The Seaforth News, 1959-10-22, Page 7surly Days to
nritish Radio
In the early days of broadcast-
ing howlers were horribly fre-
quent, There was even one on
what might be described as the
birth of radio as a medium of
entertainment, when the great
Dame 1•Tellfe Melba was persuad-
ed to appear before the micro-
phone on June 16th, 1920.
It was a nerve-racking role for
the man who had to escort the
temperamental • prima donna to
the Marconi studio at Chelms-
ford. And as she sailed through
the works yard he pointed to the
two enormous masts towering
above them, from which the
aerial was suspended, and re-
marked, hoping to impress her:
"From up there, Dame Melba,
your voice will go out and be
heard over most of Europe."
The singer stared upwards,
then snapped: "Young man, if•
you think I'm going to climb up
there at my timeof life, you're
mistaken!"
"To describe activities in the
Studios in those early days as
erratic would be putting, it •mild-
ly," says ktreddie Grisewood in
his Story Of The BBC". Hedes-
cribes that first famous 2L0:
studio at Marconi House, Lon-
don, as "... a dingy room twenty'
feet square, with a faded green
carpet, a grand piano and a
worn-out settee with the horse-
hair coining through."
A programme of songs was
frequentlyinterrupted by a re-
quest for, "One moment, please,
while We move the piano," And
if a singer was too short to
reach the mike he had to stand
on a pile of books. One tenor,
`reaching for a high note, toppled
backwards and finished up on
the floor!
Conditions were so cramped at
that first 2L0 station that the
studio had to be used as an of-
fice during the day, then hastily
tidied up for, the evening's•:broad-
cast; while
broad-cast;.while the music library was
housed in an old kitchen range.
On one occasion, says Freddie
Grisewood, during early days at
Savoy Hill an orchestral concert
was overrunning its time so seri-
ously that he had less than ten
minutes to fit in songs by a
celebrated woman singer. What
could he do? He couldn't; .cut the
singer in view of her reputation
. then she came to his rescue
with dramatic suddennes by fail-
ing in a dead faint at his feet.
Hastily dragging her away
From the microphone, he cut,in •
to apologize for her "indisposi-
tion," then waved the orchestra
into their final item. "For once
in -a way,' • he says, "the pro-
gramme ended- dead on time."
There was the classic "clanger,"
too, of a former Bishop of Lon-
don who, after pronouncing the'
Blessingat theend of a religious
service, added to the announcer:
"I don't think I spoke too loudly,
did I?"
The harassed announcer dived
for his bell -push to cut them off
the air - too late. What the
astonished listeners heard was
•
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or 'be able to "stop -and -launch" from any point on a railroad;
line.
the Blessing followed by.
"Amen . , . i don't think."
Early gramophones were 'anti-
quated contraptions that had to
be wound by hand, and one day
Freddie Grisewood caught his.
sleeve on the regulator when put-
ting on a record of the "Tann-
hauser". overture and was hor-
rifled on reaching his listening
cabinet to hear it being played
at -full speed. •
Too 'green" to the job to,
apologize and start the record'
again, he foolishly allowed it to
run its full course. The result,was
he received a shower •of indignant
letters. But there was • one
listener who wrote in most
kindly vein to say he had found
the experience extremely , ex-
hilarating —.that he had never
heard "Tannhauser" played bet-
ter.
His name was Sir Thomas
Beecham.
It's fatal for an announcer to
panic or to get over -excited, Like
'the memorable occasion when
John Snagge got carried away
by a thrillingly close finish in.
the Boat Race. "It's impossible
to see who has won," he ex-
claimed, hoarsely. ' 'But it's
either Oxford or Cambridge!"
A memo about a cycle rally in
Europecirculated by an airline
company gives this fuller ex-
planation: "For the purpose of
freight accounting, tricycles may
be regarded as three -wheeled'
bicycles."
CHRISTMAS
WITH
FAMILY AND, FRIENDS
IN THE
OLD COUNTRY
m
Your festive season starts the
moment you step on board
your CUNARD Christmas sailing
superb service and
comfort at Thrift Season rates s
Father Christmas will be on
board ... Christmas trees .
children's parties and
Yuletide menus to tempt
your sea -sharpened appetite
fun galore for all!
