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FOR4 A
GREENER THUMB
By G. MacLeod Ross
representatives From Six Counties
ather To Discuss Disaster Plan
Migration: Or Hibernation?
For some weeks. past, t
several birds and animals
the wild have. been taking t
big decision. When the supp
of insects and seed• begins
run short, those who posse
their own wens of transport
tion hie themselves to mo
'profitable pastures. Not f
them the, hectic packing. Th
lurid letters to the A.A.A. fo
triptyques and the tearful tel
grams for accommodation. Th
greatest worriers in the bid
world seem to be the grackle
• Always • semeone is missing an
for days they advertise- thei
'departure - by flying aroun
vainly hoping to , a t t r a c
some youthful laggar
still enamoured of the loca
lush. But for those animal
-e''• which rely on their legs alon
the problem is entirely differ
ent. They are residents will
nilly. No basking in a Florid
housekeeping suite for then
Le bon Dieu may hand them ou
the equivalent of long woolle
underwear while some wil
pend harried weeks eollectin
a variegated larder. Others stil
will eschew both winter woolie
and a Iarder and simply bee
themselves up with a ' "singl
huge meal, set the alarm fo
May the, 24th and crawl into
well -insulated cubby hole an
sleep it off.
R. C. Robertson Glasgow writ
ing in the London Sunday Time
has some relevant remarks t
make on these two extremes
He writes: The annual depar
ture of the martins is a re
minder that old man winter
with his icy breath, is not so
far' away...Our own martins
have left behind some small but
desirable residences under. tier
eaves. As I sit here one of
therm. is almost within reach o
my hand outside the window
a feather sticks out from it and
trembles in the wind. This year
the emigration party set off
unusually late. Perhaps they
were surprised and a little de -
hided by -summer coming in
October. And now, flying -into
stronger winds, the rooks seen,
lower -geared than usual and
bounce tipsily on landing. It':;
a good thing they.. don't '
.to fly to North Africa. What
a hash they'd make of it.
Mankind, indeed; has little
cause for .pride in his` prepar-
ations for approaching winter.
It is only at great cost of fuel
,and clothing that he achieves a
modicum of warmth, while so
many animals make a seasonal
ehaege f clothing without any
payment. The squirrels have
stocked their larders. But of
all animals, probably. the most
complete performance of hiber•
nation is given by the tortoise.
He is his own larder. - For some
days he stuffs himself in the
garden; because when winter
coines, he is ,not going to take
any 'moremeals, he is going to
live on that vast meal he has
token towards the end of the
auturim. The tortoise makes
his awn bed -'With every induce-.
ment to warmth except an elec-
tric blanket.
Soe years ago T knew a tor-
toise: awned Caligula because
of this dubious morality: He
was inethe process of retirement
for -th? winter; far from . busi-
ness, released tt'c iii all 4ues-
tio.is of fieaiic.. I thought as
I watched him of_ all that he
would 'be spared 'by.' his • sus
p.
ended enirnation: the wrangi
ing' of • politicians, the semantic
convolutions of Ottawa, the lieu
'Hur .chariot races round the
Square on Saturdays, the strikes
and. lock -outs, the "cacophony
whieh passes- for• music, those
awful general knowledge panel
games in which the chairman
raises- . arranged l
an a -u ter
g 1;� by
the artificial joke: "I am sorry
but I hate the date 1361 on my
card, so I cannot allow 1403."
Do tortoises dream?. Psyched
ogists are silent on the question.
My own fancy is that tucked
away among the cabbages, they:
dream of summer and some-
times of straw; or that sunny
afternoon when they covered
25 yards of lawn in one hour,
three mirentes and two seconds.
:And now in, tiffany gardens the
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"We don't know vfh•ere the
bombs are going to fali, so we
must have complete flexibility,
d we ask the co nt'es
tortoises have eaten enough t
last them through the winter
A colossal performance. They
are the self-sufficient hermits
of the world. Egotists, perhaps
you say. But you speak in envy
at their seclusion from a weary
and quarrelsome world. 0 felix
.estudce
an u r of
o Perth . and Huron, Wellington
• and Waterloo, under John
Clarke's chairmanship, to ' form
a planning committee to pro-
duce a reception area plan."
Robert B. Stock', head of the
planning branch, Emergency
Measures Organization of On-
tario, made this announcement
to an emergency measures con-
ference here Friday attended
by representatives from Bruce,
Wellington, Perth, Middlesex,
Lambton and Huron counties,
cotnpr 'sing Zone II, as well as
• Army and R.CA.F. officers.
From Perth came Murray Mc-
Fadden, co-ordinator, and Rich-
ard Earl, Hibbert reeve, repre-
senting Warden Gerth.
"Within the next few weeks,"
Mr. Stock said, "we are going
to physically locate emergency
headquarters accommodation in
zones 3, 2 and 1."
The field ,office for Zone 2 is
in Hamilton.
The conference started at
10.45, three-quarters of an hour
late, even after skipping sche-
duled welcoming addresses.
Murray MacDonald, Huron co-
ordinator, called -the roll of
officials.
"We have a common concern
in this area," he said, "and
though we have boundaries from
a planning point of view, these
will mean relatively little if we
have either a national emerg-
ency or warlike incident."
Before the noon adjournment
there was time • only for Mr.
Stock's address and that of W.
E. Betts, also of the Ontario
organization, who discussed
"Welfare." .
Mr. Stock presented. his ma-
terial under two heads: (1) Ex-
tent of .our responsibility and b
organization; (2) Zone organiz-
ation and planning, in other .1
Words, the state of readiness as a
it exists. . c
"It all boils down to a matter
of education of the people who
hold jobs in the emerge
measures organization," Chief
Fred Minshall of Goderich said
toward close of the five -coo
EMO conference held in the
Court House here last Friday.
