The Brussels Post, 1961-08-24, Page 2..sPessesiessess
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SMOOTH COASTING World pursuit bicycle racing champion
Rudi Allis and his bride, Christa, receive art appropriate send-
off from. Rudi's colleagues after their Cologne wedding.
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Gweadolinz P. Clarke
Another week gone by and still
the heat and humidity continue.
Our air-conditioner is working
fine but you know, it's one of
those things .,. "you can't take
it with you". That is to say there
are always jobs to do that are
out of reach of air-conditioners.
Partner has to spend the most of
two days every week cutting
grass and I must keep pace with
the garden: picking e pees and
beans and pulling weeds. Mostly
I sit outside preparing vegetables
for the table. So far we have
been able to keep fouseneighbours`
supplied 'with string beans and
one neighbour has kept• us sup-
plied with raspberries. Exchange
is no robbery.
Last week we had plenty to
think about other than the heat.
There was President Kennedy's
stern warning of dangers involv-
ing the Berlih'Crisis and the Brit-
ish government's austerity pro-
gramme. Looked at casually, one
might think neither, would af-
fect Canadians too, =kph., But.
that is a„mistake. Repercussions
are bound to be felt over here
before too long. ern fact"we are
wondering bbidut A. few things
right now, Our next door neigh-
bour, a young married man with
two small children, is an Ameri-
can citizen. His category in the -
reserve 'Class 4.A,, which
means he can berecalled for ser-
vice any time ,up to November 1.
, and even after , that if
there should be a scrims? blow-
up.
My nephew Klemi has other
worries. He has gone to England
for a year to study: music, He
saved what he thought. would
be eribugh money , to see him
through - that is for...tuition and
living expenses. ,But that was be-
,fore this austerity programme
came into force. NOW we are
wondering , „ Will he heart to cut
short his studies thid return to
Canada — where his position is
being held open for him — or will
he be able to supplement his in-
come by teaching anthie hi Eng-
land? —
Then there is' Partner's sister,
A week before the austerity pro-
grahime was made public we got
a letter saying she was planning
to pay us a short visit eatly hi
October. Now we are wondering
if she will be afraid to spend the
necessary money, since the in-
creased cost bound to
he an Mara, drain on her hotted.
So you see what I mean — we
may not live in the.same country
Where , government changes are
taking place but yet we soon find'
btu. destinies are interwoven one
With Another,
And in Canada already
there is talk- of an increase iii
the proposed number of 'fall-nut
shelters' that Ate iikdly to be
bttilt, Particularly in and: around
big cities. And of course there
is supposed to be e step-up in
civil defence, Well, if there is
one thing that gives the tiie
creeps it is, the thought of get-
ting' into a fall-out shelter. Just
to hear it mentioned gives me
claustrophobia. I would rather
take my chance in my own home.
In England, during the first war,
I never once spent a night, in the
cellar but I had plenty of friends
who made a practice of doing just
that immediately eollowing an
air-raid. alarm. One man, who
didn't have a basement; decided
to go to a!neiglibour's for safety:
His own house wasn't hit but he
-was killed crossing the road! So
you see, while trying to escape
danger you may run, into it.
Here is something a little on
the lighter side. Young friends
of ours' could hardly wait for
Daddy's three-Week holiday to
begin so they could get away
to their summer cottage, Yester-
day, after six days away, they
eecatne back home! Daddy was
regretting the wasted time —
Time that he could put to good
advantage working on a house-
boat he, is building in, his own
bacyard. So, they packed up,
beg and baggage, rand now he is
'out in the full 'sun working on
his belayed boat:- 'The 'children
, appeared pleased to be home too.
They were running, around as if
they had ,been let loCise from
iame.where, 1 can't see Dee and
her family returning before they
have to. nut then Art hasn't a
boat to work an, I think there
might be a Paw arguments if be
had.
Yesterday we sew something
else — that, didn't amuse us a
bit. Land .,being cleared for a
new clover-leaf at the Qtieen E.
and No. 10, 'ott never saw such
destruction on what was once
a country estate, peptitirtii old
shade trees, probably dating back
to pioneer days, tall, majestic and
stately,_ have already fallen to the
saw and the axe Isn't it terrible
to think of the Wholesale slaugh-
ter that is .perpetrated in the
name of progress? The estate just
mentioned is now up for sale.