Remember, when you go
CUNARD... Getting There
is Half the Funl
go. ' your Local Aged —
No ono con servo you bow;
Cunard'
LOW THRIFT SEASON RATES
Tourist Class from $179
Round Trip from $344
CHRISTMAS SAIIIHGS
No.zr_ sn vANIA �'
from
to Grconork nn,rdLrpaoi nddilabec
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and tft,epopl' Nnil/or to Oreenclk
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' le Narro and Soulhumpton
Corner Bay & Wellington Sts., Toronto, Ont.
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BRANCHES AT: Halifax • Sain, John • Quebec • Montreal' • Toronto
Winnipeg • Edmonton . Vancouver
One Doctor Who
Kept His Oath .
ft was 4 o'clock of a very, dark
morning in.1865 when Dr. Sam-
uel A. Mudd,'' asleep at' his farm
near Bryantown,' Md., was arous-
ed by two men seeking medical
aid. A: horse had falteil, they
said, and one of the men had
broken his leg, They would' pay
$25 if Dr. Mudd would set' the
break and give them a room for
the night.
Dr. Mudd agreed, and thus be-
came a key figure in one of the
great tragedies of history., For
one of the two men was John
Wilkes • Booth, who only about
six 'hours before had shot Presi-
dent Lincoln at Ford's Theatre.
(Booth's companion was David
E. Herold.) In fleeing, he had
caught a spur in the flag colt-•-
ering the President's box and
had fallen, hisleg broken. Yet
he' had succeeded in escaping,
and so brought the country doc-
tor into the, awful event,
Ever since,'Dr. Mudd has been;;
defended as innocent of treason
by some historians, and branded
as Booth's accomplice by 'others.
Even last month,, when -President'
Eisenhower signed a bill provid-
ing for a bronze memorial hon-
oring'• Dr. Mudd's service to yel-
low -fever victims at F,ort Jef-
ferson, Fla., the question 'of the
doctor's innocence was careful
ly skirted,
J Was Dr. Mudd indeed an !active
and willing accomplice? Mudd
had- known Booth personally be
forethe assassination, thought
he claimed that he had not rec-
ognized the man . at his door.
Tried by a military court (not
civil, as .was his constitutional.
right) ;against a, background of
highly indignant 'public ,.reac-•
tion, Dr. Mudd was found guilty
of treason. He was sentenced in
1865 to life lmpris'onment at. Fort
Jefferson on •one-of.the-desolate
Dry ,,Tortugas :islands, 60 miles
west of Key .West, Fla.' Battered
by the unbearable climate, foul
food, omnipresent, insects, and
inhumane jailers, Mudd- once.'
tried — unsuccessfully — to es-
cape by hiding in a ship's ,can-
non. $tit in. 1867, when yellow
fever decimated the fort, Dr.
Mudd passed up a chance to ,flee,
instead fought' the epidemic sin
glehanded. For his great human-
'ity, the garrison asked President
Johnson to pardon him.
Thepardon came• through in
1869, and Dr.. Mudd deturned to
his neglected family, farm, and
medical practice. In 1883, at the
age of 50, he died in a quiet sort
of glory — of pneumonia, as a
result of visiting his patients in
freezing january weather. Inno-
:cont or ,guilty of treason, Dr:
Samuel Mudd. never betrayed the
oath that made him a' doctor,
Holly Can 1?
Ry Anne Ashley
• Q. How can I cut foam, rub-
bermore easily?
A. Foam rubber is very awk-
ward to cut neatly with an or•
&nary knife or scissors — but if
compressed tightly beforehand
by pressing it down hard with a
Hat board, it will slice easily
with a"long-bladed sharp knife.
Q. How can I quickly test the
quality of a broom When buying
a new One?
A, .Press the edge of it against
the floor, If the straws remain in
a solid mass, the broom is good
— but if they bend and bristle
out, it is of inferior quality,
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FEMALE HELP WANTIeD
AGENTS WANTED
SPAM
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SAltY CHICKS
aRAy has Ames imCrosa Pupete, 403
tat started, readsy-to.lby,' Dual purpose
and Leghorn chicks, dayoid and started,
Send for list. Order now for fall delta•
ery' best Broiler varieties. See -local
agent or write SraY Hatchery, 120 John
North, Hamilton, Ont.
