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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1958-07-10, Page 3Take A Tip From Your Puppy -Or Drown Thousands of people drown each year because they lark something nature gives to every three -month-old puppy - panic control. Thrown suddenly into deep water a long way from shore, the average person begins thrash- ing about wildly, trying to stay up and swim toward shore. Within minutes, sornetime quick- er, he is exhausted and sinks beneath, the surface. A puppy in the same predica- ment simply submerges all but his breathing apparatus. He be- gins an almost effortless paddle toward safety. The puppy survives because he reacts on the instinct nature in- stilled in him. But all too often the human being dies because of the fear and desperation and panic he cannot control. . Swimming coach Fred R. La- noue at Georgia Tech. has de- vised a system for putting into humans the control that can save them from drowning. He guar- entees anyone who learns and practices this simple method will become "drownproof" in, all but the most extreme situations His method demands two main factors: A cool head and con- trolled breathing. Thousands of Tech students have learned it and Coach. La- noue vows 99 per cent of them could make shore from 10 miles out in the ocean - eve with one or more limbs disabled. "Exhaustion and improper breathing cause most drown- ings," Coach Lamoue said. "Elim- inate these and you eliminate a majority of drownings," But how can you eliminate exhaustion when everyone knows how much effort it takes to keep your head above water? The head weighs about 15 pounds and keeping it out of the water will use up a strong man's energy in a hurry. Yet Coach Lanoue has trained nonswimmers to stay in deep water for eight hours and to swim more than a mile. Some of them had their hands and feet tightly bound to simulate injur- ies to the limbs. The secret is that no effort is made to keep the head above water except for the few seconds needed to breathe. Instead, the person assumes a position face down . in the water, arms and legs'` dangling freely, with the back of the neck on the surface. In water, this is quite restful and uses no -energy. Every few seconds, depending on the individual's air capacity, the head is raised slowly as he exhales through the nose. When the mouth clears the water, a new breath is taken. At the same time, arms, or legs are used to thrust down slowly to n. intain bouyancy during breathing. Lungs full of air, the head Is dropped forward into the water and arms or legs thrust down- ward and backward slowly. The body relaxes as it moves for- ward underwater. • "People who can't swim a stroke.- in the popular concep- - tion of fancy or recreational swimming - can perform this teat with an hour's instruction and 'I bags his nose!' practice," Coach Lanoue said. "By using it properly a child can stay afloat for hours and.travel long distances in the water." By comparison, even a strong swimmer attempting to swim to shore with standard swimming' strokes would be exhausted with- in minutes. He wuoldn't be like- ly to maintain the strokes for more than a few hundred'' yards. Recreational - type swimming, even the easy strokes, uses up lots of energy. "Recreational swimming is fine for fun, but it won't help yoti much if you are in the middle ofa big lake with a swim of several miles in front of you," Coach Lanoue said. "Strength doesn't count. I've had big football players in sea- son who were exhausted after two lengths of the pool wim- ming at full speed," he went on. Drownproofing can be effec- tive ever, for the man or woman in ;.00r ,Physical condition, since the skill doesn'tdeteriorate with the years. A cool h ad and con- trolled breathing are the main requirements. As a demonstration 'of how drownnroofing will work even . with all four limbs disabled, Tech students are required to stay in deep water for 45 minutes with hands tied behind their back and feet tightly bound. In a real emergency, the tem- perature of the water you are in will have a bearing on how long you can survive. Cold water exhausts a swimmer quickly. Rough waves, common in the ocean, would have little or no effect - except in a real storm, of course. "Self-discipline is vital to this method," Coach Lanoue explain- ed, "Anyone could learn it and practice it in a swimming pool. Being familiar with it and know- ing from experience that you can do it will go a long way to- ward eliminating panic when you get in a tough spot." Swimmer or non -swimmer, everyone should learn this "drownproofing" method, Coach Lanoue believes. It is the only practical means of saving your- self in the type situations where most drownings occur, he said. - By Homer Meaders in The At- lantic Journal and Constitution. Stop Grousing About The Rain Next time you're tempted to grumble about the rainy weath- er, remember what happened in the Seychelles Islandsin the In- dian Ocean a short time ago. A raintall of 19 inches was record- ed there in 15 hours. But for real rain, consider the record of Cherapunji, Assam, which has been .called the wet- test place in the world. As much as 272 inches of rain has fallen there in eleven weeks - ten times the average rainfall in the British Isles in a whole, year. Some years ago the rainfall recorded at one point in the Hawaiian Islands was 562 inches. The heaviest recorded single downpour in Britain fell on Bru- ton, Somerset, on June 26th, 1917, when 9.56 inches were recorded. Scientists estimate that 125,- 000 cubic miles of rain hit the eirth annually. - An amazing thing about rain is the unequal way it visits different, areas. Parts of India have 400 inches yearly, but there are some areas of South .America where, on an average, there is only one light shower every six years. Yet some of the rainiest coun- try in oun-try"in the world is along the upper branches of the Amazon River, in South America. One of the most rainless places in the world is the Sahara. 