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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1959-02-26, Page 2s Your Child Sate:On A $011.001.01s1 KIDS' DAY School bus Operator Harold .1, Taylor, of Ira, Vt., places new, and quite appropriate, license ,plates on his bus. He is assisted by daughters Karen, left, and Pamela. Taylor requested and received the special plates from the state's motor vehicle department. Week's Sew-Thrifty PRINTED PATTERN 4828 SIZES 2-10 -44.5 itECOCNitt tt•it —jf yOU don't know at' i,1411t,: it's bettnaiesasainfiii used to teettid fief' ds id .littifiette., Sophia. .her dark, sultry Hallam leaks lefti wears her blonde' iRendp With ft -Wetleth, • . RONICLES (4 ,10,2 91 FARM Well now, we bad a real good start for the week , on Sun- day morning Partner upset half a Pail of water all over the kitchen floor! And you know what a flood a little bit of water makes on a waxed tiled floor. It took the two of us about fifteen minutes to mop it up, I didn't mind helping to clean up the mess but I was glad I didn't make itl As it was Partner had plenty to say—"These modern houses—in the old farm kitchen you could spill a pail of water and hardly notice it," The floor there was hardwood, but not Polished, so it was used to the soap and water treatment, We are still, skidding around on ice outside — except when we're paddling, Freeze and thaw, mild and bitter. And so it goes. The weather I mean — not the beverage. We make a bee-line for stores and bank every time we get a decent day, otherwise we are quite content to stay at home. Friday night Dee and family came in after shopping and brought me a few supplies, including, rock salt which we had been trying to get for a week. Such a demand for it the stores had run out of supplies. It was our first experience with rock salt and Partner doesn't think it does as good a job as the ordinary bulk salt we used to get for the cattle. Next time we are near a feed store we shall bring home a 75 pound bag. Then I suppose we won't have any More ice, Salt will keep any- way and it's good for putting out a fire but heaven forbid that we should need it for that purpose. We have had a great time since Christmas catching up on little jobs that had been laid over until the new year. Partner made a binder-twine mat for Bob and a big wooden box, on casters, for Dee to keep the boys' small toys in. It has three partitions, one for David, Eddie and Jerry respectively and deep enough to make it difficult for Jerry to reach things by himself and thus scatter toys all over the floor. However, I wouldn't be surprised to hear he had over-balnaced and was found standing on his head in the box. That little fel- low can get into more mischief than the otheer two put together. And of course he has the most innocent expression. I have been going through a lot of stuff stacked away in the basement — magazines, papers, notebooks and scrapbooks. One day we had a visitor here who does quite a bit of free-lance writing and she wanted to know if I had any information on a Favorite Handcraft retwie, Wittifet Use these gay Swedish designs tot quick bazaar items . towels, potholders, bags, mats. So siiiiple, eaten a child can help with 'this handcraft. Pat= tern 566: charts, diteetione for Weaving 4 different designs on husk: Detorate 'Many varied ar- ticle; Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps' cannot be accented; use postal note for safety) for this pattern to LAURA WHEELER, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Print plainly the PATTERN NUMBER, and your NAME and ADDRESS:, . Send for a copy of 1959 Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book. It hal lovely designs to order: einbrold-i ery. crochet, knitting, weaving, quilting; toys. In the bank, a sura prise to inake a little girl happy cut:but doll, clothes to Calks. Send 25 cents for this book. certain subject, I thought I h`ad so off I went to the basement and Wrought up two big cartons of brown envelopes, marked as to contents, When she saw the boxes she laughed. 4You too," she exclaimed. "How my hus- band does go on about all the paper clippings and articles that I collect," I knew exactly what she meant as the same situation exists in our family, Partner is almost afraid to use a news- paper to light, the fire unless he asks me about it first. Or maybe he forgets and I almost yell at him — "Don't burn that — it has an article in it on bird- houses . or on training dogs or time saving recipes" — or whatever I happened to be inter- ested in at the moment.. But I must admit the clippings do have a way of accumulating so it becomes absolutely neces- sary to go through them occa- sionally. It is a job that can run into days .