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CROP HATS - All tipped with fancy eporty hats," these stacks
of wheat In a field near Kehl, West Germany, are in the drying-
out period. Rainy weather locally forced the farmers to the
novel method,
Anti.tipoting,
The Weather
From Ancient times, men
have had sufficient knowledge
et the winds to take .advantage
of seasonal changes. r9r, icgr4tu,
ties, merchant .ships Changed
courses With the 'Aetts03,14 x9, the..
winds changed. The: Aornans.
e4rried on, a large sea trade with
India,taking advantage of
strong seasonal winds. known.,. al
TriOnS99,nS... Although. Mena were
familiar .with 1110, ebknOee in
prevailing winds, it is horct to •
believe that they sailed the seas •
'tedin 'es early as the. thirtieth
century B,q, down to the eigh-
teenth century A,D, .before they
discovered that storms move
from place to place,:
Benjamin Franklin, suspected
that. some of the storms of the
eastern United • 'States move
from southwest to northeast, but
the fact was not clearly demon-
etrated. until early in the nine-
teenth century, Before that time
there was no saisfactory means
of telling what the weather
might be tomorrow. Since early,
times, of seamen have
watched the changes in. the• sea
skyand
.
Entirely aside from trade sig-
nificance, weather was about as
likely to win a sea battle as the
admirals. Traflgar, Cape St. Vins
ent, the Battle of the Nile, and.
countless other instances can be
cited, illustrating the part play-
ed in naval strategy and tactics
by the "accident" of weather.
Only nowadays we do not call it
an accident. We .know that
weather is the logical conse-
quence of natural causes, and
the weatherman's job is to pre-
dict that consequence as accu-
rately and as long ahead of time
as possible. - From "Weather
Around the World," by IVan Ray
Tannehill.
Grandma Liked
The Subway
My Aret visit te New "fork
was under Grandma's capable,
energetic auspices, Thanks large-
1.41 her, it remains my most
setemOrable exposure to the
charms of the metropolis, a Own
with which I have long been on
intimate terms,
Our intensive inspectioa of
GOthaM-eihe nickname favored
by the local papereewas Made at
the invitation Of my aunt and
uncle during A summer vacation,
Their letter suggesting the so-
jonrst had been delightfully in-
definite: "Stay as /On as yOU,
an," l asked Grandma hOw long
that meant,
"Oh," she replied casually,
°maybe a week, maybe two or
three, Depends on how we 13te
it down there, You may get'
bomeeick," she chuckled.
Well, I couldn't imagine so tin-
-usual a situation, and decided
to base my preparations on the
assumption that we might stay
a Very long time-all our lives,
peeleaps. I started a list of things
to lake, giving high priority to
th - items incMpensable to a
boy's standard of living. When I
sheaved Grandma the inventory
she read it carefully and smiled.
"Ball and glove," she said
thoughtfully.-"Now I'm not sure
you'll need 'em, Boys in New
York don't have much room to
play ball, 'I guees,"
That was strange, But even
stranger was Grandma's sugges-
tion that marbles might not be
useful equipment, either, After
all, they had sidewalks in New
York, didn't they? Yes, but
probably there wasn't any room
on them.
She also firmly ruled out fish-
ing tackle, assuring me we'd be
miles from water and that the
only fish I'd see would be in the
Aquarium. When she explained
what that was, I decided it
sounded even more interesting
than my favorite piscatorial
'haunt, Quinn Creek, although
perhaps I could not exercise,my
angling skill in so choice a loca-
tion.
We travelled to New York by
train, It was my first important
excursion into the world beyond
our Mohawk Valley, and the ex-
citing hours it took were the
longest I had ever experienced.
Despite the new scenes that filed
past the car 'Window - Albany,
the Hudson, and the Catskills, a
couple of great bridges, the High-
lands, the Palisades, West Point
-I impatiently awaited my first
glimpse of the City. Of course
we eased into it, and I remember
being disappointed when I asked
Grandma how soon we'd be there
and was told we were there.
New York, I deeided, differed
little from Plougkeepsie or other
communities en route; there was
just more of it.
My aunt and uncle lived in
the East Brant," a .rather vague
location, half rural, half metro-
politan, with residual trees, a
miscellany of business buildings
and scatteredf ,apaetment houses
with the bloom of masonry still
on their walls, writes John Le
Cooley in the Christian Science
Monitor.
