HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1954-04-01, Page 3THURSDAY,; APRIL 1, 1954
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
:Second Letter. From the South:'
Sun,Desert, and Irrigation
Clinton News -Record, Hueco, with three -tenths of a gal -
Clinton, Ontario Ion of gas.
Well, Bello, Again. There is 'no sign of life on most
We're just approaching the first of this area except the odd buz
range: of real mountains, and ap-; zard, or a few thin -looking cattle
parently we are, a bit too far south far off on a slope. The American
to find the really high ones. We Indians live in the oddest, little
have driven yesterday, ` last night mud houses. We think .they are
and today, until 4.15 p.m. (MST) probably the smallest type of
through desert of varying degrees abode haciendas. They are so
of .barrenness. small, and the country. is nothing
This morning just as the'sun but a clay sandy rock, and the
was beginning to come up we were air has a tendency to be full of
coming through a stretch of Texas sand, too, that we cannot imagine
where the gasoline stations were why they stay at all: However,
116 miles apart. - That `ofrcourse is some of the men will be employed
quite sufficient if one travels by with the railroad, and probably on
°day, but through the night the road construction, too.
attendants figure, they'll get some
sleep. As one truck driver said to
us, "They've got you, and they
know they've got you." At any
rate we managed to arrive at
Our mountain range has turned
out to be nothing much to speak
of, and we face down a highway
that disappears into nothingness
in a haze of dust. Oh, well, Texas
Rev. Bert Turner
Royal Oak, Mich.
will be Guest Speaker for
Clinton Area Youth for Christ
hrlst
in the
CLINTON DISTRICT COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE
Saturday, April 3 — 8.00 pm.
Those who heard this dynamic spegker on a previous
engagement will not, miss the opportunity of hearing
him again.
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Tenders for Trucks
TENDERS are invited for the supply of one to four
Trunks and will be received by the undersigned until Noon,
Monday, April` 5th. New 1953 models, where available, also
to be submitted.
Motor Size—Approximately 360 cu. in displacement.
10.00x20, 12 -ply tires. Heater and Defroster.
Rear-view mirrors, Reinforced frame.
Direct in 5th' Transmission, 2 -Speed rear axle.
Cast spoke wheels. Electrical directional equipment,
All =after lights required by Iaw.
Dark green in colour.
2 Units are to be equipped with 6 - 7 yard capacity
Galion Dump bodies.
2 Units to be equipped with necessary trailer •brake and
lighting equipment.
Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.
Further information may be obtained at the office of
the undersigned.
Goderich, Ontario
March 18th, 1954
PETER D. PATTERSON,
Huron County Engineer,
Godorioh, Ontario.
12-13-b
was big, and we've managed to
cross it, so the state of .Arizona
doesn't scare us.
This , morning we were in El
Paso, just a very few miles from
the. Mexican border, and,saw the
most,picture-book looking, ranchos
and smaller houses. How the far-
mers' have the courage and deter-
mination to make„ their dry land.
gi.e'up crops is hard to under-
stand. They divide their shall
fields into plots of about an acre
in size,. apd build up a ridge. about
one foot high around the outside.
They go uhead.and work the land,
;then. open the side of the ridge to
let in water from the ditch at the
side of the field. Just where their
main supply of water came from,
we did not determine, -but certain-
ly there wine
wasone sight, except
Yng t, P
this river pouring through drams
and ditches. On the larger fields
they used the same system, and
bad tractors of the same type we
use at .home. I'm sure, though,
that if ;Huron County farms were
as dry -looking as these, the farm-
ers would hesitate to go on them
with a tractor at;all. It looked
as. if half the topsoil might blow
right away.
Larger fields; are worked finally
with a three -hoe, cultivator which
reaches right across the front' of
the farmer's tractor. These leave
the soil in ridges, and when they
irrigate,, or when the rain comes
the moisture stays until it can
soak into the earth.
The wind is blowing steadily
now, as it has for the last 48
hours, and we are heartily sick of
the sound. The tumble -weed blows
merrily along the side of the road
until it meets up with a cactus or
bit of sagebrush. The only thing
we have not yet seen in this cow-
boy country is real live cowboy
on a real live horse, riding ever
the plain. We've seen lots of cow-
boys, lots of horses, and more than
enough of the plain, but the three
don't seem. to go,together any-
more.
