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IN THE LIBRARY
By DORIS G Mc'KIBBON
FAIL-SAFE
By Eugene Burdick
and Harvey Wheeler
is a novel I never intended to
read; and for the most quixotic
reason. The only review I had
read of it caused me to make
that decision (which only goes
to prove that you shouldn't
take the word of only one re-
viewer, no matter who). It is
of the ilk of Shute's On the
Beach, Stanton's Village of
Stars, Buck's Command the
Morning, Hough's Beyond the
Eleventh Hour and Frank's
Alas Babylon and others. All
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of these books are in the local
library; all but one have been
reported on here; all have
something of interest to the
people living in 1963. Do read
at least one, if you can. They
are all concerned with the pre-
paration for or actual occur-
rence of nuclear war in the
world of to -day. Anyone who
has read Hersey's Hiroshima
will never forget 1945. Ad-
vancements (as they must be
called) have made the possibili-
ties even more grim.
This proved to be an excit-
ing book. I should have sus-
pected such with Burdick as one
of the authors. One of the best
books I have read in this last
year, as far as moral impact was
concerned, w as Wheeler's first
award-winning novel of 1956,
The Ninth Wave and The Ugly
American (in collaboration
with William Lederer), which
enjoyed extremely wide popu-
larity.
Wheeler was harder to place.
Both men are professors of poli-
tical
olitical economy at different un-
iversities and Wheeler previous -
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THE GROSE'S
DEBORAH, KATHLEEN and WHITNEY
FIRE WHICH STARTED near a wood stove in the
George Hamilton home, north of Gorrie, on Saturday
evening completely destroyed the house and took the
life of a four-year-old boy. Three other occupants of
the home escaped, one badly burned.—A-T Photo.
M. Glenn Foxton Fatally Injured
Milford Glenn Foxton, father
of four children, died in Wing -
ham Hospital shortly after two
o'clock Sunday morning.
Death was the result of injuries
received in a car accident,
three miles north of Wingham,
early Saturday evening.
Glenn was born in Wingham
and was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Milford Foxton. He would
have been 31 on Monday,
April 29.
In 1951, Glenn went over-
seas with the Princess Patricia
Canadian Light Infantry, and
served in Korea for 13 months.
He arrived home in Wingham
on 60 days' leave, early in
December, 1952, and later re-
ceived his discharge.
ly had written mostly profes-
sional articles and one short
story. That short story, Abraham
'58,was the nucleus from which
developed Fail -Safe.
The theme of the book is
that war by mechanical acci-
dent is possible. Theoretically
the Fail -Safe mechanism des-
cribed in great detail makes
war impossible except by the
direct order of the president
(it is assumed or at least hoped
that Russia has safeguards also).
A very few of the upper echelon,
who have the advantage of
some technical training or
knowledge, are not so sure of
that fact but they keep their
reservations carefully hidden.
The unsinkable Titanic sank
and the simplicity with which
war started was just as breath-
taking. In this wise " at that
moment in machine No. 6 a
small condenser blew. It was
a soundless event. There was
a small puff of smoke no larger
than a walnut and that was gone
instantly..." It should have
been possible to recall the
bombers with their lethal load,
but as one of the generals ex-
plained,"Both sides were vic-
tims of their own suspicions.
Though we both knew there
was a possibility of bombers
getting through by accident,
we assumed that the other side
would do it deliberately." How
deadly this mistrust the re-
counted events proved.
It is frightening to see that
men have become machines in
this technological world. Crew-
men on the bombers never knew
whether they were drilling or
engaged in real combat, but
On October 3, 1953, he
married Shirley Templeman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Mervyn Templeman of Wing -
ham, in St. Paul's Anglican
Church.
Glenn was employed as a
foreman at Lloyd and Truax
Co. Ltd., in Wingham.
1 -Ie is survived by his wife,
a son, Andrew, 4, and three
daughters, Julie 9, Marlene 5,
and Catherine 2. A son, Brad-
ley, predeceased him in 1956
at the age of nine months.
Also surviving are his par-
ents, a sister Winona (Mrs.
Jeffrey Hoyle) of London, and
his grandmother, Mrs. Alfred
Pullen.
His only brother, John, died
two years ago when he was ac-
cidently electrocuted while at
work.
Mr. Foxton was a member
of St. Paul's Church and of the
Royal Canadian Legion, Branch
180.
Funeral service was held at
the R. A. Currie & Sons funeral
home, on Wednesday, with
Rev. C. F. Johnson officiating.
