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The Seaforth News, 1957-12-26, Page 11Shared Bed With :Hens •And Pigs "See the M.O.," the sergeant - major urged: "Go on, report sick -then you can stay in Eng- land -with me." The orderly -room clerk ig- nored the sergeant -major's ad- vice. Very shortly after making this decision, Ewart Jones land- ed with his company at Calais. It was May, 1940. For Rifleman Jones thenext three days were a nightmare. He was haunted by the constant. fear of death. Over fifty per cent ofhis battalion were killed. "And then," writes Ewart Jones in his commendable and absorbing book, "Germans Un- der My Bed," "the peace. Peace --my peace . absolute si- lence." With others of the ill- fated B,E.F. he was herded into captivity. Any unfortunate P.o.W. who was captured in 1940 had a long wait ahead of him. Some settled into the soul-destroying exis- tence of prison camp life, others enlivened their enforced stay with attempts to escape. With a fellow P.o.W.,; Jones; made a break for liberty and fled, their Objective being Russia. The journey was a succession of close calls, little food and drink. Fatigue and exhaustion compelled them to seek food and shelter at a poverty-stricken dwelling,Their knocking was answered by a young Pole, who asked them in. Jones explained their plight and that they were English P,o.W,s. The welcome was ter- rific. Hunks of bread and drip- ping and ersatz tea were speed- ily set out. However, the two P.o.W.s were startled out of their wits by the action of the Pole when he suddenly produced a large knife, grabbed. Jones' friend's hand and made a gash across the veins in his wrist,. The Englishmen jumped to their feet in alarm, but the Pole smiled an assurance, made a gash across his own wrist and held the two wounds together. They were blood brothers! Jones was treated likewise. It wasn't possible to sleep at the house, so they were escorted to another dwelling a short dis- tance away. Another meal, and they were shown to their bed. Jones was prodded into wake- fulness the following. morning. WHAT GIVES? - Pretty Maxine Gillette seems to have sudden- ly grown an Amazon body up- on which to perch her pretty head. Trick photography is not Involved In the "growth", how- ever. The clear water acted as a giant magnifying glass in "split level" photo made from glass boat. by his friend; they four it dif- ficult to believe what they saw. Under the sheets at the bottom of the bed four inquisitive chil- dren were peeking at them. From a bed on the other side of the room six more children were eyeing them with frank curi- osity. Pretending the children were not there, the two men pulled the bed -clothes over them again and settled, down: They were jerked back to consciousness as the bed tossed and heaved about. Jones .and, his friend sat up in fright. The children te-t.4 gone, but a coupleof lean pigs,scram- bled out from udder the bed even as they watched, shortly followed by twelve assorted hens. The; children, pigs and poultry had all been their bed- fellows! Later in their travels they were recaptured and sentenced of twenty-one days''; solitary con- finement on a bread and water diet. This solitary confinement. turned out to be one of comfort' and luxury. Both men were con- fined in the same • snug little cell, with double bunks, a glow- ing stove and a bucket of coal with which to keep it going. Belgian P.o.W.s in the camp learned of their "plight" and supplemented their diet with smuggled delicacies, including delicious soup and a steaming hot 0x -tongue wrapped in paper. The author records an amus- ing incident as proof that the German guards didn't always find their captives willing to toe the line. P.o.W.s were employ- ed in stacking bags of 'cement, and to hamper the German war effort made a point of dumping the bags into thewaiting barge with enough force to split the bags so that when they were eventually removed at their destination the cement spilled out. On one occasion, one of the. guards, a little man, saw red at this deliberate sabotage and, whipping out his bayonet, fixed it to his rifle and prodded a huge P.o.W. from Norfolk. •The Norfolkman didn't lose his temper or even squeal. He ponderously turned and, with his huge hands, tore the rifle from the guard's grasp. Holding it high above his head, he walk- ed to the dockside. "I've a good mind to chuck the blessed thing in the river," he said quietly. The German guard jumped up and down, fumed and tried to snatch the rifle back; but he wasn't tall enough. His rage gave way to pleading. Not until the Norfolkman had exacted a contrite apology from him, and a promise to be odd and keep quiet while the men were working, was he allowed to have the offending rifle and bayonet back. Ewart Jones, after his unlucky breakout, remained a P.o.W. un- til Germany surrendered, and his book is a glowing tribute to those unfortunates who served long-term 'periods in captivity; a book made all the more sin- cere by his refusal to play up the heroics. INCIDENTAL A contractor, doing some ex- cavating, was charged with neg- ligence when a pedestrian fell into a pit on a dark night. The watchman, a somewhat dull- witted but loyal fellow, was to be called to testify concerning danger signals. He was primed by the contractor, and when called to the stand swore stead- fastly that ample lanterns had been hung in the area. 