Our relatives' residence was a
five-story mass of brick and
glass; quite the largest house
had ever entered, and the most
glamorous, too. The hall-I was
told to call it a lobby-had mar-
ble pillars, a mosaic floor like
that in the chancel of St. Mar-
garet's Episcopal Church at home;
and marble stairs. As you went
in you faced a huge mirror; in
front of it a table supported two
stiff, undernourished palms that
'stared at themselves inthe
glass; what they saw was not
particularly complimentary to
their genus, I am sure. I could
only compare this robin to the
picture a r e palace in my edition
of Arabian Nights,
It will be impossible, of course,
to recount the adventures Grand-
ma and I had during our month
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in New York; many pt. the Inoue
Ories are now blended with glebe
sequent impressions. But let me
Assure you that I recall visiting,
with my aunt as guide and
grandma an eager companion,
such major Attractions ae the
BMWs. Park iron, the Great White
Way, the "wax works," Brook -
bra Bridge, the Flatiron Build-
ing, and these centres of ;ner-
eantile grandeur, Fourteenth
street and Twenty-third Street,
Yes, We saw the Aquarium .and
the Statue of Liberty, too, If We
Skipped places of more artistic
interest, the fault was Mine. AS
A matter of record, l was offered
a glimpse of New Yorlee old mese
ters, but traded the chance for
a bdrius call on the fish,
But the subway, I think, con-
tributed our biggest thrill, In
those days New York's Under-
ground railroad was puny and
simple compared to the intri-
cate, mighty network whose
threads now tie the city together.
However, it functioned efficient-
ly, whisking us uptown and down
with unerring accuracy,
Buying our five-cent tickets
from the man in the coop below
the sidewalk and dropping theni
into the chopper at the gate to
the track platform, we waited
expectantly for the train to
roar in. The stations were fresh
and new in those days, wearing
their mosaic names proudly
Aboard, we usually got seats,
for people were kind to a grand-
son and his grandmother. How-
ever, my escort's pride often
stiffened when a well-intentioned
passenger offed a resting place
in a crowded car. Several gen-
erous souls must have been more
than- surprised when Grandma
said rather coldly, "No thanks.
I'm quite able to stand." And
stand she did,
On a very hot day we'd ride
in the vestibule of the first car
to get the breeze and to watch
the lights and shining rails rush
at us. Occasionally we got a
glimpse of the motorman who,
from a stool in the steel com-
partment beside us, rationed to
the motors the electricity carried
in the dingy but fascinating third
rail.
So proficient did we becciPe
at finding our way around the
city that soon it, was unnecessary
for my aunt to accompany us.
This independence, characteristic
of my grandparent, have us a
chance to browse arid to revisit
places of particular interest,
Thus, in addition to the Aquar-
ium, I paid numerous calls at
Bronx Park and became ac-
quainted with, ',several keepers.
Indeed, I once had the honor of
feeding the raccoons and the
coatimundis in my favorite build-
ing, the small mammal house.
Grandma's fondness for sub-
terranean travel gave the rest
of us a scare. She had gone down
town alone that afternoon, ex-
plaining she had some presents
to buy and didn't need company.
Suppertime came, but Grandma
did not. My uncle arrived from
the office; she was still missing.
'We had decided to put the police,
on her trail when the front-door
buzzer whirred,:.: There she stood,
clutching' her bundles, hair awry,
.face animated..
"Where in the world have you
been?" exclaimed my aunt,
"Now, now," soothed Grand-
ma, "give me time and a bite to
eat and maybe I'll tell you."
When those conditions had
been met, the story unfolded,
Grandma, her errands done, had
boarded the train for home,
founclea ,geat and thoroughly en-
joyed the ride uptown, part, of
which was above ground on ele-
vated .tracks. When she reached
her station things were going so
well, she decided 'to stag aboard.
At the end of the line she crossed
the platforen, took a downtown
train, and had the homeward
trip all over again, She hadn't
realized it wuold take so Jong,
"You know," Grandma added
'with a twinkle, "a person could
ride that subway all day for one
five-cent piece."
PASTEURIZED SAFETY - Emp y
milk cartons can make excellent
safety flares by stuffing pint
and quart sizes•'inside•a half
gallon container and lighting
From the top. They will burn
.for. about 30 eninutee,-
Still The Champ!
During his fourteen years as
a professional hexer, RaY :(Jit-
terbug) Smith, a lanky -New Or-
leans lightweight,,has .fought 32
bouts, won, only three, and earn-
ed newspaper- billing as' "The
WOrld's Worst Flihter." To re-
tain 'that 'title, he Went td ex-
trernea last month, •
Smith was matched an -a four-
round New Orleans, preliminary
agains-t Ralph Espinia, a local
bartender-making-hTs pro debut,
After- swarming all • over" his
novice opponent from -the. out-
set, ,Smith knockedhim down in
the third round,, As the -referee,
Pete Glarietiso, began counting.