— or even weeks — depending upon how absorbed one gets. And there is knitting — TV pick-up work I call it. Outgrown sweaters and socks are ripped out and re-knitted into mitts and small blankets, using two strands of contrasting wool for addi- tional strength. Wool from baby sweaters starts life again as baby socks, only one strand of wool being used, Incidentally, play mitts from used wool are far more satisfactory'than any made from new wool. The used yarn, already washed and shrunken, does not mat when washed. • My non-knitting neighbours have caught on to•whanI am do- ing and bring me their old hand- knitted garments instead of throwing them into the garbage. And they feel well repaid when, in time, I present them with mitts for the children. Quilt tops is something else I have on the go. How do I get the time to do it all? Well, for one thing I am a fast worker — and I also have a dishwasher. No, no — not one of those elec- trical things. This one is human and goes by the name of Part- ner. So you see my husband is really a partner in the true sense of the word and lives up to the name I gave him years ago. There are times, when I would rather do the dishes myself but I let it ride — except when I've been baking. Then I do get them done myself — it saves a lot of explaining. I know I would hear — "What did you make all these dishes dirty for — can't you do a bit of baking without all this mess?" So — washing the dishes myself is the easiest in the long run. Your Mannerisms Can Be Important Science is watching our man- nerisms. Experts who have just concluded an extensive probe into the gestures of hundreds of men and women declare that they reveal a person's character and feelings more effectively than anything else. "Keep an eye on your manner- isms and gestures and you'll learn to know yourself and other people much better," they advise. Scientific• study of gestures shows that they fall naturally into two classes. "Any downward movement of the head, hands, arms or eye- lids expresses dislike or con- tempt," states one scientist who checked up on 500 men and 500 women in different walks of life, "Any upward movement us- ually expresses admiration or pleasure." He says there are a few ex- ceptions to this, but they only serve to prove the rule. For in- stance, there's a way of raising the eyebrows which expresses a sneer, •but then a sneer is, really a compliment which is meant to be understood as an insult, the scientist adds. A sneer, too, is deliberate whereas the gestures which real- ly tell tales are always made without deliberation. One of the experts tells of a pretty girl who, although still in her early twenties, has deep little furrows running down one side of her fade because of her nervous mannerism of constant- ly Screwing up her Mouth, "Another attractive girl I know would be much more at- tactive if she shortened her laugh," he suggests. "She opens her month far too widely and this mars her looks. It's a mis- take, too, "for a girl to try to smile toritinubusly:and :talk iat ' the same time. Smiles are not always lovely. Constant sinning is practited by sorne'filni -and TV stars in the United Stare; often take§ away thatacter from ., a girl's face." One girl who was interviewed during the investigation confess- ed that her harsh, uncontrolled laugh lost her a husband. She had becoine engaged but One evening her fiance told her frankly that he found her laugh intolerableand broke the eti- gagenent, "We believe that many "a girl has missed a chance of Marriage because of her Sytithetie and Obvithisly inSiticere smile,"' re. obrt the scientists: Cancer Vaccine ? Several hundred U.$, Ova- who skeptically greet any mention of quick-relief serums, for treating- cancer listened re-- gently' as Dr. Gordon Murray of Toronto described "some Astoria isning effects" in last-stage can- cer victims injected with his own brand of horse serum. So far, Dr, Murray admitted at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Otthopes: die Surgeon; in Chicago, there. have been no cures with the serum, derived from blood cul- tures of horses injected With. human cancers., But at' least ten terminal breast-cancer patients and others with stomach and. colon cancers are alive from two to three yeats after getting their first injectiona. All the patients previously, had been treated,. without success, with, the sten, dard therapies — surgery, radiaa tion, and drugs. From daily in-, jectiona of Dr. Murray's serum the majority gpt pain relief; some even were able to go back to work: Dr. Murray's work is based on the theory, now accepted by many cancer experts, that the human body possesses a natural resistance to cancer. In his ex-, periments, he hopes to determine whether his horse serum is cap- able of strengthening the cancer victim's built-in immunity to the disease. If' so, the serum might take its place. as an immunizing. cancer vaccine—dhe goal .of'every cancer researcher. SECRET'S, OUT —The first case Raymond Burr, as Perry Mason, solved on TV involved a captr- 'voting "Restless Redhead". • A recent one involved an equally captivating "Black-eyed Blande" Both roles were played by cap- tivating Whitney Blake, above, a corner in such demand. by TV' directors and producers, that she seldom has a day off .for'' herself. During this school year, an estimated 400,000 Canadian ele- mentary and secondary school pupils will be driven an estirriat- • , ed 70 million miles to and from their classrooms. Their safety will mainly de- ' pend on three things: the skill and ,judgment of the school bus driver; the mechanical condition of 'his' vehicle; and the conduct of the children themselves get- ting on and ,off the 'bus and dur- ing the actual travel. Yet it's a shocking fact that, in the' words of Fred Ellis, general manager, Ontario Safety League, "Many . communities are apathetic to these elementary safety factors." FOrturiately, to date there have been very, few school - bus tra- gedies in Canada. But as high- way travel . conditiOns become more hazardous our luck may not hold out. The number of accidents in recent years involv- ing school vehicles should serve as a -stern warning. During the 'last six months of 1956 in On-' aario, for example, there were Si accidents. British ,Columbia had 27 accidents in 1957 — or an average of nearly three per month