'On the strength of his testimony, the case was closed, and the contrac- tor congratulated him warmly. "You . did very well, Sam," he commented. "Were you ner- ••voiis?" "Wal, not exactly, boss," replied Sam, "but. I'll tell you I sure was scared that lawyer fel- ler was going to ask me if them lanterns was • lit." CROSSWORD PUZZLE 10. fairy tale 30. Pocketbook monster 31. Horseman's 11. Outbuilding goad 14. Oneness 32. Banquet 18. Weapons 33. Avoids 19. Beauty of 34. Anelent movement Greek city 20 Battle soldierIndian corn First word. ACROSS 4 Indo -British W of the 1. Belonging23. 7 dl on handwriting l to that man 6. statesman 24. First a name the wall 4. Rich brown- Mohammedan of a famous • - 86. Prepare rood color 6. Mohammedan nurse 33. Yellow ocher • 9. Lettuce- snide 26. German AS ver 39. So. American 12. Tnseet 7. Inside 27. Counterfeit Indian 13 Scotland Capital of 3. Power 26. First latter 41. In the 1 Scotla9 Pnrtlrse crit word - d4re^tion of 15. Kitchen 1 implement 17. Accustom 18. Wading bird 19. Moved smoothly 20. Frothy 21. Hale sheed, 22. Pithy sheep 23, pithy 24. Iron symbol' 28.Siamese oche O 27. ornamental 23: Slclt 29. Pronoun ce 30. Balance 31. Vulgar admire: of wealth 31. Spiny shrub 13. Steeple 34. Come forth 36. Inclined through 17. Renting. contract 33. Turnin acrd. 40. Interpolation i 42. Expert Filer {O. Clique 44. Yellow parts �reggs 45. Fr.articl• DOWN 1. Possesses I Rudimentary 1. Currents of water ®®®4®®®1111e:1i®®® i11111111111111611111111111111giiigi 1111111111111111111111111111M11.11 ®®1111 ®®®®®?: > ®i. iiiiiiMill111111111111M1111111111111111 111®11111®®i• °:•1111®®®:• 11®111®■`. i:ii1®®®®®111 111®®®®11®®® Eil®® iii®..:f�®®®■iai�iri®® Answer elsewhere on this page. A PUSH TOWARD SUCCESS -A cheerful smile and a useful sign are a big help in getting Sandy Cruse to • his classes at the University of Arizona. Pretty Dorothy Gyger returns the smile and lends a hand to the wheelchair student. Sandy, 30, is a victim of multiple sclerosis. An ex -G.1, married and father of a two-year-old son, he's studying for his Master's Degree in biology and was cited by the National. Multiple Sclerosis Society for his courage and determination in working for a college degree despite his handicap. TIILFMMFRONT Addressing a luncheon meet- ing recently of the Ontario Cream Producers' Marketing Board, Col. T. L. Kennedy, for- mer minister of agriculture, stated in emphatic fashion that orderly marketing is vital to agriculture and that he stood just as strongly behind the prin- ciples of the Ontario Farm. Prod- ucts Marketing Act as he did when he introduced the legisla- tion in 1929. Col. Kennedy maintained that Government's 'task was to en- courage establishment of co- operatives, support erection at cold storage facilities, and seek to develop fruit and vegetable varieties which would mature earlier or later than those now in existence. • • • Ontario -apple growers, as they ponder the state of the industry, would do well to consider the viewpoints of Mr. B. B. Byrd, Vice -President of the Byrd Apple Orchards, Winchester, Virginia. The Byrd Orchards are known the world over and when a member of the Byrd family dis- cusses apples he receives atten- tion. * • • Mr. Byrd says: ,It; is sometimes extremely dif- ficult to grasp the true serious- ness:. of apple per capita con- si mftion decline. Since 1920 apple per capita consumption has been declining • at the rate of one pound per year. -• Today there are 170 million people in the United Statgs.. At 45 pounds of apples, per bushel we :are losing an apple demand equivalent to 3,777,000 bushels. And at 500 bushels pore acre this means that we are losing demand from over 7,000 acres., per year. Next year , and each succeeding • year it will be worse, because. our population is expected -to in- crease by about 4 million people par year. If our per capita consumptio-n of apples had remained steady since 1920, our country (exclu- sive of , foreign -exports) would be consuming 219,111,000 bushels of apples within the continental United States. • • • Contrast the orange. industry. Oranges are gaining per capita consumption et, the. rate of 1.6 pound per year. They are or- ganized on an industry -wide basis. They have a compulsory tax 'rendering over $7 million per year, Part goes to consumer education (advertising); part to merchandising (retailer educa- tion); and part, to research (from whence came frozen orange juice). •. * 0 Whether apple growers like It or not, this. is 1957.and not 1920. This is a nation where people have to be sold :on what they• are willing he buy - whether it. be a Republican or Democratia' political party; whether it be 'a Ford or Chevrolet automobile, whether it be an apple or, an orange; and the political party, or the autombile manufacturer, or the fruit producer who shouts the loudest and advertises the most is going to win the batle. Up to date the apple industry of the United States has been living in the atomic age of pro- duction, but in the horse and buggy age of consumer educa- tion and merchandising. * • It might be of supreme in- terest to those blindly optimistic American apple growers to re- alize that if the present down- ward curve of apple per capita consumption continues - and we have no reason to expect a magic to be performed which will suddenly reverse the trend of 37 years - by 1975 - only 18 years from today - the American public will consume only 7 million bushels of apples, which is less than 25% of the Washington state apple crop . * • * The use of power pruners, lift trucks, bulk