Smith sat dawn'. on the ring
floor, rested hirbael: agairik the*
gropes,. and , decided to --take a
breather. 'Giaerusso tolled ten
over Espirtia, then teraed and
spOtted Smith'
"Yetare out, too," Giarruesb
said, "It.',s a double knockout,"
Smith bounced to his feet,
glared at •Giarrusse, <end
mended: 'What did you do that
''fork"
"The rules of the Lonisiana
boxing commission are explicitat
said Giarrusso, stiffly. "When
any part of .the fighter's body
except his feet is- day the datives;
he shall be counted over. until
ten is reached. In this case, one
fighter Was strenched but told,
t The other *AS "on his 'fanny,"
Joe .1>IMaggirc was discussing
the$6. seventy-five the:teen&
dollar Salaries ' it few
baseball titans. He explained
thee illiteer ig peal* ac'tivity is
limited to years,, that he'it
ebnatietia:, of ,thig.dOnStatit, fight
agaifiat the inidaila Ot age;
that he must Make•the, Most Of
bfklitnited time et the ,i,t*
1t 1 to iina tO Jotr*ithatti
rw e. Pauli',ottutai.
wife .Of ,tha farhotil'•atith.64, ''•
"NOW," irifl •Oftti• you:
sonic idea of hOw It hale to be' a *Oman:"
To safeguard her enviable re-
putation, Canada is allowing only
top quality apples to be exported
to the United Kingdom.
This restriction comes in ad-
vance of an international scram-
ble for this year's limited United
Kingdom quota. Countries on
both sideeaof the Atlantic will be
competing for a share of the
business.
* 1 e
Fruit and Vegetable. Division,
Canada Department of Agricul-
ture, will approve export of only
"Canada Extra' Fancy" and "Can-
ada Fancy" grades of all vari-
eties except Golden Russet and
•Yellow Newton, 'which may still
.be shipped at the minimum
"Canada 'C' " grade.
This is the second consecutive
year the reetrictiore has been put
into 'effect.
The United' Kingdom has an-
nounced an import quota of "
3,750,000 bushels of apples from
the, Northern Hemisphere-leav-
ing the door open to Canada,
United 'States, Italy and-'other
European countries.
Last year the U.K. set a separ-
ate -monetary quota for North
America, It totalled $3,500,000.
Canada shipped 700,000 bushels,
worth .$2)00,000.
* • •
A strong overseas export mar-
ket eair Canadian apples dwin-
dled during World War .II and
petered out altogether ,for some
years, It was reyived iri 1949,
but it was only four years ago
that 'volume sales resumed,
This year's national crop is
expected to total 'close to 15,-
500,000 bushels. United States,
too, is looking for a bumper her-
vest' and the European crop, a,
failure last year, also' appears
headed-,for' a successful' seasom-
e "
Changes 'in seed certification
procedures have been, announced
by the' Canada Department of
Agriculture. .
Beginning with this _year's
" crop; department inspectors will•
no longer seed corn andpersOri-
allly affix a' tag and seal 'to each
container, • „
Instead, the processor will be
issued" certification tags and will
be i esponsible • for., grading 'and •
aflixinq the' tags to eontainees
--sof seed,
Reason: adant Procascts
eeion was.Uhable to copeawith the,
increasing demand for seed!, eer-
tificntion without add start itiOnal sta
and faeitities,
e
The change ,was agreed to by'
the Canadian Seed Growers' As, •
seClation: and .the Ontario! seta ,
.Corri ,balers' AssPciation,
affects certification of all hYbOd
and open pollinated seed corn
from inspected dtbp'S,
*
Plant PtOtilibtS Division will
' continue to inspect ads
atitrthe Canadian Seed Growers'
eAeeeelatieri, crop' eer ,
tiheates when inspected ..crops
coterie up to etipillated sViidards.
The ProdesSok • must svtrai:
affidavit that Official - .tage ,
eited correctly and that
be responsible for 'labelling
abrkeet tide Oil . the: 'on
titiothat tag, The. only /We'
flattest are either 'Certified
Ott -Cartitled • No. • M
strniihisfiiikt 96 oft 80 4410' 44h4•teatiail4
1. 'it/attired;
4 4 4
*simple, H itto ii*4a *tit
will be taken so that the Plant
Products Division may.• be able
to determine correctness of grade
in respect to purity and germina-
tion. To check any misuse of
official tags, a system of growing
tests will verify purity and vari-
ety. * a e
Seed found 'to be incorrectly
labelled •will be, subject to de-
tention and any processor found
guilty of deliberately misusing
official certification tags may be
denied further service,
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Officials are confident the new
procedure will adequately safe-
'guard the interests of all con-
cerned; and Canadian certified
seed.corn in.the future will carp?
the same guarantee 'of high
quality and variety identification
as in the past.
If this hew system is found to
be 'satisfactory and .practical, it
may be extended to other crops.
