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Running and jogging has made in-
creasing gains and popularity among
groups aspiring for physical fitness,
cheap exercise or in producing desired
slimming effects on excess fleshy bits.
And doctors have lauded the efforts
of those who brave early morning
elements, unfriendly dogs, honking
horns and the occasional lewd whistle
from the lunchpail gang on their way to
work, all for the sake of fitness.
Personally, I tend to shy away from
such strenous activity, especially in the
morning. I have no excessflesh to
donate to exercise and jogging only
aggravates the smokers cough.
So it was with great interest that I
recently read an article claiming that
jogging could be hazardous. It only
poses a real hazard to women, but I'll
grab at any disclaiming piece of
evidence to disprove the efficacy of
exercise.
• Terra Levin of Los Angeles is an
accomplished long distance runner and
a director of 10,000 metre races in the
Southern California area. Now Miss
Levin claims that women who run or
jog without wearing a bra are subject
to injury.
Now not being of the female gender,
it is difficult to surmise what hazards
jogging without a bra might per-
petrate. But Miss Levin contends that
even casual jogging can cause sagging
breasts.
The bra Miss Levin stated, is
essential for women who are a size 34B
or over and she advises wearing one •
with no wires or supports. A light
cotton model that will absorb the sweat
is sufficient.
That _piece of advice is rather
discriminatory. Frankly, there are a
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It has been 65 ears since the Great Storm of November 1913 and to com-
memorate • s tragic yet historical event, a public memorial service will be
held at the nidentified seamen's plot in the Maitland Cemetery today. The
tombstod recently received new engraving for the occasion and the foot -
stones the five seamen located in front of the tombstone, have been.
cleane off and raised up to grass level again. The five seamen buried here
coul only be identified by the names of the ships stenciled on the life jackets
the were wearing when washed ashore. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan)
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number of obese males who would have
difficulty corralling the chest in a D
cup and yet there was nary a word of
caution from Miss Levin about the
hazards for men.
Are we to assume that males are free
to jog about the landscape, exposing
bare bits to the morning dew, without
fear of risk of injury.
It seems to be the logical corollary
from Miss Levin's claims.
Male joggers are not prone to the
same injuries as their female counter
parts but the sport has, nonetheless,
produced countless injuries among
males as well.
Ironically males injured as a result
of jogging, weren't even wearing a pair
off running shoes at the time. In
California, particularly, where jogging
fashion dictates wearing flimsy T-
shirts as standard gear, male drivers
who turn their beads for a second
glance at bra -less female Joggers often
smash up their car.
While sneaking a glance at roadside
lovelies, men have either driven off the
road or smashed into the vehicle in
front of them. Not to mention the
severe neck and back disorders that
have developed among drivers who
quickly jerk their head around for an
extra sneak peek.
The injury toll is significant enough
to warrant concern about the future of
the sport.
So if injuries relating to jogging are
to be minimized, either females will
have to start wearing bras on their
daily jogs or men will be forced to
abandon their cars and take up
jogging.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9,1978
SECOND SECTION
First annual
memorial da
BY JOANNE
BUCHANAN
Today there will be a
— public memortil -serVree-
at the unidentified
seamen's plot in the
Maitland Cemetery
commemorating the 65th
anniversary of the Great
Storm .
Up until a few weeks
ago, not many people in
Goderich even realized
that there was an
unidentified seamen's
plot here. But Ron
Pennington knew and he
decided that it was about
time that others knew
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This is the funeral procession in Goderich which
followed the Great Storm of November 1913. Over
200 sailors lost their lives -in that four day storm
which swept the Great Lakes that year making it
the, worst marine disaster on those lakes ever.
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Many bodies were washed up on the „beech 'at
Goderich. All of them were claimed by next of kin
except for the five who were buried in the
unidentified seamen's plat at the Maitland
Cemetery. (Photo courtesy of Rev. G.L. Royal)
too. So, he made a
presentation to Goderich
Town, Counts .an14 then
the tetriele.ty.Motird and
Parks Committee were
authorized to take it from
• there. The result has been
a complete faceTifting at
the plot and an annual
flower or wreath laying
ceremony beginning with
this year's ceremony
today at 2 p.m.
PUTS PRESENTATION
TOGETHER
Ron Pennington was
born in Goderich three
years after the Great
Storm had taken place.
However, the storm was
still fresh in everyone's
minds aid by the time he
was eight years old, he
had heard many tales of
the disaster. It wasn't
until this year though,
when he was forced into
an early retirement due
to a back injury after
having spent over 30
years on the Great Lakes
as a sailor himself, that
he tried to put all the
details of the Great Storm
together.
