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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1959-10-08, Page 3All Holidays Aren't Pure Fun. Single-handed, the attractive London typist was sailing a six- teen - foot boat from Tower Bridge to the Belgian coast on her summer holiday, All went well until she was within three miles of the shore. Then a sudden squall blew UP, her boat was dismasted and be- gan to drift towards some rocks, Just when it seemed she would. be dashed to death, the girt, Julia Mellors, sighted what she took to be a buoy, Rowing with one oar, she managed to go alongside and pass a rope through a ring, But Julia's adventures were only just beginning. To her dis- may she found the buoy was also drifting, But her dismay turned to terror when she saw that the buoy was a mines One sharp knock, and all her holidays might be over for ever. Despite the gale, Julia jumped into the sea and swam for the distant shore. Luckily for her, some fishermen had seen what was happening. Having rescued her, they told the authorities who sent out a patrol vessel to detonate the mine. Even so, Julia didn't fare too badly. She received a £5 note for broadcasting her adventures, and a sturdy boat -from grate- ful fishermen -to replace the one that had foundered. It would need a whole library to describe the strange summer holidays which quite ordinary people take for the fun of it Believe it or not, a classics lec- turer at Manchester University -Norman Marlow -spends his holidays working as a signalman. He was always fascinated by trains, and having qualified dur- ing his holidays, he now spends a happy week or two pulling _ levers on a main -line signal box, Not long ago he wrote a fascinat- ing book on the subject. Then, again, there is a Dutch girl from Haarlem, Leneke Thal, who works as receptionist at a hotel in the Dutch West Indies, Every summer she volunteers as a nurse at a leper colony. A Dutch doctor, named Jans- sen, spends part of his summer holidays working in a coalmine, while a Harley Street oculist spends his August working as cabin boy in a Mevagissey fish- ing drifter. He has a union card end is studying to take his yacht - master's certificate. Off the west coast of Cornwall Is a rock so snail that you could walk all round it in three min- utes. At the base -swept by waves at high ,water -there is just enough room to erect a small wooden shack. When the south-easterly gales blow it is Impossible to launch a boat to ISSUE 40 - 1959 reach the shore, 'tet regularly each summer a Birmingham coach painter, Roy Harris, goes there for his solitary holiday. In Liverpool there lives a re- tired bus driver named Jenkins. ?or the past ten years his sum- mer hoiday has never varied. Although he is well past seven- ty, he cycles nearly, 400 miles to Cornwall, taking a week for the journey. Having arrived, he spends another week driving the school bus, enabing his son, the garage owner, to have a break, You would be amazed at the strangeholidays some people try for. Eatery year hundreds of people write for permission to spend their summer holidays in lonely lighthouses and weather ships, One young m a n seriously Wanted to spend his on the top of Nelson's column in Trafalgar Square, Ilis request was not granted! Others have tried for a fortnigl}t in a submerged sub- marine, for a week in a dungeon under the grounds of the Tower pf London, and in the Chamber of Horr .rs at Madame Tussaud's. A railway enthusiast spent a whole week travelling to and fro on the Royal Scot. Another spent a fortnight on a platform in a tree on Combe Hill over- looking the Vale of Aylesbury for a wager of £20. One sunny morning recently, James Paterson, a Glasgow ship worker, and his wife stood by the gate surrounded by suitcases and coats and vacuum flasks. Soon a steamroller came into view and clanked to a stop out- side their house. The driver was the Patersons' young son, Ted, who had driven round from the waste land where the steamrol- ler, Jenny, was parked. "All aboard!" Ted cried. Mum and Dad clambered into the driver's roomy cab and off they steamed for a five-day tour of Loch Lomond A crowd of reporters and cameramen would normally have given them a send-off, but the Patersons wise- ly changed their advertised date of departure to avoid too much publicity, WIDESPR,EAD 1i'AME Checking up on the history of the great racehorse Carbine (1890-1914), members of a re- search committee, of Melbourne, Australia, discovered that the remains of the horse were well and truly scattered. The body skeleton was at the National Museum, Melbourne, the head at the War Memorial Mu- seum, Auckland, New Zealand, the hide of the horse formed the•` upholstery of the presidential chair at the Auckland Racing Club. One hoof is in the posses- sion of a duke in England, and another hoof is in the proud pos- session of the Victoria Racing Club. A FINE CATCH - There's a boy up in Claremont who raises whales in his garden. Twelve -year-old Tommy "Osipowich holds a miniature but realistic Moby Dick he "grew." It's made of a summer squash with peppers for eyes, and won Tommy first pride in the children's division at the annual Claremont flower show. CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 63. Growing out 1. Glances 69. Interlace quickly" DOWN 1. Five -lined figure 2. High railway 3. German city 4. Retained 5. Commotion 6. Composure 11. Defensive head covering 12. Outdo 13. Denary 19. A throw from it horse 36.Ftxed point of time 37. Price 35. Characteristic 21. Artlole . 