty people are necessary to play the full game- Ian, and' they perform With preeision and accuracy of timing which would do credit to any European .,otehcstra. None of their intricate compositions is ever written down; • the muele clone carry them only in their memories.. -Furthermore, every orchestra's repertoire is so ex- tensive that it is able to play for Many hours on end without repeating any one composition, This high professional skill is only gained by arduous practice, Each night as dusk fell the Vil- lage musicians gathered in a pa- vilion to begin rehearsals. As the tinkles and sonorous crashes of the orchestra rang around the village, we, with Mas as oue sponsor, sought out the rehearsal pavilion to sit and lieten. The leader of the gamelan is always. the drummer and it is through the beats of his drum that he is able to control . the orchestra's tempo, Uusually, however, he is an equally skillful performer on. all the other instruments and he often stopped the music and walked over to one of the dule cirefer players to demonstrate exactly how a theme should be. played,—From "Zoo Quest for a Dragon," 'by David Attenbor- ough. SHOWMANSHIP — Butler Uni- versity's basketball team, draws excellent houses in its 15,000- seat field house in Indianapolis, Ind. Besides, the long ,,legs of the players, the shapelier: legs of Carol Nutt, 18 (foreground) and her fellow members of the "Butler Color Guard" have proved a good draw. Beat Temptation By A Nose Is a crooked nose liable to turn a youth crooked? Recent re- search indicates that in certain cases this may be so. Many juvenile delinquents who have had such physical af- flictions corrected during their term in reform institutions are making good on release at "a rate of thirty-three per cent, better than youths who had not re- ceived attention, says Dr. D. A. Ogden, medical officer to Port- lend Borstal Institution a n d Verne Prison, Dr. Ogden says that parental negelet cart mean not only moral neglect bust neglect• of physical handicaps, such 'as squinting, crooked noses, limps, ugly scars, badly healed fractures and other complaints. Such disabilities usually cause embarrassment to youths win try to cover their very natural resentment with an "over-earn• pensatory aggression." Of youths who had deformities of the nose Corrected, only one in eight had been reconvicted after two years, "In one stroke a source of chronic physical discomfort, and binational einbarraatrrient h a s been removed,'; says Dr. Ogden in his report, MUSICAL A police road patrol in Cin- cinnati stopped the driver of A car which they had tailed on its treatic course for over five minutes, The .4-trivet explained that, apart froth occasional tug tit the steering wheel, he had been using both hands to detemistrate to his girl friehd how the chords of "All Sheok tIp" should be played of the guitar': CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING lie fled as much right-handed power as any .ca(oher in the his-. tory of the OM, They may have laughed the first time they s'iw his round figure in mask And protector, but he quickly •, changed their tunes with his. alertness and 1mol,v-how„ and that big bat. There was nothing funny about him when he wasbeating- your team, as he often did. It will be some time before. they will know whether or 'not Campy can return to baseball as, a player: out there eheedre. be Some place in 'the game for this eehose speedy recovery is the wish of all who know him, ray Chess Wizard Him) Can I? ITCH STOPPED 1P4 AJIFFY or mei*, back Very first use of soothing, cooling liquid D.D.D. Prescription positively relieves raw red itch—caused, by eczema, rashes, scalp irritation, chafing—other Itch troubles. Greaseless, stainless. 390 trial bottle must satisfy or money back. Don't suffer. Ask your druggist for P.O. D. PRESCRIPTION. By Anne Ashley Q. How can I treat a vase that has an uneven bottom and scratches the furniture? A. Cut a piece of felt from an old hat or house, slipper and paste it on 'the bottom of the vase. A 'thick piece of blotting paper will serve the purpose if no felt is available. Q. How can I make olive oil palatable for one who must take a wineglass of it daily? A. Many people who will not take olive oil on account of its not • being palatable have found if a pinch of salt is added to a wineglass of oil, this is Over- come. Q". How can I remove castor oil stains from washable fab- rics? A. Try dipping the goods in alcohol before laundering. Q. How can I remove old