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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1938-08-18, Page 3lm l THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1938 THE SEAFORTH NEWS CBC Pingrarnme Conference In accordance ,with ,a new policy of staff mobility designed to broaden the; motional outlook of CBC , executives, 'two important staff, •transfers were announced in a statement issued fol. Iowing the claw ofthe third annual National Programme Conference of the CB'C, held at Toronto. Peter Ayl- en, station manager of CBL, goes to Station GB R, 'Van'couv'er, sep'iaoieg J. R. Radford, 'who 'conies to Toronto as manager of C'B'L. These changes are set for 'October Il', Fall Season Schedules • 'Programme .sch-edulbes for the forth- oomieg fall season, of 'b'roadcastin'g were constructed during the .00nfer- enoe. Important listings included an extension of the 'CBC policy of pre- senting ,outstanding 'Can'a'dian sym- phony orchestras; and '°V'entumes in Citizenship," a new programme series originating in Winnipeg, which will present the musical and cultural back- grounds of various new Canadian groups. Conflicting Points o£ View In order to give full .expression on the 'Canadian air to the maim conflict- ing .points of view on 'natters of not Tonal and •world importance, the OB't will ,continue to sponsor a Sunday night "National Forum" on current Canadian affairs, in addition to the weekly presentation of an • interna- tional round table discussion on af- fairs of the world toddy. The 'national forum will continue the main fea- tures of the 'Whither Democracy" series 'broadcast last season. International Praise of "Proms" In a recent issee of the Toronto Daily Star the following statement, 'part of an interview, has been noted: '-"Thes•e Promenade Symphony Con- certs are putting Toronto on the musical snap faster than .anything else!' exclaimed stout, jovial Dr. Frank Simon, guest conductor at to- morrow night's concert. He and MTs. Simon have heard nearly every con- cert 'broadcast this season, he slid, and last week's came perfectly to them in their ear •on the way to New York from their home in Middleton, Ohio. 'It's undoubtedly the outstand- ing .musical program on the continent during the week,' he saki. 'And what astounds me particularly is the pick- up, We can hear every section ofthe orchestra perfectly.' That was music to the ears of 'John Adaskin, producer (of the CBC), who dropped into the conductor's room at Varsity Arena just in time to hear it. Mr. Adaskin said he had just received a report on the prom concerts' United States' cov- erage, and had. found they were 'being heard in virtually every state, :over 38 high-power 'transnhitters . " Microphone Technique at "Proms': In the 'Varsity Arena, Toronto, ...which seats about 17',000 •people, the technical department of ithe CBC has erected •a 'broadcasting booth •contain- ing all the latest developments in radio and completely soundproof. It etntiplloy's eel -lc -heck sand light -signal systems, and is et all times 10 tele- phone connection with the artists' dressing=rooms and the master -con- trol roonn of the CBC in Toronto. Every corner of ,the huge arena is vis- ible from this booth, where 'Charles Jennings, special announcer; John A'daskin, prodiecer, and the technic- ian are of duty throu'ghou't the broad- cast, and many hours during 'tire week, when .rehearsals are in .pro - grecs. Although two microphones are visible to a'udienc'es in the arena, only one is rased during the broadcast, the one suspended over and behindthe conductor. Other visible microphones are 'held in reserve, in case of a break-Oowm, and are connected with a complete preserve -circuit, Much re- search work by the producer and the technical staff has been c'ar'ried out, especially regarding the best possible micr'op'hone position for a perfect pickup. Every week this research work ,goes me, commencing as soon as the 'broadcast is over, but -while the 'ba'lance of 'the concert is still in progress. This is quite 'necessary, since it is possible to ascertain the actual accoustical conditions only when the ,audience fills the auditor- hem, uditorimm, Much money and great effort have been spent en this series, and it is very :gratifying -to know that the CBC's endeavours have been appreci- ated and are noted 'with such keen interest everywhere. Air Traveller's Radio Date Just before his transfer to the CBC Winnipeg studios, Jack Kannawin, special events commentator of the CBC, interviewed a young lady from Vancouver, Miss Mollie Moore, dur- ing a "Street Scene" broadcast at To- ronto. 