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4lot reveocito
* Remember the pleasant pallor game
called ping-pong, in which you gently
and politely tapped a celluloid ball across
a little net six inches high, and your
G pltnebnt as gently and politely bounced
iYou would hardly recognize that game
today. Now it's table tennis a whirlwind,
hard-smashiug game of split-second reflexes. The little cellu-
loid ball now gets hit so hard that, bounced on the tablae by
a smash shot it spreads out like an egg, or, clouted full power
on the side, it jets out like a lemon.
And you probably never thought ping-pong, a term that
is frowned upon in table tennis circles today, would becoine
one of the greatest of all international games. But it has.
The 21st World Table Tennis Tournament was held in London
and its entry was surprisingly international.
For the first time, the world meet welcomed Into the fold
competitors from Argentine, Australia, Lebanon, Nepal, Saar-
land and Spain. Also competing were officially nominated re•
presentatives of Hong Kong, Tapan, Pakistan, Singapore, Hun-
gary, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Rumania, England and the
(hilted States.
And in its broad-mindecb ess, table tennis can teach a
lesson to other .sports whose administrators waste so much
time on the pointless business of dividing amateurs from the
professionals, All are classified as players and those who
wish to make money out of it have merely to recarc that tact
to their national controlling body, as a matter of record and
information, but it makes no difference at all in the eligibility
of the players for competition in any event.
The freedom from meaningless dividing lines is one of
the things about table tennis that impressed this observer.
Another is its internationalism. Take some other sports by
comparison. Canada's own favorite game, ice hockey, has had
a great upsurge of popularity in Europe. But it isn't nearly as
international, for instance, as soccer, And still, soccer is only
a minor game in the United States. 'Basketball, though spread-
ing rapidly, is still American -dominated. And baseball's so-
called "world series" isn't even international.
Judging by the list of countries involved in the recent
table tennis titles, the game that started so modestly as ping-
pong has as much right as any to be termed the greatest
of inernational sports.
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ORSE SEMS
By F. (53OB) VON PIUS
With the Ontario Farmers
Union sprouting in all directions
the Ontario Federation of Agri-
sulture is also showing signs of
increased activities.
The organization drive of the
'union during the last six months
has taken on such dimensions
that it is beginning to shade the.
Tede"ation out of - its starry-
eyed inertia.
It seems that the Union appeal
for action has been particularly
successful in North Ontario and
Victoria Counties where thirty
or forty new locals have been
established.
atndsay Meeting
To put a brake to this adverse
trend OFA called a meeting in
Lindsay and brought in its big-
gest guns.
To keep abreast of the develop -
:talents we invited a good farmer
Mend and staunch Federation
supporter to come along and
drove up to Lindsay.
The first person we ran into
in the hall of the Collegiate was
Ontario's Premier, Mr, Leslie
Frost, shaking hands with and
welcoming "the boys" from Vic-
toria and the surrounding con-
stituencies.
The large auditorium was about
three-quarters filled when the
Premier opened the session. Mr
Prost welcomed the visitors who
had come from as far away as
Wellington and Wentworth
Counties.
The Premier thanked the OFA
2or its co-operation in getting
the work done and said that
many points of the annual brief
presented by OFA had been im-
plemented.
Mr. Frost pointed out that the
farm population was largely un-
organized and that organization
was needed to eliminate market-
ing problems of farm products
He spoke of the necessity of im-
proving ultban-rural relations
and said that agriculture still is
the back -bone of Canadian econ-
omy.
Marketing Acts
Mr. V. S. Milburn, secretary -
manager of the Ontario Federa-
tion of Agriculture, in introduc-
ing the main speaker of the
evening, took credit for the Fed-
eration for the enactment of the
new Milk Industry Act and the
six amendments of the Farm
Products Marketing Act.
Looking lovingly at the Prem-
ier, Mr. Milburn said that the
new Milk Act was drawn up so
completely in accordance with
the wishes of the farmers that
the Federation had to ask the
Agricultural Committee of the
Legislature for only two amend-
ments both of which were ac-
cepted.