'Yet only a short distance south of this rainless region, near the mouth of the River Niger, lies another of the world's wettest spots, a region so damp and rain -drenched, that leather shoes and woollen clothes grow crops of green mould. caossWOIDD PUZZLE 7. LUMP of earth _a. River ba, ries 8. Ventilated 30. Unclose 9. Sewed loosely 02. Sweetheart 10. Unity 96, Alm high 11. Cudgel 87. Contradict 16. Nips palm - a8. Part 17. Seat of gov- 2. Private ACROSS DOWN ernment tea'clier 1. Remote 1. W17d 19. 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Before ®1111:i:1111111 il11111111 1111®®111111 2°®1111111111 11111111115111111111111111111111 111..®11111111111111 ®1111 '111111111111111111111111iiingill :..1111111111®111:. ®1111®�' j�1111%'v:•�®11®® igig ®11®1111':°x!,®111111111 111111111111111EgiliallINIIIIM 50 111111116111111111011111111 11111111111111151111111111EIMIIII 20 29 4 30 Answer e,sewhere onthis page. WILL NEVER RACE AGAIN - Trainer Jimmy Jones, right, closes his eyes as veterinarian Dr. William N. Wright prepares to X-ray the right foreleg of Tim Tam, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner who was soundly thumped i1a the Belmont Stakes by Cavan. TIIFMM FRONT Does what might be called the farm supermarket lie in the not - distant future ? Some farm ex- perts and agricultural economists think so. They tend to view it as one of the really big develop- ments in the marketing of farm products in the next decade; * *. * A pr.e edent along somewhat the same line has been set by the suburban shopping centres, that have been springing up vir- tually everywhere and which have been so generally success- ful. The .farm supermarket of the future is usually envisioned as following the same pattern. It would simply mean one-stop slopping for. all farm supplies. * * * Everything would be avail- able, from tractors, other heavy farm machinery and power equipment to such things as seeds, feeds, hardware, fertili- zers, various chemical products and other things which are used in producing food and fibre crops and livestock. * * * . Adjuncts to such a farm super- market also might include bank- ing facilities to handle farm - type financial requirements, and also an auction house where far- mers would be able to move some types of products directly. * * * A marketing concept along this line was expressed recently at a farm exposition by C. D. Sifverd, general manager of the farm and home division of American Cyanamid Company, who said that the changing na- ture of farming and farm living brought about mainly by tech- nical and sociological factors, make a big rural trading centre a distinct possibility. * * • Farm economists point out that successful farming now re- quires knowledge about highly specialized products, implements and methods and that the farTner, like any professional business- man, must keep abreast of cur- rent trends. * * * As an illustration, he must know how many different farm- ing aids work together in com- bination or if, on the other hand, they are incompatible. In a word, farming has become increasingly a highly specialized business., * 4 * • Farming, is also becbming, more and more, of a large busi- ness operation.' While some as pects of the trend are not un- animously viewed as altogether desirable, the fact remains that the number of small farms is di- minishing even while producti- vity increases. * * * In the 'early days of the re- public, . it has been estimated, about 85 per cent of the popu- lation produced the food and fibre requirements for the whole, population, whereas today the job is done by less than 15 per cent of the total population. * * * The farm supermarket of the future seems now to 13e visual- ized as staffed by consultants or experts such as make up the ex- • tension service at the land grant colleges and who would advise the farmers on individual prob- lems. * * The advantages of such a farm supermarket aren't yet available today, because so many of the innumerable items required in successful or modern farming are sold through different and, in many cases, widely scattered outlets. But it's a possibility to be watched. Power Mowers Can Be Dangerous The power mower, a popular time and effort -saving device, is taking a serious toll of fingers and toes. The number of acci- dents is causing concern to the Industrial Accident Prevention Associations. Injuries have been caused not • only by the blades, but by small stones and broken pieces of the cutter blade flying from the machine. The IAPA recommend this list of do's and don'ts for power mower users: DON'T Use mower where ground is littered with stones, wire or sticks. Make adjustments while mo- tor is running. Allow children to operate the mower or even stand close to it. Work on electric mower while power is connected. Leave motor unattended while in