22. ]Sally Hessian tribe 23. Sacred ,mage 26, Indication 26. Egyptian god of the lower World 28, Pronoun 80, Lucky number 31. Divine being 83, Confused (colloq.) 35 God of thunder 85, Slimy soli 37. Spirit lamp 38.Gr. letter 40. Early Britons 42, Word of affirmation 44. Simian 45. Corn meal Mush 4;5. Inquire 'e6,.Desire ardently it Pomar 6. Fish -catching 23, 1n the shortest bird time 7. Draft animal 30. Mark with 8. Frozen rain furrows 9 Stodlcai fluids 32. Swallowed 16. Ardor llqu1,1 11. More 04. Overturn r 13, ponderousubbish38. Sta ff35. eel 15. Having Placed office in a den 39. Above 18. Sea bird" - 41. Civil Injury 20. Summit 42. )(Wed 24, irrightening 46, Tohsy's. mien, dream 47. Finial 28, Choode 60, And (Lst.l 27. Twil lash t 52 Forward 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 17 22 25 la 14 19 26 15 22 20 16 24 21 28 29 44 49 53 33 39 36 45 34 40 30 48 41 35 37 43 47 31 48 32 50 51 62 54 4 Answer elsewllree on this page ADDED TOUCH - Although it doesn't look it, the entrance to small St. John Chrysostam Episcopal Church' in Delafield, Wis., is 108 years younger than the rest of the building. The church was built in 1857 and has been in use ever since with only small remodeling jobs, until the addition of the new entrance with its vestibule. It was designed to match exactly the archi- tecture of the church. TIIFFAIThI FRONT Jok12u4seLL.' Life has its puzzling moments, and there are times when I doubt man's capacities. Just today a fellow put his own automobile in a lubritorium, so help me, and borrowed another car so he could run over to see me. While in the dooryard, he had a 'flat tire. I backed the tractor over, slung his borrowed machine up on the hydraulic lift, and tried to take the wheel off and fix it. * • * Thus I learned that a certain manufacturer of automobiles, whose stock is presently at a fair point, is witless enough to put left-handed threads on his take- up nuts. I didn't know this; nei- ther -did my friend. I got a length of two-inch pipe and put it over the Wrench handle, and although we bent the wrench into a boom- erang we couldn't start the things. Then I telephoned my garage - man, and he said to back 'em. They backed first rate. * * * The left-handed nut went out with the buggy, where it was standarad equipment, and the only purpose they serve on an automobile wheel is to impugn the sanity of the maker. The idea on a buggy was that they turned with the prevailing direction and kept tight as you 'went - right on the right, left on the left. You took the nuts off when you greased up, and turned accord- ing to whichside of the buggy you were on. If you backed an old buggy far enough, the wheels would drop off, But you can back today's automobile, with its five little right-handed nuts on the left-handed side, clearacross the CAMOUFLAGE - Here's how some ingenious person hos tricked -up a new oxygen lis• penser to make its. use attrac• five to small fry, Clown's left "eye" is a pressure gauge that moves when oxygen is dis• pensed7 hose :'nit is given o candy -striped effect with tope, and a pa'ty 'sat screens the miter mechon;-m, country and arrive intact - as- suming they're tight, writes John Gould in The Christian Science Monitor. * * * Life has other such moments. When you open a bag of hen grain, the rule is to "face the single stitch and cut from the right." Ever since bags were machine -sewn, every farmer who ever opened one has repeated that to himself every time. The machine doubles up on one side, carries a single thread on the other, and if you start properly the whole thing unravels beau- tifully, But some wiseacre had to improve on this. I got, a bag a while back that wouldn't start, and after about ten minutes fuss- ing I found the rule was no good. I faced the double stitch and pulled one thread and the thing almost fell apart in my hands. * * * There isn't anything you can do except stand there and reflect on the person who set' up this thing, and wonder what kind of a fellow he is. We had a tractor some years back, and while it was still new We were trying to figure out its structural nature. There was a curious protuber- ance on one side that said "A-5" on it. We lifted it off to see what it was, and inside it said, "Do Slot remove while engine is running," The engine was running, and we lost four quarts of saponified oil, and there was a question as to why the pertinent information was inside the eoVer, * * We used to have a chuckle now and then over an old deed we had to a woodlot, in which the surveyor had written, ". . , on this side of the above-described line.. , ." But a few years back I ran into the same thing again when I bought a prefabricated contraption made in England. England is not closely available to me for conferences, so I Was glad to find detailed insrtuctions about erecting the contraption were included. Grasping the "spanner" as directed, I set