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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1960-03-31, Page 2Took High Dive pito beep Love She watched admiringly as the young man went through his re- pertoire of daring and intricate dives from the top board at the luxury lido: Shapely Gillian Christy was a good swimmer and diver herself but this handsome newcomer had the ski 1 1 of an Olympic Games geld medalist. An enthusiastic sportsitirl, 23 - ;tear -ones Gillian, from Sydney, N,S. W., knew there was only oat' sort of husband for her — the rugged cutcloer typo. An this superb diver certainly fit- ted into that c'ntegory. Determined to win him, she hit ante bold -pian. She climbed to the top k•atrd rind stood there ter !u.cmcnt waiting for him to climb up u:zrtih after his pre- yiiu, diva. Whim to arrived he annoyed Chet i.he was hi, nit. • "17.41 up your mind," he =Mewed. "Jump in or get out the way. Other people want io use the board besides you!" Fee dived • off but purposely -made a mess of it and landed n the water with a loud splash. Then she -shrieked and began struceling frantically, as if she VI? drowning, Within seconds he telt herself grasped fiemiy, s •c 0thin^ voice was tel ling her to relae and their she was being Droned t, the pool side. ( 1lir.n recovered with serpris. tri p..cl end half an hour later the two of them were discover- irt:z misuse interests in aquatics met „ cup of tea. Their romance !.•c;.ressed sled not long ago they were married.. If •itv'e sufficiently intelligent any girl can win the man she wants. Often, it seems, the quicker a girl goes into action tate hatter chance she has of ,once: A kit, hcnmaid. as lovely Nor- wc _pian girl Anne Marie Rac- etueeen proved, can marry a Roekc:eller, As the parson offi- ciating at her village wedding remerlted, her romance showed that. ".real love breaks down an the social barriers," At one bound, it had made her a mem- ber of one of the world's rich- est families. Few men can resist the chattels of a captivating girl, and when these -charms are given full power, the stubborn resistance an a.hid) many a male prides himself melts instantly. Artie lika Saubermann, a Geri- man erman r iri barn in Bad Harzburg, was tae daughter of a regular army coluncl, Her family, of Prussian stick, was very anxious for her to marry into the mili- t a r y clique. But Armlike, a blonde, long - limbed, nineteen - year -old, toothed the i d e a. "I hate soldiers," she told then "Whatever happens, I'll never be r. eoIdler's wife." Angrily her father sent her to her teem to cool c:f. "Then you con cerne down," he said, "and apolueize for your stupid words, lion 'eill 'cern to respect our wiehct." hn:eelil.e, obeyed the crder, but offer Melting her bedroom door behind her, she gathered to- ae1hcr some clothing and money, hoisted a rucksack on her shoul- ders rod clambered out of a win- dow, swinging herself to the ground by a knotted sheet. She their took a tram to the old university town of Gottin- gen, where she got a ,job as a nose maid in a hetel. Within three weeks a likely than appeared. Angelika's heart. bent freter me discovering that • he hod recently qualified as a doctr, for she much admired the medical profession. She made a point of serving his fluor, and when he rang the bell the quickly answered it. Her .charm soon. made an im- t:�. e('ll Ile barring ISSUE la -- 1960 THOSE SWINGIN' GATES — This wrought -Iron gateway guards the drive leading to Envie Presley's $100,000 home in Memphis, Tenn, And Elvis" uncle, Travis Presley, guards the gate, except that he hasn't had much to do while the singer was in the Army. But now Elvis is out and Travis anticipates the usual crowd of adorning teen-agers. pression on the doctor. "You haven't the hands of a girl ac- customed to hard work," he told her. "Perhaps not, but I'ni out to be independent, and this work is better than none," she replied with some heat. Impressed by her spirit of in- depedence, he soon fell in love with her and within six weeks they were engaged. And now the stern colonel is a grandfather — of twins! Teen -Age Gluttons Is t h e average American youngster overeating his way straight from the crib to the cemetery? This question was raised — and answered with an emphatic "yes" by Dr. Stanley M, Gam, Antioch College anthropologist and nutrition authority, in "The Nation's Children," a volume prepared for the forthcoming White House Conference on Children and Yo u th. set for March 27 - April 1. With the nation's "caloric in- take at an all-time high," an "increasing proportion of our juvenile population appears to be growing fat," Dr. Garn com- ments. "Through the stimulation of advertising, tap water is be- ing replaced by sugared juices, milk, and carbonated drinks. Snacks have become a ritualized part of the movies, and candy and nuts are inseparable with television viewing," While young America gorges on a diet that often has been called "one great big milkshake," exercise is diminishing, Dr. Garn continues. "In many of our great cities, safe opportunities for strenuous play now scarcely exist. There is room at the curb for father