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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1958-06-26, Page 3STARE -CASE Beverly Davis hoops it up in Miami Begch. Beverly, who seems to be siep- ping out of her picture frame, iswhat you could call a circular stare -case. Wrote Best -Seller With His Feet! The sweet - faced. beguiling Geisha girl cowered in terror. Her master had suddenly become demented. Brandishing a sword wildly round his head,he rushed at her, beat her to the floor, and with a succession of murderous blows hacked off her arms. Miraculously, she recovered from this terrible assault. When her wounds healed, she entered a nunnery and there, after re- ligious consolation, she took up painting. She learned to paint excel- lent pictures by gripping her brushes between her teeth. Years afterwards, so far from regretting what the maniac had done, she regarded is as a heav- enly blessing. "How otherwise," she asked, "could I have escaped from the Geisha's cramped, dependent ex- istence and entered this happy new life of spiritual freedom and artistic achievement?" It needs rare courage to face up to a terrible handicap like that. Yet people manage to find that courage. However physical- ly crippled they just refuse to give in. In a nursing home in Johan- nesburg' lies a 33 -year-old elec- trical engineer, Michael Yates. Some months ago he was badly burned at work; his agonies can- not be described. As 75 per cent of his body was burnt, it seemed that no medical treatment could save him. Ordinarily, a 50 per cent scorching is the limit. But althoughhis body was blackened and charred, Michael had a tremendous will to live. Bearing his sufferings with amazing courage, he kept him- self alive and a great healing process began. New tissues re- placed the charred ones; his hair grew again. Now, within a few weeks, this man who,n the fierc- est flames coud not lick, expects to be back at his jobb Then there's . young Robert Hinds who lives in the Midlands, and though partly blind since birth, became, at the alge of 16, a schoolboy here whose courage won him the coveted Duke of Edinburgh award. To win the award, he learned first-aid, trained himself to run a mile in five minutes and to high - jump four feet six inches -a leap that most unhandicapped young- sters would be proud to achieve. Such a dauntless spirit has dis- tinguished a number of women. The late Vivienne de Watteville, only daughter of Bernard de Watteville, the Swiss naturalist and big game hunter, accomp- anied her father some years ago on an African safari Vivienne was then 22, thor- oughly imbued' with her father's zest for adventure. During the safari he was mauled to death by a tion: There she was, a slip of a girl, left alone in the heart of the jungle with 25 native porters in her''charge. Yet she didn't sit down and cry. She buried her father and• instead of trekking 'back to base empty- handed, she resolved, to carry on with the expedition. Each day she shot the food her bearers needed, and killed or photographed the wild speci- mens her father had sought. She felt he would have wished her to carry on. It was a brave daughter's tribute to a brave father, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the great American President, was '^a shining example of man's tri- umph over paralysis, but others, though not so influential ' in world affairs, have triumphed over similar afflictions. Frederick Snide, a wealthy young American, was enjoying a world tour when polio' struck him down. His limbs were para- lysed and even breathing was difficult. 'He was doomed to live the rest of his life in an iron lung. Yet he never lost heart, in fact, he gained in cheerfulness and confidence. If that's not courage enough, consider the feat achieved only recently by 16-year-nld Christine Perrot, of Enfield, Middlesex, ' who for four years. as a - polio victim, has only been able to move her head. That, however,, did not prevent her, while lying in her iron lung at the Alex- andra Hospital, Luton, from tak• ing her GCE examination in English literature. As the questions were put to her she dictated her answers to 9 shorthand -typist. When the examiners marked her paper, they awarded her a very good pass. Now she is working for her G.C.E. examination in art, and despite her confinement in en iron lung she is managing to paint and draw. Like the Geisha girl she relies on, her teeth as the means of manuipulating her pencils and brushes. Worthy of high praise, too, is a Dublin boy, Christie Brown. Though cerebral palsy has rob- bed him of the power of speech he, has expressed himself through writing and painting. Being one of a family of 12, he could hardly. expect to claim a great deal of his mother's time. He first learned to write by gripping a chalk between his toes. Then, by this technique, he gave to the world a notable book,ecording his own life story, fan inspiration to thous- ands of people. And, from writ- ing he has turned to painting, holding the brush between his toes. In 1902, when Rolf Thomassen was born, cerebral palsy cases did not .receive the highly spec- ialized treatment they get today. But despite the fact that he was a spastic and his troubles were little understood, he got to grips with his handicaps and refused to let himself be dismissed as a piece of human flotsam. By degrees, with a tremendous effort of will, he taught himself to paint, play the zither and type. His limbs remained para- lysed, his speech halting, but with his mouth he accomplished all these things. When the Nazis invaded Nor- way they , found Rolf living in a home for disabled persons, and promptly turned him out of it. Undaunted, he set up in a room to work . on his ows ,. and managed to keep from starving by painting, and selling his pic- tures. Today, this remarkable marc ..holds a splendidly Worth -while job as an art teacher in a school for handicapped persons. And people far less handicapped than himself find 'in him a daily in- spiration toconquer their af- flictions. 