'Apathy has developed because
these men do not understand
about EMO."
County Engineer James •Brit-
nell, who is engineer co-ordin-
ator for EMO here, asked' "Is
there a federal or provincial
manual to guide local planners
and help engineer and utilities
sl 4.
' Oh, tomorrow night! Yes at
p.m. in St. George's Parish
Hall the finjl meeting of the
Goderich Horticultural, Society
We hope to have Mr.. Fred
Barker with us to show and
tell us of his peregrinations to
the Lakehead looking for beauty
in gardens a d flowers. We ex-
pect to have instruction which
will help us to do better in
future flower shows and, if time`
permits, we hope to have some
hints on flower arranging, not
just for the shows, but for our
homes. We are counting on a
large turnout. Try and make
it.
VICTORIA STREET U.C.W.
Victoria Street United Church
Women met in the church hall
on November 8, There were 11
members and one visitor pre-
sent. The president, Mrs. D.
Hobbs, occupied the chair and
the devotional period was. taken
by Mrs. Fred Barker.' The
Scripture reading from the 7th
chapter of Matthew was read
responsively.
After the singing of a hymn,
Mrs. Hobbs conducted the busi-
ness period. Mrs. Fred Barker
read the secretary's report. The
offering was received and de-
dicated by Mrs. Hobbs.' Plans
for the November Fair were
discussed. Part of the chapter
on "Youth in Transition," taken
f j from the study book `.Signals
for the Sixties" was taken by
Mrs. Hobbs. A -discussion fol -
'.owed on Sunday School and
Young Peoples training. Lunch
was served at the conclusion
of the meeting.
QUICK RESULTS FOR
WHAT = HAVE – YOU!.
"Home wanted for kittens"
read a classified advertise-
ment in a recent issue of
The Signal -Star. • It kept the
phone ringing at the home
of Don Stoyle, 193 Macdonald
street. Within two days, the
ad resulted in placing all of
his four kittens in four dif-
ferent .homes. You would
be surprised at the quick re•
sults classified ads in The
Signa'1-Star get every r week.
Why not advertise your un-
wanted items which .others
might buy as useful Christ-
mas gifts?
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people? I have an outline in
broad 'terms, but no idea gat
what actualfy should be done.
1 have no experience with -fall-
out shelters or locating water
supplies.''
Nothing Available
"It is 'our responsibility {o
give ,you the assistance needed,"
said Robert Stock, of Ontario
EfrlO planning branch. "this
can take the form of .you being
trained technically', `and we have,
an eningeer officer who can help
planning manual .covering illy°
you, but in regard to 'a specific
area of public utilities, there is
nothing available-. at present.
In the next two Weeks I will
have an engineering pian I Will
make available to you."
Mr. Stock was one of a, panel
of officials lined up on the plat-
form to answer questions aris-
ing mit of the day's presenta-
tions on the provincial plan,
welfare, Huron' county objec-
tives and reception plan, and
federal emergency supplies
Other members were Group
C pt. J. G. Mathieson, Clinton
station; J. C. Clarke, Zone 2
field officer; W. E. .Bette, On-
tario EMO, and 0. Dutton, Zone
2 emergency supply officer."How are we going too.• get
across exactly what the alert
Warning means?" was one
query.
"The: majority of our hospit'
als have a plan," replied Mur-
ray MacDonald, Huron co-ordin-
ator, "and this includes Huion-
view. The only provincial hos-
pital we have in the area is
about six miles down the Bay-
field road. From the survival
point of view, steps have been
taken to provide facilities for
the patients in these institu-
tions. Our emergency head-
quarters is in the basement!! of
this, building, , and- before the y-
nd of next week I trust it willi
e in a position we can occupy
t in a moment's notice. Our
lternative headquarters, . in
ase Goderich disappears, ied.
Wingham, and the mayor and
cpunoi of—Wing.ham would take
over the immediate control of
our_ count':'
"We can handle 23,U01) people,
and reception centres will he
based In Goderich, Clinton, Ex-
eter, - Seaforth and Winghnni.
We figure they will come by
air, water, rail and road and
we have plans to receive them."
Keenly Concerned
"I was keenly concerned in
• respect of fallout," said Chief
Minshall. "Is it possible fpr a
person with the necessary rub-
ber protection and mask of walk
about in fallout, and if so, will
police be supplied with that
necessary -protection to walk
about and protect '"property
against looting?" 4
"The problem is a little more
basic than loot," suggested Wil-
liam Craven, Goderich. "A'
bomb • with a southwest wind
could make habitation of Lon-
don untenable, and there will
be roads in 'which traffic con -
irol will be nedessary. What Oh
chief wants to know i5, will
there be some method of 'giving
theettg either a Geiger .counter; •or
telling them haw long they can
stay out in safety, and whether
rubber clothing will enable
them to be deeontaaninated rap-
idly while a relief man takes
over tion trafl'iC'control."
MAGISTRATE'S COURT
John D. Ferguson of Kincar-
dine was fined $60 and costs or
seven days in jail in Magistrat'e's
Court here last Thursday. , Ile.,
pleaded guilty to driving in Col
borne Township on November 3
while his ability was ' impaired,
His driver's license was sus-
pended for three months.
Joseph Logan, Dashwood, was
sentenced to 60 days in jail for
stealing a truck and $73. The
truck belonged to Ralph Weber,
Dashwood, and the money to the
Evangelical Church at Dash-
wood.
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Fame. Halyes and • quarters of
this silver. coin, cut to make
change, were known as four
bits and two bits.
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