HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1961-09-28, Page 7Master Horsemen
And Black Tents
Certainly eyel'Y visitor to Jar-
dan should try to make contact
with one of the great Bedouin
tribes, The dwellers in the black
tents of the Bedouins are the
last, of the truly nomadic people
of the Near East who still have
a large population.
The tents of the Bedouins may
be seen not far from Amman.
If one takes the car to Madaba,
a distance of only twenty miles,
one can see the, beginning of
the huge stretch of territory
from two to three hundred miles
in length and stretching across
the border into Saudi Arabia.
The main Bedouin tribes of
Jordan each have their own
tract of 1 a n d, sometimes vast,
along wihich they trek accord-
ing to the season and in pursu-
ance of their agriculture. Their
agriculture is the agriculture of
nomads concerning itself mainly
with their large herds of camels,
goats and sheep, These days,
however, the Bedouins do grow
a certain amount of barley and
there is no doubt that there is
a tendency for the Bedouins, in
time and after a fairly lengthy
transitional period, to become
non -nomadic farmers,
4,„m In order to achieve this, very
much greater progress will have
to be made in the irrigation of
the desert areas. I myself visit-
ed the Bedouins in the desert
and found them a hospitable and
dignified people; The black • tents
which are made from coarse
sheepskins and wool, although
they look ramshackle, are in fact .
a wonderful protection against
those enemies of the desert, the
sun, the wind and the rain. The
flaps of the tents can be open-
ed or closed at will- and even
in the coldest or the hottest wea-
ther a fairly temperate tempera-
ture can be secured within the
tent. Many of the Bedouins are
quite fair and a certain number
of them can s p e a k a little
French or English, The Bedouins
have. their own laws adminis-
tered through their Sheiks.
The day of the Bedouin starts
early and closes when the sun
goes down. The life they lead is
an uncomplicated and a com-
pletely natural one and the sim-
plification of life leads to the
acceptance of a code of honour
and morals the like of which is
not often seenin so-called civil-
ized society these days. The Be-
douins are not easily approached
by foreigners, particularly for-
eign visitors, but this can be
achieved if a certain amount of
tact is exercised in approaching
them.
The Bedouins are allborn
horsemen and this applies even
to Bedouins who might be
thought to have become 'urban-
ized. The men oftenride bare-
back but the Sheiks have beau-
tifully- embroidered' saddles of
the Arab type; Bedouins are
master horsemen. The hospital-
ity of the Bedouins is prover-
bial. Arab hospitality, and Be-
douin hospitality in particular,
traditionally runs to three days
for any passing stranger, a day
of welcome, a day of rest, and a
day of departure, but this is of-
ten extended to much longer
periods.— From "Modern Jor-
dan" by Gerald Sparrow.
Q. Row can I remedy pers-
piring feet?
A. One of the best remedies
is to powder the stockings with
one part of chlorinated lime, one
part prepared chalk, and one
part of powdered starch.. Also
bathe the feet daily in cold
water.
LET'S ALL BREAK A LEG,! - Dick
Anderson continues to play his
game of golf despite' a broken
leg. It has been over three
months since- the golfer's acci-
dent, . and he, has- been able to
bring his game• down to 77.
Before his accident,' his score
was 98.
Protective Masks
Can Be Dangerous
Halfway through the bruising
pro football game between the
New York Titans and Houston
Oilers last October, Howard
Glenn, a 245 -pound guard for the
Titans, suddenly looked and act-
ed singularly tired. The 24 -
year -old offensive lineman had
played smart, hard ball; but, just
after the start of the second alf,
he seemed befuddled. Glenn was
sent to the locker intim to rest.
He lay down for a bit; got up
and took a belligerent poke at
an attendant; and then passed
out. He died at Hermann Hospi- '
tal in , Houston two hours after
injury, and the autopsy showed
he had a broken neck.
Broken necks have been con-
sidered a risk, but a remote one,
in football. But since 1947 the
proportion of injuries and fatal-
ities blamed on damage to neck
vertebras, even among stocky
players, has risen each year. In
the Journal of the American
Medical Association two neuro-
surgeons and two coaches from
the University of Michigan put
the blame for this increase
squarely on a device which is
supposed to protect football play-
ers: The tough plastic- helmet,
with its face guard projecting
3312 inches in front of a player's
nose, which has come into wide-
spread use in the past decade.
