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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-06-27, Page 2Page 2 — Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, June 27, 1963 Wm. F. Sturdy Transferred to Died Suddenly Friends throughout the Wing - ham area were deeply sadden- ed to learn of the sudden death last Wednesday of William F. (Bill) Sturdy in the South Water- loo Hospital at Galt. During the second World War Bill served with the Cana- dian Army Service Corps, en- listing in 1942 and being dis- charged in 1946. He saw ser- vice in Canada. England and Continental Europe. He was a member of First United Church, Galt, St. George's Lodge No. 88, A.F. & A.M. , Owen Sound, The Telephone Pioneers of America and the Wingham Branch No. 180, Royal Canadian Legion. Married to the former Frances Powell of Wingham, who survives, he also leaves a son, Jim F. Sturdy and a daughter, Susan E. Sturdy, at home, as well as one sister, Mrs. Allan (Helen) McManus. The body rested at the Coutts funeral home in Galt until Friday morning and was then brought to the R. A. Currie & Sons funeral horne in Wingham where service was conducted at 2 p. m. Saturday by Rev. C. M. Jardine and in- terment was made in the Wing - ham Cemetery. Pallbearers were William McCracken, Kitchener, R. Cameron, Tor- onto, L. Fast, Waterloo, L. Fuller, Kitchener, F. MacKay, Galt, and T. Stewart, Owen Sound. The floral tributes were carried by Don Adams and Jack Bateson, of Wingham, C. Dixon, Clinton and G. Dod$ Orangeville. Newfoundland Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ohm had a turkey dinner at their home on Leopold Street on Sun- day for Cpl. and Mrs. Charlie Doll and family, of the RCAF I Station at Clinton. Cpl. Doll has been transferred to New- lfoundland. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ohm, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. !Bill Stephenson and Bobby of Brussels, Bill Stephenson of Camp Borden and Miss Lois , Sinclair. Cpl. Doll is leaving for New- foundland shortly and the fam- ily will follow as soon as ac- commodations are available, New Members At St. Andrew's Preparatory service was held on Thursday evening at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, when several new members were received. Received by profession of faith were Sandra and Carol MacDonald, Sharon Reavie, Donna Hardy and Nancy Fowler. Those received by letter of transfer were Marie Cupskey, Mr. and Mrs. Rutherford Reavie, Garry Reavie, Mrs. Barry Fry- fogle, Mrs. Victor Young and Mrs. George Fowler. Rev. G. L. Fish conducted Communion service on Sunday moming. People will believe anything if you whisper it. SMITH'S REPAIR SHOP Ir s Z,, s z. s ((} !t i f. READY CASH for car repairs Canadians everywhere use Niagara loans, up to $3,000.00 or more, for many worthwhile things. Why don't you? The dependable source of Cash NIAGARA FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED 307 10th Street 172 Ontario Street 29 Kingston Street HA.'rOVER STRATFORD GODERICH Telephone 810 Telephone 271-0010 Telephone JA 4-8357 NE 63.4 COME TO VANCE'S IDA FOR YOUR SUMMER NEEDS DEATH CAR—Mrs. Ezra Finkbeiner, of Listowel, died as a result of injuries sus- tained when this car, driven by her hus- band, was involved in a two -car collision a half -mile south of Wingham on Satur- day evening at the intersection of High- ways 4 and 86. —Advance -Times Photo. All the furor caused by Ra- chel Carson's book The Silent Spring, has resulted in an in- crease in demand for certain old-time pesticides, many of which are now obsolete. Deal- ers have discovered that these are wanted because they are supposedly less "poisonous" than the modern chemicals which have replaced them. In my own opinion, and that of many leading scientists, so much of this thinking is wrong. Suppose we examine the relative toxicity or poison- ous ratings of chemicals old and new. In comparing them, it's important to understand the meaning of LD -50 value. This is a figure that shows the num- ber of milligrams of a given chemical needed to every 1, 000 grams of body weight to kill half the test animals. The more poisonous, the lower the index number. Of the old-fashioned chemi- cals, sold everywhere, perhaps lead arsenate is the most toxic with a rating of 15. Slightly below it is calcium arsenate with a rating of 20, and paris green with a rating of 22. Re- member we said earlier, the lower the figure, the more poisonous. The fourth most poisonous chemical sold wide- ly, is Dieldrin which is only a third as poisonous as arsenate of lead, with a rating of 46. It is, of course, a modern material. A spray used by our grand- mothers was nicotine sulphate, rated at 55, with diazinon, a better insect killer, rating 92. Lindane is rated at 125, only slightly more toxic than roten- one and pyrethrum. Incident- ally, the latter two chemicals are recommended by Rachel Carson for use in place of "poisonous DDT', which has a rating of 250, far below any natural organic pesticide. The weed killer 2, 4-D is so mild it's not even rated, be- ing less poisonous than common salmis Ol/1:..CNILD1NNPIAY/NO ..DRIVE CAREFULLY... BRING YOUR CAR IN FOR A SAFETY CHECK - UP BRAKES STEERING TIRES hitS5 YOUR STUDEBAKER LARK DEALER JOSEPHINE ST. WINGHAM PH. 357-1460 table salt. Another whipping boy of Rachel Carson's was "dangerous Chlordane", rated 383, or one half to one third as toxic as rotenone and pyre- thrum. Another interesting comparison is the ratings of Malathion and Methoxychlor, which are 1500 and 6, 000 res- pectively. These are so low that toxicity test animals re- fused to eat enough to show