handling, speed sprayers, etc„ do reduce labor costs and make for more internal efficiency within the individual apple orchard. Although these mechanical devices are presented to the apple growers of the United States by clever manu- facturers as the solution to the apple problems, they are not the solution. These mechanical de- vices are like unto the rear guard action of a beaten army, an; army whipped by its op- ponents but trying to get enough stea 'mup to cross one more river b e f or e complete annihilation takes place. In Vienna, a complete• issue of Austrian currency has been marked in braille so blind people can recognize their value. Common Sense & 400 Horsepower In a week or so America's motoring public will be offered, for the first time, a mass -pro - produced car with a 400 -horse- power engine. If there are other passenger "°ears eleswhere in the world equally powered, they are 'undoubted'ly few. In fact no na- tion has seriously challenged the United States in auto produc- tion: American cars on foreign. streets are still symbols of big- ness, productivity, and. power. And the industry's sharpest critics are also still at home. Traffic and safety engineers are openly dismayed with many of the. trends in the auto Indus- try, most notably with the ever- growing power plants. Engines that are forever begging for speed, in ever larger ears, are a big factor in planning for high- ways and parking. But the gravest question to be raised • about any engine. poweredbe- yond the needs of safety .and comfort has to do with causing accidents. There can be no quib- bling about speed as the major villain in highway deaths. And fast cars are products of"power- ful engines. This is not to say that a 400 horsepower engine is lethal in itself. But to handlesafelythe performance of such an engine requires a maturity ' not always present in the ordinary driver. In ' the hands of an exuberant teen-ager such overpowered cars' pose a peril both to himself and other drivers. .No one would dream of holding the auto maker responsible' for careless driving. But' the manufacturers can do much to take the lure out of high speeds, by playing down horsepower. Fortunately, this year one or two of them are actually doing so. -Hartford Courant One in every thousand Lon- doners was seriously injured in road accidents during 1957. Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking .J i )1 1 O ,.li1 3 9 3DV NO I1213SN 3N, 1 b1 0 si 3 V 3 321 530 1 N n d $ S 3 S 3 Z 0 b 0 n d 3 w 3 3 1 3 a 1 4 A A 1 D V N 3 V 14 $ s W .1. V V 3 321 3 b 1 A W V 0 4 0 n N 1 0 21 N 3 0 HD S0 a n Dolt/ d 3 d ld V 3 ,S S 4 H 3 N B tl. H urmAYsc11001 LESSON By Rev R. Barclay Warren B.A., B.D. Christ in the Likeness of Men Philippians 2:1-11 Memory Selection: When the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of a o we, Galatians 4:4-5. All people know something of the power of God from the things that are made. We stand in awe of Him who made the worlds. But man wants a gad to whom he can talk, one whit is , near. The yearning of our heart is fulfilled in Jesus Christ, "All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any- thing made that was made:' (John 1:3). Yet, this mighty God came in the likeness of men, The Little Babe of Bethlehem was really God, come in the flesh. He became one of us, yei without sin. Sin . showed, itself at its ugliest and meanest when man hanged this Saviour on lt tree. This principle of enmity to God is still manifested by de- praved man. The name of God is used as a swear -word. 1311 laws forbidding stealing, adul- etry and lying are ignored with a laugh. Calvary points up sin. But it also shows the great love of God. God has come near in the Person of His Son' to save us from our sin and restore us to fellowship with our Creator. He proved His power to save by conquering man's great enemy, death. Today the Holy Spirit reveals to us this living Saviour. He invites us to repentance and faith. If we accept the great salva- tion we shall become imitators of Jesus Christ, We shall share His spirit of humility. He laid. aside heaven's glory and became a servant to men and humbled Himself even to die on a cross. The disciple of Jesus Christ lives to serve. He has the disposition that was in Christ Jesus. He ham a cross to b e a r, too. It isn't enough to put the cross on the church or wear it on our per- son; it must become part of our very living. We must die to our sinful self and rise to newness of life through Jesus Christ. Let us remember this Christ- mas that we are commemorating not only the birth of the great- est Man who ever lived, but that this Man was really God corny in the flesh to save us from em' sins. HIS BROTHER'S KEEPER -Jimmy, left, and Jerry Foster, 14 -year- old farm boys, celebrate their birthday at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, prior to a kidney transplant which was performed with apparent success. Plucky Jerry went to .court to receive permission to donate a healthy kidney to his brother who would have died within a short time without the transplant. ..r A FLEET IN ONE -Out for its shakedown cruise, the world's largest birchbark canoe skims over the waters of Golden Lake, in Ontario, prop elled by a total of 16 paddlers. to the bow of the giant craft is 85 -year-old Matt Bernar d, who supervised its building. The canoe, a copy of those used by early fur traders, is 36 feet long and six feet wide. It will be shipped to Ottawa for display in the National Museum.