"The six amendments of the
Farm Products Marketing Act,"
he continued, "offer them the
opportunity to form their own
policy."
President Speaks
H. H. Hannam, president of
the Canadian Federation of Ag-
riculture, gave an outline of the
Federation's history which start-
ed at the Royal Winter Fair,
1935.
Looking to the future Mr. Han-
nam said that the prospects for
1954 were not as good as for the
last year, although a strengthen-
ing of beef prices is expected.
"Madder" Won't Like This -- A dousing with muddy water doesn't
dampen the enjoyment of the tittle boys at left, as they watch
es cyclist roar through a mudhole during the annual Queen City
Mud Run, The daredevil event is held annually for the benefit
of west coast motorcycle addicts.
New Member For Santa's Team - It's about eight months early,
but Santa Claus has reason to make an early appearance. Here
he holds a new member of his reindeer team, as Blitzen, the
proud parent, watches. This is the first fawn born to a pair of
Alaskan reindeer which were flown to North Pole, N. Y., from
Alaska last August.
Price supports would benefit
producers as well as consumers
as they would prevent prices
from going up and down,
In the first seven years of the
Agricultural Prices Support
Fund an average of $1ta mullion
per year had been spent by the
government. On the other hand
the government had subsidized
coal mines with $10 million in
one year, gold mines with $11
million and the unemployment
insurance fund with $31 million
plus $22 million administration
costs.
Mr. Hannam thought that a
"give away program" of farm
surpluses was unfeasible as it
would destroy normal markets.
Surpluses should be handled
through an international agency
and a world food program estab-
lished.
The Federation President con-
cluded by saying that the Fed-
eration was non-political and
that it had no tie-ups with Big
Business or organized labour.
a a e ,
This column welcomes critic-
ism, constructive or destructive,
and suggestions, wise or other-
wise; it will endeavour to ans-
wer any questions. Address all
letters to F. Von Pills, Box 1109,
Whitby, Ontario.
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Cordele Stains
Canadians considering planting
shade trees around their homes
could profitably look at the
downtown areas of our older
cities. Here are the plantings of
a few decades ago when forest
trees such as American elm and
native maples were used for
home beautification. These have
now matured and been. pruned
up to towering heads of foliage
which cut off all air circulation.
Their root systems are of course
in proportion to their tops and
often heave walks. By taking
food and moisture these large
trees make it most difficult to
maintain a sward of grass or to
do much gardening near them.
*
Mr, K. G, Coates of the Kapus-
kasing Experimental Station says
that this situation need not arise
in the future if suitable trees are
planted today; particularly now
that garden and houses are small-
er than in the past. If a tree of
correct proportions is planted
there will be no need to prune
and mutilate it to keep it within
bounds. And it should be re-
membered that a tree that prow•
es too large fifteen years after
planting will require skilled la-
bour to remove.
The Horticulture Division of
the Experimental Farms Service
have been testing deciduous trees
for their usefulness on many lo-
cations across Canada. After sev-
eral years of recording their
characteristics and abilities, rec-
ommendations are listed for the
following purposes; street and
boulevard; public parks and rur-
al estates; small properties;
windbreaks; or as flowering spec-
imens,
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The following list is submitted
as a guide for planting shade
trues on smaller lots, They will
reach maturity at heights up to
a maximum of 25 feet. Some
haste unusual colour of foliage or
good flowering habits which make
them of double value,
o
* ,
Burr oak (Quercus macrocar-
pa), the most hardy of the spec -
les growing in Canada. Leaves
are a glossy green above and
hairy grey beneath. It has a
large acorn.
Chinese elm (Ulmus Pumila),
a rapid grower which in leaf and
stature is a miniature of the
American elm.
Ghmala xnaple (Acer ginnala),
leaves are smaller than most
maple, deeply lobed and turn
brilliant colours in autumn. Seed
clusters with rose tinge are
conspicuous all summer. Ta-
tarian maple has similar foliage
but grows a little taller.