Drs. Richard Schneider and
Edward Reifel 'and athletic di-
rector Fritz Crisler and former
coach Bennie Oosterbaan first
suspected the helmet when a
Michigan lineman suffered a
severe neck injury during a 1960•
game, Movies showed that on
one of the boy's tackles, an op-
ponent's knee had hit the vic-
tim's face -bar, snapping his head
back so sharply that the edge of
his helmet dug into his spine.
Later they rechecked on four-
teen deaths from head and spinal
injuries during the 1959 season
out of a total of eighteen deaths,
and found that six could be
blamed on accidents with' the
helmet, They also checked sev-
eral 1960 accidents, including the
case of Howard Glenn.
Movies of the Titan -Oilers
game showed that Glenn's head
had been snapped back by blows
to his face guard during three
different plays; the third one
CAPE
CANAVERAL
SOME OF THE BAD ONES - Hurricane Carla was the first dan-
gerous storm of the 1961 season, Newsman traces the paths
of four destructive hurricanes which struck the same area in
the past. In 1909, one whipped over Cuba and left 350 dead
in Louisiana and Mississippi, and $6 million in damage. Its path
carried it all the way across Lake Superior into Canada. In
1915,"a hurricane killed 275 and caused $13 million in dam,
age. It, too, dissipated in Canada. In 1926, a storm which
killed 100 i -n' Florida and cost $100 million blew out in eastern
Texas. In 1947, 51 persons died in Florida and along the Gulf
Coast; $110 million in property was lost before storm stalled
In northern Louisiana.
probably crushed his vertebras,
and his flare-up in the looker
room may have severed his
spinal cord. in professional foot-
ball a player may be tackled by
his face guard,. But in college
ball, this isn't legal,
Drs. Schneider and Reifel and
Crisler and. Oosterbaan strongly
recommended a radical redesign
of the helmet, They suggest that
a chin strap be developed which
releases under certain, pressures,
and they recommend that the
back edge of the helmet have a
flange of sponge rubber to re-
duce the striking force on the
neck vertebras, Most controver-
sially, they disapprove heartily
of the protective face guard, a
single or double bar of, plastic,
which in some states (like Michi-
gan) is mandatory, for • high-
school players.
But if gridsters insist, on kr,'
ing their masks, the' Michie
experts believe that the bcr
should be shortened so it. doesn't
stick out so, far in front of the
player's face. This would make
it less handy to a tackling play-
er's hand, and would cut down
on the amount of leverage dur-
ing a backward thrust. As a
bonus, it would improve visibil-
ity (the present bar, 'sticking out
31 inches, . cuts vision by one-
third.
The Michigan men aren't alone in condemning present helmets.
For the . past year and ' a half,
Frank J. Cavanaugh, head train-
er of the Cornell University
team, has been working on a
helmet which is higher in back
to prevent neck injuries and
which would 'be made of a softer
material, the better to absorb
' shocks to the head. Cavanaugh
commented, "Perhaps with a
softer helmet we could do away '
with the face mask completely."
From NEWSWEEK
How To Take Better
Landscape Pictures
Are landscapes deceiving' to
a photographer? Anyone would
think they, would be the simpl- '
est of all pictures to produce.
The subject could hardly be
more co-operative — it doesn't
wiggle, scowl at the camera,
jump about,. or run away. It
just sits waiting to be photo-
graphed.
But as everyone knows who
has tried, the scenes that win
contests and appear on cal-
endars don't "just happen."
They are the result of an in-
quisitive eye, careful planning,
skillful execution, and a certain
amount of hard work.
The September issue of Pop-
ular Photography features ten
helpful guides for shooting land-
scapes:
Take enough time. No one
can do his best work if he feels
rushed, especially if the job at
hand requires close attention
to detail and an artist's calm
appraisal of the scene before
starting work,
Look for the unusual, wheth-
er you have a camera in hand
or not. Visualize a particular
scene with snow—and come
back and •shoot it in the winter!
Search for the very best
•
camera position for.each situa-
tion. Experiment with high
and low camera angles. Often
you can conceal unwanted —
but 'immovable! objects by
shifting your .camera.
Forget many of ' the rules
you've heard about for photo-
graphy in general. Dont' reduce
your camera to the status of a
duplicating machine—try any-
thing the "wrong" way if you
think it will produce a striking
and unusual picture.