'These programmes, heard daily except Saturday and Sunday at 11:30 p.m. EDST, originate in various cities across the Dominion. They endeavour to give listeners a cross section of Canadian public opinion on various. questions, tthrough street interviews. Miss Moore, who had just returned. from. a tour of Europe, had done some :flying over there, and during the interview she mentioned she would fly from Toronto to Vancou- ver. Mr. Kannawin then asked her if she would appear on Vancouver's "Street Scene" broadcast the follow- ing Monday, which she promised. Miss Moore had lunch in Toronto and arrived in Vancouver in time for breakfast the following day, and, as premised, ad the Mopday site was heard -on "Street Scene" telling of her trip. She is naw determined to •fly back to Toronto, leaving after a "Street Scene" broadcast on a Mon- day, and arriving in time for Wed- 'nesday's "Street Scene" in Toronto. Toronto Magistrate's Hymn The story to he dramatized during Vancouver's ,CBC programme, "Ro which was told to 'Estelle Fox, author of 'the 'series, by ,James Edmund Jones, .w:elil-known, retired magistrate and hymnologist of Toronto, The Pro- gramme will concentrate upon his nmelod'y, 'Walden," which was naliied after the saimi'tly clergyman in Marie Core1Ii's 'book, "God's Good Man." ,Music by Russia's Rinnsky-Korsak- off, England's Sir Edward Elgar, and Bohemia's Anton Dvorak will be com'pl'emented by songs from several of the moat sinc'cessftil United States and British -writers of popular melo- dies during "Music for Yoe," Sun'd'ay, August 2'1, 9 to 9:30 'p.m EDST. The conductor of the Toronto Pro- menade Symphony 'Orchestra, who is also a famous pianist, received a 20 - minute Ovation last week when he oand•ucted the Washington Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Stewart is now back again in Toronto, to conduct the Pro- menade Symp'h'ony 'Orchestra, hea'sgl over .CBC's na'tio'nal network and re- layed in the 'United States over the NBC -Red network Thursdays, 9 to 110 p,m. EDST, • • Corporation Features Day By Day •(All Times Eastern Daylight Saving) Thursday, August 25t: 8 p.m. Sinfonietta, direction Cesare Sodero, MBS -CBC international ex- change programme. From New York, 8:130 'pan. The CBC Sumner Thea- tre, light dramatic series direction Junes C. Harvey. From Toronto, 9 p.m, Promenade Symphony -Con- cert, condtmte:d by Reginald Stewart. CBC NBC international exchange programme. From Toronto. Friday, August 26: 8 p, m. Fantaisie Musicale, with Marguerite Pagett, •contralto, and Roland Seguin, tenor. From Quebec. 9 p.m. Melodic Strings,. 'direction Alexander Chulma1din. From. Toronto. ,169 p.m. Scrub Oak Hollow, as re- ported by Bruce •Hutchison. From Victoria. Saturday, August 27; 8 p,m. 'Bands Across r the Sea, strings in swing -tine with Dave Dav- ies and the Rhytennettes; directed by Percy Faith, CBC -MBS international. exchange programme. From Toronto. 8:30 p.m, Impressions, with Gene- vieve Rowe,' soprano. :MBS -CBC in- ternational exchange programme. From New York; 10.30 p.m. Let's All Go to the Music Hall, direction 'George Young, with orchestra, dramatic oast and soloists. From Toronto, Sunday, August 28: 2 p.m. Romance of Sacred Song, dramatic 'interpretations . of famous hymns and their origins, written by Estelle Fox. From Vancouver. 4:30 p.m, The CSC Singers, direc- tion Albert Whitehead, CBC -CBS in- ternational exchange program. From Toronto. 6:30 p.m. The Band of His -Majes- ty's Canadian Grenadier Guards, con- ducted by Captain J. J. Gagnier, by Permission of Lieut. -Col, G. S. Stairs, S.C., V.D., commanding, CBC -NBC international exchange programme, From Montreal, 9 p.m. Music for You, orchestra di mance of Sacred Song," Sunday, Au- reclean Geoffrey Waddington. Front gust 241, 2 to '2:30 p.m. EDST, is one Toronto. • PAGE THREE Monday, August 29: 6 ,p.m. The' .S'wingmates, featuring Pauline Rennie, Burt Yarlett and F. C. Meek, CBC -MBS international ex- change programme. From Toronto, 8 p.m. From a Rose Garden, orch- estra and chorus 'direction M•arjolve Payne, From Halifax. 8:30 p.m, Metropolitan Cafe, :pro- duced 'by P. S. Adkins. From Mon- treal. Tuesday, August 30: 6:30 p.m. Drama Series, produced by Rupert Caplan. From Montreal, 9 p.m. Everybody's Hoer, wth Jac- que's Gerard, Paris Opera Commique tenor; Helen Landers, rhythm :singer; Caro 'Lamoureux, soprano;Isadore Gua'inick, violinist; the Debutantes; and 'orchestra direotion 'Guise:p•pe Agostini. From Montreal, 10 p.m. Evening Serenade, wth Jos- eph Victor, tenor, Ernest (Dainty, org- anist, and Albert Prete, violinist. .From Toronto, Wednesday, August 3111: 18:30 p.m. Souvenir, EarJe Spicer, baritone, with Acadian Concert ,Orch- estra direction Marjorie Payne. From Halifax. 9:30 p. m. "Musical Scrapbook" -- Montreal Montreal String Quartet. From Mon- treal. 110:39 p.m. Melodies from the Sky,' MSS -'OBC international exchange programme. From Chicago. "MOOSIE" The Miming story appeared in The News 25 years ago, "written by Dr. Robertson, Sudbury, which is quite intere'stin'g, Mr. Robertson is well known around Seaforth, 'having lived near Walton, sone' years ago," a note published at the time said. On the farm of Mr. 