We asked a man at a service
station in Dallas, how best we
could go about seeing a ranch in
operation, with cowboys, and all,
and he just laughed. "There are
no more cowboys," he said, "They
ride herd on 'the cattle in jeeps,
and planes.",.
This is oil country, too, of
course. Sometimes the taste and
small of the crude oil completely
covers up the taste and smell of
prairie dust.
We hadn't met any Canadians
until to -day, and then at noon; a
lady and her husband from Grims-
by, near Hamilton, who are doing
a more leisurely tour of the US,
spoke to us because of our On -
Seal .0 A, Package of Easter Sunshine
Upg HelpSome Youngster ster To Have Fun
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Steel gets hot and heavy in the and sleep in the snade.
summertime . especially if it's At five beautiful summer camps,
wrapped around' a thin, white leg which are owned and operated by
that has been crippled by polio or the Ontario Society'for Crippled
some other disease and can't run Children, 1,200 -more handicapped
pedal a bicycle or.even walk, children than have ever: been to
And when the last school .bel ,camp before—will this year enjoy
rings- before the holidays and the three wonderful weeks of sun
green hills and blue lakes to the shine, laughter and the best medi
north start tantalizing even;the cal, surgical and nursing care
well ,and: happy- children . how Last summer Clinton Lions Club
much greater must be the yearn helped"finance a , Clinton polio
ing of the helpless, crippled child victim at one of these camps.
to get away from the city's heat, Because of the successful sale
to sit on a mossy bank and fish of.Easter Seals in other years and
or just throw down his crutches the assistance and financial back-
ing of Ontario's service clubs, two
new camps have been added this
year—Lakewood and Northwood.
At these children's paradises—
"Blue • Mountain" near Coiling -
wood on Georgian,'Bay; "Wood-
eden' 'near London on the Thames.
River; "Merrywood" on Rideau
Lake near Smiths Falls: "Lake-
wood" on Lake Erie and "North-
wood" on Kirkland Lake—young-
s`ters who, because ftheir
au o handi-
caps, havnever been away from
home overnight, experience the.
brightest spot in their lives when
they sleep out under the stars,:
cook their own meals over an open
fire and , really `rough it' for 21
unforgettable days.
The special equipment and•facil-
ities at these camps are maintain-
ed and enlarged under the direc-
tion of a local committee consist-
ing of members of the 195 service
clubs associated with the Ontario
Society for Crippled Children, All
are recognized by the Ontario Pro-
vincial Department of Health, as
"Convalescent hospitals."
The number of staff and. child-
ren at each camp varies. Wood-
eden, for example, has 70 children
at a time with a staff of 40.
Northwood, one of the new camps,
has a group of 40 and a staff of 30.
Usually a registered nurse on the
staff of the Ontario Society for
Crippled Children is in charge as a
superintendent and she is assisted
by a varied group of physiothera-
pists,
medical men, cooks, swim-
ming
instructors, counsellors and
arts and crafts teachers.
With the discovery of new cases
tario license. Then as we crossed
the border into Arizona a gentle-
man got out of his -car and came
to say hello. He was on his way
to San Diego, and has lived in
Florida "for three years, but he
grew up at Toronto.
We stopped for .a short time to
browse through an Indian curio
shop, and found the usual tourist
bait which is offered even in Clin-
ton. Among the authentic local
workmanship was inlayed metal
work from India, and some intri-
cate wooden puzzles from Japan.
But rnainly the material for, sale
seemed to us real Indian 'curios.
We bought a couple of items; and
spent a half hour recovering the
use of our museles before continu-
ing.
ontinu
in The wind is blowing more
strongly now,.and the cacti are
larger and a bit farther between.
The land is more rolling than it
was in New Mexico, and the sky
is a deep blue with a few misty
clouds,
We are"about 100 miles out of
Tucson,. where we plan to have
supper. This means I had better
get an envelope and have it' ready.
for mailing. So far we haven't
found a mail box since El Paso.
—WILMA
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crippled children in Ontario, new
and larger camps will be needed
in the future. At the present
time there is a survey going on
in Huron County to determine the
number of crippled children re-
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and help the Ontario Society for
Crippled Children to reach- its' ob-
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of• Clinton Lions Club members,
beaded by,. J. A. Anstett, are in
charge of the Easter Seals cam-
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