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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1961-08-24, Page 3They Maker Holidays At They N'ee'd Them In Mexico the men are more concerned with reducing the working week, going on strike lstud indulging in fantastic bolts OW than they are even in M'testa time these days, Indeed, exican employers say, that the a'eason for the country's lack of progress and low standard of luring is due entirely to the na- tional lack of the urge to work In the lend of manana - to - Morrow -- any excuse is good enough for putting off what should be done today. Mexican I a w aeknowlccges the existence of six legal holi- days. The average worker re- cognizes these and for good mea- sure has added some days of his own. "Tire Day of the Office Worker," "The Day of the Pus - tel and Telegraph Employees" and "The Day of the Masons" are just three. On the various days the whole of the working population seems to belong to the particular trade, for little work is done• Holidays are even taken for such history -making events as the local hero's birth- day. The great urge for regular days of leisure is not confined to the working nian of Mexico - sohool.boys and girls are keen students of the pastime as well. They are normally disappear- ing in great droves at least ten days before the end of any term, And if one of the eagerly -await- ed national "days" happens to tall on Wednesday, it is regard- ed as a good good a reason as any for a long week -end. And to make sure this hap- pens often, the pupils have pro- duced "The Day of the Stu- dents," "The Day of the Maestro of Teachers" and other such noblelsoundine national celebra- tions. Not that the patriotic studests, spend the particular "days" ven- erating the person in whose hon- our it is. Far from it. His mem- ory is celebrated with a day on the beach (Acapulco is highly regarded) or simply with a day- long siesta A recent chert on the school year in Mexico revealed that it totalled only 180 days - and that is before ;eking into ac- count the various demonstra- tions, strikes and holidays that the students zealously support. Anything will do in order to es- oape from the humdrum class- room routine. But the carefree living of Mexico's holidaymakers is com- ing to an end. The education authorities, alarmed at the dwin- dling standard of education, in- tend to enforce more rigid disci- pline. Moves are aloe to ensure that a great deal more work is done in Mexican lnduo-_y. But even if the authorities. achieve their aim, it's a safe bet that the thoughts of every Mexi- can will he on his siesta and his next holiday. 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The drought walks heavily from South Dakota all the way into the prairie prey - ideas of Canada, almost to the northern edge of the vast wheat - producing area of North Ameri- ca. The drought is a real thing to the thousands of farmers and their families who have seen early -season promises of bumper crops slowly disappear before the searing sun and soaring tem- peratures which have sapped the moisture from the soil and kept the scattered rains from providing the needed replace- ments. * e These men and women, their weather-beaten faces reflecting droughts of other years, have set their jaws just a little more firmly and are going ahead with their constant battle .against the elements. They are not running away. From the farmers who stood in the early morning sun of South Dakota said pointed out how the corn wilts .a little morequickly in the heat, to the farmer- who came into Saskatoon from his farm a hundred miles away to see the Saskatoon Exhibition and swap stories with other far- mers around the agricultural exhibits, it is a story of man against 'the elements. * "What do we. do?" a fanner repeated when asked that ques- tion in North Dakota. He thought for a few Minutes He MECHANICAL NURSE - This contraption is not meant for ama- Iteur radio enthusiasts. It is a device which automatically checks a person's blood pressure, pulse, breathing and 'tem- perature. Intended for usewith critically ill patients, it signals medical personnel if trouble develops, turned the question over and considered it. . "We do what we can. If we have any crop, no matter hew small, we harvest it. We may make only five or six bushels to the acre. If it isn't good enough for that, we cut it and make hay out of the stalks." Most of them have some live stock. They might be able to get enough hay from the' gress- lands or from the grain crops that did not get far enough to harvest. They can use this to keep their herds, or at least part of them, going until time to take them to market in the fall. Or they may have to get their cattle to market now, before the animals begin to lose weight, or the h sy and feed run out. They may be like the Sas- katchewan farm family who sat down one evening recently after the supper dishes were all clear- ed away and had a serious, round -table discussion on whe- ther to pull up and go some- where else. The father said he and his wife proposed that it might be better to go somewhere else. They had been through the great drought of the 1930's, which was compounded by the great depression. They admitted that they secretly did not want . to go away. • But