On November 11, he
will make a 41 page
presentation on the Great
Storm to the Lake Huron
Lower Society of Port
Huron in Michigan. This
is only one of four Marine'
Historical Societies
which Mr. Pennington
belongs to. He is also a
member of the Dawson'
Museum Great Lakes
Society on Belle Isle,
Detroit; the Detroit
Marine Historical Society
and The Great Lakes
Society of. Vermillion,
Ohio. • -
Mr. Pennington's
presentation on the Great
Storm is based on
research he has done as
well as stories he has had
passed on to him by
relatives including .his
uncle William Ross who
was a Great Lakes sailor.
His presentation also
includes a number of
slides.
"I have been working
on it (the presentation)
for considerable time. I
have written it and
rewritten it. I feel.it is
important to keep the
memory of one of the
greatest storms on the
Great Lakes alive. The
men who lost their lives
in that storm should
never be forgotten," says
Mr. Pennington with
conviction.
Mr. Pennington was
worried that much of the
detail about the Great
Storm would be forgotten
if someone did not revive
it. That's why he decided
to try and revive it. But
he does not pretend to be
an expert. There are
many people who know
just as much or more
about the Great Storm
than he does, he main-
tains, and many more
who are interested.
.If anyone would like to
read up on the Great
Storm, Mr. Pennington.
Turn to page 2A
Up until this year, few people knew that there was an unidentified seamen's
plot at the Maitland Cemetery. But Ron Pennington knew and he decided to
bring it to the attention of town council. The plot has now received full at-
tention and a "brightening up". A special service will be held there today
commemorating the 65th anniversary of the Great Storm in which the five
unidentified seamen along with more than 200 others lost their lives. Here,
Mr. Pennington shows the cover of a 41 page written presentation which he
will make to one of the four Marine Historical Societies to which he belongs.
(Photo by Joanne Buchanan)
t can't prove it yet' but I think I've
uncovered a plot to eliminate fall and
replace it with a new season, Christ-
mas. Somebody sitting in an ad-
vertising office in New York has
engineered a massive plan to have
summer extended through to the end of
October and a new season run from
November ,1 until January 1.
The name of the new season has not
yet been uncovered but investigators
strongly suspect that it will be called
Christmas. Some sources have heard
that those responsible for the plot f 1
that by calling the new seaso
Christmas many people would be
suspidiiiiis of the change and they feel
that suspicion can be avoided by
calling it "The Time of Year to Give Up
on All That Saving and Scrounging You
Have Done Since Last December and
Get Back in Debt Like the Rest of Us”.
For convenience that rather lengthy
_title may be shortened to Cash or
Charge.
The 'whole thing sounds rather
bizarre but that is exactly what makes
it possible. Nobody would ever suspect
that such a thing could be happening
but a close look at television and
campaigns, magazine advertising and
even some billboards, many of which
are handled through major advertising
firms in New York, have been wishing
everyone a happy Cash or Charge for
the past several weeks.
The whole nation is trying
desperately to enjoy the last remnants
of warm weather that Mother Nature
bestowed on us through October and
into November and advertisements are
encouraging us to think Christ-
mas...cold', • think Christmas turkey,
sleigh :rides and jingle bells...cold and
snowy.
The warm weather enjoyed until the
first week in November was not un-
seasonably warm as most weathermen
say. It was part of the plot. It was the
last part of the summer.
Now with just 38 shopping days left
until Christmas the plot will thicken.
The ground will freeze up because of
the sub -zero temperatures and onde,the
ground is rock hard -the snow will begin
to fall. We won't get any major storms
because that would interfere with,
shoppers getting downtown. The major
storms will be after Christmas to keep
shoppers from going downtown with
broken and defective purchases.
It's not just the weather that in-
dicates someone is up to no good.
Football, the classic fall sport, is being
interrupted by Santa Claus ho, ho, ho-
ing during the two minute warning.
Schedule makers have been trying for
years to keep,football out of winter and
into fall where it belongs but it seems
every year that important games, all
played after the November 1 beginning
of Cash or Charge, are played in snow.
Football can't be started too early or it
interferes with that famous game of
summer, baseball, which doesn't wind
up until mid October. Hockey, a winter
sport, begins in late October early
November.
I tell you falt is on the way out.
If you still don't believe me stand out
on Highway 21 in the early evening.
Your efforts will be rewarded. At some
time during the evening a truck laden
with Christmas trees will come from
the north and roar off carrying its load
of Cash or Charge decorations to the
south.
Christmas trees are another thing
that support my theory. Plants as
house decorations. A few years ago
they were popular but not the rage they
are now. A few years ago there were a
few plants around our house by com-
parison to people but now ies the other
way around. Guests are each given a
machete at our door to hack their way
to the living room. I have no doubt that
someone will decide it is vogue to have
a pine 'tree growing in the living room
and the trees will no longer have to be
cut down annually and trucked to
parking lots for gale. Just decorate the
one beside the television.
I don't want to give the impression
I'm against Christmas. I really enjoy
the spirit of the holiday. It's Cash or
Charge I hate.
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