to work. * * * Things went well for a time, but all at•once I straightened up, for I read, "Bolt this end first...." All I needed to know was which end the designer was standing at when he dictated his instructions. And England was so far away. * * * Naturally I bolted the wrong end first, for I was standing at "that" end, and ran a 50-50 chance. Then I recall a water pump we had. Inside, where you couldn't possibly adjust it, and had no way of seeing it if you could, was a little doodad that was stamped, "This side must be up at all times." We ran the pump for years, but had no way of knowing which side was up, * * • Another stunt they do is change part numbers on you. My old orchard spray tank slipped a . cog one day, and I needed re- placement parts. I dug out the catalogue and parts list, invested in an airmail stamp, and sat back to wait. Presently the parts arrived - WT108 WP74, WD102, and valve - plate VP700. None of them fitted anything I had, so I invested in a telephone call, and the alert, capable, obliging, successful plant superintendent told me they had lately renumbered all parts. The things I had were for a multiple lawn mower fpr golf courses, and he would check and forward what I needed in a few days. The right parts came just after I finished picking apples. • * * Now that I think these things over, they seem amusing. But at the time they ,filled me with won- der and doubts. Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking N 1 1 3 1 V NS 1 S 3 N O 0 v 3 1 dam 1 1 3 A 3 O0 d V nw 11 v 14 N3A39 ?33111 1 311001©3 U: IJ ©Q ®0g©0 ©00in M®© :': -Animism :©©® 5 31 13t -1 a 14 33 1 0 d 5>I33AIM 1H1DtY SCfl001 LESSON By Rev it. 8. Worm ILA.. 8.0. Spirit-lilietl Witnesses Ants 2:1-4, 22-24, 32-38. Memory Selection: Repent, and be baptized every ono of you hs the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the llfoly Ghost. Acts 2:38. Today's lesson has the key to the explanation for the rapid growth of the early church. The one hundred and twenty dis- ciples tarried in Jerusalem un- til they received the gift of the Holy Spirit. It was the 'feast of harvest', fifty days after the feast of the passover. Many Jews from different areas of the known world were there for the annual feast. On the day of Pentecost the gift of the Holy Spirit was given to the waiting believers. "Sud- denly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them." This description reminds us of the thunderings and lightnings on Mount Sinai before God called Moses into the mount to give him the law. The words for. 'wind" and 'spirit' are the same in the Hebrew language and in the Greek language in which the Old and New Testaments were written. In John 3:8 Jesus points out the similarity of the working of the Spirit to the wind, Fire is also a symbol of the Spirit. Its presence on the brow of the be- lievers indicated that God the Holy Spirit had taken up His abode in their hearts. He had purified their hearts (Acts 15:9) and given them power to witness. The disciples promptly left the room and went forth to their task. Then a miracle happened, These Galileans, faced with peo- ple from Rome, Egypt, etc., found the difference of language no barrier. The hearers were amazed, asking, "How hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?" The Galileans were speaking of the wonderful works of God in ran. guages with which they were u familiar. Thus the Gospel had s wide hearing on the very day of Pentecost. Peter gave the maim sermon, The pouring out of the Spirit was fulfillment of Joel's prophecy. He condemned those who had crucified Jesus and showed how His resurrection was a fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies. He urged them to re- pent. That day 3000 repented There was a warm fellowshie among the believers so that the needs of all were met. They were a very happy people and daily others were saved and joined their number. If we will obey God, He will dwell in us today and give us power to witness fot Jesus Christ. "In Los Angeles, Robert Patric, was arrested after he grew tire of waiting in a bus for the drive to return, drove off with it him; self. 0 F..y V'� �'�Yl Iri•r• ti .Y. .L;. i-;rru:..,r r..:1;�?•:' - ,'::c,,8ig10 ' j7r - .;;=_. •- front view of new compact farmhouse is shown above. Porch and storage area Is 267 square teat • „ ■ -Q ,a Alleve is the door plan of the tarns cottage. S eeping arca with aonvartlble Ind pulled oat., NEW FARM COTTAGE - A new plan for a sturdy, compact farmhouse suitable to the needs of a young or retired couple and designed to save on space and costs, has been issued by the U.$, Department of Agriculture, An unusual feature is the sleeping area with its convertible bed, This is only one of the space saving devics. In the daytime, the bed becomes a couch when pushed partially under the storage cabinet. The living area of the cottage is 468 square Feet. To save space, the house features a built-in wall desk and a wardrobe closet, The ,water heater is placed beneath kitchen counter, the room heater is built into the wall and a porch closet for work clothes is conveniently reached from the back entrance. Generous window spaces makes this design particularly suited tto Warm climates.