5. (tray 27. Style et CROSSWORD 7 1•reb l'ree haircut CROSSWORD 30. Existed 3 Hues furtively ®U 31. impaired 1 tLJ�� eu 0. t firm 1� 16, Affixes 33. Desecrate • 11. Period of 54. wire measure A Pi-RISS50. Purposes 17. lright n •I6^ Scotcircn 1. Stalk 51 Oldest 22. Plaything Writing Port •g 3T. p s. lirool<eys m" nih etng O. Insane 22.�Orb nf day tables 12. Air.:sntelnpe 13. Foundation timber 11. ndifln meal 15; Of ti.e ear 10. \leekness 13. Ewen tutelary deities 20. Novel by Emile 'Lola 21. Put on 22. 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Boll's co-worker, Jie Gottaneo, was not found in the potash mine, and rescurers gave up all hope for him. TIILFMM FRONT Common scab of potatoes, a bacterial disease, is found in all parts of the world where pota- toes are grown. C. H. Lawrence of the Fredericton Science Ser- vice Laboratory, says this di- sease can best be combatted through the use of resistant vari- eties. * • • Each year at the Fredericton Laboratory, as a part of the potato breeding program, a large number of potato seedlings both in the greenhouse and in the field, are evaluated for scab re- sistance. Due to this research a number of highly resistant po- tatoes have been selected. One seedling which has undergone considerable testing, both in New Brunswick and Ontario has, due to its good quality and high scab resistance, been selected and in- troduced in. Ontario. This seed- ling has been licensed under the name of Huron, • * • A number of other seedlings show considerable promise and it is hoped that further tests will prove these to be suitable for general acceptance. • * * Five scab resistant potato var- ieties havepossibilities and are worth trying by growers who have trouble with common scab disease. These are: Cherokee, Osage, Seneca, Cayuga and Menominee. Although these vari- eties possess considerable re- sistance to scab they are some- what unsatisfactory so far as quality is concerned. • • • Scab not only attacks potato tubers but also to some degree the roots of beets, mangels, tur- nips, rutabagas anti radishes, when grown in soils that usually produce a crop, of scabby pota- toes. * * • Bacteria responsible for com- mon scab infection enter the tuber mainly through the lenti- cels and stomata, olthough en- trance may be gained anywhsr'e on .the potato tuber surface. These scab spots, once started, rapidly enlarge and several spots commonly coalesce to form large. dark brown, corky patches, that may cover the whole potato. In many areas scab presents a prob- lem of considerable economic importance. The greatest loss from the disease is brought about by a lowering of the mar- ket grade of potatoes. Although scab does not appear to be detri- mental to the eating qualities, scabby potatoes have poor con- sumer appeal and are wasteful because of the deep paring re- quired. They are undesirable for seed and are more liable to de- cay in storage than healthy tu- bers. • * * Trolene, the new anti -warble systemic insecticide, gave better control than any other known method in North America's larg- est test involving 'a herd of be- tween 800 and 900 cattle in Brit- ish Columbia. Furthermore the reduction in lice from the use of Tro ene was certainly worth- whilealthough they were not completely eliminated. The en- tire herd of the Etnpire. Valley ;; Cattle Co. Ltd., was subjected to this treatment in December, 1957 under the supervision of the Sci- ence Service Veterinary and Medical Entomology Laboratory at Kamloops with the co-opera- tion of the British Columbia De- partment of Agriculture. * • • Because Trolene kills warble grubs inside the animal it re- duces the number of flies avail- able to lay eggs for the next generation. Consequently the full effect of the treatment cannot be determined until the next warble grub season. The Empire Valley Ranch is in a relatively isolated position so flies from other ranches should not be able to reach the Empire Valley cat- tle. Therefore a more complete assessment of the test results will be made when the 1958-59 warble grubs appear. • * a In addition to this test the Kamloops laboratory carried out several other tests of still newer chemicals and methods. Feed- ing these drugs in combination with concentrate feeds showed good results and it is anticipated that more extensive tests of this method will be carried out next season. Desert Hair -raiser The first world war had its Lawrence of Arabia; less cele- brated but comparably colorful desert warriors of the second world war were the Britons who 'battled Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's