BUSINESS PROPERTIES FOR SALE
GARAGE and aeratce stetson on High -
we,* 30 near Campbellferd, inolndoe
living quarters, A real opportunity tor
a good mechanic. •W, H. Brady, Realtor.
,Box'222, Cempbeil£ord, Phone 209,
BUS1NES$ PROPERTIES FOR SALE
°ROCERY
CHOICE.location, one mile from town
on main highway. Doing a thriving
business, Fully equipped with meat,
counter, eieetrle slicer, ' scales, ice
cream unit, pop: cooler. Excellent
living quarters- with three bedrooms,
living room, modern kitchen, modern
fourpiecebath, furpa0e heated. Full
basement, On ;at acre lot. Ideal for
Couple, Grossing 535,000 Books open
for inspection. Full Price 812,000.00,
CONTACT
JOHN L, DIRSTIEN & CO.'
REAL ESTATE BROKERS
999, 10th Street Hanover, Ont.
Phone 990
DEER 'HUNTING
ATTENTION deer hunters! Excellent
food, • guides dogs, accommodation,
Phone LE. •f9676 or write Stierratt,
Emsdale, Ont.,
FARM EQUIPMENT FOR .SALE
NEW CHAIN SAWS
SAVE $1.00.00
BRAND New Remington Silver Log.
masters, 5 ILP, close, 18" cut, only
$125.00. Shipped. Prepaid anywhere in
Canada.
BERGER EQUIPMENT,
ARNSTEIN, ONTARIO
FARMS FOR SALE
300 ACRES, 100' tillable, balance bush,
beside ,Calabogie and Lanark Highway.
Hydro, Mrs.' Edwin ,Stewart, Calabogie
Ont
250 -ACRE dairy farm; 6 miles from
Kingston, • 200 Wes tillable 3, houses,
2 .barns ete, Livestock • and machin-
ery, available, $26,000. Terms. Morris J.
Rosen Realtor, 105 Princes St., King-
ston,
FARM
100 ACRES wall 85 acres choice level
land workable. 15 acres swamp. Creek
and farm pond. 3 mites from Durham..
&room brick home with modern kit -
Chen. 4 -piece 'bath, furnace heated.
Good bank barn with lean. Litter car-
rier, water bowls, all cement para-
-:: tions, •milk house, implement shed, >,k
'inteTue*est ien$It re her. Excellent farm..
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CONTACT
JOHN L. DIRSTIEN & CO.
REAL ESTATE BROKERS
$09, 10th Street, Hanover Ont.
Phone 390
FINANCIAL
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GUARANTEED,
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ANY TERM, 1.S YEARS
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Corp
C p 372 Bay St., EM.'4.7493
GLADIOLA BULBS
CHOICE champion assorted Gladiola
bulbs. Produce 5 inch blooms. 100 for
$5.00. -;Postmasters, 10% Discount.
Adams, Wasaga Beach,Ontario.
HELP WANTED FEMALE..
wlpow to look after .elderly lady, live
''in, tight housekeeping, good german•
ent home,- renmuperation. Box -187 123.
18th Street, New Toronto.
NURSES AIDES
REQUIIRED for the Kitchener-Waterieo
tHno�q�
sp�ital. A six week course will, corm
Minim or{ Wednsadsy, October 16,
Minimum agge -- 17 years, Educational
requirements grade 50, ,
Salary paid during training course
325:60 Per g¢week, Minimum Salary af-
r
month' Applicants ai'e required to 00 se-.
1700170 on ataE one year. information
may be obtained from the Director of
Nurses, KitcheRer-Wnterloo Hospital,
Kitchener, Ontario,
INSTRUCTION
EARN morel Bookkeeping, Salesmen.
bliip, Shorthand, Typewritins, eta. Lee
sons 500. Ask for free circular No. 33,
cannelan Correspondence Courses 1290
Bay Street, Toronto,
LIVESTOCK SALE
GREY Bruce Hereferd Breeders fell
sale,. Coliseum Owen Sound Friday
October 16 1:00 p.m. 15 bulls, 6 fe.
melee. Bulls performance tested elig-
ible -for grant 3314% to 5200. Lunob
available,
LIVESTOCK
AYRSHIRES offering young bulls of
eervlceable age, bred heifers, and
foundation stock of all ages. Alex
Wallace.' Smiths Falls, Ont.