over the 10-month school year. No statistics are available for all 'Canada. The irony of the situation is that ' safety experts know what precautions must be taken to prevent large' vehicles from be- coming involved in accidents. The trucking industry follows their advice eagerly with ,the re- sult' that commercial truck driv- ers' have an impressive safety record, On the other hand, many school administrators fail to fol- low the truckers' example. One can only conclude' that many communities attach more im- portance to delivering .a carload of :furniture or a tankful of milk than they do to •transporting their children safely. ' Some recent accidents empha- size this'point. Near Orono, Ont., a bus carrying 14 high' school students stalled while ,going up e hill and -started rolling backs wards. The brakes—failed and the bus rolled over an embank: ment. Four of the children were injured. There would likely have been many more injuries had the vehicle gone "over a much „deeper' drop nearby: There's good change that the inefficient engine and• the. defeative brakes might have been detected before the accident, had the bus been undergoing routine • mechanical checks. The achbol. bus inspec- tion system in Ontario has been iMproved Since then, but in some provinces 'many sehool btiseS still go several years without a thorough mechanical check. In the Mundane district in Alberta a seVeri-yearsold girl alighted from a school bus and walked in front of it to cross to the other side of the highway. As she was doing so, she stooped over to pick Lip a book she had dropped. At • that , instant the driver — who couldn't see tier — pulled ahead arid crushed' her to death. Safety officials have :long advocated the necessity of sesdbrtjng, children On and off buses and helping them across the road, On a aChabi bus hear Linden, Out:, s student ,paaaerigers were Sheeting herd „paner tenets at One another 'With tubber bands. One Of the pellets hit a 16-year- old girl in the eye. She may neririanently lose the sight of the. eYe, The difficulty of Controlling Yonfig children at all times is known to 'every Patotat,*tutiiii a moving Vehicle such Conttel it essential, Every authoritative article or booklet dealing with Safes school transPOrtatiati ems titieSiaeS this point. One section Of the 66-page Safety' Handbook published' by the Artieritan Auto mobile AssoCiation shoWS hew youth of 18 can get the job. A. candidate's temperament and his attitude toward children are also important considerations. In the opinion Of W. Arch. Bryce, aecres Wry of the Canadian Highway Safety Conference, "Dangerous hooliganism on many buses is the direct result of a careless hiring attitude by boards of edu- cation. 'When a wrong choice is made, there's trouble ahead." In practically every part of Canada, school bus drivers lack adequate training in the Opera- tion of a heavy vehicle, A typi- cal new driver holds only a chauffeur's license and has ex- perience only with passenger cars. But is this qualification enough? Most trucking com- panies think not, They require all their new drivers — even if they've held a chauffeur's license for 20 years — to take a long, intensive course in handling heavy vehicles before taking regular runs, on the highway. For the same reason, Wallace N. Hyde, director of motor vehicles, North Carolina, says, "The per- son with a good record driving an ordinary car will not necess sarily make a safe and efficient school bus driver." For one thing, there's quite a difference between carrying two or three young passengers in a family car and carrying several dozen lively — if not rowdy — youngsters who are temporarily free of any parental or teacher discipline. There is also a whale of a physi- cal difference between a 55-pas- senger conveyance and the or- dinary family car. For example, at 25 mph a passenger car will stop in 25 feet; a bus needs 40 feet. You need more space to take a turn with a bus and you have to take it more slowly A driver needs many hours behind the wheel of a big vehicle to get the hang of the transmission. Re- cently one Canadian bus dealer received a complaint from a driver that the clutch was. al- ways wearing out. The dealer went for a ride with the driver and was amazed to find that he was thoroughly unfamiliar with the transmission. He knew little or nothing about how to use the six-spe-d gear shift which was intended to give greater control going up or down hills and in slirseery weather. The indifference of many school boards often adds up to the inefficiency of the bus driv- ers. A Saskatchewan safety of- ficial told me, "Many school bus 'drivers feel that nobody is in• terested in what they're doing, so they becorrie careless." Fred Ellis of the Ontario Safety League adds, "There's no incent- ive for the good school bus driver." In contrast, in many parts of the country commercial truck drivers with good records are given cash bonuses, feted at banquets and sent away on courses to improve their status. What can be done to ensure that our children are not entrust- ed to unqualified drivers? First and foremost, we should be much stricter in' the qualifications re- ouired for school bus drivers. The state, of Pennsylvania has laid down a list of criteria .now widely approved by aafety au- thorities in Canada and the Unit- ed States. It says that the driver should'be et least 21 years of age and in - excellent health, Each yeat, he' should be tested Tor* 'vision, hearing, ,muscnIar •steadi-, ness and strength, fast 'reaction 'time and