Why Wouldn't it be? Probably
the owners can't bear to live
there with their fine old home de-
mulled of its
ir Pe:f.Kicked a),r 5
With Due ReVerOnte
The chain of a Knight of the
Garter draped over his rented,
ermine-trimmed scarlet robes,
Britain's brand-new gait of
Avon formerly Sir Anthony'
Eden, formerly Prime Minister
made the heophyte's ~traditional
three bbsVs to "Woolsack," the
Speaker's seat in the Rouse bf
Lords, The ceremony- over, Lord
Avon's felloW peers welcomed
him with waiter cries of
Iieati"-the nearest thing to ari
Ovation permitted in the staid
old Lords' chamber, Avon admit-
ted he Was deeply Moved, but
disavowed Any plans for result,
ing political life oil a vigorous
kale. He said to new§tritrii 'I
ill:el), only be An occasional'
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5441141er visiting usually sirs
curs wb le we are away summer
visiting, and it is customary for
is to.perne back to the farm after
to pleasant weekend and find sews
Vealenetee under the door which
say, "sorry We missed you, will
try again,". These are often sign.
.ed, with names that, truly,etnean
netbitig to tee except that some-
body from Illinois, Oregon. etc.,
was passing -by and cured ennugh.
to melte the effort.
Now last weekend we went
down to Vinalhaven, which is
known as "Maine's most enchant.
ing island," :and had a good time,
coming home to find the usual
metes under the door and the
dog, who was left out, inside. and
unhappy. tie is always unhappy,.
either side, but when we' are
away he is meant to be out and
unhappy. His zeal and enthusi-.
asin for the peeing stranger teed
him to extend the courtesies in
all directions, and he wags to-
ward the door, which is unlock-
ed, until sympathetic and new-
found friends let him in, We have
a neighbor who comes to feed
him when. we are away, and for
a long time lie couldn't .fienre
out how the dog got in
So the trip to V.:ie.:II:aver; was
most enjoyable, and wee a look-
see at an interestine arstory
which has run its ceur..e In the.
wide mouth of fee Penebscot
River, about midway of the
Maine coast, the earliest visitors
— long before Columbus - found
numerous sightly :islands which
have had a . continuous history
ever since. Many of - them were
rendezvous spots for fisheries,
and still are.
Far out, eanti deetihed to be-
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come a famous beacon for the
18th century shipping, was Mat-
inicus, around which the ground-
fish teemed and the lobster had
his sweetest haunt. Inward from
Matinicus, but still in the swell
of the open ocean, were the'Ha-
ven Islands — North Haven and
Vinalhaven, and the cluster of
smaller islands about them. Some
are mere rocks thrusting from the
,tide:. Vinalhaven has 20 square
miles. The Havens, once known
as the Fox Islands, are rightly
named, for when a greasy south-
erly sits on the ocean and the
dispersed fishing fleet needs a
harbor, the lee shores of these
islands offer shelter. Sometimes
the tight little harbor at Vinal-
haven will be so filled with one
kind and another of fishing ves-
sels that you can walk all over
it e from deck to deck.
Recently Maine instituted a
state-subsidized ferry service to
some of the outer islands, and a
fairly large boat, the Everett Lib-
by, makes the run from Rock-
land to Vinalhaven in an hour
and twenty-five minutes. Since
they carry automobiles this has
strengthened Vinalhaven's econ-
omy as a summer resort, but it
has been a new convenience
much appreciated by the thous-
and coastal people who make
their year-round home there.
There is a telephone cable to
the island; they have a diesel
power plant — so the ferry is the
completion of their conveniences,
and they have the extra value
of living in one of the prettiest
places in the world.
Well, back a hundred years or
so the fisheries economy of this
island was bolstered by the open-
ing of quarries. The granite base
of the island prompted an ac-
tivity that led to great wealth,
Scarcely a metropolitan building
of any consequence took shape
but quarry masters back on Vin-
alhaven were shaping the stones.
Not only did the Vinalhaven gra-
nite make beautiful buildings,
but it has artistic qualities and
was suited' for statues end mem-
orials, The island had a skyline
dederlidls, Masts and guy-cables,
and to the community were at-
tracted Swedes, Scote, Italians
who had skills either in raising
the ,stones or in shaping them
afterWard. The high-spot wa's
about 1890.