Do 'a little arranging of the
landscape if it seems necessary.
Remove old newspapers, tin
cans, sticks; include boats, peo-
ple, hay rakes, and wagons.
Sally forth when normal peo-
ple (non -photographers) hug
their hearths. Fag, rain, and
snow can give a completely dif-
ferent mood to a scene. Try
photographing a half hour be -
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
r
BABY CHICKS
QUICK shipment on Bray started 3-4
week pullets, also cockerels. Request
special list, Ames and Pual-purpose,
batching to order. Rook • October -No•
Yember broilers now, See local agent,
North,4Hamilt n, Hatchery, 120 John
BERRY AND ROOT PLANTS
RASPBERRIES
Fall planting, strong disease-free plants.
$4.00 per hundred post paid if cash with
order. Thos. Sisson. R.R. 6, Markdale,
Ont
BUSINESS PROPERTIES FOR... SALE
MACHINE shop 38x36, cement .block
and brick office and washroom plus
6 -room brick house. Located centrally
in Kitchener; This is a going concern
and can be bought with or without
inventory. Price $22,000, fully equip-
ped. $30,000. Terms Contact Mined &
Ulmer, Realtors, 62 Sherwood Aye.,
Kitchener., Phone SH, 3.5847.
HARDWARE STORE
NIAGARA peninsula; clean stock and
fixtures Brick building- doing $60,000
annually Will take mortgage on build.
time; recently remodelled, Inventory
,$18,000. For a good buy and a solid
Investment, write for appointment to J.
Corupe, 36 Spruce St., St Catharines,
Ont,
COINS,
GUARANTEED TO PAY - $10.00 for
1925 '.055. 54,00 for 1923014. 10 Page
illustrated buying list .250 refundable
on first purchase. Toronto Coln Box
397 Terminal "A" Toronto, Ontario,
CHINCHILLAS
LIQUIDATING Chinchillaherd, and
all equipment. Best,offer. DuBo Chin-
chillas, .1875 Chandler, Windsor, Ont.
DOGS FOR SALE
SPRINGER Spanielpuppies, also cocker
airhontts,ReieedavbledPier. Registered, well-bred
stock, healthy, reasonable, Ormstrum
Head Kennels, R.R, 2, Tecumseh, Ont.
FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS '
JUNIOR PHONE $8.95
COMMUNICATE from main building to
barn, garage, boathouse or basement,
Bo �D345, Snowdon, Montlrea 29 sQuebec.
fore sunrise. Just remember to
protect your camera from pre-
cipitation.
Plan your landscape pictures
and use all the tools and tech-
niques you have available. De-
cide which part of the day you
want to shoot in, if you need
people to give the view scale,
if you want to use selective
focus. Study the effects of va-
rious. -filters.
Switch lenses frequently and
your pictures will improve. The
amount of background included
in a landscape can be controlled
by changing lenses.
Aim for the highest technical
quality you can possibly pro-
duce. This will entail carrying
filters, several kinds of film,
and often a tripod, but worth it.
BACK AT WORK AGAIN
For the first time in nearly
ten years, composer ("Easter
Parade," "Oh, How I Hhate to
Get Up in the Morning," . "God
Bless America") Irving Berlin
is hard at 'work on the songs
for a Broadway show. The title,
"Mr. President," say authors
Howard Lindsay and Russel
Crouse, concerns no President
living or dead. Berlin's last
musical was "Call Me Madam,"
1950-1952. What lured Berlin
back to Broadway? "I have, been
waiting for an idea that excited
me," the 73 -year-old composer
said. "Lindsay and Crouse' have
- come up with that idea. I am
excited."
How Can 1?
By Roberta Lee
Q. How can I keep my leather
gloves sweet-smelling and odor -
free?
A. Shake some rice or talcum
powder into the gloves before
putting them away. This will
prevent that disagreeable leath-
ern' smell sometimes acquired
when worn constantly.
Q. Is there anything you can
suggest when one has lost or
broken the decorative cap from
the tip of one's umbrella?
A. You might try replacing
this with a toothpaste cap. Clean
the stub of your •umbrella, then
force, fit, and cement on the
new cap.
FARM HELP WANTED
FULLY experienced single man- for
dairy farm. Good wars and steady
employment, Apply Andrew Carter,
Phone 843.2750 Sneigrove, Ont.