they thought of their three children, two daughters and a son. They thought per- haps the young ones should be spared what might turn out to lie a searing experience. "It's bad this year," the far- mer said. " "It might get worse next year." The farmer smiled proudly as he reported: "The children de- cided against it. They said, this is our home. We will stay here. This is where we belong," o 'p He kicked at the grasshoppers which are beginning to make their appearance - those crea- tures which always seem to turn up at adverse times like this, "Those fellows don't know anything about international boundaries, they just come on across;" the farmer said. His place isn't far above the port of entry at North Portal, Saskat- chewan, The family is staying, It is a decision that is being repeated many times over from the Mis- souri River northwest to the Saskatchewan, writes Bicknell Eubanks in the Christian Sci- ence Monitor. s The farmers are worried. They do not deny it, The economists pore over their charts, They do not deny that the drought nes upset their calculations. But all concerned belittle any comparisons with the 1930 drought. As 'the Winnipeg Tri- bune puts it: "Any talk comparing the pre- sent situation with the dirty thirties is ridiculous," The Tribune says it is "non- sense" to try and equate the short period of dry weather in 1901 With the worldwide econo- mic chaos and seven years of drought in the thirties. "All weneed is a good rain- fall in the fall or a good snow this winter," said one county agent in North Dakota, "Then we can start off next year with moisture in the ground, and if the temperatures and rainfall break just right, we can soon forget about this year," Another farmer, this one in Saskatchewan, oonnmented as he sat on a bale of hay talking with ranchers and 'farmers in one of the livestock buildings at the ,Saskatoon Exhibition: "I'm not so sure, This may be the beginning of a new cycle of dry weather. I'm not worried so much about this year.. I've still got plenty of surplus grain in my granaries and bins,' which I can sell when the government opens up on the quotas, And the dry spell this year will help cut down on the surplus. • "But I'm bothered about what will happen when we find out next year that we don't. have the moisture in the ground The' hot weather this year has lust abqui drawn all the moisture 'out of the ground on my place. Even the sloughs are drying up. I couldn't even get a crop started this year on the sloughs." A Mennonite who has made crops, some . good and some in- different, but few bad, in the last 10 years, agreed. He said the sloughs are drying up on his place, too. And while the farmers nave their problems, the 'ranchers have theirs, 'too. In Huron, S.D.; a rancher who was accompany- ing several truck loads of cat- tle he was moving from Lemmon into the markets at Sioux Falls, Yankton, and Omaha, expressed concern. "The pastures are dry," he said. "The grass is getting spar- ser every day. I've got to get these animals into market be- fore the prices break. 'I'm think- ing seriously about cutting back. I'll hold on to my basic herd. • Then when the rains start fall- ing . again I can begin building my herd back up. That's what they did down in Texas when the seven e year drought ended down there a few years ago, I've done it before. I can do it again." These'are the men and women whose venturesome spirit brought them West years ago, A farm -equipment maker from Toronto said of them: !They left Mom and Pop to come west because they got rest- less around the old home place, They left their less aggressive brothers and cousins back home. "Why,. if this had hit those - farmers back east, They would he soaking the crying towels by now. "I've been out to the exhibi- tion here in Saskatoon, and I haven't heard a farmer complain yet." Pianos Yelp "Help, Tuners, Help" Although no ode is seeking federal aid our checking to see how many the Soviet 'Union ,is turning out, the United States is confronted with a serious short- age - of piano tuners. The Piano Technicians Guild, Inc., reports, "We have only about 4,000 fully qualified tuners for 12,000,- ..000 pianos - and, heavens to Liberece, about 60 to 70 per cent are untuned," When a tuner thinks of mil- lions of pianos gathering dust and moths and souring the air with clinkers (off-key notes) he is sad. The guild, ending a four-day convention at Los Angeles, says that without more tuners we'll all wake tip someday with tin ears from tinny pianos, The profession - which takes years to learn and has top pay of about $10,000 a year - just isn't attracting new talent, Allan ia, Pollard,, the guild's executive secretary, can't under - Stand why. !deo GuNore For Home IDecorcItor$ The LivingPicture, the Cana- dian National Exhibition Wo- men's Division rooms and vig- nettes, Will set the style for modern living. Located in the Exhibit Hall of the Queen Eliza- beth Building, the Living Pic- ture will present decor and color ideas for living areas arid small corners of your home. Decorators Maria de Nagay and Patricia Lamont report an over- all picture of colorful back- grounds and a trend away from neutral settings in the 11 living areas and 12 vignettes they have prepared for this year. The furni- ture, they