putty? A. Pass a hot soldering iron, or red-hot poker, over the putty. Do not let the iron touch the glass, or it might crack it. Or, cover the putty with soft soap and allow it to stand for several "hours; it can then be, removed with any sharp instrument. In a crowded room at the Manhattan Chess Club one night recently, a shy, 14-year-old Brooklynite named Bobby Fis- eher settled into a chair, hitched up, his brown corduroy trolls-. ers, and, tugged at his black ski sweater.e Then he reached to the chessboard facing him and moved a knight in front-.of 'he queen's bishop. Some three hours later, after each player had won a pawn, knight, and bishop, Al Turner, Fischer's •opponent, offered to call the match a draw. Fischer accepted, With the draw, the -slight, brown-haired boy clinch- ed a tie for the chess champion- ship of the U.S.* In the intensely cerebral world of American tournament chess, no competition -is so fiercely de- manding as the U.S. champion- ship, Of the' 10 million Ameri- can players, only the top four- fourteen are invited. After his draw, Fischer went over, to watch the greatest of America's chess masters: Samuel. Reshev- sky, 46, the only player who could tie him. Fischer studied Reshevsky's bbard hard, but on the side play- ed practice "blitz" games (each player - moves immediately). Finally, on the 41st move, Re- ehevsky resigned, That made. Bobby Fischer, a sophomore at Erasmus Hall High School, the unqualified chess champion of the U.S., the youngest ever. He grinned as spectators congratu- lated him. "It's pretty nice," he said. "The kid is brilliant," com- mented Arnold Denker, a former U.S. Champion, "There's no player even in Russia (which has held the world chess champion- ship since 1948) as good as Bob- by at his age." Oelm Play: During his games, Fischer occassionally bites his nails or rubs one finger against his eorehead. More often he sits calmly, his head resting on both hands. "The kid never seems to get upset," said Jim Sherwin, who lost, to Fischer during the tournament. Away from the pressures of chess, young Fischer seems un- usually shy.• Asked a question, he will nod or shrug or mumble a monosyllable, then walk away, apparently engrossed in the chess moves for next week. He enjoys skating and skiing and dislikes school ("It inter- feres with chess".). He is only an average student ("I don't do well in math"), and one teacher explains: "He never seems to be listening in class: He must al e ways be thinking about chess." After Fischer won the natiorfal championship last week, a repor- ter asked him if he now con- sidered himself the best chess player in the U.S. "Noe' said Bobby, "one tourna- ment doesn't mean that much." He paused "Maybe," he said, slowly, as though he had not really made up his mind, "maybe Reshevsky is better." — From NEWS "TELL THEM TO BE CAREFUL"—Dean Bisbee tries to comfort his son, Lynn, 16, as the youth receives emergency treatment. at Denver General. Hospital after a home-made rocket exploded and blew off part of the boy's right hand. "Just tell the other kids to be more careful when they're working with explosives," the science student as-ked. Lynn's words of caution were echoed by Mai. Gen. H. N. Toftoy, commanding general of Redstone Arsenal, who issued a stiff warning urging -amateur rocketeers to use "extreme" caution in Making homemade rockets. ALIAS BILL SYKES AND SON Alexander Reid of Melbourne, Australia, couldn't find a baby- sitter for his young son, so he' took him along on a house- hreakhig jaunt, He was' caught after robbing fifteen homes. Owning to the, robberies he Was later sentenced to eighteen months in prison--but this time he had to leave the baby be- hied. ter ternperatures to York's frigid Central keep moving but the be froieti as solid as UNUSUAL EXHiBlil—A wide variety of features and cittractiont, inch/died.' ;Metly teriutued eiliibite r will be seen at the Canadian Spartsnierk's Show which will be held In Colis6t)111, TbrOhleir lftlot March 1.4 to 11. Among highlights will be. Canada's biggef boat acid intitine Show', tin international Motor Show, travel show, three dog shows, bowling competitions arid d tlirhllirig SitIg6 and water 'revue. Here Joan Huhier, with Indian head-dress, and Meirleirine tenthelk, study fertifyints mask Of intlion Medicine W4iich Will be on display, C It takes m re thd eFteek these Chess erithesiaste eW The' Only way to keep Warm is to' -id yer hi the fore round` at left ieerele to the Marie fable at whkt's he's playing;