LARGE herd of Holstein heifers, fully
vaccinated and T.B. tested freshen'
from October'to January, Also open
heifers. Phone 740 It, Petrolie, .Ont,
Peter Ferrari,
MEDICAL
SATISFY YOURSELF — EVERY SUFFERER
OF RHEUMATIC PAINS OR NEURITIS
SHOULD TRY DIXON'S REMEDY.
MUNRO'S DRUG STORE
933 ELGIN OTTAWA
$1.25 Express Collect
POST'S ECZEMA SALVE
BANISH the 'torment of dry eczema
rashes and weeping skin troubles.
Post's Eczema Salve will not disappoint
you. Itching scalingand burning ecze-
• ma, acne, ringworm, pimples and foot
eczema - will respond readily to the
etainless odorless ointment regardless
of how stubborn or hopeless they seem.
Sent Post .Free on Receipt of Price
PRICE $3.30. PER. JAR
POST'S REMEDIES
2865 $t. Clair Avenue East
TORONTO
NURSERY STOCK
TREE Seedlings, Scotch and Austrian •
Pine 3 year old seedling's for Christmas
tree production, windbreak planting or
reforestation.14.00 per Thousand,
88,00 per 500, H$uronia Nurseries, Nye.
val,e, Ont.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR
AEN AND WOMEN
—
WANTED. Young men train for Teleg•
rapher. with $75 machine we loan you.
Advance to Agent more salary Express
Comm'ns & Free house.
SPEEDHAND trains in 10 weeks home
study for Stenographer. Free book
either Course. Cassan Systems, 10 East -
bonnie, Toronto 14.
BE A HAIRDRESSER '
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PERSONAL
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• COMING BEFORE CHRIST
. CONVINCING Bible evidence. Free
., Book. Write; Megiddo Mission, Dept.
80, Rochester 19, New York,
ADULTS! Personal Rubber (Goods. 86.
assortment for $2.00. Finestquality,
tested. guaranteed. Mailed in plain
sealed package plus -free' Birth Control
booklet and .catalogue of supplies,
Western Distributors, BOX 24TP
Regiha,Sask.
PERSONAL
UNWANTED HAiR
VANISHED away with Saca-Pelo. Sato.
Palo to different. It does not dissolve
Rr remove hair from, the Surface -but
penetrates And retards growth of ury
Wanted hair. Lor -Beer Lab, 7,10, 0 k
01 670 Granville St. Vancouver 2, 35.0.
GREY HAiR! WHY? -
WITH Grey -No Hair Color Restorer you
can restore grey halt back to, its o ig.
!nal color and beauty, This is a tested
and approved product, sold at all
leading drug and department stores.
Trade mark in Canada and U.S. $2,69
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„ PET STOCK
SIAMESE KITTENS
DACHSHUND AND SIB. HUSKY
Registered, health guaranteed, Haves.
oak, Jeraeyvlile, Ontario.
PIGEONS
MATED Pairs Adult Racing Homers
$4.00, Three Pairs $10.00, Youngsters
ready to train, $1,60 each. Crosses &
Mismarked -Fancy Pigeons Dozens 57.00,
Half Dozen $4.00, A. B. Warder, Loeb.
lin, Ont.
POULTRY FARM FOR SALE `
"MODERN thriving poultry ranch, 3500
capacity, Automatic equipment. 50
acres. Good water, soli Retell market.
Good weekly net, $6500 down. J. Tichy,
Angus Ont, Alliston, HE -5.7502."
PHOTOGRAPHY '
SAVE! SAVE! SAVE!
Films developed and
8 magna prints to album 400
12 magna prints In album 00d
Reprints 5e each
KODACOLOR
Developing roll $1.00 (not including
prints) Cater prints 35e each extra.