'Oliver LeBlanc in the township of Hairier, four miles from the village of the sante .name, (mile 12713 S. N. 0, R. north of Tor- onto), (July '3, 1909, as Mrs. LeBlanc and her son Oliver aged 9, accompan- ied by a yellow 'bul'l dog, were stroll- ing near Main creek, they heard a noise like the bawl of a calf and saw the movement of bushes on the op- posite bank. Hastening across the creek, Mrs. 'LaBlanc laid her :hand on a baby moose about one week old; the dog caught its hind leg, and after being reinforced by Oliver, the young captive was led, driven and pulled for 1200 feet into captivity—their 'log barn, in which it was kept for two months. Equal parts of cow': milk and warns water in .a ;ginger -ale bottle was at once -to its lips and repeated at regu- lar. intervals daily for mouths, When three weeks had passed green cherry and moose maple leaves which had been dipped in milk were also given to the calf. It was very fond of this food, and it would smack its lips on sight of it. At this time its head and back was of a brownish yellow color, the legs 'of a buckskin white. 'Mrs. La Blanc called this strange pet "Moosie" and under her watchful eye the ani- mal grew rapidly and sown- began to manifest great attachment to its owner. In September the barn door was opened, and left open for Moosie io go in and out of its own free will. Soon after it took to following its •, Counter n.. k,, Lheck S • We 7r'e Selling Quality Books Books are Well Made, Carbon is Clean and Copies Readily, All styles, Carbon Leaf and Black Back. Prices as Low as You Can Get Anywhere. Get our Quotation on Your Next Order, • The Seaforth News SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, captor like a dog lb the shore, through the fields,. for the cows, to the berry Patch, everywhere, whenever she might cell "Moosie'., never offering to wander among the tall' timbers. She does not 'know that it ever saw a wild moose, About this turns slue strapped a •cow•,bell bo its neck to serve as a protection to it, rather than 'to furnish any index of its whereabouts. When Moosie became hungry it would 'conte to the door, stamp on ,the steps and "neigh" "neigh" and when his mistress would open the door, it would walk to the table and eat 'pie, cake, sugar apples, almost everything, bet salt it would not touch. 11 wound go into the garden and nose around among the vegetables, but seidoan ate or destroyed anything. it 'did not often molest the .crop of -the n'eig'h- boring fa'rmer's, though it could lope over a fence of ten rails with ease. No fence could keep i1 out, or hold it in if it wanted to ,get out. It would play and sleep with the dog and o'a't and let -the children of the family ride on its back, but it would n•at tolerate or have anything to .do with strangers. So• strong was Moosie's antipathy to anything r'esem'bling fashionable at- tire, that when it was .approached by a man 'wearing that indispensalble article, a white shirt, it would invar- iably manifest signs of ill humor. It knew the fancily and it was .a faithful servant to all its members and it evid- ently was leo "wily wanderer," but a true home abiding domesticated ani- mal. If she went away without it, on her return it would neigh and lick her hands and face. One day while she was walking with "'Moosie," she at- tached the neck -lace -rope to her waist, something startled it, and it "ran away." However, being obedient to her call, "Stup, Moosie," a tragedy was averted. Mrs. LeBlanc made requisition to the Ontario Government for a permit to -keep this interesting pet in cap- tivity, which was granted to the un- bounded delight •of the owner. In 'October an outgrowth of bone appeared on either side of its heats, while later on, these antlers bifur- cated, or ,divided into two prongs, and in April, by a process of absorption, they were cut at the base and shed in the month of May, As Moosie's ant- lers grew in size and in 'beauty, its actions and formation became more stately and majestic and fairly earned for tliis moose calf the larger appell- ative, Bull Moose. V,'hen he appeared to be unusually frolicksome, she would fasten a chain around his neck allowing it to trail about his feet, if '1:e was at all hungry or molested in any way be would "go through fire and water" to get close to his keeper, who also befriended him and :patted his neck as she would one of her own kindred. After Mr. LeBlanc removed his family from the farm into the village of Harmer, Moosie was deprived of his privilege of wading and wallowing in the creek when he would stand in wet placer daily for hours. As a sob- s'titute .for this ' fondness of