Japanese lilac (Syringe japon-
ica), a non-suelcering lilac with
light green foliage. It is late and
often biennial in flowering.
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May Day Tree (Prunus padus
commutata), occasionally grown
with 2 or a trunks but does not
sucker from the bottom. Flow-
ers are most often white and
hang in 8 -inch cat -tails,
ry $ ."
Mountain ash (Sorbus ameri-
cana), its fern like compound
leaves do not give a dense shade,
It is best known for its white
flowers and red fruit clusters
which hang on well into winter.
Mulberry (Morns alba), tree is
always round headed and be-
cause of both its flowers and
leaves is an interesting subject.
Its fruit is edible.
Russian olive (Eleagnus angus-
tifolia), branches and elongated
leaves of silvery green combine
to give this tree -like shrub a Lac-
ey effect, It will stand drought.
a v e
Rosy -bloom crab-apple (Malus
pumila niedzwetzkyana), are a
group with pink to carmen flow-
ers, ornamental fruit and purple
bronze leaves. Recommended var-
ieties are Simcoe, Timiskaming,
Makamik and Sissipuk,
Canadians f o r International
Burns Festival: Canadians are
expected to be among some 200
delegates from overseas who will
attend the International Burns
Festival to be held in Scotland in
January, 1955. Arrangements are
being made through travel
agents in Canada to assist the
joint committee of the Scottish
Tourist Board and the Burns
Federation in the organization of
special air tours for Canadian
visitors to the Festival.
New Record -Parry O'Brien fol-
lows through on his record-
breaking shot-put, becoming
the first man in the records to
heave the shot 60 feet, 51/4
inches. The former record was
59 feet, 21/4 inches,
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Moses Paints Her
Pictures
When I first commenced to
paint with oil, I thought every
painting would be my last one,
so I was not so interested. Then
the requests commenced to come
for this one and that one. "Paint
me one just like that one!" so
I have painted on and On, till
now. I think I am doing better
work than at first, but it is
owing to better brushes and
paint. The brushes help greatly,
I can get now little brushes, S
couldn't get at one time during
the war,
Before I start painting, I get
a frame, then I saw my mason-
ite board to fit the frame . .
Then I go over the board with
linseed oil, then with three coats
of flat white paint to cover up
the darkness of the board. With
two coats, the dark would strike
through in some places, and
three give it body, so when you
start to paint the picture, you
don't have 10 put on so much
of the coloured paints. The tube
paint is quite expensive, and you
have to use it accordingly, that's
a Scotch idea, you see. Now the
board is ready for the scene,
whatever the mind may produce,
a landscape, an old bridge, a
dream, or a summer or winter
scene, childhood memories, but
always something pleasing and
cheerful, I like bright colors and
activity. I use masonite or hard
wood to paint on ,because it
will last many years longer than
canvas. Sometimes the frames
are hard to obtain, they may be
pretty frames, but in a dilapi-
dated condition, then I must use
hammer and nails and plastico.
The frames should always blend
with the painting for ,best effect.
When I paint, 1 study and
study the outside lots of times,
Often I get at loss to know just
what shade of green, and there
are a hundred trees that have
each three Or four shades of
green in them. I look at a tree
and I see the limbs, and then
the next part of the tree is a
dark, dark black green, then I
have got to make a little lighter
green, and so on. And then on
the outside, it'll either be a yel-
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the way the trees are shaded.
And the snow -they tell. me that
I should shade it more or use
more blue, but I have looked at
the snow and looked at the snow
and I can- see no blue, sometimes
there is a little shadow, like the
shadow of a tree, but that would
be grey, instead of blue, as I see
it, I love pink, and the pink skies
are beautiful. Even as a child
the redder I got my skies with
my father's ofd paint, the pret-
tier they were. -From "Grand-
ma Moses," edited by Otto Kal-
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