operation. Refuel gasoline -driven motor while it is running or still hot. Operate mower barefoot or while wearing thin shoes. Allow domestic pets near the mower while in use. DO Set blades at highest cutting point and proceed slowly when working on rough or weedy ground: This prevents choking of mechanism. Work sideways along ter- races. A power mower driven up an incline may slide back on the operator. Disconnect sparkplug before working on a hot motor. Other- wise the movement of the blades might start the motor. Stop motor before lifting mower from one level to an- other. Road Safety Rules From The Bible Highway safety rules in the Bible? The National Safety Council's Church Safety Actiy- ties Division says, "Yes, many of them," At a recent regional meeting of the President's Committee for Traffic Safety, a long list of Bible references was passed out to persons who attended one of the citizen leadership group ses- sions. The idea was to furnish useful material to the clergy and lay leaders who came to the session to learn what they could do to help reduce casual- ties on streets and country roads. Some references were to pas- sages promising God's guidance to those who seek it. "In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." (Proverbs 3:6.) "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God , , . and it shall be given him," (James 1:5.) Others called upon individuals to do more constructive think- ing, "Be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of an- other,love as brethren,be piti- ful, e courteous." I Peter 3:8.) A number of references stress- ed the need for thinking in terms of brotherhood, all lead- ing up to the Golden Rule. One reference handled the problem of the drinking driver. "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise." (Proverbs 20:1.) Other useful Bible references were given out in a leaflet pub- lished by the Central Security Mutual Insurance Company, which offers preferred rates to non-drinkers. Distributed' also was a reprint of an article by William N. Plymat, founder of the Preferred Itisk Mutual In- surance Company, in which the writer states, "A religion that makes you a good neighbor makes you a good driver," and "It is the breakdown of human relations more than mechanical breakdowns, which causes au- tomobile accidents." UNDAY SCII001 LESSON By Rev.'R. Barclay Warren B.A., B.D. The Justice and Mercy of God' Deuteronomy 10:12-15; 17-22; 11:1; Romans 5:6-11. 1Vlemory Selection: The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to ,. everlasting upon them that fear Him, and His righteousness unto children's children. Psalm 103:17. For our summer quarter we have a series of lessons upon Biblical principles of social jus- tice as they relate to current problems. These problems arise in homes, in the business world,. in communities, and in national and international life. We are all interested in the administra- tion of justice, If it to eaks down in one area, the effect of the collapse may spread rapidly and we shall all be affected. This i3 true even on the International scale, When justice fails, anar- chy takes over and no one can predict where it wili stop. Our United Nations Organization, while not as effective as we would like, does help to focus world opinion on many of the outstanding injustices of our world. Moses in his farewell address reminds Israel that their God is a just God who "regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. Love ye therefore the stranger: for le were strangers in the land of Egypt." Themistocles was once told that he might rule the Athenians quite well if he would do it. without respect of persons, and his reply was, "May 1 never sit upon a tribunal where I cannot show more consideration to my friends than to strangers." It is fortunate that our judicial sys- tem permits appeals to higher courts. Under the burning light of public opinion, private prej- udices that often impede the course of justice are removed. The taking of rewards or bribes is occasionally uncovered at the police level. If it is discovered at a higher level it is dealt with very severely. It is important that confidence be maintained in our judicial system. Justice must be seasoned with mercy. God has been inerciful to us. "While we were yet sin- ners, Christ died for us." With this example of mercy before us, we must show mercy. By re- penting of our sins and believ- ing on Jesus Christ who died for us we are acquitted in the sight of God. We receive eternal life because of Grd's great mercy. How thankful we are that God is both just and merciful. Q. How can I make candles fit into the holders, when the can- dles are a little too large? A. Hold the candle in hot wa- ter for a short time and it can easily be pressed to fit the can- dlestick. This is better than shaving it with a knife. Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking 3 ONLY ONE - Elaine Garrigan, was the only girl to receive a degree from Rutgers University's College of Agriculture. Three calves, like the one she tends here, financed part of her schooling. She raised them for a 4-H project, then sold them. COLORADO CROPS MENACED Swo ms of grasshoppers cling to fence pickets in Kit Cor- son, Colo., where an invasion of 'the bugs lhreoiens 10 destroy wliot h d been expected to be one of the finest area crops in a deccc;e. F a 'e, al insect coni, of e:.N were dispatched to the scene:.