to lather the automo- bile, but precious little space for (the child to play) tag." Overweight juveniles are "of more than passing importance," said Garn. The reason is that heart and artery diseases, parti- cularly hardening of the arteries, "far from being exclusively adult predispositions, actually begin with overweight in child - h o o d." If 35 per cent of his calories come from fats, Junior may be prepared. "starting in the nursery school, for a coro- nary occlusion." The anthropologist's recom- mendation: "Keep the 6 -year- old from eating his way into a premature grave at 60, even if it means making life less joyous in the childhcad period." "Doctor." said a worried pa- tient, "I've got to do something about my snoring, It's getting se Loud I'm beginning to wake my- self." "Well, that's easily remedied," answered the specialist. "Just sleep another room." 'TEhts`ti1tN - Jerry Lewis, comedian turned director, lines up' bcili.Cys in the lobby of the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami iti• 'i fcr o scene in hip new Paramount picture, "The Bellboy." BARITONE DIES --Leonard War- ren, one of the leading bari- tones is shown costumed for the role of Don Carlo in Verdi's opera Forza Del Destino. He collapsed and died while sing- ing the role at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. Real Death Scene At The Opera Leonard Warren had seldom been in better spirits. For in the performance of Verdi's "La For- za del Destino" about to begin at•the Metropolitan Opera House one night recently, the great American baritone would be singing with two favourite col- leagues: The tenor Richard Tucker and the Italian soprano Renata Tebaldi, who was mak- ing her first appearance o1 the season. As he took the stage for the first time in Act II, Warren was in magnificent form. His voice was rolling out richly and freely as he sang his big aria "Mina fatale del mio destino" ("Fatal urn of my destiny"). "Oh gioia!" ("Orr joy!") he exclaimed as he took a few steps forward. Then, suddenly, in front of the horri- fied eyes a an audience of nearly 3,900, his, massive body pitched forward like a s t on e statue. When he didn't move, conductor Thomas Schippers stopped the orchestra end some- body screamed "Ring down the curtain!" The 48 -year-old Warren never recovered consciousness. Some twenty minutes later he was pronounced dead of a cerebral hemorrhage. Shortly after e grim -faced Rudolf Ring came out M front of the audience and an- nounced: "This is one of the saddest nights in the history of the Metropolitan." At these words some in the audience cried "No," "Oh, no." As many stan- dees wept Openly, the Met's gen- eral manager asked bhe house to rise in tribute to the Bronx- born singer who had come to the Metropolitan 21 years ago with- out a single opera in his reper- tory and had remained to be- come one of America's greatest gifts to the world of grand opera. Frr one of the very few tunes hi the Met's history, the show did not go on. ----From NEWSWEEK BA D FOR BUSINESS A parking lot owner in a big city cancel the three attendants together, "Listen, boys," he said gently, "we haven't had ane single cum - plaint all the week about dented fenders." Letting that sink in, he then shouted: "Now tell me, how can we make any money leaving all that space?" It is the duty of goverment to make it difficttit for people to do wrong. eoay to de right.— William. E. G1(10110,10. Table Talks By Jane Andrews OLD FASHIONED BUTTERMILK PANCAKES Measure and sift together 1 c. fidur 1 tbsp, flour 11/4' tsps. baking powder 1 large cup buttermilk It tsp. baking soda 1 egg beaten 1 tsp. melted butter Pour into flour mixture. Mix just enough to make smooth bat- ter. Drop by large spoonfuls onto hot greased griddle, .Cook till cakes bubble on both sides. Makes about a dozen, WAFFLES 2 eggs 2 a milk 2 c. flour 1 tsp. salt 2 taps. baking powder 3 tsps. butter Break eggs into mixing bowl and add .milk. Sift dry ingredi- ents over milk and egg mixture. Beat with rotary beater until free from lumps. Add melted butter and beat until well mixed. Pour 'Vs c. batter en hot waffle iron and bake until crisp and brown, 40. JOHNNY CAKE 1!h o. bread flour 2 c. cornmeal 2 tbsps. white sugar 1 tsp, salt Sift together. Add 2 c. sour milk 1 tsp. soda dissolved in a little, cold water. Add to batter 3 tbsps. soft butter 2 eggs and mix well Pour into 'greased pan and bake for half an_ hour in a 375 degree oven. EASY MUFFINS 2 c. sifted flour 2 tsps. baking powder '4 tsp, salt 2 tbsps. sugar 1 e. milk 1 tbsp, vinegar 3,1 tsp. sdda 1 egg 3 tbspe. butter Sift flour with dry ingredients into mixing bowl.. Combine milk,. and vinegar and add soda. Beat egg, add soured milk and melted • butter. Make well in middle of dry ingredients and add liquid. Mix rapidly. Bake in moderate oven, 375 degrees tit1 golden brown. For Graham muffins, substitute 1 cup graham or whole wheat flour for 1 cup white flour in muffin recipe. . QUICK BISCUITS 2 o. sifted flour 1/1 tsp. salt '/ c. shortening 1/4 c. liquid % tbsp. vinegar % tsp. soda Sift flour with salt, Work in shortening. Combine liquid and vinegar and add