FARMS FOR SALE
100 ACRE farm, good bunting and fish..
ing area. Apply Joe Robins, R.R, 1,
Gravenhurst,
167 ACRES good land 7 -room house,
bank barn 45'x50', water, hydro; also
100 -acre ppasture farm. If interested
contact Alex Young, R.R. 1, Berkeley.
Ont.
200 ACRES in. Huron, ample water,
nearly Street, home. New Toronto,, Ont41, 123.
FARM MACHINERY FOR SALE
CUTTER bar for 800 New Holland Har-
vester. Used one season, bargain, New
Holland oil fired hay and grain dryer,
demonstrated once, 5 H.P. motor, can-
vas -duct included, $1,650.00. R. Cowan,
Dunnville, Ontario.
DITCHER FOR SALE
SPEICIIER TANDEM TRACTION, two
years old with hydraulic ground con-
veyor and 14 in. buckets. Roth Bros.
Phone 217, Wellesley, Ont, '
FISHING SUPPLIES
WANT three hands? New fishing rod
holder
tye ne at plastic, to $1 belt,. Guaranteed.
World -Wide Gift Products, Box 307,
Laurel, Maryland, USA,
HELP WANTED, MALE
HOSPITAL ORDERLY
PERMANENT position. open for man
qualified by training and experience.
Medical, Hospital and Sickness Benefit
Insurance,
to start. IAppply week,
Di-
rector of Nursing, District Memorial
Hospital, Leamington, Ontario,
STATIONARY ENGINEER
(4th Class)
PERMANENT position to satisfactory
applicant with papers. Mainly on shift
work, but Interesting opportunity to
learn maintenance of hospital equip -
merit. Medical, Hospital, Sickness Bene.
fits, Pension Plan, 40 hour week, start-
ing11 salary .$225 monthly: Apply: Ad-
ministrator,
d
ministrgto , DOntartoMemorial Hospital,
LIVESTOCK FOR SALE
Aberdeen•Angus - A wide selection
available,. all. ages, both males and fe-
males, in this popular beef breed. Soy
era; cows with calves by side and dams.
retired. Top blood lines of the breed
represented Write SalesrAgent requirements. Wel-
lington Street East. Aurora. Ontario.
MACHINERY FOR SALE
DODGE. power wagon 4 -wheel drive
complete with winchportablk derrick
and leg, Jack arms and connection for
electric trailer brakes. Good. condi-
tion. Louis Lejeune, R.R. 1, Fort. Erie.
Phone Fort Erie 871-2332... evenings.
MEDICAL
WANTED. - EVERY SUFFERER OF
RHEUMATIC PAINS OR NEURITIS
TO TRY DIXON'S REMEDY.
MUNRO'S DRUG STORE
335 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, scalding and burning ecze.
ma. acne. ringworm, pimples and foot
eczema will respond readily to the
less
stainless, stubborn8or hopeless thent yaseem.
Sent Post
PRICEFree
$3.50 Receipt
Price
JAR
POST'S REMEDIES
1865. St. Clair Avenue East
TORONTO
NUTRIA
ATTENTION
PURCHASERS OF NUTRIA
When purchasing nutria consider. the
following points which, this 'organize.
tion .offers:
I. The best available stock, no cross-
bred or standard types recommended.
2. The reputation of a plan which Is
proving itself substantiated by files of
satisfied ranchers.
3• hunnln
soldth insurance
liveorreplacement, the en
of sterility (all fully explained in our
certificate of merit).
4. We give you only mutations which
are In demand for fur garments.
5 You receive from this organization a
guaranteed pelt market in writing.
6. Membership in our exclusive breed•
era' association whereby only our.
chasers of this stock may participate
in the benefits so offered.
7 Prices for Breeding Stock start at
$200 a pair
Special offer to those who qualify,
earn your Nutria on our cooperative
basis Write: Canadian NOtria Ltd.,
R.R. No. 2, Stouffville, Ontario.
LEARN WELDING
NO TIME LIMIT
Also
Certificate Courses in
SUPERVISION - INSPECTION
QUALITY CONTROL
A.R.C. SCHOOL OF WELDING
92 John St. N., Hamilton
JA. 9.7427 JA. 7-9681
NURSES WANTED
OPERATING room registered nurse,.
Immediately, Small, aotive
oat, 5 -day
week and Apply COG.
gHt; bask service.