water, Mrs. LeBlanc every afternoon for half an hour, with a -big sponge, would thoroughly doucb his face, head, body and legs. He appeared to hove the 'bath and he would cry "neigh," "neigh," to get it, and it appeared to keep hint in good condition, for he was always. sleek, :plump, round and fat as an eel. In winter he would eat clean hay, but be wag , ,particularly fond of leafy clover and oats, He would eat 'boiled oats, but seemed to prefer them in a raw state. His grind- er teeth worked side -wise instead of forward and 'back as -the teeth of beaver do, About November, 111110, again au outgrowth of antlers, with six prongs appeared, which this woman say', were never shed. Clothing hanging on a line would excite him as a red handkerchief wnnld a bull, and scores of times he cleared her clothes Hue, charging with his great antlers, .taking 'band- ages, ri'b'bons and shreds ,of her sheet- ing and blankets. For this misdemeanour, on one occasion, Mr. LaBlane administered the dash, 'but never again, as Moosie ever after on ap'preaching 'him would turn his (bead aside in an aggressive attitude and "neigh," but seemed to 'be appeased when his keeper would place her arms about his neck. She knew no fear, on the other hand Mr. LaBlanc was "big '-fraid" and kept Ont .czf lois sight as much as possible. When iY1o•osie was one year olcl she was offered 4,16693303 for him, .and when he was two years old $1I00:001 both of which she refused, He knew neither blanket nor har- ness, but with a chain or rope albout his neck and 'backward between his legs attached to a s'leig'h he would pull Mrs. LeBlanc and her 'children about the village and along the con- cession, keeping well to the 'road without any line or guide other than the voice of his keeper. In August, 1912, for reasons never revealed, he wandered through 'fields and over mmountain fastnesses, a dis- tance of 118 miles, to Sellwoocl. The bell saved him. He left there at 8 a. m., walking behind his keeper on the railway track, and as she sat to rest, by the wayside, as each train passed, he, too, would lie down at her feet quite unconcerned of the rumbling train so near. They reached Haunter at 4 p.m, and floosie slept, as usual, that night, unguarded. outside, close to the side •of the 'house. 'Later in August one day, Mrs. LeBlanc, and Moosie, went to the 'berry patch on the farm. 'W'hi'le she picked berries into the pail he ate them off the ,bustles. About 12 p.m. he disappeared and she has never seen nor heard of him since. Many theories have been .mooted, but to date none have been verified. Bladder Campion is considered one of the most serious weed pests iet Ontario by the Crop, Seeds and Weeds Branch of the Ontario .De- partmnent of Agriculture. It is difficult to kill owing to its deep fleshy rootstalks and the numb- ers of stem's growing from one crown. The crown is often down six to twelve inches in the soil and this explains the difficulty in cutting it off with the plow and the need of 'deep .plowing #allowed by a stiff toothed cultivator with wide shares which overlap. Roots and root stalks brought to the surface will not sur- vive but any portion left in the soil with a 'bud attached, will produce a new plant. Thorough cultivation will eradicate Bladder Campion in cul- tivated areas. Chemical weed killers is the only practical solution if .the weed is prevalent and cultivation impos- sible. The first plant found on your property is a danger signal, says the Department. Eradicate it and save tr+uble later. The Crops, Seeds and Weeds Branch, Ont. Dept., of Agri- culture, 'Toronto, will gladly forward you free of charge a pamphlet on how to get rid of this dangerous pest. Write for it immediately, Bladder Campion is sometimes mis- named "White Cockle" or "Catchfly." Campion, however, can he easily identified by its freely 'branching stems, smooth leaves in pairs 'which meet around the sten, its white flow- ers found in Ioose clusters often drooping and its inflated bell-shaped calyx or pod. It is from this the plant sometimes gets the name of Bladder Weed or Cow Bell. 'It is adapted to high land and soon becomes estab- lished if neglected. Get after it now, is the best advice of the Ontario Department of Agri- culture. "I may say I'm regarded as quite smart," announced the applicant for the stenographer's position. "I've won several prizes in crossword and jig- saw puzzles, and word picture compe- tition lately." "Yes, but I want someone who can be smart during office hours." "Oh, this was during office hours." A man at a recent dog show not- iced a pretty girl gazing around as if puzzled. He went over to her and said: "Pardon me, but can't yon find the kennel you wish? If not, I shall be glad to assist you." "Oh, thank you," she replied. 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