The 1958 canadian honey crop
is expected to fall considerably
short of last year's 32,05'1,000-
pound ,total, according to a Can-
ada Department 'Of • Agriculture.
forecast. "e
Seven out of nine provinces
repoft a smaller crop. Prince
'Edward Island and New Bruns
wick, two of the smaller honey-
producing provinces, are alone
in predicting good returns,
Golden Wedding
Wives of ,great'men 'oft convince
They did .make their lives
sublime
'
•
'Helped .their husbands leave
behind. them
Footprints on the' sands of
time. -
The' young . man in the top•hat
and cutawayescoat looks,'very
:Much. like any young Londoner •
on, his wedding:day a half ,een-
diary ago. The' young • woman,
dressed- volueninously, looks like ,
any- young 'woman. of 'her ;clue
after. a ,St, Margaret!s wedding.
All their. lives_ the man and the
woman will .find, themselves .be-,,
frig Photographed', often separ
etely. But ' many yeark later
yeerybedy will thin.}.t.4 thorn, as
always the. same Picture..
They axe the churchills, who
Make e • Maka characteristic a picture'
sitting by their fireside together
As either makes when perform-
ing some act of statecraft or
public service.
Feop4 who know only of the
energy of .Sir Winston---4 Man.
• who when ..carrying the burdens
of the British Prime Minister,.
ship, writing an .enortnous.
tory of the English-speaking.
peoplee, and painting at a rate
that would provide full-time.
cteettPetien for most men, was
also reported . as "feeling frus-
trated" because he was not real,
ly using all his capacity-a-will
.also be glad to know that he
was conscious of 'being happy,
.especially in, his family relation
ships. His references to this.
heppinees are an unusual tri-
bute to the woman who as
Clementine H. o z i e r accepted
what often must have seemed AS
much a challenge as a proposal.
Looking back on their finest
hours, and trying to measure
the Churchill contribution to
world freedom, may it not be
said 'that never before in his-
tory did so many depend in
such measure on whatever '
.
bal-
ance, serenity, and sympathy a
wife might add to a husband's
resources in, times of crisis and
opportunity? At this moment it
is the housewifely stateswoman-
ship of Sir Winston's, lady that
the world thinks of, sure that
Sir Winston shares a certain
generalafeeling of awe for the
„gentle subtleties that could
match {perhaps 'outmatch?) his
steelier talent for grand mane-
uver.-From The Christian Sci-
ence Monitor,
The librarian was surprised
when a small lad chose "Advice
to Young Mothers" as the book
he wished to take out on his
card. On questioning him he ex-
plained: "You see, I'm collect-
ing moths."
ISSUE 41 1958
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LESSON
Oy Rev. lt, it,. 'Warren, ft,A,,
The Messiah Fulfillment. of
dope; Luke .g;g5,35
Edward Tuck wote:
"Ago N a goat)! Of the mind:
If you have left your dreams
behind,
If hope is cold, if you no longer
look ahead,
If your ambitions' fires are dead,.
then -
You are old,
But if from life you take the
best,
And if in life you keep the jest,
If love you hold no matter how
the years go by, '
No matter how the birthdays fly,'
You are not old,
Simeon may have been old in
number of years but he had• a
great hope, It had been reveal-
ed- to hien by the Holy Spirit.
that he should not see death, be-
fore he had seen the Lord's
Christ. When he saw Mary and
Joseph presenting the baby Jes-
us in the temple he knew that'
this child, just 40 days old, was,
the 'fulfillment of his hope. He
took him up in his arms, and
blessed God, and said, "Lord,
now lettest thou thy servant de-
part ,in peace, according to thy
word," He continued in the
words of our Memory Selection,
"Mine eyes have seen thy sal-
vation, which thou hest pre-
pared before the face of all peo-
ple; a light to lighten the Gen-
tiles, and the glory of thy, peo-
ple Israel." Luke 2:30-32.
The spirit of prophecy was
on Simeon. He saw that there
would be Opposition to Jesus.
He would be for a sign that
would be spoken against, There
would be anguish of heart for
Mary, also, A sword would
pierce through her Out, This
was especially fulfilled when she
saw her Son hanging upon tlie.
cross.
The happist old people I know
are those who for years have been
true disciples' of Jesus Christ.
They realize that their strength
is failing but the kingdom of
God which they love and for
whose advancement they have,
laboured, will endure, They
have a hope, not only for a.
heritage of their ,own in. heaven,.
hut a hope in the great and ulti-
mate' triumph of the kingdom,
of our Redeemer, Jesus Christ.
"To the only wise God our Savi-
our, he glory and majesty, dom-
inion and power, both now and
ever. AMen."
original.
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couturierzi:gets:a,taste 'of Texas tradition during his first visit
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