Afrika Corps. Of all these elusive bands, probably the most spectacularly success- ful was the SAS (Special Air Service), a team of sabotage experts led by Maj. Da v.d Stirling, a bearded, 6 -foot 6 -inch former officer of the Scot: Guards. In fourteen months of opera- tions, Stirling and his men de- stroyed more than 250 enemy aircraft on the ground and earn- ed the grudging respect of both Rommel and General Mont- gomery. The story of these ex- traordinary expeditions as told in "The Phantom Major" by Virginia Cowler is a fascinating one. Stirling's original ,idea was to reach his objectives by para- chute, which accounts for the group's designation. One disas trously scattered jump, however, convinced him that it was easier to go by land and, thereafter, SAS operations began with long truck and jeep treks through the Libyan desert hund:e4is of miles south of the coastal battle zone Once having outflanked the Axis frontlines, and . arriving in the enemy's rear area,, Stirling's men would lie low. When night camc, they would roam around on -foot attaching bombs to trucks, sup- ply depots, petrol dumps, and, es- pecially, grounded aircraft. As the command grow, so did Stirling's bravado. Eventually, he took to careening onto enemy airfields in a jeep mounting four ISSUE 25 1955 machine guns and blazing away at the,parked planes. One dra- matic night he led 18 jeeps onto the crowded German airfield at Sidi Haneish. In aouble file, Stirling's force . circled syste- matically around the field firing 68 machine guns. Every plane on the field was hit, 25 were destroyed, and 12 were damaged. Stirling was captured in Tu- nisia in 1943 and, released im- mediately after the war, he went to live in Rhodesia. He has been described as "one of the most underdecorated soldiers of the war". -From Newsweek. A Grand Slam By A Grand Guy There are a great many dif- ferent ways in which Stan Musial of the Cardinals could have celebrated his 3,000th hit in the major league. It was the biggest milestone in a truly great baseball career. By coincidence or accident he chose a method of celebration that is perhaps unique, but that is typical of a great and fine man. As a birthday present he bought a house for Dick Kerr and his wife down in Houston, " Tex. The. gift is a joy to Mr. and Mrs. Kerr. It is an honor of the warm-hearted sort to Mr. and Mrs. Musial. Dick Kerr, the stout-hearted little pitcher for the Chicago White Sox 30 years ago, saw Musial in a farm -club training camp back in 1940. Stan was discouraged at the time, about ready to hang up his al- most unsharpened spikes. Kerr took him in hand and started him on his road to greatness. The Musials did not forget. The Kerrs wanted a home of their own. Stan and his wife saw to it that they got one. Stan says that 3,000th hit was the greatest thrill of his life. We think he'll get a bigger one when he and his wife make their next visit to the Kerrs. -New York Times. i UNDAYSCI001 LESSON By Rev. R. B. Warren, B.A., B.D. Who Are the Strong? Judges 15:11-15, 16:15-21 Memory. Selection: if ye live.. after the flesh, ye shall diet but if ye through the Spirit do mor- tify the deeds of the . body, ye shall live. Romans 8:13. There is no Scripture to indi- cate that Samson had unusu- ally 'large muscles. The excep- tional physical strength which he exercised on occasions was due to two factors; his faithful observance of the Nazarite vow and the coming of the Holy Spirit upon him. Manoah, be- fore she conceived Samson, was told not to drink wine or strong dr i n k, nor eat any unclean thing. Samson was to be a Na- zarite unto God from the womb. He would begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philis- tines. Samson is remembered more for his failure than his successes. He slept with his head in the lap of Delilah though he knew she was in consort with his enemies. Under the pressure of her nagging he had disclosed to her the secret of his strength. Had he become presumptuous? Was he losing faith in the im- portance of . keeping his Nazar- ite vow? One wonders. When he got up with his locks shorn, he said, "I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself." And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him. Samson, the hero of Israel for many years, became the slave of the Philistines. Now with his eyes put out he is grinding at the mill. He Illustrates well the binding power of sin, the blind- ing power of sin and the grind- ing power of sin. When he broke his covenant with God, under the seduction of a wicked wom- an, he became as weak as other men. Poor Samson, His physical feats confounded his enemies. But he failed at the spiritual level. How many tragedies there have been here ! Many strong men are snared by either wine or women or by both wine and women. Samson escaped the fust but was overcome by his desire to please the second. Beware of Delilah. "A virtu- ous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones." Proverbs 12:4. NO DICE In Hartford, Conn., Dominick Granell was in a dice game that was raided by police, later com- plained that he was injured when he fell out a fourth -floor window while being chased by the law, sued the city for $15,000. settled for $490 at a pretrial hearing. 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