toxic symptoms, but must be forced fed in order to test them As to the long term, delay- ed effects of such chemicals, I refer you to the statements of the American Medical Associ- ation, which finds no basis for such exaggerated claims. Since every chemical sold must be tested in massive doses on animals before it can be offer- ed, obviously, if it is not dangerous in such huge doses, it just isn't poisonous if given in small doses over a long period of time. As a final comment, let me point out that a million people are reputed to have died in Ireland during the famine caus- ed by the fungus disease late blight, which destroyed all the potatoes. No chemical had been developed at that time to control this disease. Nowadays late blight is easily kept under control by fungicides. BLACK SPOT ON ROSES The worst disease attacking roses in Southern Ontario is a pesky fungus called "black spot". Our rose breeders are working hard to develop new varieties that are resistant to this widespread disease and are reporting some success. However, up to this moment practically all varieties of roses that we now grow in the garden are susceptible to black spot. The disease shows itself in large black circular spots with a yellow halo which start appearing on the upper surface of the leaves. In heavy attacks I've seen several spots on a single leaf and which covered most of the surface area. The areas between the spots grad- ually become yellow and it isn't long before the leaves start to drop prematurely away. In severe attacks your rose bushes can become completely defoliated. Control of black spot and any other garden disease begins by keeping the plants in a vigor- ous healthy condition with reg- ular feedings and careful water- ing. Roses cannot go on produc- ing flowers for a four or five month period from June until late in the fall unless they're fed frequently, They'll need feeding once a month from leaf- ing out time until the middle of August with a complete liquid or dry fertilizer. No feedings should be made after the latter date because this will cause late growth in the bushes which won't be sufficiently hardened off before freeze-up time in early December. Vigorous growth is also supported by at least 6 hours of sunshine a day coupled with a deep watering once a week unless rainfall is sufficient. The water should penetrate the soil to a depth of at least 6 inches to be truly effective. You might like to try a completely new method of watering developed by Cor- nell University scientists and which we talked about in this column about three weeks ago. It consists of watering twenty minutes at a time, three or four times a week. I'd be interested in hearing from any- one who tried it as to the results The chemical control of black spot is now quite easily achieved by dusting or spraying your rose bushes every week with an all purpose fungicide which contains the new chemi- cal Phaltan. It prevents black spot better than any fungicide developed to this date. Be prepared as well to treat your roses after every rain. You'll give black spot less of a chance to develop if you're careful not to sprinkle the foliage when watering the rose bushes. Mildew can be an exceed- ingly troublesome disease of roses especially climbers of the Crimson Rambler type. The first noticeable symptom is the formation of a white powdery material on the young leaves and buds which looks like a light coating of whitewash. A bad attack of mildew can cause the leaves to become dwarfed and distorted, and the flowers to wilt prematurely. Under bad attacks the rose bushes are often completely defoliated. Mildew usually becomes a problem during damp, cloudy and muggy weather but it can be serious throughout the whole of the rose growing season. Control is the same as for black spot. Keep the bushes growing vigorously with regular feeding and careful watering and by dusting or spraying them once a week at least with an all-purpose dust or spray which contains Phaltan. The first treatment should be made as soon as the plants are well leaf- ed out in May. Roses planted in the garden where they obtain at least six hours of sunshine a day will be less liable to mil- dew attacks. Record World Meat Production Meat production in the 44 leading countries reached a record high in 1962 reflecting an overall increase in world livestock numbers and resulting in increased per capita con- sumption of meat products. Total output amounted to 108.8 billion lbs. in 1962, compared to 104.4 billion lbs. in 1961. The gain in meat production during 1962 was the largest in recent years and was about twice that of the gain in pop- ulation. The U.S. led with 29 billion lbs., followed by the U.S.S.R. with 15 billion lbs. Communist China was likely the third largest meat producer, although estimates were not available. Canada ranked about 12th with 2,5 billion lbs. Lively! Tough! ECONOMICAL MARATHON GOLF BALLS TRY FOUR . YOU'LL BUY MORE SPECIAL 2 for 89` THIS WEEK'S SPECIALS COLGATE DENTAL ue CREAM Economy Size—$1,39 val MX P011311 REMOVER SPECIAL 1.09 SPECIAL 55c Gentle Oily Type -5 oz., 75c value 11410SPRAY SET (Reg., Super Soft) ALL FOR ,. 14 -oz. size plus 6 FREE Jumbo Hair Rollers..•SOR IPANA TOOTH PASTE g SPECIAL Economy Size, 98c value 000-RO-NO SPRAY DEODORANT SPECIAL 3 -oz. squeeze bottle, $1.50 value ! 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ALAN H. NEELON WILL PREACH. Rev. C. Mrs. Ttut'g !LIjurrij (ANGLICAN) 'PA ingbam F. Johnson, L,Th. . Rector Gordon Davidson • Organist THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY — JUNE 30 10:00 a.m.—Sunday School 11:00 a.m.—Holy Communion