Atiterward, cein'ehrtame" into
the picture, and the use of gran-
:lie -fort -hcliffede cleelifiede aleere
followed a few decades of p,ay.
ing-bloels manufacture, W It a P
was a lowly aftermath for the
grandeur and Magnificence of the
real thing, but this dwindled, toot
and today Ant one of the Vinal-
haven quarries is operating. The
symbol Of the era is neatly sum.
med. up in a 'later-slander" 'Whistle.
the town has mounted, as a mem-
orial in the little park at the top.
of the hill,'.'erielosect'in. a. fence
and duly identified with a paint-
ed signs
The galeneender- was a, high-
wheeled vehicle for moving slabs
of granite down the winding is-
land roads , to 'the aiocke, It' didn't 4 '
carry its load above the axle's,:
as other vehieles do; but beetrPdee ;
the 19ad, a.4 it:begld be hoisted up
underneath and. slung. Probably,
no vehicle ever had'bigger-wheels '
than aplemander, or was ,ablic!
strutted`sci'rtiggedly. "Oxen drew
it, And it took many yokes to.
move some of the prodigious
stones the Vinalhaveners raised.
When the quarries closed the
old fisheries also seemed to taper
off. The community fell away to
its present size, leaving only
those who could do the tobstering
and make a living in the narrow-
ing economy To them the ferry
offers something of a new era,
and there is e enew
Today anybody on Vinalhaven
who wants anything of granite
is a lucky man. They use' the old
quarry dumps freelye-Insteatlaof
bricks, residents build their out-
door and indoor fireplaces of re-
jected .paving , blocks. Also for
steps, terraces, wharves, and
props for mailboxes. Almost
every home has curbing around'
the lawn, New cottages are builce
on granite foundations, .And the
island's .e.,dge,. elmest all e the way,..
around, is rinrapped with cast-
off slabs and strips and chips of '
broken granite.
Furthermore, the Gulf of
Maine, if anybody knew where,
is littered with shipwrecked gra-
nite from Vinalhaven, for when
an old stone schooner loaded with
paving blocks sprung a leak en
route to Boston or New York,
she would go down likezlead' and
the crew would take to the boats
and row. There was nothing else
to do, and the sea lane from
Penobscot Bay around Cape Ann
is liberally paved. So, if you
chanced by the farm that week-
end and found us gone, we were
on Vinalhaven looking at a gala-
mender. — By John Gould in
the Christian Science Monitor.
Menrtorial To
Nimber One Doctor
Later this year workmen on the
Greek island of Cos will start
building a memorial to the
world's first doctor and surgeon''
— Hippocrates, the first man to
practise medicine on scientific
lines,
He was born about the year
460 B.C. and his Memorial will be
a hostel for the use of doctors
from all Over the world and a,
centre for international' medical
studies. It will be built not far
from a great tree reputed to be
2,500 years old. Hippocrates used
to hold open-air clinics under this
tree and he found it difficult to
convince the people that their
diseases were due to bad hygiene
and not to witchcraft,
He's often called the Father of
Medicine, He knew his job ,and
had modern ideas...He usced boil-
ing Water, clean instruments,
understood the necessity for
operating in a good light.
Hippocrates was the author of
the famous Hippocratic oath in
which he laid down the duties of
a doctor to his patients. He used
to take careful notes of all his
cases, recording his failures as
impartially as his successes.
Must Read The' Book
Ere You Can Rent
People who wish to live in a
new town being built on the out-
skirts of Madrid must have read
the whole of the novel, "Don
Quixote."
Chief architect Don Ferhend<ez
Shaw says his idea is that the
town, El Tobose, eight miles from
the centre of Madrid, will be a
permanent monument to the
Spanish novelist Cervantes.,
In Cervantes' famous novel,
Don Quixote,dedicated his deeds
to the maid, Duleinea del. Toboso
Several of the cafes and res
taurants in the new town will be'
traditional Don Quixote "Ventae"
and many of the houses will in-
elude features of Cervatitihian
buildings,
Even the post office and
tobacconists Will Sell copies of
Don Quixote — iii Spanish,
Prench, English, Italian and Gel`-
man,
"Cervantes and bori Quixote'
have been Oint inspiration," says
Don Fernandez. "Therefore, only
residents who have read at least'
Den Onitote Will he considered."