soda. Add to flour mixture and combine thor- oughly. Turn onto floured board and roll to le inch thickness. Cut and hake on an ungreased baking sheet in hot oven, 450 degrees till raised and brown. OATMEAL COOKIES 1 e, Shortening 1 e. brown sugar 1 egg 1 c. white sugar 1,3 tsp. vanilla e, cocoanut 1 tsp. socia 1 tsp, .salt 1 e. flour is c. oatmeal Cream shortening and sugar, add egg and vanilla, Mix in cocoanut and sift in dry ingre- clients. Drop by teaspoons on greased cookie sheet, press with floured fork and place nut os raisin on top. Bake in 375 degree oven until brown — about 12 m inntes, Turned Smuggler To Solve Mystery Only a few clays bolore the war ended, Frau Johanna Medi - meter, of Linz, Austria, was told that her son, serving us a Ger- man military policeman, had been killed in action, somewhere in Yugoslavia. Her younger son, Rudolf, spent every one of his holidays in Yugoslavia, searching for the Johann, • so that his mother might find peace Finally, last year, he discos'. erect the grave of an unknown German military policeman in a ravine high up in the mountains. There was nothing to identify the remains, but the young man took a plaster east of the jaw, and a dentist in Linz was able to identify it as belonging to Johann, because of some work carried out on his teeth marry. years before. A few weeks ago Rudolf re- turned to the lonely grave, dur- ing the night exhumed the body for a second time, and smuggled the remains back to Austria in the back of his car, They were buried with full military honours, but the ex- perience proved too much for the mother. She collapsed and died just after the funeral, Fish Grunted And Ships Took Fright Do fish gossip among them- selves? Whether they do or not, on occasions they have seared ships with their chatter! It happened early in the last war, when submarine sound de- tectors first carne into wide- spread use. Picking up strange sounds from the deeps, naval vessels guarding convoys drop- ped depth charges, fearing a submarine was near. The victims? Innocent shoals of nattering fish! Because of such experiences, it became vitally necessary to find out what all the noises actu- ally were which were being picked up. Ironically, the anewer was really known all the time. It was a Lieutenant John White who, way back in .1824, reported "hearing things" while on naval duty in the River Oambodla,. he Cochin Ohina. These noises Dame from underthe water, and some sounded to him like croaking frogs, some like distant bens mixed with the twang of a huge tamp, while othems sounded like notes from a deep -toned organ. Nat for one moment did White suggest he had been inadvert- e n t l y listening in to a "fish orchestra!" But he did suggest that fish were making •these host resting place of his brother, noises, Scientists then didn't believe' him. But during the last war, mar- ine biologists took up the hunt end established the truth — fish were responsible for undersea noises. In an experiment near Bermu- da, they lowered hydrophones anD - and rerordod an c1nr"ing crier, phony of sound—wheelie. Pleats, means, buzzes and dicks. When navy sonar operntore were prob- ing the depths for the hunt et submarines during the scar, they were often iutiernpted try emends like twigs burning or fat frying. They discovered tint tcheols of snapping -shrimps wt rc the • cut - On occasions, however, this, nuisance Nieuwe an oily, Com - menders would t',uitle t.lu'll' hunt- ed subniarinee int„ ace ehallows of a reef and lie hidden among the sheltering ermine of snap- ping shrimps, - Because l ties r underwater aeands ❑1111'l tttlVttl listening de- vices, n library of recordings of fish nolsea is being collected. by the 11.8, Naval Ordnionie Labora- toty • Tired Hunters See Spook Animals T Elk -hunting has beemnie sa dangerous in Sweden that the hunters at'e wearing white arm- bands and red hats. These are for protection a ninst fellow hunters who shoot there in mis- take for the elks! Last season at least a dozen. hunters were killed in this way. To avoid further accidents this year, many hunters have been attending courses in psyeholog',y. They learned that a tired huntsman, who has been waiting for the kill for several hours, can get nervous and see "spooks," He is then liable to see elks in every moving branch, This year there are more elks in the forests and hunters hope to bag some 40,000 of the 100,000 available. But it's hoped the human casualties will be cut to nil ! My neighbour is honest, And that's no mistake. When he needs my shovel He returns my rake. RHINE PRINCE — Jerome Court- land, fearless chieftain in TV's "Tales of the Vikings," switches nationalities in his next role. He will be the Rhine prince in "Ziegfried," a German film production to cost seven mil- lion dollars. NECK AND NECK — Not satisfied with keeping the ladies In e dither, Paris designer Pierrt Cardin hos turned his sights on the men. Instead of raising, hemlines, he hos raised the necks on these ready-to-wear suits. The short, tight -fitted jackets button all the way up to fhe Adam's apple and are lapelless. Cuffless pipesiem pants Complete the outfits. caloer