Ansco and Ektachrome 35. mm, 20 ex•
prints sfrom mounted In
slides each2b Money
refunded In .€u11 for unprinted nega.
tives.
FARMERS' CAMERA CLUB
BOX 91, GALT. ONT•
PULLETS FOR SALE
HY-LINE Pullets, 3,000 five months Oc-
tober' 10th. We deliver. Apply - W111y
Vanaverbeke, R,it I. Stratford. Phone
336.W.4.
RESORTS
PHEASANT HUNTING
OPENING date Sept, 1st, No bag limit,
Guides and dogs supplied. Pheasant,,
In natural cover. Original game farm
in Ontario to have public pheasant
hunting, Bungalows with private bath,
excellent meals. For details write Gol-
den Pheasant Lodge and .Game Farm,
Huntsville, Ontario.
STAMPS AND COINS
WEST Germany•Berlin, 50 diff com-
memoratiye finest quality, exchange
against $1.00 mint Canadian commemo-
ratives. Will mail from United Nations
with comm. set. Gerber,' 680 Fort Wash-
ington Ave„ New York 40, N.Y. ASDA
WE PAY MORE NOW!
LARGE 72 page coin catalogue, pictur.
Ing and :pricing all Canadian, New-
foundland coins, plus generous U.S.
listing. Price $1.00 -' unillustrated 250.
Philacoln, Regina, 'Sask. •
SWINE
WILLOWDALE Farm Yorkshire Herd
has six sows with scores of 91 and bet-
ter. Also two boars whose dams have
scores of 96 and 97 respectfully, Young
stock for sale, Edgar Dennis, Aurora,
Ontario.
HYBRIDS
GET the famous blue spotted pigs now.
Farmer's price 545.00. Gilts or boars
535,00, 3 months old. Excellent stock.
Lorne Stretcher. R. 1 Milverton, Ont.
VACATION RESORTS
FLORIDA vacations, Reasonable rates,
Efficiency epartments,.week or season.
Central to Clearwater, St. Petersburg
Tampa, Bayfront. Private fishing dock.
Write Davis 2 Wilson St, Dunedin,
Clearwater, Florida,
Teen -Alters And 'Cars
• A new psychological test has
.confirmed what a, good many
harried laymen suspected all al- ,
ong: Teen-age traffic violators,'
subconsciously tend, to regard an
'automobile as a weapon.
Dr. James L. •Malfetti, execu-
tive director el- the Safety Re-
search arid: Education Project at
New York's Teachers College
of Columbia, reported Mast month •
that he has developed a pilot
-test' to elicit emotional reactions,
to such key words as man,
woman, home, money, car, and
weapon. The project is still in the.
experimental stage, but a•signifi-
cant number of teen-age traffic
offenders (Malfetti wouldn't say
precisely how many), reacted to
"weapon" in much the- same
manner as they responded to
"car."
"If this pen -and -pencil test has ,
the potential we at Columbia
think it has," Dr.. Malfetti said,
"a practical' psychological test
may at last be available for
dealing with the potential Vio-
later." In' short, fender bashers
might be identified before they
ever get a driver's license:
10t1Y'S SALLIES
"Don't be upset, dear; 'he
wants to match. yeti double or
nothing."
Words Of Wisdom
It was a big occasion in a cer-
tain Eastern university when
Salvador Dali, the Spanish sur-
realist painter, was persuaded,
along with his Russian -born
wife, to address artlovers there
in connection with a showing of
his work. The hall was packed
with students when the painter
and his wife made their appear-
ance.
But the crowded meeting was
rather put out when Dali be-
gan togive his speech in his
native tongue, which very few
in the hall could understand.
However, they maintained a po-
lite interest 'throughout and
were . greatly relieved to hear
him announce in English at the
end: "My wife will ,now give a
translation."
The students 'listened intently
as Mrs. Dalt translated the
speech — in her native Ukrain-
ian!
ISSUE' 42;— 1959
IT'S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER — New, tent for -two provides,
fair weather and cozy quarters, whether it's raining, snowing
e r blowing during the football game. Hunters and .other'
outdoor types may find use for the creation, too, Made of an
opaque plastic with clear viewing window, it folds into n,
lightweight carrying case,