say, is more transition- al, with softened lines in light scale, less stark in contemporary feeling. Room One in the group is a casual, family living area which includes functional and practical play area for the children, living - dining area and automatic, gal- ley -type kitchen. The luxurious bedroom -bathroom which is Room Two has a fireplace and sitting area in the bedroom, washer -drier combination in the bathroom. Room Three is a bachelor suite designed for a smart career wo- men, ; The dinette, kitchenette, bath and living -bedroom are decorated in olive green, red and orange. Vivid colors are used to complainant transitional furni- ture in Room Four, the living - dining room. The new Stellair room divider curtain is introduc- ed here. Room Five is a bedroom done in woody totes of beige, brown and white, Vignettes form a courtyard ef- fect around the stage where the Decorator's Show can be seen every afternoon at 2.30 p.m., with color authority Joan Sutton describing the colorful effects created for the Living Picture. These small areas are the places to find new ideas, color schemes and accessories for any room or problem area of your home, Included in the new idea mer- chandise are: a new type of bath- room fixture, smart new kitchen accessories, and many items with a touch of early Canadian re- productions to be used as acces- sories or as focal points 'for a room area. A small garden set- ting suggests ways to decorate the backyard and patio. There'll be lots of ideas for the do-it-yourself home decorator at the Living Picture in the Exhibit Hall of the Queen Elizabeth Building. Don't miss, it when you visit the C.N.E. this year, August 18th to September 4th. MAY S€Iii LESSON By Rev. B. Banta) i axrsn Silas, a Trust worthy Leader Acts 15:22, 30-32, 3041; 10:19-25; I Peter 5:12, Memory Selection: If ye suites fee righteousness' sake, happy are ye, 1 Peter 3:14. Silas is first mentioned as one of the chief men among the bre- thren at Jerusalem, He took part in the important discussions with regard to what portions of the Mosaic law should be observed by the Gentile Christians. He and Judas accompanied Paul and Barnabas back to Antioch to de- liver the decrees asking the Gen- tiles to abstain train pollutions of idols, from fornication, from things strangled and from blood. Judas and Silas, being prophets, exhorted the brethren at Antioch with many words and confirmed them, When their mission was completed, Silas chose to stay on at Antioch. Later when Paul and Barnabas could not agree with regard to taking Mark on their second missionary journey, Paul chose Silas as hirsogcpenioe, To- gether they journeyed through Asia Minor, delivering the de- crees to the Chitistians in the churches which had been esta- blished by Paul and Barnabe.: on their first missionary journey. The churches were strength„'n- ed in the faith and increased in number daily, Silas encountered his first hardship in Philippi in Mat•e- donia. He stood up to it well. With back bleeding and feet nis- tended in the stocks, he joined Paul in prayer at midnight and singing praises to God. He shar- ed in the joy of seeing the jolter converted. At Thessalonica when the Jews raised severe opposi- tion, Paul and Silas escaped by night to Berea. When the same group of opposers came to Berea, Paul went on to Athens but Silas and Timothy remain- ed. Later Silas joined Paul at Corinth. From 1 Peter 5:12, we learn that Silas or Silvanus was toe scribe who received the dicta- tion -of Peter's first epistle, There is a work for every one to do in the church. Let us not sit still, bemoaning the fact that we cannot be a Paul or a Peter or a Silas, but let us do what we can and we shall receive the reward. ISSUE 33 - 1961 CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1. Encourage (colioq.) 4. Cordage fiber 8 Knocks 12. Chess piece 18 Spoken 14, Single thing 15. Introduction 17. Mud 18. Crippled j9. SnOd� rmine 21. 22. S-shaped molding 23. Be undetermined 26. Affirmative 20. Prickly seed covering 27. Supports for bridges 28. Gaelic form of Sohn 29 Honorarium 50. Smooths 93. Swiss river 34. King of :Tuthill 37 Most dangerous 39 Pay attention 40. Decompose ' 41. quill for winding sill. 42. Military tune 43. King of Norway 46. Feign 47. Nerve network 43. Flower 40. Rocky Pinnacle e0. Fret 51. Barber's call 85. Before DOWN 1. Engage 2 Automobile storage place 5. Impish fairies 12 15 18 22 25 2 3 4. Cott 28. Unctuous 5. }pork unit 30. 1111atakes C. Kind of rifle 31, wild flower 7. Entreaties 32. Property 8. Alcoholic 33. Aim high liquor 34. Charge with 9. Beast gas 10. Sea robber 7.1. Cubic meters 10. Famed Southerner 20. Pied of Framlin 23. vandal 04. Cravat • 25. Fundamental 28. Writing fluid 5 6 7 36. Matherneth nt instrument 'ie. Cling 3. Coal -tar dye 39. Masculine nickname 42.Is compelled 44. Not many 45 kringle 13 6 9 it S 14 16 19 20 2 24- 26 4 26 27 58 29 30 37 40 43 47 so 31 32 33 35 36 38 41 44 as 48 45. 3 51 Jet 49 40A, 52 Answer elsewhere on this page. i UNDER HIS WING Sculptor Albino Manca is not about to be carried off by a huge albino eagle, He is placing the finish- ing touches to a plaster statue - later to be converted to bronze -- which will stand in New York as a memorial to Americans lost in the Atlantic in World War Il. 4