Ottestioith will be asked to
prove 'Whether tipPliettiits really
have read the bOblc!
SsvE 190
Net Cl Roqd For
Big - City Drivers
Seen from the air, the road
that runs up the valley must look
like A slender fish spine from
which the attached side-lanes
grow in parallels, no two quite
alike, 4 few miles up the valley a
lane opens 84 bra'yety as ours.
The sandy entrance extends only
until the road turns beyond a
thicket and is lost in a mowing
where hay glints and ruffles un-
der the wind. Only a depression
grown more to clover than to
timothy reveals where the road
had been, This line of sparser
green leads to a heap of founda-
tion stones and scattered chim-
ney brick, surrounded by a bog-
gy area where the spring that
once flowed into a kitchen cistern
now spills over the ground. The
forest rings the fields. There is
silence and a sense of isolation as
if this were a Sacred spot - hal-
lowed ground from which the
trespasser steals away on tiptoe.
There are obscure lanes which
draw one back again and again
by the charm of some single spot
a view of Mount Haystack
flowing with the airy blue pe-
culiar to these mountains, a lane
of fine birches, an abandoned
house where lupines have taken
over the fields, a cluster of tame-
rocks, orange among the ever-
greens in November, a wood clear
of brush where ferns cast up a
green light, a beaver dam on a
mountain stream, a house of the
Theodore Roosevelt era built
with balconies and covered with
brown shingles„ with sagging
barns and, parriage houses to the
rear, the, relics of fountains and
summer houses 'with 'here and
there an unpruned flowering
shrub in 'the abandoned gardens.
It was a Henry James, an Edith
"Wharton,'` society that came to
those EdWar'diasi honks with
their carriages and servants and
hundred trunks and to-de about
such things as getting ice or fresh
fish. Now the brush edges across
the, tennis courts, and bark has
grown over the rings from which
the hammocks were slung. One
feels -no regret at the abandon-
ment of those shingled inonstrosi-
ties, writes Lorna Beer in the
Christian. Science Monitor.
The hazards of driving along
the back roads are for the
stranger who comes froth urban
areas cross-hatched with super-
highways; to whom, speed and
getting the maximum efficiency
out of the car are a code of honor.
High crowns bristling with boul-
ders make a threat for his low-
slung car; The narrow roads are
ditched, and there is, no passing
except at the passing places. Re-
cently, jogging along such an ob-
scure road in the Jeep, I saw the
flash of a windshield through the
trees beyond the turn, and, know-
ing that byway yard by yard, I
pulled gside by a cow gate and
waited until a cream-colored car,
graceful as a swan, met and pass-
ed. The tanned and exuberant va-
cationers gazed at me with won-
der and pity as if I suffered from
some mountain shyness- or rural
timidity.
I have watched many, a gallant
driver come Splitting up our lane
over mid-summer's corduroy ruts,
in a car built to roll down Penn-
sylvania Avenue. Such drivers
usually have an arm across the
steering wheel and their heads
to one side in self-consciaus'ease.
I am not stirred to admiration, '
for the driver's skill, but to con-
cern for that beautiful median-
Where We Were
When Visitors Coiled
MAkES EXIt - L. L. '(Tee) Colbert leaves the Detroit Metroptill.
fait Aleakett after arriving from 'N‘q, York 'City'. ShoUldeett
itunthed, he exits through the "OUT ONLY" Synilsolit 461.
i''esidnation as Cl rySier Ctsrp. ihOord'
essee chief' executive 6'01614'4,
is.tu Which i't having iti bolt;'.
shalWn.. loose
Such drivers. are urban, tin-
learned in the ways of stones,
Which can be shot like tiddly-.
winks with the weight and effect
of cannon bells against the under
parts of a cars and in, the eettele
of washboard roads, which can
make the speeding PAP shy like ui
• horse, Chuckholes can appear a*
ter a right of brisk rain, and
Nine! on suddenly they give a;
pigeon-toed look to the most
nicely balanced front wheels.
The back lanes have their .driv-
ing rules, as rigid as those of the
highway, Once they are learned,
exploring the byways in - this.
Vermont mountain country re-
wards you with quietness and th*
discovery of hidden beauty.
Modern Etiquette
By Anne Ashley
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Iiiotaei .th along 'Four Miles of Mound 'Read in Warren;
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