NURSES TRAINiNO SCHOOLS
NURSING SCHOOLS
EARN to $05 week as Practical Nurse.
Learn quickly at home. No high school
necessary; no age limit. Write for fres
booklet, lesson samples, Post Graduate
School of Nursing, Room 891191, 131 S.
Wabash, Chicago.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR
MEN AND WOMEN
BE A HAIRDRESSER
JOIN CANADA'S LEADING SCHOOL
Great Opportunity
Learn Hairdressing
Pleasant dignified profession, good
wages. Thousands of successful
Marvel Graduates
America's Greatest System
Illustrated Catalogue Free
Write or Can
MARVEL HAIRDRESSING SCHOOL
358 Bloor. St. W., Toronto
Branches:
44 King St. W., Hamilton
72 Rideau Street, Ottawa
PERSONAL
SELECT -A -GIFT Service eliminates re-
ceiving duplicate gifts. Builds greater
tion, vrite:r your customers, fox 6 42,
Mobile, Alabama,
HYGIENIC RUBBER GOODS
TESTED guaranteed mailed in plain
parcel including catalogue and sex
bbook free withgtrial assortment, .18 for
tore' Box e24 -TPF tRegina}eSask Distribu-
tors,
PHOTOGRAPHY
FARMER'S CAMERA CLUB
BOX 31, GALT. ONT.
Films developed and
8 magna prints 404
12 magna prints 600
Reprints 50 each
KODACOLOR
Developing roll 900 (not including
prints). Color prints 300 each extra.
Ansco and Ektachrome 35 man. 20 ex-
posures mounted In slides 51 20 Color
prints from fullifor unprinted negatives
PHOTOS
YOUR Photo, high gloss, postage stamp
size, perforated, gummed, Send snap
or photo (returned)- Sheets of 100 only
$2.00 per sheet. Photostamps, 1121
Brunette Avenue, Dept. B2, New West-
minster, A.C.
PULLETS
9 000 HY•LINES wormed and vac-
cinated - All ages available, 18 weeks
$1.75. Over 30 years in Poultry Come
and see them. Earl Giddis. R.R No 1,
Ridgetown, OR 4.2324.
STAMPS
150 DIFFERENT Canadian stamps $2.00.
Approvals. Want lists filled, Harold
Jones,2824 Dewdney, Regina, Sask.
TOBACCO WANTED
ATTENTION tobacco growers, we are
paying top market prices for rye.
Trucking arranged Call Byron 801 Ed.
mend's Transport, t:omoka.. Ont.
ISSUE --38 - 1961
FARMER - DEALERS • WANTED
Well established Ontario seed house
has openingfor corn dealers in fasS
growing nationally advertised brand.
Contact Box No. 240, 123 • Eighteenth
Street, New Toronto 14, Ontario.
WANTED
BORING MILL
OPERATORS
ENGINE LATHE
OPERATORS
TURRET LATHE
OPERATORS
MILLING MACHINE
OPERATORS
MUST BE ABLE TO SET UP'
AND OPERATE
ON DIVERSIFIEEDRK LASSES OF
WO
AND ABLE TO READ DRAWINGS
PLEASE APPLY BY LETTER
STATING
SURVREEFPEIS EMPLOYENCE MENT
Canadian
General Electric
Company Limited
PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO
'EUROPE in AUTUMN
w So Much to See • So Much to Save
f) a Cunard Thrift -Season rates are now in effect.
11 SEE YOUR
GJa And from Nov. 1 until Feb. 28, 1962,
LOCAL AGENT — Cunard's new low round-trip Excursion Rates
m NO, ONE CAN save you 25 per cent ... with the same superb
W SERVE YOU cuisine, service and gracious living for which
Cunard is famous.
Vr�r BETTER. PAY LATER IF YOU WISH
0 Fly Cunard Eagle to Bermuda, Nassau, London and In Europe.
h Corner Bay & Wellington Sts,,
GlToronto, Oft,
Ai Telt EMpire 2-2911
Sailing from Montreal EVERY FRIDAY tot
HAVRE, SOUTHAMPTON
OR
GREENOCK, LIVERPOOL
Regular calls at COBH begin Dec. 9
CARINTHIA • IVERNIA • SAXONIA
NAR ED
(9166-7tete IgT6 0-rra
14'
IJ