freedom .from physical conditions which might make Whim faint, such as heart disease, -high blood pressure and epilepsy. PsYchological tests should estab- lish that he's a stable; self-disci- plined and . patient person. A number of highly regarded local citizens who know him should attest to the fact that: he's• a per- son of good habit; (Continued Next Week) Modern EtiqUette, by ilpherta. tme Q. What expenditures dues the best man have for the 'wedding? A, Only the expenses of a gift to the bridal couple and the clothes he wears for the wed, ding. His principal duties are to stay with the groom most of the day and see that be gets to• church on time, He also takes care of the bride's ring and the clergyman's fee, which the, groom gives to him in an envelope and which he gives to the clergyman immediately following the cere- mony. Q. When a hostess is serving cocktails and knows that one or two of her guests do not care for them, what should she do? A, She should be prepared in advance for any such eventuali- ties, and serve these guests some soft drinks, Q. 'When. two men and two girla are eating together in a public place, at a small table, how should they be seated? A, The girls should be seated opposite each other. Q.How may a woman know whether or not to offer her hand to a man when being introduced? A. There is no rule for this. It is altogether optional with the `woman. She can remember, how- ever, that the proffered hand is her way of showing sincere and genuine pleasure over the meet- ing. See the diagram — even a be- ginner can stitch up this prettjr jumper in a day!' Curved neck reveals biouse beneath, back has inverted, pleat„ half-belt. Printed Pattern 4828': Chil- dren's Sizes Z. 4, 6 Sa 1'0 Size 6 jumper takes 1% yards p-irtchs blouse takes 1 yard. , Printed directions on each' pat- tern pail: Easiez,. accurate. Send' FORTY CENTS (staring& cannot be accepted; use pasta/ note for safety) for this pattern. Please print plainly SIZE,. NAME and ADDRESS, STYLE •NE111- BER. Send order to ANNE' ADAMS,, Box /, in Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. ISSUE s — order and discipline can be main- , tained by school bus patrols. In Saskatchewan, a school bus driver was fired after a formal road test showed that he 'was incapable of handling the job His :was not a rare case. Con- trary to the advice of safety ex- perts, a Man can become a school bus driver in any, one of several provinces without a stiff medical examination and without know- ing much about driving a bus. In investigating the safety of our school transportation in Can- ada, I questioned police, safety experts, and provincial education and highway officials. I posed these questions: Are ',we doing all we can do to protect our children? Are we ignoring ha- zards :that could be removed? What are the greatest danger points in our present school transportation systems? Their answers give cause for both optimism and pessimism. The cheerful news is 'that 'many sohool authorities are 'fully aware of the school bus safety 'problem and are meeting it with vigor and imagination, generous- ly back by dollars; others are becoming aware of the hazards and are organizing to meet them. On the gloomy side, I found that in many parts of Canada the full nature of the problem is not yet realized' and that very little is being done. In some localities, considerations other than Safety —such as local politiCs or the de- sire to save a few dollars — are being given priority. The most important figure in safe school transportation is the man 'who drives the bus. The National' Safety Council- likens him "to a ship's captain or an airline pilot because precibus human lives depend. on his ex- perience, skill and judgment" 'Yet the sad fact is that too often the employment 'of 'the school bus driver is Made. on a casual' .basis. It's often a 'part- time job taken on by a person 'who works in a garage, in •a store, On a farms or on shiftsvvork. The health of the driver is' an important factor, yet only ,a few provinces, such as Alberta and Nova :Scotia, insist ,'on annual medical -certificates, mature age is also importent, that's why the National Safety Council sets 21-as the :minimum, age "fora Fns driver — advice that's followed by at least 13 American states. In most Canadian provinces, a Legal Or Not It Still. Corrupts The, exodus of gamblers from Cuba, according to Havana dis- patches, has been almost as hur- ried as the exodus of political and military leaders of the fallen Batista regime, Whether the gambling group will remove frotn the island as much money as the politicians are reputed to have • deposited abroad is problematical. That they had trerrietclous "takes" while their games ran with Betista's blessing, and be- came a chink in his armor, hard- ly can be doubted, Each of the many casinos li- censed by the Batista governs merit -paid an initial lee of '$25,000. in addition, many of the s- *richer - gain bl ers are retailed to 9 hive paid amidel latibea"eXCeed- - big $100,000.... a In plaCes where oOrninercial- 'Ind gambling' is but nevertheless is ,conducted with With little or no official inter- ferende, it is legidal to assume that gambler are willing' to pay for the privilege. it they" , paid heavily In Cuba to "take" the suelters, there's' no reason to be- lieVe they wouldn't nays ieavily to "take' suckers in other place; s Hefei honing that the fleeing Cuban, garribleit, 'Many of whom ferifierlY operated in the United State§ will stay out of this state. Times-Picayune (NOW Cana),