Interment was in Wingham
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Jim Newell,
George Brooks, John Lilycrop,
Wade Stapleton, Earl Harrison
of Goderich and Lloyd Case -
more. Floral tributes were
carried by Don Cameron, Bill
Wiltnik, Barry Fryfogle and
Bob Sinnamon.
Holds Bridal
Tea in Toronto
Mrs. Abe Lewis entertained
at a bridal tea in Eaton's Round
Room on Saturday in honour of
Miss Rosalie Lewis, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lewis,
formerly of town. There were
about seventeen guests present,
including Mrs. W. Hodgkinson.
Miss Lewis will be married
on Saturday, May llth to Mr.
Paul Gaffe, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Gaffe of Toronto,
and will live in the Castillon
Apartments on Bathurst Street.
they accepted this for they had
learned well that "They could
do nothing to alter anything in
any situation." Saddening and
terrifying to contemplate that
attitude, isn't it?
The two leaders finally ad -
To Build New Power Line for Nuclear Plant
Construction of a transmis-
sion line to link the Douglas
Point nuclear power station
with the Ontario Hydro power
system near Hanover, is sche-
duled to start early in May.
The contractor is Patricia
Transportation Co. Ltd. Cost
of the contract is approximate-
ly $260,000. Agreements
covering property rights with
approximately 100 property
owners affected along the 31 -
mile route were completed in
April.
Three material yards are
being established along the
route of the line and head-
quarters are being set up at
Cargill, some 10 miles north-
west of Hanover. Completion
of the steel -tower, 230, 000
volt line is scheduled for Oct-
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When the Douglas Point sta-
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200, 000 kilowatt output will be
Choir Members
Guests of Guild
About 40 attended a dinner
in St. Paul's parish room, when
members of the senior and
junior choirs were guests of
the Evening Auxiliary.
The ladies served a deli-
cious three course turkey din-
ner, and at the conclusion
were thanked by Willis Hall,
president of the senior choir.
Mrs. Herb Fuller responded.
Rev. C. F. Johnson address-
ed the gathering and expressed
his appreciation to the choirs
and the organist, Mrs. G. L.
Davidson.
Mrs. Davidson thanked the
Guild members for the dinner,
the choirs for co-operation and
faithfullness, and those who
help the junior choir with vest-
ments and keep them in repair.
Herb Fuller, who has been
a member of St. Paul's choir
for 40 years, was asked for a
few words and he spoke in par-
ticular to the young people,
on the enjoyment he has had
through association with the
choir.
A social time was spent
after the dinner.
Huron Presbytery
Ministers Meet
Committees were named
to work on plans for the annual
conference at Westminster
College, London, when more
than 50 ministers of Huron
Presbytery met Thursday at
Thames Road United Church,
east of Exeter.
Among the conveners ap-
pointed to these committees
were Rev. W. D. Clark, Wing -
ham, archives; Rev. G. W.
Kaiser, Ashfield, records;
Rev. C. W. Lewis, Auburn,
Westminster College; Rev. R.
E. McLagan, Blyth, informa-
tion and stewardship; Rev. G.
C. Mitchell, Bluevale, world
missions; Rev. F. W. Taylor,
Gorrie, home missions; Rev.
C. M. Jardine, Wingham,
manse.
Rev. W. J. ten Hoopen,
minister of North Street Uni-
ted Church, Goderich, was
elected chairman of the Pres-
bytery.
Rev. henry Funge, Londes-
boro, Rev. Kenneth Griffith of
Brussels and Rev. N. L. Gos-
tonyi of Dungannon tendered
resignations.
mit that they have trusted their
systems too much. It took "a
machine -made calamity" to
force the admission that des-
pite the errors of human judg-
ment, there is a place for rea-
son tempered with emotion.
The conclusion had logic but
I found it distressing and disap-
pointing. After two thousand
years does the ancient dictum
of "an eye for an eye" hold in
a case like this? Are millions
of lives that expendable? We
have a braver and newer world
than even Aldous Huxley dream-
ed of, What are we going to do
with it?
( And after you've read the
book there is an article in the
May Readers Digest that should
give even more food for
thought.)
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first full-scale nuclear electric
station, the $81,5 million
Douglas Point project is being
built by Atomic Energy of
Canada Ltd, Ontario hydro is
co-operating in construction
and will operate the plant on
its completion in 1965. The
plant is situated on Lake Huron,
midway between Kincardine
and Port Elgin.
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11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
11:00 a.m.—The Rev. P. C. Percy
7:30 p.m.—The Rev. Wm. Crump
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